Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-12-18

We alluded two or three days ago to The
danger to which the Southern trade OF Bal
tim IRE Wis su' c!ad By The radical uiteranoss
of one of the newspapers of that city, but did
not mention the nsme of tito paper We
trod. hcwsvor. so heavily upon the
toss Of the American that it had to
wisco AID acknowledge lis ORD, and COG
oede that it is the only uewspaperin Baltimore
to which our paragraph can refer. But it does
30 With the bad grace born of the corscousnest
of the truth of what W, said, and asserts that is
is simply and solely dollars and cents. and
not sentiment. that iLauercas Southern
trade. Now the American WAS Fever more
mistaken in it's life. aud its mistake shows that
in the uudoubted progress it has made it has
advanced solely on the Northern line. and has
lost the faculty of understanding. and con-
sequently of sympathiziug with, and properly
appreciatiug the thoughts and feelings OF
Southern men. Under existing circumSt eos
NAV bs unfortunate, but it is so nevertheless.
that sentiment, and not moro money-Shich
all Gao make, bat few Southern men
oan s,ye-has a great deal to do with ir1u-
enoing tho direction of Southern trade.
Then, too, their distinguishing characteristics.
simplicity, clannishoeEs aSd open handcdness,
indu,e Southern men TO trade with and rely
upon friends rather than enemies, even though
the latter may offer to sell them cheaper goods
But were moro of this 50, human natute, 1t not
utterly debauched BY love CT gain, compsls men
TO bsve as little business as possible With those
who dislike them. ADD common self respect will
deter men from willingly SUGGESTING themselves
TO The titk of insult. Southern merchants,
who 10 former years. as regularly as the birds
came aud went, thronged tho stores ct Philsdoh
phia. did not stop going there because they
could buy what they wanted cheaper elsewhere;
nor did tho Southern students who once crowd
ed the lecture rooms of the medical colleges IN
that city, desert them because tho instruction
they received was inferior or higher priced than
what they could obtain 10 other Cities but both
have long siuos given Philadelphia wide
berth because it avaied itself Of every oppor-
tunity. in aud out of season, of expressing lts
enmity toward their section and their peopls,a rd
because every time they bought paper from
ueys5oy they ran thc risk of being offended or
rendered uncomfortable by seeing their OVID
kith and kin msIiciously slanderad and grossly
iusulted. Not wishing to SEQ Baltimore injured
By the same means. We alluded to tho danger
that meascsd it from the radical uttcrances or
the American. What thcsa uttersnces we're
every one of tho CONSTANT readers OF the Ameri-
esn knows better than We. and as the evil OF
words as we'll IS eos lives alter
them, the tffsots of these utteraIcas
may provo Injurious, Notwithstanding the
coupteraetiug Influences Ct the American able
city contemporaries. Tho American also wants
to know if We would hsva it sscriis its opinions
10 order that Baltimore may have tho Southern
trade? No. bui thero is vast difference
between sacrificing ones opinions end repeating
and eagerly accepting ss gospel truths ell
the ISLANDERS that malienit7 and Ingenuity can
devise upon thoss who cnttrssio different
,opipious, and commenting upon and dtnouuc-
ling them as though they were established facts;
and then, too, wise aud unsel6sb men either
moderate the expression Of their opinions. CT
,hesitste to parade them at all. when to 40
.osheraiss will be disadvantsgeous 10 the oom'
.nuuity 10 which they live. upon the principle
that no right.thinkipg man should initiate
against the interests of the people who support