The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-04-03
portation Of American cotton into the
Liverpool market, and the extent of,

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~ more than one generation, Cotton
is not indigenous nor peculiar ..to, the
Georgia ,uplands. It's cultivation
was introduced in consequence
of our own demands, and per.
fectedsby the unrivalled. enterprise
and energy of American planters.
working under such stimulus. Grad
Jually, this cotton has obtained almost
the monopoly of our market; nor
would there be anything objectiona-
bic in such a result, due, as it is, to
the natural operations Of trade, if it
were not for the huge disproportion
between our own particular demands
and this solitary source of supply.
Continental countries take little cot
ton; the United States themselves
take quantity somewhat larger, and
which appears likely to be increased;
the great bulk comes to Liverpool.
But for all this aggregate consump-
ton, there still remains practically.
-nothing but the crop Of these two
provinces, which tins, iii i the rest Of
years, is scanty. in bad seasons ruia-
ously deficient, and, at all tines, a
subject Of anxious speculation and un-
avoidable misgiving.
The plain and obvious remedy for
such evils is to grow Cotton for our
selves, in some quarter or other Of
our immense dominions, an under.
taking which could be accomplished
without any resort to forced labor or
unnatural cultivation. There are
several colonies fitted for the growth
of the plant, but none so c.nincntly
calculated to fulfil all the requisite
conditions as India. This, as the
reader of these columns must be well
aware, is no rew subject. Ithas re-
pcatedly occupied the attention Of
Parliament, of the Indian Govern
ment, of the Administrations of the
several Prcsidcncics, and Of the Com.
mcrcial S6cietics of Manchester and
ID 'ilIfSsrerpool. Bounties have been of.
superiat tas , e. &: y:
'Hnost S}'f66Ht end, yet stilT there IS no
Cotton crop Forthcoming from India.
No doubt whatever has been thrown
upon tie capacity Of the soil to pro.
a 53itIGs,SEs5aaS IN times Sas the required
fruit; OH the contrary, specimens OF
Indian grown Cotton haY ,cal open
ly exhibited at Manchesrc. and hag.
been pronounced fully equal - the
best descriptions oc American, What
has not yet been obtainublc is 4 copi-
Gus and continuous supply, and of
this failure the chief causes arc to be
sought in the remissncss of the Indian
Government, and the extraordinary
difficulties of transit.
We do not mean to charge the gov
crnmcnt of India with the hereditary
faults Of its subject population. 10
presume that nothing but cdicts from
Calcutta were required to turn Can.
dcish into a Carolina, is to argue
without any proper information on the
question at issue. The one great
element Of American succcss-Am-
crlcan cntcrprisc-can never, at least
for many generations to come, be i'm
parted to India. 1t is prcpostcrous
to expect Of llindoos all that is
achieved by citizens of the States.
During the experiments to which we
have alluded, an English plough was
introduced into one Of the provinces,
and the natives were taughts its use
and superiority over their own clumsy
machinery. They were at first is
tonishcd and delighted at its effects,
but as soon as the agents back was
turned, they iooli it, painted it red,
set it up on end, and worshippcd it.
Still, although the utter impotence of
our own efforts nearer home might
dispose us TO appreciate more reason
ably the task of introo '"Hg industry
and enterprise among a helpless popu-
lation, yet it is impossible to deny
that enough has not been done.
Though the Ilindoo has few wants,
has little or no energy, and is teach.
able onl y up to certain point, yet he
has none Of the true Celtic Incidence,
he is given to handicratts, and has q
natural aptitude for many kinds Of
labor. OF such a material more
might, surely, have been made, had
the government of Calcutta seen to
its own interests more clearly, or de-
parted little, i'll case Of such nc
ccssity, from its traditional track.
Even this cause, however, in its
influence upon the general result, is
FAR inferior TO that arising from the
utter want Of any sufficient means Of
transport; a deficiency which, while it
is moro or less detrimental to all
kinds Of cultivation, is absolutely ruin
GUS to cotton produce. The most
available cotton lands arc situated in
the Bombay and Madras Presiden.