The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-11-16

It cannot be denied that the result Of
the Presidential election Il the North
hinged upon the question Of capssa a.
against labor, and % it win be until in
some way the great railroad monopolists
of the Northern Stztes, aided by the cap
ital of New York City - the great com
mercial centre, and combining IN their In
tsrests the banking capital of the coun-
try, as well as ell the powers of the party
in power with their one hundred and
twenty thousand o6ce-holders, each Of
whom exerts q control over many others
either as employees or friends, which prob
ably makes that power equal to at least
one million of oOter& Taking the lead
ing grand trunk lines of the New York
Central, the New York q Erie, and the
Pennsylvania railroads, whose lateral
roads ramify every Northern State
whose interests are in having the termi-
nus OF the roads the city of New York,
the employees of these immense corpora
tons an be counted by hundreds of
thousands. The manufacturing interests
of the New England States, dependent
upon the South and West for their sup
plies of raw material for their manufacto-
ries as well as their grain and provisions,
are also combined in interest with these
immense railroad monopolies. There .
also the great Erie Canal, which is also
depend dent on the great West and South
west for the immense business carried on
through that channel. Taking into CON
sideration the combination of these huge
corporations, with the power they have
exerted and the control they have over
their employees, is it to be wondered that
they can control the Northern vote?
have seen for years past the chain that
the South has been allowing yearly to be-
come rivited more firmly around her
prosperity, not only by passive submis-
sion, but by the aid of the votes of her
representatives in Congress in giving
strength to these bonds of Northern com
binatio ms of capital which is swallowing
them up politically and commercially, and
they SO blind or stupid as not to compre-
hend the consequences. The problem Of
the future of the South and West is solved
in the opening of the great Mississippi
river, by which bond Of commercial an
terest will be formed between the Western
States of the Union and the Southern
States. When that is done no power on
earth can separate the ties OF these two
sections, and in that way and in that way
only, can the South and West compete
with the business interests On Tnls couhLry
as against the capital and influence of the
railroad d monopolies, New England's
manufacturing interests, and capital of
the city of New York. / don't mean
when / say the Improvement of the Miss
issippi river, an Improvement as may be
suggested by packed commission As
made by the last Congress, who are in the
interests of the railroad monopolies Of
the North, and who will no doubt report
upon and recommend plans so expensive
and inefficient in character as either to
drive off appropriations or be Of char
acter that will obstruct, rather than i'm
prove the navigation of that great artery
lof commerce and thereby secure for
years to come the continued monopoly
of the business of the great West and
South west to the railroads, as now mo-
nopolized by them; but by some prdcti-
cal plan by which the river will be deep
ened permanently to insure navigation
the y ear round from ST. Louis to New
Orlean ns by steamers drawing from to 9
feet of water. III
don't class the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company as in league with the
other grand trunk lines, for it would seem
the lines centering in New York have
found in this corporation . serious com
petitor; and through this corporation
Balti more is receiving her due proportion
of the Western trade. The Kanswa
cana, connecting the Ohio river with
Norfolk, railroads from Memphis having
their terminus at Charleston or Savannah
tapping the great Southern Pacific
road 20 as to connect it with New Or
leans or by continuing the freight directly
on 10 Savannah or Charleston for foreign
shipments. The bailding of the Bara-
tara ship canal from New Orleans to the
Gulf of Mexico, by which vessels draw
ing IS feet of water can At all times reach
New Orleans. The ship canal through
Florida, making the distance 500 miles
shorter to either Northern ports or Ku-
rope, are the great improvements the
South should look to in order to protect
herself The combustion Of interests
effected by commercial and business rela-.
tions with the greas West and South
west viii soon effect that which wlll not
only make the South respected but felt
politically in New York and the New
England States.
The Georgia 6sntr.i has made dem
onstrasion that has lad . wondmfal essct
IN the night aisscsisn, and nade Gavan-
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