Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-11-07
NAVIGATION UB rmR mEssHssTPPE
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EAyIGATE0N UF TmK mEssHssTPPH
From the Mobile Registsr.I
Perhaps the very greasest disappOinimsn
I which our suemiss haYs experienced, siuca th
/ inception Of their bloody and brutal war uBo,
us, has been the results following he "opsnins
/ Of the Mississippi river" to fres navigation
/ They foclishly believed that The former trad,
I upon the Mississippi w0uld, By that act, be re
/ stoTsd-thsi the cid order Of things would b,
FeviVed-that the Northwest would once more
hUd pro6isblo market il the South for It's agri
cultural pT5duetiOns-and that fleets Of floating
palscss would ply, as Of pore, between Che up.
per and the lower valley Of that great msdiier
ransAn riYsr. Instead Of realizing that magnifi.
cent dream, the ruth is that there il scarcely
aay commerce upon The Lower Mississippi, sx
cept in the transportation of troops and Gov.
ernment supplies for the enemy; and the rospGn-
sibIlitY for this state of thiags rests, not with
ourselves, but with our enemies.
When VicksbuIg and Port Hudson fell, and
the event was celebrated throughout the Norsh
with such herce t0ksGs of popular 10y, fr0st Of
US COniedeTafes, c0us0led ourselves wish thu re-
ciion that the dangers Of navigating the Mis-
SissiPpi would msk8 its possession d matter Of
but liitla value 20 tho Yaukass But We id nos
l0ok at the subject thoroughly enough TIE
true and real reason why the possession Of she
enemy, may be fCUad in the simple fact that
everything which gsve vitality and stfmulHs 10
trade on the lower Mississippi, has been ruth
less7 destroyed BY those who are now lost IN
W0ndgT ~ ths barren results of their conquest
From Memphis 70 the 3 dize, on boFh sides
of the river, what is the 8pscsaelel P PautaEians
daya tsted, negroes stolen, houses burned. a,ri-
cultural implements destroyed and everythinz 2
gone 70 ruin. Is Il possible that prefsabls trade
-or even any trade At all-esn be keBt I'D with
a people thus pUaisrad aRd 0uTagadl
The enemy would not accept the frss navigs-
ton Of the river for Purposes Of peaceful com
msTco rendered them bg the C0nfsderate Gov.
eTEmaDt and the State of Louisiana Tasy
must win the right 70 it By force of arms They
must wTest from as what we sffsrsd 10 gi7a them
gTatUitoGsly, by al exhibition of military Bower.
After mili0Es of Nancy are expended, and
thousands Of their people sacrificed to their il
sane passion for war, they accomplish, 10 q esr-
tain extent, whst they started ous to perform,
and they 6nd the whole thing an iIusion-a
dTeam-an ignias tstuus-0r whatever else rep
Tesents s complete hauucinatiOn. There is no
market, "a in former times, for the productions
Of the Northwest, because there arc but few
planters left to buy-and these who arsIaft have
10 cotton, no sugar, no money! to exchange, as
before, for the necsEsariss Of lie.
Such sn eXhibitiln. Of folly 81 hRs been made
By the people Of the Northwest in TINS destroy
ing The lower Aississ ppi valley, has 40 parallel
iR history, ancient, med ega. GT modern. Tsev
have ruined their best nia-ke.-frEpovarisha
their bsst customers. Forgetting thst ther
prosperity depended upon the prosperity Of toe
cotton interest Of the States which b0rder on the
lower Mississippi, they have deliberately gone
10 work 70 break up end ruin thst interest, ia
obedience 10 3 mad and malignant fsuatieism
Commercially speaking they, have cus thsir
own threats; aud their uneasy ghosts with all
the irsildes and passions Of their living exist
enc0 are lost in establishment ut what any one
Bot blinded By haired Of the South might have
fOretc.d from ne beginning.
And SO, Ike any other SCI Of disappointed
thieves, they fal to quaTreli1g among taem-
selves. Mr. Francis P Blair, # S.. Louis,
attempts, la q public speech, Co account for he
Gbssuce OF the former uGde upon tine Migsis-
sippi, By cItirg The "res:rlcii0us i-h which
Mr. Chase, il the interest Of the raj roads run
ming East, has hAmpeIed il. Ohsr sage poIiti-
cal economists attribute It to srebel' guerri las
upon the river bank and others to g supposed
combination TO destroy Westsfn steamboats, By
the torch Of the ineendiary. With dueeilow-
anes for all these, the main difficulty has yst to
be understood by the people Of the Northwest
.hs plain, bard, simple fact that Deopla cannot
5Uy without something to buy with and the
,1rtHer iact that tae mo8EB uf buying on the
lower Mississippi have been destroyed By these
very Northwestern people themselves
There never was before, if Vss may credit YaR-
zse reports, snGh distress, ia the city Of New
Orleans as at this time. There never wore be- 1
ore 50 many people suffering fur the actual ne
,e5ssriss of HE; AID to = greater or less sxaBt
his is true Of the whole country from New Or !
cans to Memphis Is it from SCARCITY Not al 4
.lL The whole Northwest Is ssemiug with food. |
8 It from high prieesl Elsur is only ton dol /
ars bsFrel The suffering Of the people arises 4
rom the fsct that they haVs Rething Wnerewiih /
% buy. The country has been devastated by TIRE 4
sueaay, and the people are on the eve Of perish /
ug in the midst Of plenty
Give back the valley OF the MississipBi to its |
ightful owners, and q few years Of peace VIII !
astore to Ils Northwest the profitable market i. |
'nce enjoyed. As long 81 it is tired by hostile |
cot, and its waters pioWsd by an snemy's ship, |
here viii be no commerce for tho Northwest |
iad it mUEt minister, as the South 30 long did, !
o the exscting avsrics Of Nsw England m0nopo- /
lists.