Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1842-05-14

features of British India are so varied that, a
though despalring 10 convey an exact idea of The
pecultarities, must distinguish the country b
provinces, as Offering the most simple mode c
dellnea,ing this immense section of the Brtis
empire, whose seacoast line (extendtng from Cap
Negrais ~ The frontiers OF Stnde) IS 3,O22 EnglIs
mites, with a territorial breadth (troR Surat Z
Snde) of 200 miles; promising. however, tina
the leading geogra phcal features are The Hlna
layn mountains, along the northern and eastern
frontier, range OF CHANTS dsing at the southern
pon. Of the peninsula, running north along ,h'
coas, until receding at The parallels cf 30 10 -
when they branch off, in ridges of different ele
va'ions across the continent Of India, until los
in the table land Of Malwa and AIlahabad; while
on the eastward, the mighty Oranges, and OF
the westward the nearly equal Indus, roll the
lmpe,uous and heightened torrents from the linn
aaya sands to the sulrTy coasts OF Bengal ant
Clutch giving off, in their progress, and lnhaity
Of tributaries, which ram,tied IN every posi-
Bile direction over the whole peninsula"
/ Such is the authors description of this vas
country. | will quote him once more, as to sin
gle one of the provinces into which 1t is divided
/ 1.-The province Of Bengal proper. containing
/ 1000 square miles, has scarcely hill Of any ell
ovation; and the few eminences which to be
found confined TO small era on the eastern
boundary"
/ Who, then, doubt for a moment the capa-
b,lity Of the British East Indies to produce sur.
plus Of cotton, rice, tobacco, flour, beef pork, SUI
gar, &c. sufficient, for the demand Of Great Brl-
tain? The single province of Madras IT 10 con
idently asserted can produce suficiency OF raw
cotton to supply all the looms of Great Britain,
and who cannot see that it IS the interest of the
parties that these commercial relations should OK
lst between thcm' But, sir, not lief, TO
conjecture. language not TO be misunderstood
has already been spoken. Facts staring us
in The face; we canno, shut our eyes to them
If he rpta
tween Great Britain and her East India posses
s:ops in full operation, MS the interest
Of the parties shall from time to time
qulre. Tho work is going on; and call upon
the cotton, sugar, tobacco, rice, and indigo plan
tiers Of the South and Southwest; the grain pork,
and beef producers Of the Middle, Northern, and
Western States; the iron. wooen, cotton, and 9TH
er manufacturers Of The Union, 10 mark and meet
this pulley before it reaches point totally des-
tructve OF those great interests. An article IN
Hunts Magazine for September, 1911, with ref
10 the importation of cotton from the Bri-
fish East Indies 10 Great Britain, states"
ain the year 1881. The imports of lndia cotton
into England were 6o,627 bales; 10 1885, No..
l53 bales; and in 1910, GIG S4 bales; nearly
treble in nine years. The importation in 1889
was II ,233 $50 pounds, and in 1910, rs .303, 295;
an increase without q parallel in the history of
this valuable commodity. In the first quarter of
1910 the imports were 2S,6ll bales; and IN the
same term, in 1871, we find 81, 1873 bales; an in
crease Of 1852 bales"
The author of the "Glory and Shame of Eng
land,'' work published in 1911, in Il letter ad
dressed to The Hon John G. Calhoun, among 9TH
er important and interesting matters on the point
which | am discussing. says:
'sSevera instances have occurred within the
last eighteen months in which the arrival OF East
India cotton has materially lowered the price Of
the American article in Liverpool; in one instance
10 the extent Of no less than three cents on the
pound" "The East India Company,
under the presen, charter, no longer en- joys the
exclusive control Of India commerce, which enrich
ed its propretors in past times and the sagacious
and experienced men who control its affairs, af-
ter carefully investigating the whole subject,
have come to- the conclusion that thew will turn
their dominions into cotton plantations and direct
into their own Golfers the 100000, 900 that now
flow, annually, into the pockets OF the planters Of
the Sou,h.'
Mr.. Clarkson. in a late pamphlet, says:
IL have recently resolved intelligence from In
dla that individuals are hiring large tracts OF land
of the East India Company, prncipa for Guilt
vatian of cotton: one person has taken $4,000 a
ores a, his risk, and expects to employ
hundred thousand persons more than at present.
Compare these facts, Mr.. President, with the
condition and extent Of the British ladies' a, the
period of the administration Of Warren Hastings,
or n, the subsequent time OF the presidency of
Lord CORVALLIS, and how great is the contrast!
There is another matter, however, OF still great>
err importance in the comparison At the former
periods the East Indies were supposed TO be at
such an immense distance from England, that an
obs ,acle would be presented to the exchange OF
products between them too formida bic to be over
come by the art of navigation at rates to Justify
such exchange, except In articles exclusively the
product of that cline, such teas, &c. OF little
weight and of grea, value. How stands that mat
ter now9 The of steam in the navigation of
the ocean has already given assurance of its com
plete success; and the result, mus, be that these
distant countries will be brought, it were. in
TO the same neighborhood. Calcutta and Bonn
bay will be laid alongside of Liverpool and Man
chester; while the nhabitan,s of the Indus and
the Oranges will mingie daily with those Of the
Thames and the Mersev.
The Journal des Debdss of France, of late
date. says: