The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1866-04-01
The FIXTURE of New Orleans.

Since the termination of the late civil war,
it has been the habit of thought IN too many
minds to despond concerning the well being
and the future prosperity OF our Wen pe-
loved South Accustomed from childhood
to 4 certain routine and condition of society
and commerce, they see nothing but rum,
present and future, i'll the radical changes
which have befallen her condition. 1t be-
hooycs a great people to seize the present
opportunity for building greatness from
the wreck of their fond hopes, and to demon
strate commercially, as they have on the
battle field, that they are the peers OF any
section or nation. 1t behOOves rs OF the
South to accept the situation fully and hear
tilv. and by untiring effort to work out a
destiny through new channels, which shall
at once he a pride to our children, defy the
connection and provoke the envy of rivals
and calumniatOrs.
We will invite ito our broad and fertile
fields the labOring poor of Europe. We
will give homes to the peasant of Germany,
Ireland and France. We can and will al
ford them better pay and more comfort to
themselves and better education, and
higher sphere of usefulness to their chill
dren than they can ever dream of where they
are For the negro, we Will treat hlm KIND
| " as being really the victim OF the war.
| From the rapid march of events and the
! special political and agricultural pressure,
| he must soon learn his duty and true po-
| sition The great and sudden change in his
social and political condition, occurring to
| him while wholly unprepared, has thrown
| him into an excited and teverish state, from
which time must be given him to recover.
| He will be speedily sobered and made
useful, if not by the pinchings of his wants
| by the competition of labor and by the tide
emigration already gathering on the shores
| of Europe and Asia.
New York and Boston have been the great
| commercial empOriumS and centres Of trade,
| literature and art, not only of the North,
but of the whole continent. The South has
freely poured into their laps her pTinCely
| tributes and their greatness has overshadow-
ed the land Under the new order of things
| imposed upon us as the result of the late war,
/ we want a great commercial metropolis OF
| our own. From her location and position,
sitting at the gate of the great valley of the
Mississippi, New Orleans is the only city to
be thought of in this connection. Already
the West is turning to her wharves as the
great natural market and point of export for
her products. In ten or twenty years, Ga mi
| croscopic point of time in nations history
railroads cOnverging at New Orleans will
send out lines penetrating to the reno
teit bounds of this Southern country, even
to the shores of the distant Pacific
She will moor at her wharves ships bear
inc the produce of every land, and whose
every portion of the globe will come, seek
inc new homes. the laborer and mechanic
with Them and the invited capital of Eu.
rope (now so poorly paid,) we will repro.
duce on our varigated soil the identical
work, mechanical and agricultural, which
celebrates any portion of the world. New
Orleans is to be the great central point fol
this importation and distribution for al
this Capitalization and expectation.
This is no fancy sketch The grand future
of the South. thus feebly limited at, must be
infinitely elaborated and colored, and not
reach the whole truth. In view of it, is
there no duty devOlving upon Southern
men This future to the South is con
GitiOned upon the eXeTtlonS OF her sons
Have they breathed out all their devotion
to her on the battlefield Do they owe
her no further duty A longer warfare de
mands their eXertions to place the South
upon level which we shall be proud Of
We need home factories, home literature
home institutions of learning, which we
must encourage, foster and support But
> first and foremost, we want a home com
merce and direct trade with Europe. Let
MS foster and cherish this, and the rest viii
, follow.
A few enterprising citizens, with commen
dable industry are labOring to this end, and
beckOn all Southern sons to their aid anG
, | example Prominent among these is spe
prosperous house of Wallace 81 Co. Occu
, pying the large and roomy build
! ings "a Canal, and 81 and SO anC
: q5 Common street, and WELD
ing an immense capital, they are guarantee
ing their sales to be at New York prices OF
6 the day of sale, and are fostering direct
. trade by their own importations. They
: have heavy stocks of domestic and foreign
dry goods, boots, shoes and hats, and have
their own city mandatory for plantation
clothing. Assoon as circumstances will admi
: they contemplate the erection on the line o
q the Jackson Railroad of their own factor,
for boots and shoes. They are being liber
r ally patronized, owing to their low prices
liberal terms and well assorted stock, ant
their sales run as high as half million 0
dollars per month. They are laboring stead
lily and honestly to the building up of tn
city of New Orleans as a great commercia
d metropolis which shall rival any city on tn
, American continent, and be the pride G
every American citizen. Their efforts shOul
Z be seconded by the cordial support and pal
j ronage Of every lover Of the SOuth.-N. G
Crescent.