The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1866-03-31
The Future 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 beng
and the future prosperity of our well be-
loved South. Accustomed from childhood
to a certain routine aud condition of society
and commerce, they see nothing but rum,
present and future, in the radical changes
which have bctallen her condition. 1t be-
hooves 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 bchOoves us 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
ut once be pride to Our children, defy the
competition and provoke the envy OF rivals
and CalumniatOrs.
We will invite to 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 t"
themselves and a better education, and
higher sphere of usefulness to their chill
dreu than they can ever dream of where they
are For the negro. we viii treat HIM KIND
/ " as being really the victim of the war.
I From the rapid march of events and the
/ special political aud 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 tevcrlsh state, from
which time must be given him to recover.
! He will be speedily sobered and made
useful if not hy the piuchingS of his wants
/ by the competition oflabor and by the tide
emigration already gathering on the shores
! of Europe and Asia.
4 1,lr-o No rT,p n
/ commercial emporiumS and centres of trade
+ literature and art. not only of the North
/ hut of the whole continent. The South has
| freely poured into their laps her princelN
/ tributes. and their greatness has oVeTshddoW
ed the land. Under the new order OF Things
imposed upon us as the result of the late war
we want n great commercial metropolis @
ouro own From her location and position
sitriuo nj the gate of the great valley OF TIT
[ Nississipui. New Orleans Is the only city L
/ lac tbol1rht OF in this connection. Alread,
tho West i turning to her wharveS rs tn
GREAT natural market and point OF export 10
! her products In ten or twenty years, "a III
croscopIc point of time III a nation history,
railroads converting at New Orleans VII
send out lines penetrating I" me FeHi'
tci+ bouuds of this Southern country, eve
| ro the shores of the distant iaclhc.
! She will moor ut her wharves shIps bear
incr the nroduce of every land, and who's
sails have whitened every ocean. troI
! every portion of the globe Will come. Seei
/ iug new homes, the laborer ana mechanlG
With Them. and the invited capital OF II
rome. {now SO poorly paid,) we Will repre-
dnca on our varigated soil the identlci
work. mechanical and agricultural, whlc
celebrates any portion OF the world Me-
! Orleans is TO be the great central point IL
| this importation and distribution TOR a
/ thi. Capitalization and eNportatlon.
This Is no fancy sketch. The grand tuful
| of the South. thus teebly limited at, must L
infinitely elaborated and colored. and nC
reach the whole truth. In view OF 1t,
there no duty devolvinC upon Souther
men This future TO the South Is col
ditioned upOu the eXeruons OF her son
Have they 6reathed ont all their deVotlo
ro her ON the battlefield! Do they Ow
her no further duty! longer warfare d.
mands their eXeTtiOnS 10 place the Sout
upon a level which we shall be proud OF.
We need home factories, home llteratur
home institutions of learning. which W
must encourages, foster and support. Bu
| first and foremost, we want a home con
: merce. and direct trade with Europe 1t
us foster and cherish this, and the rest vi
. follow.
A few enterprising citizens, with CONNER
dable industry are laboring to this end, an
beckon all Southern sons to their aid an
ciallv to be noted the already large an
prosperous house of Wallace 4 Co. Occr
nyiur the large and Toomy bull
inrs "A Canal, and 81 and 93 an
o5 Common street, and wiel
ing an immense capital, they are guarante
inc their sales TO be at New York prices c
tb7 Jav of sale. and are fostering dire,
trade by their own importations. The
have heavy stocks of domestic and toTeig
drv goods. boots shoes and hats. and ha'
their own city mandatory Tor plantatlt
clothing Assoon as circumstances VIII adm
= they contemplate the erection on the me
the jackson Railroad of their own faetol
for boots and shoes. They are being H6t
ally patronized. owing to their low price
liberal Ferms and well assorted stock, al
their sales run as high as half Il million
dollars per month. They are laboring stea
ily and honestly to the building up OF t
- city of New Orleans as a great commerce
y metropolis which shall rival any city on
American continent, and be the pride
every American citizen. Their efforts shou
be seconded by tho cordial support and Il
rrlf.NtH, tr tsX4l-v lGfvtx Of 6ha SUOtk.