The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-04-06
AMERICAN COTTON IN INDIA.

The New York Journal of Commerce endea-
vors to prove, in a long and able editorial arti-
Gle that American cotton cannot be made to
thrive In India, owing, as is supposed, to the pecu-
liarlty of the climate, which does not offer suf-
icient alienation of heat and cold to give per-
lection to the fibre. The object of the article in
question is TO prove that our Southern planters
need be under no serious apprehension as re-
CARDS the continuance of the demand for their
raw material in Great Britain. Whatever may
have been the results OF experiments heretofore,
the efforts that have been made show the desire
on the part of Britain TO get rid of the obliga-
zion TO draw her supplies from the American
producer. If such be the case, is it not wise in
our countrymen to cherish home market which,
IN the event of necessity may render them in
dependent ola foreign exclusive policy? With
out having recourse to high and unreasonable
protective tariffs, would il not be judicious that
the purchasers Of manufactured goods in Anne
RIGA should at least avail themselves of home in
dustry when it can be done on terms equally
advantageous To say nothing Of the prodi-
glous Improvements in cotton faorics, the rapid
advances made in the manufacture of woollen
goods, is calculated TO astonish and crafty us
in the highest degree. 1t was only the other
day that friend from New York, whose dress
was of the finest and most durable texture, as
sured Us that il was entirely the product of Anne
rican looms. In the manufacture of iron also,
particularly in cutlery and edged tools, the
Improvement has been very surprising in
deed and such is the superiority acquired in the
last named articles, that our mechanics inf
nitely prefer the American article for its supe-
rior temper, independently of its cheapness
Who that has witnessed the praseworthy ex
hibltions of the manufactures Of our own coun
try, at New York and elsewhere, can fail to re-
cognlse the superiority that our artisans and
manufacturers are destined 10 acquire over their
foreign competitors We are not exclusive in
our feelings, nor do we desire to see one portion
Of the community tostered at the expense Of
the others but we do wish to see an end put to
the everlasting drain to meet Indebtedness
abroad, that has heretofore made the American
consumer tributary to the foreign producer 1t is
all nonsense TO talk to us about reciprocity, where
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looking to Great Britain for supplies Of what
we can make ourselves, is as one-sded as il is
ruInous to US. In vain will we attempt to sus-
tain our own establishments, and preserve an
equabe currency so long as the right, on the
part OF foreigners, to draw from US our coin
shall exist. We might just as well attempt TO
fill a bag that has no bottom to it, as to enter
tain the expectation that our circulating medium
will be sustained in its equality of value, so
long as the debtor portions of the country have
TO pay New Y ork merchants, or in other words,
British manufacturers, IN coin, without recev
ing any thing from that quarter in return for the
products Of our soil.
It's hoped that our Legislators will have an
eye to this in the formation of the scale of
higher duties, which, as is admitted by all par
he creation