Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-10-31

extend Savannah that It's present hal
itues will not know her III ten yea.
| from this it viii protect the men VIII
, produce, by honest licils, the rcs
wealth Of the land from actual robbie!
les III thou@anI eases which AL ms.
have seen, and lihOnest Incn deD!Orau
aild finally, ard not least by any means
1t Will cHt the leading strings III whic
tho entire business Of the SOpth ha
been geed and hawed about as opr Gri
vcr5 aud task-masters have willel.
Tie views of the Savannah 1f0IIti5t.
, N,csr~. are SO thoroughly il accor,
with our own upon this subject. tia
we reproduce them IA full. Ever,
separation and antagonism betweer
tine interests cf the farmers ant
the merchants Of the Sonth must re
suit injuriously to both classes. We
most earnestly desire that the Soutl
shall begin as speedily as possible {
direct trade with Europe, bat We think
it Will be Impossible TO bring ii about
without the Intervention of our lner-
chants; but even it be possible, il viii
| surely be much less profitable t0 the
planters to sell their produce in this
way than to employ the services of the
merchant who thoroughly understands
the business. The N,ew" says
While We hail with onr best wishes
any movement towards the opening OF
direct trade with Europe, and the en-
| francI.isemcnt of Southern commerce
| au,l agriculture, We confess that we are
not 50 senguine aa onr Atlanta cotem-
/ porary in tie belief that the mode pro-
| pONe,: i,y the farmers OF Dsi\a:o Is the
! best means for the successful accom-
plisl,ment OF the end desired.
Ii Southern agriculture and com
merce are to be cmancipatod, it must
be by the unit.l action and co-opera-
ton of or Planters ard merchants
Both rur agricultural a!tI commercial
systems have been bad. Neither our
planters nor orr merchants, have
grown REL. while the wealth of the
cDuntr, has been concentrated ut the
North But Hr have no reason for be
lievinr that tic planters would be
more: successful ao merchants than
they have been as cultivators OF the
soil, or that they can conduct the COM
nerce OF our section better thln the
merchants themselves. In the past
the merchants have been the frienCs
and helpers Of the planters, without
whose cDntiInnco ana credit the latter
woull have found It difficult to restore
their ravaged and d,so,atei plant tions
to cultivation, and Il is 10 the joint cn-
ergy and enterprise OF both that 50
much has been accomplished for the
restoration not only Of oar own section
but of the country at large.
Under the old regime system Of
finance and commerce had been estab-
lshcd which made our section tribu-
tary to the great financial centres Of
the North. II this system, SO long
fostcred by Federal legislation, made
the agricultural South dependent upon
tle commercial and manufacturing
North. III the days Of our comparative
prosperity, it rendered our position
teuGoid more helpless in the days OF
our adyersiiv III order to command !
the means to enable the planter 10 r"-
s!Ilnr tn culture of our great staple |
oar bankers, merchants and factors |
were compelled 70 accommodate them |
selves 70 existing circumstances 1t
was no time then t. attempt to revo- |
iutiOnize old systems, io strike for /
commercial aud financial inderend- |
elce, and Eor direct trade with Europe !
There VIZ then no capital III the South !
that was mot needed to give new life /
to agriculture. Mutual interest ard /
mutual depculancc controlled .he /
policy 0: both the merchant and the ,
planter, and Wien we look back upan /
those years Of struggle amid the wreck |
and min OF the war, with disorganized /
labor. invidious and btirthcnsome !
taxation, oppressive government, out
rage and ptnud"r, rs people we find |
abundant carlse for cDngratulation and !
pride 4 fc.s year3 have wrought such /
rccIlperaton rs no CtIlor people under !
the same circumstances can boast. /
Tie evil That has fallen upon the coCn- |
try, tie result Of unwisc, corrupt and |
proHigate government, finds rs sub |
stan tally on Il better foundation, more |
secure from threatened disasters than |
oJlr llunderers. The North, now count |
ing on tLe export resources Of the |
South as the means of financial rescue, |
recognizes this fact. Our embarrass- |
ment is only the Tcc0n Of their ca |
lamity. Ihe SoUth is stronger to-day, |
more independent and sclf-reliant than |
she has been since the war, and all
that is needed to bring about our COM
plete enfranchisement, to achieve the
commercial independence so essential
to our prosperity, is patience, coDtin-
ued harmonious cooperation, energy
and enlightened enterprise.
Then let commerce and agricultures
still go hand in hand, each in its legiti
mate sphere, aiding III tile develop
ment Of our section, so bOuntiful in all
the clements of material wealth, and
the day is not far distant when cotton,
if not acknowledged king, shall own
no superior in the marts OF the civil
lied world.
The ,SricntiHc 4n?crica1a describes
the new wood carpeting that is coming
into extensive use, as follows "Ghe
fabric is made of Stats or more orna-