The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-12-18

history; or whether II shall lie dormant un
Ill the doom Of Wa Virginia is ssaled.--
May heaven direct ypn minds to the cour,t
dictated by patriotsh, by humanity and by
your own true inloyest.
Dr, aasg on she pisivasis. Of Csusa In
! a1psraIia.
The Rev. DIR. Lpo. last evening dslv
cred. st the Mechan5R Institution an interest
ling and able lectuTelon the cnisvation O
cotton in north-eastsui Australia. The au
dienee was rather limited, there nsi beins
above 100 persons present. Amongst the
auditors. were Tiionia, Bailey, Esq, chair
man Of the Mar0kdter Chamber of Com,
merce; james 6spiEal Turner, Esq, chair
man of the Manches;ei Commercial Associa
zion; Thomas Boothmsn, Esq, secretary o.
the Chamber Of Commerce: w. Morris
Esq, the Rev. Mr.. Monroe, the Rev. Mr.
Clrrie, &c.
MIR. BAILEY occupied the chair. He
said that he need not enter into any elabo-
rate statement, to prove that an abundant
and constant supply Of cotton was of para
mount importance 10 the vast multitude of ar
tsans in this district AT present, we received
our supply from very few sources, and the
principal portion of it was the produce Of
slave labor. He did not stand there TO ad-
vocate any interference with the institutions
Of another country; but he had opinions and
feelings in reference to the freedom of his
fellow creatures, Of whatever color. He
advocated the necessity ofpersonal freedom,
as much as of commercial freedom; and,
with respect TO cotton, it would be well il
we could increase the sources OF our supply,
and at the same time do il so as TO promote
the freedom Of humanity. During the last
year, we had been suffering from defcien-
cy Of food and Of cotton. A new field,
however, seemed to be opening to us in the
new world. South Australia he believed TO
be capable of producing, in quantity and
quality, very important supply Of raw cot
ton. DIR. Lang would be able to show that
THAI country had produced beautiful cotton,
and il was most desirable that we should re-
ceive a supply from thence. In the infancy
Of many gentlemen who are still among us,
and who might be called the patriarchs OF
our trade, the United States Of America be.
gan the production Of cotton; and if such
wonderful results could be produced within
the lifetime Of individuals, we might fairly an
ticipate that, in the new field now opened up
to us, and with the intelligence that the world
now possessed, large supply Of the staple
article might be grown FOR our use. Ameri
ca was not SO important a customer to US
for our manufactured goods as she ought &c
be, considering that we took so large por-
ton Of her agricultural proGucts. He wa;
informed, on very good authority, that the
exports OF cotton manufactures from thi,
country to the United States did not amount
to more than 10d. per head on the whole
population Of the republic. Our exports Of
cotton goods to the British North American
territories, amounted 10 aboEt I'd per head; but
to Australia they amount to los. cd. per head
per annum. Now, whilst America was ia
king from us mere pittince Of our manu-
featured goods, it was estimated that the val
ue of the raw cotton alone which we import
ed from the United States was not less thar
f1 per head per annum for the whole popu.
lation of this country. While she sells u.
20s worth, she generously takes back 10d
worth. We could not interfere with TIT
regulations OF such country; but, seems
that intelligence wa penetrating the cont
nent Of Europe, il must penetrate to Ameri
ca, and freedom Of rade must prevail there
as in other countries. (Cheers.)
DR.. LANG, who was received with ap
plause, began by rlerring to the energetic
and successful effGts which had been made
by the city Of Manchester to rid the coun
try of the food monopoly which had so Ions
and so grievously oppressed il, and said tina
it beloved the people Of this district t.
make another effoI to free themselves from
another monopoly equally intolerable AMI
oppressive, namely the virtual MONOPOLY
which the United States possessed Of sup
plying Great Britain with cotton. Next L
> an abundant supply of food, there wa
: nothing which his country stood more il
; need of than an abundant supply Of col
, ton; and the tradeof this country was at tn
: present moment hnguishing and groanin,
under the effects If monopoly in cotton
: Just as it did recently under a monopoly il
: corn. In the on, case, the monoplists wer
the landholders OF our own country in tn
; other they were tie shareholders Of Amer
} ca. Oh, then, for another Golden, tina
this monopoly, which pressed like an incu
bus on Great Britiin, and which in some as
: poets was more Noticeable than the defune
: monopoly, might n like manner be brough
( to an end. He was confident that W
5 might free ourselves from vassalage, an
that the means of success were to be foun
; in Australia. This might seem incredibl
at first sight; but the annals Of the countr
: afforded a case exactly in point. Nearl
, half century ago, the woollen trade {
, England was precisely in the same cond
ton as the cotton tiade now is, owing to
: deficient supply of the raw material. A
that time, Mr.. J. M'Arthur arrived her
, with a small specimen of Australian WOO
, Of good quality, Just as he (Dr. Lang) ha
D come with specimen OF cotton wool. Nj
/, M'Arthur, when he spoke Of Australia I
I the land which was to furnish England wit
Q a large supply Of sleeps wool, was locke
c upon with GOODNESS, doubt, and incredibly
a but what had been the result? The qual
0 tity Of foreign wool imported into Gre
Britain from all parts Of the world durir
e the past year was, in round numbers, &c
\ 100000 lbs. OF which not less than ON