Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-10-18
MONDAY EVENING. OCT. IS.

Whcn We alluded tho other day to tho cstab
lshmeut of direct trade between tho South and
toreigo countries IS the only means now left the
people CT this section Of the Unionby which to
mike these Of tho North aware Of tia value, at
least 10 ouo respect. of the friendship shey 30
persistently and scorofuy reject, it was E new
idea. nor one suggested By tho feelings cull3-
q1ent upon tho disappointment experienced 6
the result Of the Indiana election. % the con-
trary, it was bnt ono of many ideas entertained
long ago. which VIC have tiled to forget, but
the memory Of which is kept Give BY the CON.
slant occurrence Of such incidents as last Tues
days elections A majority of tbs people OF
the North. hate, disirust and fear their
fellow citiz,rs of tho South, and, what is
the moro remarks blo. they do 80 not from o
Knowledge of the facts corcarnipg the true char
sct:r of the latter. tu. entirely upon that de-"
rived from writer's and speakers. who's, sole
means of Obtaining further honor and emolu-
ment depends upon the crcderc, With which
their lbels aud SANDERS and sophistriss coucern-
ing the d@ellers 10 one portion of common
country are believed. Intelligent and reputa'
Bile Northern men who visit tho South soon
have the erroneous belief upon which their pre-
existent feelings of eumity wore founded dissl-
pated, ant when lhe7 return to their hopaes con-
tradics, vince OCCASION ff.rs, tho sspersioas upon
the character OF the Southern people, but as theso
visitors are generally men who tske no part IN
public affairs, their contradictions extend 20
further than their Owl 6resides. Tho5s for
9igners, too. Who hsvo visited tho South IN
modern times, have invariably. as recently IN
the Case of Mr.. Hughes. borno testimony that
positively and directly refutes the evidence
upon which is based tho hatred the North.
through deception and ignorance. entertains for
tho South. But no matter what may DO the
cause, robody who reads what NortborD
speakers and writer's say and writo about the
South, and observes the resal5 Of their words
upon the voters to whom they arc addressed,
has any doubt of its existence, or, any further
hope of placating it. Such thing. then. as
the restoration CT friendship upon terms which
would b acceptable to any maguanimous con-
uuerors being almost out of tho question. the
only thing the South GIN do in order TO make
the value of her scornfully rejected proffsrs sp.
parent, is TO transfer her trade to those BY whom
its worth will b, better appreciated. Lat her
people then rely less upon the North for what
they want aud more upon their own productions
and what they csn import directly from foreign
countries. Let Norfolk, Wilmington, Charles.
ton, Savannah. Per .oola, Mobile, New Or
leans. and Galveston, bato them what Northern
ports now are; let her c,.toD, tobacco, rice,
sugar, grain and cattle DO shipped from her own
direct to foreign porls. aud let her buy 10 t1r-
eign countries what sbo cannot herself produce.
There never was mcrs favorable opportunity
than the presen: fer starring enterprises OF d.
rec: trade With foreign ports, and if but a por-
ton of the Southern money that hes been lost
in Northern securities during recent years had
been invested 10 suca enterprises and 10 tsnb'
fishing mauufs c:ories. the cnmlty ct which we
Justly complain, i! not considerably abated. would
be ut least, ty this time. partially c,Ecea!cd. All
sorts of government and Northern bonds c!n
now be sold at profit on their ccs:. Let those
held 10 the South b, disposed of and the pro-
cseds be invested in opening direct Southern
trade With foreign ports and in building South
ern mills and factories, aad tao income will not
only be greater, bit the scorn aod consumely
now c,st upon The Southern people by those
Who live in the North will soou be change into
evidences of respectful consideration.
The same Methodist Conf reDce chat inter-
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