The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-05-02
TUESDAY, MAY ,, 1865
- trade 30 the Soulh:

Under this caption, the Washing
ton Chronicle Of the Goth nit, re-
marks
"The overthrow Of the rebellion is gov
fixed fact. and the day cannot be distant
when unrestricted trade with the South VIII
begin. So soon as the rebel armies shan
have cspitulated, or been overthrow, there
viii no longer exist a reason for resITle-
lions upon trade. The system Of permits
sill be abandoned, aud every citizen VIII
be left free TO go into the South with ms
merchandise. The blockade wall be raised
the railroads viii be repaired, aud THRIFT
and enterprise will take the place Of des-
olstiyv war. The effect viii be an immense
increase in the demand for the national
currency. The population which it vii
rurrIv with O medium Of exchange will be
surmeutsd By several millions, an acllFe
trade in cotton will spring up, and the ei-
feet viii be q gradual decline in gold, until
q resumption Of specie payments will be-
come practicable.
I'VE aeen Il q matter Of the utmost I'M
p5rtance that the freedom Of trade should
D. .stsbIisbsd al the earliest day possible
--,...b may he consistent with the idea Of
withholding supplies from the enemy
There are interested parties who viii make
q great outcry II these suggestions, because
tbsv are armed with trade permits, BY
which they expect 10 make fortunes out OF
the immediate pressing wants Of the South
ern people; bus the protest Of such blood
smokers IS no more entitled 10 be heard Than
that OF q swarm of dies upon tho body OF d
tsiutipr animal. or course, they viii see
the strongest military necessity for ezcind-
ing c5uIpatiliou until the last isrtEIug s
extracted from the Southern people. Moth
ana but necessity can justify the system OF
permits, and, when that ceases, they should
he abandoned. There can be no healthy
trade with the South while they ars con
trued. They serve TO withhold from the
misguided people Of the South one Of the
best arguments in favor Of a return 10 10y
atty, ana they st the same time o5strucs
the regular current Of trade, which is 50
essential to the prosperity Of the loyal
States.
We hope the Chronicle will recur TO
this interesting subject again, and urge
upon the administration, as an enter
ingwedge TO the policy suggested, the
Immediate removal of the restrictions
on trade in Tennessee imposed 10y the
Treasury Department Military re-
slIictions have been removed by orderof
the Secretary or War, but that amounts
to little or nothing, as has been re-
marked by a Government official Let
our merchants and traders have free
trade, the amount Of their impOrtations
90 be governed 10y their capital and the
demand, instead Of by permits doling
out O. Little this month, and little the
next Tennessee IS a brand plucked
from the burning redeemed loyal
stste--sud should be treated az such.
J.. s. Since the above was IN type,
we have been informed that inlorma~
ton was received here announcing that
the three per cent tax on merchandise
shipped 20 this place viii not hereafter
be collected, though the permit system
viii be adhered to for the present. 1t
was also announced that President
johnson viii, in a short time, issue a
proclamation declaring Tennessee no
longer ina Instruction. Our merchants
win soon get all they want Be patient