The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-11-23
RAISING TBE BLuCISNuH OF NOE
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The late proclamation Of the Precedent d.
clariur the blockade OF Norfolk and other
! certain ports raised, should afford all good
! citizens in this section Of tine Union The sin
ccrcst qualification. The TACT it3elr shows
that the Government has 20 implicit Cith
! in IT, ability to hold tho particular points On
our scgboard named IN the pre,l' na'i)u of
! NIr. LINCOLN, that 10 no longer hesitpsss to
! opcn them 70 trade, and to guarantee all d12
| protection to those citizens who may avail
themselves Of q privilege and benefit so loag
necessarily suspended.
Philadelphia once had a mo advantageous
commerce with Norfolk anl with vast OK
tent Of interior country which our maraht1t5
reached through thotport The timsi llyof-
able for renewing that commerce at Oace AMI
extending it TO the utmost possible Ii nit' to
which capital and enterprise can extend it.
It depends entirely with our own ctiz'ns
whether they will reap the first traits Of q
revived commercial intercourse with the
South as fast as the Admin. ration can all
does open the waJ for iL, or leave those fruits
TO be gathered aud appropriated by lheir more
active and thrifty neighbor5 Of BlldmJta,
New York, and Boston.
We make no doubt that the pcOole Of the
cities named win be wide awake to the golden
opportunity that is presented to them by the
removal Of the blockade Of Norfolk, and unless
we bestir ourselves. in the same direction We
shall exhibit our old-tine slownoss and aplthy,
and deserve to remain siagnlting in the midst
of more natural resources for trade than are
possessed by all the cities OF the North
besides.
Why should Pennsylvania elbow New York
and Boston to grow rich on her fields, and her
mines, and her forcsts2 Why should she suffer
he people Of other States TO be the carriers
Other products TO profitable markets, and to
realize enormous wealth in the sale OF them
at q large advance on The first price paid 10
the procurer5? This IS what has been done
in the past, and is yet being done Is there
never to be a change for lhe be'tec2 VIII or
people never arouse themselves to a right
understanding Of their interests, and put forth
thc energy that is necessary 10 promote and
secure those interests?
No better chance could be offered TO bogin
the work than that which the gradual ra-astab-
iishmcnt Of commercial relations and inter-
course with the South presents Norfolk,
VIRGINIA, Is naturally one Of the finest harbors
on our entire sea-coast; and with the close of
the war, and the new elements, social aud
political, that viii no dodbJ be brought to
bear in the development Of the material riches
Of the Southern country, IL must In course Of
time become one Of the most prosperous of
our American ports, both as respects the
coastwise trade and foreign commerce. A
line Of railways will connect Norfolk with all
parts of the South, even to the utterm)st
limits of Texas and Florida; and 1t is but Taa-
sonabe that for much Of all that the North
can pour into the lap OF The South through
her ports, the South will be able to return an
equivalent in her principal staple7, whose pro-
ductiOn free labor viii increase in amount one
| hundred fold and more
| And let us, while on this interesting subject,
observe, generally, that one of the m)st
efficient, because powerfully concliating m2a-
sures which the Government can employ to
effect conquest Of the Rebellion and renew
amicable connections between the people of
the whole country, is the re-establishment Of
commercial intercourse between us as speedily
as circumstances VIII ADMIT OF lts Delng done.
The President is evidently aware of this,
and his recent proclamation shows that
he is determined % test at the earliest prac-
ticable moment the virtue Of bringing the
two sections otthc country together in friendly
association, and binding them to one
another by the gentle, yet strong bonds Of
mutual interest. 1t has been said that the
war has put implacable hatred between the
belligerents, and nothing can ever unite them
in peace and affection again. The prophecy
is made by those whose wish is probably
} father to their thought. But be all that as it
may, the problem can only be solved by cx-
= pertinent, and it is the duty Of the Government
9 TO lose no time, and spare no proper mean il
n trying the question practically. This opening
IS then, Of the port OF Norfolk, is fair beginning
e of the work, anu we shall soon see how it vii
IS result. The effort, at all events, can DO M
n harm, while it may prove productive Of th
et greatest good.
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