March 27, 1861; The Charleston Mercury
As another evidence of the direction given to the public mind by the independent action of the South, we would call attention to the advertisement of this Manufacturing Company in another column. It is a movement of great importance to the whole South. This is a corporation which will benefit alike all the Confederate States, for, in all of them, shoes enter largely into trade, and heretofore Northern manufacturers have furnished the supplies. In this manner, we would see Southern Capital and southern energy and enterprise employed. Too long has the North absorbed the wealth of those States which now form the Southern Confederacy. Let the future bear witness to a successful effort to regain our lost advantages. And this we predict, will be one of the most profitable investments of the day.