Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-10-13
EAST INDIA COT1'ON

According 10 writer in the Washington Unioo III.
aiiemp, 10 introduce The culture oi American cotton in
India. made upon so extensive and cslly scale by m.
British government, with The obvious design If esc.a.
lug, should she be successful the cotton of the r.,
Staies from our "naiural market )" has entirely failed
This information is ssd 10 be derived rum one If III.
merican planters who hired himself 10 the British g..
eminent some i've years ago. to snpernlend the esp.
imen. and who. having completed the term Of his an
gagemeni, has jus, returned home.
This story, however, is in conflict with ,;Le, ,.c..
nation from India, derived through English pa,.,.
The Manchester (England) Guardian, for esam..
says. that N"twhs sndng the apparent failure Of III.
enterprise in certain secons Of the country il il Stat.
that in part OF Southern India the results have No..
different. and j, is though. that, when grown bv IN.
natives. who carry on the cultivation ftheir lands =.
much more moderate rates than Europeans. II ma, \.
Afforded u rates which III bring il into copsomn4,.;
Great Britain" Thu, paper adds. that Mr. Mere,
another Of the American planters employed BY liz R.
ish government, had las, year in cultivation
and expected 10 have this year 20 600 aeres all p,n,
with New Orleans co,t,n. Some of The n,,;v.s a.,
were planting The American seed. and had s,c,,.sd.
ed well. Mr.. Mercer has also gins in sc,iv. oo.,
on and II is said that some oi The cotton grown .,s
cleaned in the district will speedily make its appe,n.,.
in the Liverpool market.
The conflict between these statements is rsthe, nm,
rent than real II is known that EXPERIMENT. 49,.
made in India in districts remote from each other M,
we presume that deren, degrees Of sscc ess .,,.,aA
the different attempts. While, therefore. the Ame,;.,,
planter "ho has just returned home NAV state the ,,.
as 10 the failure of the enterprise in the dissc,
ed To his superinendence il is evident thar a, leas. ma
Of his colleagues Mr.. Mercer whose station ia in n.
centre Of India Bombay, has had better Er,un.
II Is very very certain that the British poverpm.n,
VIII leave no stone unurned 10 render itself lndepend.n
Of the u States in the supply of cotton necessary
tor its manufacturing establishments by its culv.oo
IN her own colonial possessions particularly sincs ,b.
annexation Of Texas the Uniun, placing nearly H..
entire cotton growing regn of North America N on,
possession Shonld she fail. i, renders her. in c.r,,.
sense. dependent upon US, and is forever "a HOOK in III
mouth OF Levalhan''-a better bond by far than ever
her word that she will keep the peace as long a, Oh.
can possibly do SO dsgracefu surrender Of her
rights her honor We should for that reason a. we'll
as for the advantage Of the Southern States yeiice At
the entire failure Of her East India experiment. which
however, we think by no means settled thing. IN.
experiments will doubtless be repeated long as ,he.
IS Inc slightest reason To hope fo' successful ISSUE
but should her agents in India ultimately overcome
the obstacles which are by persons now deemed in.
supeaoe' and she be enabled thereby to dispense with
co''on from the United States, we should like to know
where, then the cotton planter will look for his n,,y.
ra makel-lndeed Tor his only valuable market-if 10,
10 Inc home establishments. which only be prsp,r.
Ed to supply the loss Of the foreign demand by rrd
adherence To the wise policy which called them into Of,
slence, and which has thus far nurured and m,,u.a
them.