The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-08-16


sibiiiiy. The American cotton gin was imported
into Liverpool, and the cotton in the seed, from
India, there brought to the test and beautifully
cleaned Capitalists ran wild with excitement. An
agent was sent 10 the Southern States to employ
five experienced planters, on large pay, TO go TO the
East Indies, carrying with ihrm perfect know
ledge Of the bushes and every means and facility
which money could buy; and no doubt, for a while,
seemed TO be entertained that, in very short period,
American cotton would 90 begging in the markets
of Europe; and the aboroaists sent up their exul-
teton with the belief that, by destroying the mar
ket for the great staple the South the stupendous
fabric OF dome site slavery would be hurled 10 the
ground.
But the whole thing ended in smoke. !. turned
out to be ridiculous humbug British capitalists
again turned their eyes the cotton fields of the
South the excitement died away; and il has not
been revived, 10 any extent, until few days ago,
when the project was again set foot of attempt
ing TO do in Africa what utterly failed in the East
Indies. Probably the pertinent will be again
uied; but it is equally certain Ia At it will again fail
IL is all Idle TO talk about England attempting to
free hersef from a dependence upon the Southern
States for raw cotton She may as well attempt to
free herst II from her dependence upon China for tea,
or the East for opium The eternal law Of nature,
al d the order of human things, are too strong for
her Ahohtonists have guided her policy for the
last fifteen ears; and it has been proved ncontes
uby, that the abolition of slavery in the West IN
Ola colonies has ruined those beautiful islands,
and brought double degra dalton to the population
No fact stands out more clearly demonstratedin the
economy of agriculture than this, viz: that there
are certain tropical products which can never be
produced so well, so abundantly, reliably, er 80
cheap, as by slave labor fAnong them chiefly are
cotton and sugar The United States can produce
the former, and will continue TO produce il with
profit, al a lower rate than any other nation.
Sometimes the subject of war between great
Britain and America Is broached but il is too clear
TO require argument that il would be ruin 10 Great
Britain 10 cut of her relations with us. We pur-
chase more Of her goods than any nation IN the
world, and our puTch ises are increasing every
year. Not less than one quarter Of her entire po-
pulation depend for their saily bread upon the
wages they gain in the manufactures. If her
market here for these goods Was destroyed, or she
was cut off from the supply of the raw MATERIAL
famine and pesiIlence would sweep millions of her
population 10 the grave. The distress which is
now occasional and dreadful, would be seaseless
and overwhelming. She knows this; and, al
though she does not wear her chain of dependence
upon the United States very easily, yet she canno,
shake it Off The time has come when the for
tunes OF the people of Great Britain are in our
hands, TO a far greater extent than our fortunes
ever were at her disposal. So far as British fana-
tics have been able to carry out their policy, so
far have they ruined the British colonies; and
England is beginning TO see it, They have at
tempted-snd they have succeeded in this-to ex-
cite feeling Of malignant hostility towards
America; and they have ti. d, but tried in vain to
put an end to Southern slavery. Hand in hand
with them, their brother fanatics in this country
have gone forward 10 aid in the same unholy work.
Al home, thank God, the crisis, we believe, is
passing. Through the convulsion the republic
is triumphsniy marching. The rights of the South,
as guaranteed by the constitution, will remain To-
violate, and slavery, with its blessings and its
ours, $, remains at the disposition Of the only
whom il concerns.