The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-01-20

There is springing up in the North a
new and frank recognition of the import
ance of the Southern staples as the gold
producing powers of the country, and this,
together with the common creed that the
dead past should bury its dead, has direc-
ted towards the South q kindly scrutiny,
whose thoroughness is shown by the close
attention paid to Southern affairs by the
leading journals of the Union. And this
attention is not limited TO any one branch
of that fruitful subject; our railroads, our
lands, our sea-ports, our produce, our
finances, all being discussed in turn. Pol
itics are no longer the call and end all
of newspaper disquisition, and it is pleas
ant, while thankful for small favors, to
notice that we have now far less of that
fiery denunciation which for three years
was the burden of journalistic song.
1t is now the pleasure Of the Northern
press to chant the praise of the Republic,
one and indivisible; and in painting glo-
rious future for the North American Union,
1t is never forgotten to give the South a
prominent place in the picture. Of the
New York papers, the Tribune and the
Times have been foremost in prophecies of
success for the Southern States, which are
no longer spoken Of as aliens and strangers,
but as CO. equal members of the whole Fed
eral Union. 1t is natural that we who have
suffered most should be somewhat grudging
of our love; but if it is easier to pardon
those who have injured us than to esteem
those whom we have injured, we should be
able to meet on neutral ground, clasp hands
with West and North, and forge anew the
binding links of industrial and commercial
intercourse.
And in describing the natural resources
of the Southern States, the journals of the
North always give especial attention to
this State and city. The Northern public
have been told of the efforts which we are
making to develope the riches Of South
Carolina. They have had explained to
them our system Of railroad communion
ton, which connects the bay of Mobile, the
Crescent City, the bluffs of Vicksburg, and
the waters of the broad Ohio, with this
sunny Charleston harbor. And they are
taught that our power will not be limited
by the cotton and corn of our uplands and
the cotton and rice of the sea- coast but
that as the country becomes compact and
its commerce is centralized, great centres
Of trade will be built up in the South. Of
these centres, Charleston will be one of the
greatest, and we may quote here the words
of leading article, published a few days
since in the New York Herald: GAS the
s'small towns and cities require central
''points Of exchange, where they meet to
"regulate commerce, so do great cities re-
s'quire some immense commercial cglpori-
''um, which they elect as a great central
spoint for general interchange of CONNER
"cial ideas and the more perfect govern
"ment of trade. This point thus elected is
t'New York; but of the commercial centres
(which are rising to be only second to our
'great city, in exterior and interior trade.
"we have Portland, Philadelphia, Charles
"ton and New Orleans on the Atlantic and
"Gulf coasts, and San Francisco on the
"Pacifc. Portland is the natural outlet of
''nearly oil Canada and competes favorably
''with any sea port for our Northwest trade,
'while it is much nearer Europe than any
''principal port we possess. AS regards
charleston, when she learns that she is as
"near, if not nearer the great West than
"New York, che will commence rapid
''march to commercial greatness
This is but part Of our future. Are
there any who still doubt and will not be
convinced?