The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-12-05

The Lexington MOI Union republishes
the following article, which appeared in
the Columbus tGa.) Corner Stone, a strong
Southern Rights newspaper, about two
years ago. The Utopian speculations Of
the Corner Stone were almost universally
believed among the fre-eaters. Speaking
of the glorious results TO flow from the
revolt of the cotton States, and their in
dependence, it says:
/" We shall haze no use for armies, because
| zoe shall hare no wdrs. Even now, while
the North thinks that we belong TO them,
and desires 70 appropriate us TO them
selves, that they may rob us as usual,
they see and feel that i0as Nth as ,oolld insure
them more injury than IL toouh u.s."
We can hare no use tor a nary, because zoe
hare no foreign commerce. To have this a
country must have ships. We cannot
have them. Why? Just because we can
employ all our capital much more profit
ably. We can make more money by
making cotton than by hauling it about
The South owns no ships now, never did
own them, although in the cOasting trade
we have excluded foreign competition.
We found that the North could afford TO
do it more cheaply than we could, be-
cause we could make more at something
else. When the transportation of our
produce everywhere is open TO the COM
petition of the world, the South cannot
afford to engage in it or TO own ships,
and the competition of other nations will
enure to our benefit.
Having no ships of our own, we shall,
OF course, need no navy to protect any.
What do we want with navy when we
have not ship in the world? Those
who own the ships and carry the pro-
duce and the goods will protect them.
Our merchants will have nothing upon
the ocean toprotect Why should they I?
Our ports being open TO the world, and
all the world wanting our cotton, the
merchants and manufacturers ofthe world
will bring their goods to exchange for cot
ton, and will, at our own doors, come in
competition with each other in the sale of
their goods and in the purchase of our
cotton. We shall have no interest in the
goods until they are in our stores no in
terest in the cotton after it has left our
wharves."
"Issolated from the world, so far as
the great productive business is concern
ed, secured by nature in the monopoly of
the production Of the most lniUessal necessity
Of man coming in competition with no
people in their pursuits, and secure from
competition from them, the only source
upon which they can rely for the great
necessity to their well being and pros
perity, zoe shall occupy the most ei'viaJle
condition Of any people on earth, We shall
not only be secure from t0ars ourselves, bit
shall ereyt powerful influence in promoting
peace all oUer the ,Oora."
Waving all comment upon the false
prophecy of no tcar let us briefly con-
slider what manner of nation this cot
tOnade politician wished to set up. 1t
was to be,
A nation without navy;
A nation without commerce
A nation without manufactures
A nation stunning competition
A nation relying on one basis-slaves:
A nation with one idea-cotton
A nation without mechanical industry.
A nation without enterprise.
A nation which regards cotton as
"the most universal necessity"
A nation isolated like old China from
the world.
A nation voluntarily Deepen dent on
other nations for about every article of
clothing, food, comfort, luxury and ne
cessity.
If it were possible for the people Of
the South TO debase themselves to such a
condition, they would soon sink beneath
the Chinese and japanese. They would
degrade themselves TO level with the
tribes of Africa, who swap tiger-skins,
Elephant-tusks, and cocoa-nuts, TO
Dutch traders in exchange for beads
aud red handkerchiefs.