AND WHERE TO FIND ONE. 297 



South was stretching forth her hands for Northern 

 wares and merchandise. While willing to fight, 

 she was even more anxious to trade. From the first 

 gun at Sumter, every lying trick that treason could 

 devise has been practised to smuggle into the South 

 the products of Northern workshops. A perjury 

 was regarded as commendable that secured the ad 

 mission of a handful of percussion caps. No false 

 swearing was too black to obtain an ounce of quin 

 ine. The dearth of Northern products compelled 

 Southern women to remain at home or go abroad in 

 meaner stuffs than are worn by paupers in a North 

 ern almshouse. Every intercepted letter of a 

 Southern woman called for clothing as a necessity, 

 pins and needles as blessings, and bonnets as the 

 greatest of mercies ! 



With necessities thus embracing every depart 

 ment of human society, it will be impossible for the 

 South to stand aloof from the North. Agriculture, 

 trade, and commerce, will be greater necessities with 

 her than ever. Her people are now impoverished, 

 and they must begin life anew. As this grasping 

 after Northern products prevailed during the con 

 test wherever there was hope of its being gratified, 

 so will it become stronger and more general with 

 peace. Trade of all descriptions will immediately 

 revive. War has fulfilled its mission her people 

 have had enough of it, and the old antagonism on 

 the slavery question will no longer disturb what will 

 soon become a general harmony of interests. Com 

 merce will compel a thorough and lasting fraterniz 

 ation. The South will be far safer for Northern 

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