The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-06-22
GeOrgIa. the West, and the North.

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The past relations Of Georgia-and.
indeed, The past relations Of all the cot.
ton States-Hith the Great West, were
peculiar and friendly. Georgia, while
She largely aided in promoting the
wealth Of the North, and in building
mp the great cities Of Philadelphia
New York and Boston, through her cot
ton supplies-the proceeds Of which
mainly passed through the hands Of
the brokers and bankers of those cities,
upon which they received commissions
was also, for long years, voluntarily
dependent upon the markets of those
cities ios supplies Of merchandise, az
ricuituual aud manufacturing nipple
ments, and even for the hats that GOV
cred the peoples heads, as well as for
The shoes which her people wore Nay
more than this-in her efforts and
success in pusuit Of wealth.
relying upon her great staple
productions, cotton and rice, she be-
came absolutely dependent upon those
cities mainly. for almost every article
she might have Manufactured at home
al less cost than her people purchased
them IN the Northern cities. Thus
Georgia became and continued to b.
tributary 20 the vast wealth which
flowed into and built up those cities
maxi & 'me cbant princes in a few
yeas OF thousands OF those once retail
traders, snd making a twenty thousand
dollar capitalist OF a score of years ago.
~millionary capitalist of the day when
sec-.s sion came So much for Georgia
ND AS. AamHA - A. a.. -
her relations exclusively with the Great
West
While Georgia became thus Deepen
dent upon the North, she has been trib-
uiary a so 90 the growth and wealth of
the West Not commercially so, but
bon the market she became for all the
agricultural and stock-raisiug produc
uons ot those favored and richly pro-
ducinE States These were her rels-
tons in The past What will they be
In the iuturef That they can be made
more beneficial IN the future, than they
haye been lu the past We sre prepared
"a. hud do athm That they must be
90, or of no brn' ht az al we are equally
confident M sthfminC. And the West
alone Will be- 90 blame n our predic
tons be not verified In the exer-
else OF her great political power In
the rational councils. tue West
can sustsin successfully, the feeble
efforts Of what we msy term the late
Slave States, % regulate the labor of
the negro freedmen, and freed-Bomen.
AZ bemE now contemplated ia the
South, tins labor will be 30 directed. as
20 benefit and not 10 depress. that un-
fortunate race ID viii be free from
cruelty and dirscted to the culture in
the main Of the late great staple pro
ducncus oi the South But il must be
understood by the negro. that though
q freedman, n he remains on the soil.
be must woIk-work like the white
man ~ The North-u5rk ,cifb a eRY
Then viii the West find again in the
South a great market Tor lts produc
tons enc EjSG 1t VIII be no market az
all
Tho proper regulation Of the freed.
reEs lEboI, thsn. becomes = considefs.
tcn Tor western statesmen. Should II
become IS IL nov is, under mi. tsrv
rule, a matter for Congressional direc-
son. western statesmen will have much
% do IN ensctIug the laws giving direc
ton % H. Perhaps, it were better to
iet Georgia, for instance. when she be
comes a component part OF the FEEDER
al Uuiou, regulate this labor Tor herself
ana 30 OF other l1,s slave States But
o not The Great West will be neglect
iul oflIs own interests II il does notsee
- t that this labor Is properly regu-
hisd
By she West too, a revolution may
be- made in trade and commerce with
Georgia most beneficial 10 both Gin
cnuau and Chicago n az be made 10
peoEEla and The South, what New York
and Boston once were. From both
thuse ciues the advantages OF railroad
hc4ines wH soon again be open 70 the
Atlantic From the former city 10 "a
FAnnah the distance is not so great as
70 New York; snd ii The Macon and
btensEick road be completed, as il
would have been ere now, but for the |
Vat q much neGrer route 10 the Al.
Antac, Al brunswick, would now be
open 70 chicago, through The heart Of
Georgia, than the route to New YORK
Brunfwlck, u is well understood bss
the hnest harbor IN the south c,n.bIo
Of receiving commercial yesssels "a ~
highest tonnage.
We throw out these views as we'll n
advenee the interest ofGeorgia "a that
OF The Great West Nor are We Al All
neeiectiul IN considering what NAV be
Advantageous 70 the negro IN his oopdi.
Bon a. uheedman IN the South Our
henest convictions are, that ms happis
nee and Eeii teug can only be promo
tea by q sllegulated 8, stem OF D. Dor
n,tns imposed upon INN Naturally
lazy- 8. a lace th,y wi not work un-
Itha ny arr iosord 20 realize that by
thes~rat 0i Abe br0w man must earn
ba asuy bread