Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1842-12-02
TFIoIh The Philadelphia Enqui
The Cotton Culture I'm u,d,.

Interesting facts connected with this great en,ernr
1ue 10 ma their way into the American newspapers
The subject eAcitcs much attention i'm the Nor,h
man IN the South. Indeed unpreludced observer
might iary suppose Judging from the newspapers, Of the
Two sections, that the North the Cotton
gon and the South the manufacturing The effort ber.
mas Dee 10 induce the South investigate the subject in
order that 1t might ascertain true position and discover
whether any serious importance shoud be attached TO the
experiments III India, likely ultimately TO interfere viii,
the great staple of Southern brethren Tbereb,, -
to say IN the South, the subject has either be.n r,ed
WIN apathy or ridcue; and the only articles which seem
10 have excited much attention, are those which have de
nounced the East India Experiment as bubble and nj,
Jerry unworthy moments consideration Well--oer
maps e @oni Is night We trust for the sake of that sec
ton may be; but the evidence on this point IL nnv ;
on tins point but conclusive Witness the following Letter
upon ,he subject, which copy from late number of
the Cincinnati Gazette: "
LIVERPOOL, Sept. 1, 1912.
Dear Sir: When in the cotton section of tho S,n,.s
was induced TO think the India effort ON the mari Of g.
vernment would prove failure. based this calculation
us "'a 'ha' your Skill machinery, fertility of soil
Seaphess OF conveyance, and TO us won d eno
ole you 10 put down any competition.
since my return home have converted with n friend
"oi ihuil VINO resided for long in Charleston and
was aar with cotton growing, and who is now engaged
IN Us cultivation in the Eas-and, from facts furnished ~
me by him. ann satisfied was wrong "
he experiments in India will succeed md tho s,.oosa
VIII be both rapid and permanent They will NO, oil,
grow the cotton, but they will manufacture il and snnnv w
besides sides WIN large quantities of material
"nat elect, you ask, will this have upon the S,,cs2
Inc inst elect will be drive Won out of tho Sou,L
merican markets. That has been vour eronnJ W.
uo'e us away from Misunderstanding without difficulty
Du indla they manufacture coarse fabric (which ms,
SUITS mat markell cheaper than you possibly can and con
soP"ehuy, you Will have in yield. Ii WINS faal
p ; your P1rt whch lett your manufactures stand
si7, ue world without home protection. They can do n
great den more than people; but they can't conpee
mi pPer apour or the cheap work of India unless help
The second effect must he IN cb,poo ,I, o,,;,.,: =
large number of the States engaged in the growth of Coz,
I nc ch auval bottoms of the Mississippi, may en-.
able The planter there to cultivate Cotton at or cents
WIN Proht suppose it WILL But in Georgia and the Caro-
mag, II am any Judge OF SOIL it cannot be done You
ought To Know all about this II remember right the
senge crop IN the States would not more than 5Oo Tho
To Tie acre. OF will not be over 800 lbs Eds and II 90 cot
togrowng there will prove losing business What hese
states may urn their hands TO, what way they may
Employ theircaita probably only conjecture: hui
sar brought up as they are, that they will want amonabv
mat unit and energy Of the Yankee whck will be needed
To get through that trial safely.
The third effect, and TINT on which onr oo;sl.oo J
fhnnlhropsts like most dwell is the anticipated infu
ence on the negro your Government had Cosorcd
your manufactures, so IA 10 give them durability and asyou
Americnns say, put them ahead that they might hive
consumed oncholf your CROP you might have com
Peted with the world successfully and kept up the value of
VI. saves ana so continued slavery for But this
40, uohe' ana NE une now past for doing it, IT, then
lnda can manufacture the material so as 10 drive Won
o' OF le south American Market and supply with Cot
Ton, so ~ To meet hall wants. You will have no n,rko,
winch w" pay you ronunorating prices The consequoncs
VIII be- that the slave will be actual expense 10 his own
ors he will cat him out Of home and therefore he must in
gSoon, and from the single fact that our government en-
aced tie opportunity to push forward the India entepr.
more u DONG To bring about genera emancipation Of the
blacks than oil other causes put together This motive Inns
influenced many OF our ist sustain IT, az rave mo
doubt has induced large portion the Free Trade n,v
D the West 90 oppose your Tariff.
remain, truly yours, y
Commenting upon the above the Baltimore American
ch has frequently given just and enlightened views mon
hls question: says:-"With regard the settled obiect of
pgertrowng slavery the South which the English neon
Keep steadily IN view and which they think will be attained
BY rninoug depression Of the price Of cotton we do mo,
know how far the advocates Of free imporatonn I'M our non
iavehoding states are ocuoicd by the same design II
hey were looking 20 such result they could hardly C
more oneeun mode OF producing Than this very scheme
y snu-turh agitation. Let Mr. Roosevelt of New
"rk, succeed IN doing away with all pport du,es IA,
1o 'aXes be fesored to for the support Of the CEN
a Governments let the cry Of monopoly he raised louder
nu louder against our manufacturing establishments un,;i
ne nome market for our own cotton shall be destroved
Ehat ihen The British manufactures will be The es;ne,
ne foreign market will he glucd with cotton from Ind
e1ns and The United States The abundance Of sunni
vii allow the foreigner fix his own prices md -. @
Y circumstance now maturing will permit IL our own
aw maensl VIII DO shut out from British poft, with ~,
ned market az homo u hack WV" '"-