True Democrat. (Paulding, Miss.) 1845-18??, 1845-10-29
From The Washington UUiov.

has ever appeared in the Onion" Our
regular correspondent in New York fur,
nlshes clear, full, and decisive dcscrip-
ton ofthe result of the celebrated expert
ments made by the East India Company
IN the cultivation of cotton in the East.
We recommend it to the attention of our
countrYmen, particularly o. the South; and
respectfully advise the editors OF newSpa-
pers TO read, and TO republIsh it in their re.
Spcctlve papers.
The English experiment in the East has
signaly failed. 1t was made under the
most favorable auspices in different parts
ofIndia. 1t has succeeded in none of them.
1t was made under the eye of ten expe-
rienced planters from the cotton region of
the United States, with the best American
cotton seed; bat it has failed Nature for.
bids any serious competition between the
cotton of the East Indies and that of the
! United States. The southern portion of
our country stands unrvalled in the pro-
! duction which constitutes the basis of the
most important manufacture both i'll Great
Britain and on the continent. Well might
England struggle TO battle us in the an.
nexatlon Of Texas, for there she would
| have planted her lever. BY her aid, and
by her cotton plantations, Britain would
have attempted to make herself indepen-
dent of the United States, throwing her
own manufactures into Texas, upon terms
that would have deled the competition of
our own fabrics; and receiving the raw
material in return, upon better terms than
she could have obtained the growth of our
own southern cotton lands. The acquis-
ton of Texas, therefore, toiIs the most anX,
ious policy Of Great Britain. 1t makes
her greatest interest Che most important
branch Of her manufacturing SYSTEM de
pendent upon us. In the same proportion
Of course, 1t gives Us every advantage ia
competition with her, Ii gives us wealth
III peace, and power in war; because how
can Great Britain continue to prosecute u
desperate and continued war, which IS
destined to StdrVC ti.roNR manufacturers!
The acquisition OF Texas thus puts Us III
possession Of Amos; all the best lands III
the world for the growth of cotton; and tins
is decidedly one Of the most important sta
p es, III every respect, that can be culllva-
cd by man. II we do not hold the mo-
nopo.y OF the article yet we produce it OF
better quality, than any other country.
Nemay safely defy all rivalry III It's pro-
ductloH. Thus 1t becomes al uufaiIinE
source of wealth and abundance pros.
perlty in peace, and Of power in war.
Let rs further add, that the acquisition
OF Texas is not only of great value to the
south, bat it is destined to shed iucaIcula-
be advantages upon the north Let the
wings oppose il as much as they please,
or let the abOltIonstS threaten even a dis
solution of the Union. Not many months
will pass away, before oar eastern brethren
VIII appreciate and confess the benefits
which tacV receive. Is nothing 10 them
that growing trade is thrown open 10
their shipping! l. it nothing that mar
ket is opened for the consumption Of lileir
manufacturers free Of all duty, whilst the
British fabrics are subjected to the requjsi
tons Of orr revenue laws! Is it nothing
that orr own manufacturers have the adj.
vantage ofeujoying free trade in Texa9,
with % or 30 per cent in their favor over
the rival manufactures of England or of
the continent Bat enough for The pre-
sent! The remarks of our correspondent
the necessity Of any further re-
ilcctlons on our part; and we again recon.
mend his valuable statistics, rs well ms his
general conclusions, TO every reader and
jevcry editor in the country.
[Froa Cur regular correspondent
New YoRK, Sept. g, 1915.
The Zpnobia, which arrived at this port
VI Saturday morning last, from Calcutta,
East Indies, brought home one Of the
American cotton planters, who some five
ears since, entered the service the Hon.
last India company rs a superintendent
t cotton farms, in their extensive expert
leut TO grow American cotton IN that re-
ION, aud to improve the cultivation ofn
We cotton. have had much converse
OF with Mr. r., who went from MiSSiS-
ppi, and after having served the govern
lent for five yeas, the term of his engage.
lent, has returned, as stated IN tie Hcun-
"a. H. las communicated 10 me much
aluab'e aud interesting Information % re-
zion 10 India.
lie estimates the experiment has cost
Ic government about Sj00OOO, and that
has resulted ~ the most complete and
gnul failure
In 1910, an agent Of the government
Ime to the United States, aud repaired 10
ouisiana aud Mississippi, where the
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