New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-02-27
From The Richmond ss%Ig, EtS. ~,
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Nov, that our ports are Theoretically sealed 1t
ecomcs a matter OF necessity TO develop orr resources
The army must be Fed, clothed and paid. How can ms
be done Since cotton Is no longer an article OF export
and oYcLangei 1s Is the great queauon TO " solved
by the ingenuity and tho industry Of our oonntrymen
We believe that IL can be soNed sn1 toseu icnai!
il the proper impetus and encouragement 10 given
the authorities those natural inventive gins IN when
our citizens are 10 more dofeleri than those % ne
North Look ut the wonderfully Ingenious and aseinl
inventions of our prisoners IN Northern camps and II
il impossible TO doubt that uldor the pressure O' me
mother Of southern nan Nii
prove fully the equal If not the superior OF tie iahkee
Ills necessity Is nov imposed upon by the closure
u cur ports; and from II wo agar the best eon'c'
quences.
people also rnust De FED clothed and employed The
capiial which has been devoted 10 bloskade5unDlng
must and i'll he diverted t. other channels IL remains
be seen whether the good sense Of The SoTernmen.
and people win De rXerod 10 prevent the conflict aud
competition Of capital now idle whether The Industry
Of the country VIII be organized on brosd and COM
lion and coordination Of the abJf and skin OF me
country must be made and made energetically dccs.
iyey Not one moment is to DO lOst.
Heretofore both the Government and people LsEe
been .oproached not unjusly. FOL tho miuse Of that
great lever of power the cotton crop. That crop 10
st dead capital In our hands and likely to remain 10
II proper steps be taken 10 mobilize ard yitalze IT,
Happily the pressure Of necessity Is upon the people
and fortunately for the people there IL now largo
degree Of practical sGgay In ut least two branches Of
the Executive Government. Cotton and with II the
Whole Industry Of tho county mus! waien into new
life Shall there be the dscord and the inevitable
fllnre which attends the conflicts Of greedy. souess
and unpatro.ic capitalists sha there De tho syst a.
order Larmonious cooperation and efficiency which
would result from q properly differed bureau OF In
dustlyi
Eyen the heter skelter manner in which our indus.
trial have hitherto been conducted has pro-
duced results sufficiently amazing to those Who supposed
that the South incapable Of cxerting any seiss
tanning energy The closing Of ports may have In
duced The belief that shall suffer Immensely for want
trit iute beQ introduced
from abroad. Indeed. IL has been supposed thet We
have carried on the mainly. II not exclusively. by
means OF such supplies Nothing b. more erroneous
II is true that weasc received much assistance in the
Way Of imported arms, but tho money value VI our tm
ports has not amounted ~ 0Deenth the sum expended
on domestic products there being reduced to god In
fact tie proceeds OF the tex III Kind alone fol The last
year far exceeds the total value Of foreign Import
These frs prove that possess within ourselves the
material resource with which 20 prosecute The war for
M Indefinite period. All that ia Necessary Ia to de-
veop md utilize these III foc manner con-
sislent with the laws Of economy aud common sense
People who imagine that we may fail In this struggle
for want Of the supplies FOR which We are presnmed TO
have been dependent on foreign nations viii be marvel
ously disappointed II properly crgenised system be
adopted. lrtLV ~ .IfF tIft