Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-28

llbor required to work the machinery,
which Is abundant, it may be assumed
that no high degree Of enterprise would
benecesssry tosecure q large consumption
Of these products, not only in the South
and West, but in Mexico and South
America, from which English enterprise
has Tesped such rich reward. Two or
three lines Of steamships from our prin-
eipal Southern ports would enable Us 10
undersell our English rivals In these
plsces, so as, sitter a time, TO exclude
them from the market, They pay this
heavy transportation tariff in every
pound OF cotton they work up. They
are at q much greater distance from these
markets than we are. Such q system
would enable the South more certainly
to control the cotton market, and insure
a more steady return to the planter, in
asmuch as be would not be dependent
upon Foreign or Eastern markets for the
sale Of his prcducR. The home market
would always create an active demand,
and its necessities wsuld be entirely in
dependent Of the foreign demand. These
sre facts, ct this tins, when u
people are looking around them for solid
basis upon which to establish themselves
In enduring and profitable industries, II
Is to skilled labor and mechanical indus
Try the South must look for the establish
meHt Of her ancient prosperity. By
these her destiny is to be controlled, her
homes r~epeopled and her political
equality in the Union to be main
tanned. The capital, which after
this yea will be abundant among her
own people, must be employed. in this
wsy, when they are eli alive to n
terprise and fully aroused TO the i'm
portsnce OF manufactures, as certainly
Sc night follows day. To this monarch
let the South offer her tributes, and from
this munihcert source viii che gather
the golden harvests OF q renlunerative
profit
While we are entitled to, and must con-
tend manfully for, our share of Govern
ment subsidy for public works, for equsl-
ity in the race for wealth and equal
rights to reward our e%xertions, we must
not depend in any degree upon political
management for u prosperity. With or
without this, IL the South is true TO her,
self, sha has it in her power to achieve
prosperity and win wealth that will make
her the equals of the best, and the gen.
erous rival Of the most prosperous and
exalted. The old Latin maxim, one of
the truest and noblest apothegms OF phi
losophy and the great central principle
OF political economy is, in its widest
sense, applicable to her condition And
prospects" labor oslsia Vincit."
Our soil, climate, productions, and
great natural arteries of trade place us
on the vantage grcund-thty do not,
however, constitute 8 crest State or
prosperous community. To achieve
these her men must be equal 20 their po-
sition-they must work with energy, de-
wise with sagacity and have faith in
their destiny. "Time, faith, and en-
erEy," will conquer all obstacles, and
make the now waste places OF cur land
more productive than yer before. We
must combine mechanical skill and
manufacturing industry with our sgTi-
cultural labor before We can claim TO be
independent or on the high road to a
prosperity other States will find il i'm
possible to rival.