Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-01-30

E--. rebel force. we have had the form, II nur
re substance And now, let us hear how
~-at5ar5 are working in Philadelphia ON thc
e'thorityof that truly independent and discreet
;-vrnaj-the Lcdger:
BUSINESS AND POLITICS
Some Of our Philadelphia people have
curious ideas of the fitness of things. Thus
we very frequently hear persons getting quito
--oQuent over the Importance and necessity Of
''atcam communication and an active commerce
',o.ween this city and the Southern ports, and
o. Title while after, or perhaps at the same
''-1s, getting highly excited against the efforts
'.--:alg, mnte @ place the Southern States in a
condition to have any commerce at all. 1t IS
Very hard TO understand the political philoso-
'5..v tlal leads men into such inconsistent acts.
re igct IS, they do not act according TO any
SQUAD svz IN Of political economy at all.
.Ah,n thev talk and work in favor of cstab-
:-htng active and direct commerce with the
'"er-a gbey #re carrying out their experience
Ties business men ana obeymg true business
- cjples. But when they talk and act in =
c"thecn States 10 their places in the Union,
'~.thoui which there can be no active or pros
-~9us commerce there, they are merely fol
ling the behesJs Of party leaders. Business
nc"y politics nercr get along very well
-lcr, aud when business men are trying
t,rwcEd q truly business project they
'e-o..a let the party work Of party Leaders
.-a5 while they are al il, and the, should
- careful to see that their organs do the
.,.- taag Or, at least if they must mix
80 business matters and party politics. they
9ull see that the politics is not of charac-
'.e- . defeat The business. No thoughtful
men, ifhen he is carrying on negotiations
ID aHothcr with a view to engage him in q
-,a-rlial enterprise, would persist in re-
wing thg. man, calling him names, and say
eng, Tia, he is unfit to manage his own af
.'-=, and that he ought not to have control
'-. ITEM Yet this IS, in effect. about what
:r joi~& done by some parties in our city.
who speak strongly in favor Of close and
'1"Lv2 business Intercourse with the Southern
'.sa.u, and at the same time do all in their
'.~a-e2 to prevent those States from being
''ne-ce at the earliest possible day.
Party agitations are at all times the worst
'i2as Of business stability. If We want trade
'',-...h the Southern States or their cities we
'-nns. aid Them to have their affairs settled
Immediately People do not engage in
e7ring rice, cotton, sugar tobacco, &C.. or
. producing rosin, pitch. turpentiue, and
'-.5c- naval stores, Or in merchandising, with
'a-orgy and alacrity, when they do not know
''--,s-Lor they may call the products of their
.cHor and capital their own or not. Nor do
''-lcy enter into any business operations with
Aacrty good will while all their affairs are so
unsettled that they do not know whether they
are controlled by themselves or by other
people. If the industry Of the South is
10 be brought into active operation at an
''esrly day. their affairs must be settled at
Ten early day, so that they may know where
chez stand. And this we do not urge
"any more on their account than on our
Town. IF Congress is going to tax South
tern cotton heavily for the sake of adding
largely to the national revenues, it should
FIRST take care that the people of the South
ern States shall be placed in position TO
''raise it-otherwise there may be but little
'cotton to tax. The earlier and more GER
''talniy they are assured of a generous and
permanent policy, the more zealously will
''they go to raising cotton. SO of all other
articles and all other interests. If Congress
''vopld have the South contribute its full
clare of the excise and other taxes, then
Congress should act so as to set all the wheels
''ot Southern industry and trade promptly
and actively in motion. 1t is not alone for
he interest Of the South that this shall be
Done, but for the interest of the North, East.
''1Nd West, and the whole country.
Especially is tin the interest of those who.
like us in Philadelphia. desire to open up
new commercial relations with the Southern
''ss&board, 10 support and advance the earliest
''-estoration of those States to their places in
r'e Union, 50 that their people shall be able
''a- plant and produce and trade with 1nowl-
ledge that they can manage their own affairs
ND POSSESS their own property as we of the
'.=s5 of the country do.
The principles here laid down show the
ference n commercial value between the
''sr-r,0u sense policy of President johnson
nd tie plans Of the politicians who are OPP.
r05pg III, He wodld restore the Southern
"-.aes for the good of the whole country:
.aaT want 10 keep them out to punish them,
''rE10ugh the whole country must he lust so
much inc worse off by keeping them out 1t
IS cutting one nose off to spite his face
Eow II the people, not only of Maryland
f---l Of and oil D,bo,
orI- 5a brought to consider that the nation
ros Undergone about as much of strife and
turmoil as it can endure and live, they will all
the sooner show their appreciation of the true
situation, their wisdom in dealing with events
Inc nation is saved Saved as by fire, as
the Bible well expresses it: and if those whose
duty 1t IS 10 restore matters to their old stand
ard Of prosperity will only remember that we
have come ont saddled with obligations which
must burthen us for years to come and that it
is going to take the best efforts of not one sec
ion alone, but of all, to carry us triumphantly
through why the sooner all get into line and
pull together the better.
n conclusion, permit us to insist,-that
with ordinary prudence in keeping out feuds
and quarrcls amongst ourselves. Maryland has
prospects Immediately before it, such as any
STATE III the Union may well envy. Fortunate
m helng looked upon with special favor by the !
people OF both the North and the South who |
want ahome, it will be madness for either. or
any party, to foment strifes which will imperil
its future. There must be forbearance all
ground; and if there are those of ann party
here, who show willingness to indulge in in
temperate speech, let those who have tbe
power by virtue of any commanding influence
frown it down at once. Let the business COM
munity, especially, insist upon peace, what
ever the politicians may choose to say OF do.