The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-04-19

Thursday Morning, April -, lSu0,
Direct Trade.

ODSetESea Will SSse3oa"SesSaa "A"o ~O&A
gress has been invited to-assist in the,
establishment of atranssAtlaptic line
of steaaets between Cskaxleston and
Liyetpoel Tho object sof the pro
moters IS to- establish q regular ipe
of mail steamers between the South
era States a1.d Great Britain; md, !,
also to promote eniigg ttiis.. ;. Fer this
purpose, they solicit:a subsidy From
Congress-. ana In return guarsatee to
bring out to the Southern States $500
emigrants, able-boaieT laherers and
mechanics, annually -
The propositionis is a1nost i,npor,
tant one, ifotsnerely as! it1regards the;
the interests of the Southern States,
but also in national point of view.
Every one acquainted with. the rise
and progress of trade and commerce
is awere that much depends upon,
rapid and certain postal communica-
ton. Hitherto ailmercantile advices
passing between the commercial cities
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of the Southern States and France
and England had 20 be sent via New
York or Boston, and there was in the
generality Of instances great loss of
time, and in peculiar seasons a heavy
loss in a financial point Of view. A
line of powerful steamers, such as the
celebrated Inman Line plying be
tween New, York and the port of
liverpool, could, in ordinary wea-
ther, make the run from port to port
i'll ten to twelve days, but st present
Liverpool letters do not reach Charles
ton under sixteen days. 1t is, there
fore, evident that in point of celebrity
the project before Congress would he
of great advantage to our Southern
fellow citizens. By its means, they
could obtain their European cores
pondence with greater regularity and
promptitude, be thoroughly posted
other Southern productions, and pre-
pared to take advantage of a rising
or hold back from falling market in
Liverpool, EIanoiieseseT or London,
without being obliged to obtain their
intelligence secondhand from New
York
The next advantage which the pro-
posed line of mail steamers from
Charleston to Liverpool would confer
upon the Southern States, is the pro-
posal to bring out not less than 1000
able-bodied laborers and mechanics
from Great Britain annually. At
present, the great drawback to the
South is the want of labor, agricul-
tural and artizan. The experiment
of depending upon the colored popu-
lation now set free, has not, as vet.
proved a success, and we fear, from
the peculiar and distinctive features
which predominant in the physical
and intellectual organization of the
negro, that it will continue so. In-
deed, any one who peruses with an
unprejudiced mind the recent able,
argi1mentative and eloquent letter of
DIR. J. O. Mott, of Mobile, to Gen.
Howard, President Of the Freedmen's
Bureau, cannot have the shadow of a
doubt upon the subject. An extract
or two from that masterly commune
cation will not be ont of place. DIR.
Mott says: ''In my professional
rounds every day, I hear complaints
that the negro will not work at any
price. They are hnddled together III
shanties around the town, stealing,
burning fences for fuel dying of dis
ease and want, and yet you cannot
get q cook or washwoman at $50 a
month" This habit of idleness, the
doctor shows, is characteristic of the
colored race, and cites the case of the
Haytiens in proof OF his position.
He says: "Can there be found in his
tory anything more positive than the
ntter failure Of the negro race in
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