The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1842-05-07


square miles and fifteen millions ofinhab-
itants, among whom there are onlyFsome
few English settlers probably not over
one thousand IN all And yet, from this
miserable population the Government
extort revenue Of FIVE million pounds
sterling, or abou wonty to twenty-five
millions OF dollars equal to d revenue
sufficient to support the entire Govern
ment of the United States!
The land tax 3 itself, if no other diff
Guilty existed would be a serious obsta
Gle TO the extension Of the cotton cul
lure in Irdia But. we shall sec that
much greater difficulties than this ex-
list.
2dv-As to tabor. II has been said
yas labor Of India was the cheapest in
me world; as Hindoos would work for
81. sterling per day, or abou 81 cents
of our money; yet wien we consider
the feebleness of their physical powers
caused in a measure, by scanty food,
living altogether on rice, combined with
the debiHating effects Of climate, one
able bodied American negro well fed on
animal food will do more work than half
q dozen Hludoos would, and do 1t better,
50 that their cheap labor exists in name.
! The estimated cost of a laborer on an
American cotton farm, or estate, does
/ not exceed 374 cents per day, the same
sum paid to six Hindoos. Besides, the
services Of one American laborer last
through the year,or crop; while the work
of the other is voluntary and he is left to
choose whether he will makeOpum, Rice,
or Cotton. With such apopulation,i gnor-
ant of and prejudiced against the use OF
machinery, ploughs, mills, and the use
OF horses, only using bullocks for all
kinds of work in their stead, and accus.
toned alone to the use Of the simple hoe
We cannot expect they should voluntari
ly be brought into extensive cultivation
of cotton
3d-They haze in India ercessiUs 6qa
roads; or scarcely any roGdS at all
The transportation of bulky articles .
produce, 10 a seaport for shipment, is sad
died with an enormous expense. Anc
when they finally reach an Indiar
port, such as Calcutta, Madras, or Bonn
bay, they are subject to heavy expor
duty.
'All the inland trade Of Bombay" say
! McCuIIoch, .'has to be carried on b,
5 means of roads that are seldom a
valuable for carriages, and which cal
only be used by pack buIlocks and cam
+ els"
t 4th.-To ertend the cultivation of cotto
. Tegirues SKILL and capital. Ii must b
t carried on by either free white and in
lllgent labor having fee simple righ
+ in tn SOL, and 5xoneFaled from heav
0 taxation, or by wnlts people similarl.
d located, W h slave or African labor di
r rected b. a5m 60 produce the same re
suit But are these the facts with re
, gard to Inlia! although this countr
has been nom,ualiy held and governe
), by the English, for many years, tn
country IS to this day uncoonized by En-
g glisn antilles. England has only ha
: military possession of the country, an
4 controls It by her m litary power place
i under the direction OF the Governor Ger
eral.
! We never see English families, mel
, women, and children, leaving the rurs
: districts of England, to settle in lndi
as cultivators OF the soil, carrying wit
them, their ski |, industry land enterPrls
J. If the military government OF India wa
J. favorable to their emie ration, the u
i healthy nature Of the climate would a.
4, as bar to their doing so. Aud henc
IA since the first occupation OF India,
N this time, by British troops. If we e.
e. cept the principal towns Of trade,the 81
l. gish population has remained vel
near stationary and contains now n
e. many more English settlers than it d
IS years ago.
it Neither can we suppose this state
1e things will in future udergo any materi
al change.