New-York daily tribune., 1851-07-12
NEW-YORK TRIBUNE.
cv.sade against Cotton.
FROM the Republic, Jalys.

uotan Socialists. tie mas conleffeu al LNDt.i -
rrh Abolltonists upon the mos; etectuai metho1 Oh
rendering odous that portion OF MS ieilow-elsiIcns
who have the misfortune TO look upon slavery "i.'
The least grain Of allowance and having oeeh lVl-
turate enough TO find negro VINO dd not ooJeCt, ~
has owen a crownng proof OF his triumph over every
urejudice Of color, by walking the streets Oh LOn
arm and arm with hrs colored irlend. Dus ~ ~,
monstra,ions Of hostility 10 the 'ompfo.se az. ~
trfes 10 the blow which THIS saVah heu'H'os 5 '''
the institution OF Slavery. .-. -.
He uroposes 10 supersede the grea' AWerrth >td-
pie by what he styles the lax-co.'o.i e'oIuslo
,oannfacirre of cheap fabTlcs from Flax, which nc
alleges can be made much cheaper than out OF Cot
ton True, he seems disappointed With the Euro
nean machinery but derives encouragement IRON
he fact that NJ Claussen has discovered cheap
chemical solvent OF the dbre whereby It's coarse
ness and harshness removed and the hneness ana
softness Of Cotton induced IN their stead More
over where warmth rs desirable IN the tabrlcs con-
templafed the staple is made to resemble wool quite
closely and proves the adaptation Of the nore to al
most every use now subserved by Cotton or WOOL
Having assured himself that fax Will answer every
purpose to which these two great staples are applied,
The philosopher next proceeds 10 consider the lmpor-
tant question, will " pay' And. after exPatatlng
upon the ease and abundance with which max can oe
produced, arrives at the somewhat dubious cohclaa a
SION that "uness cheaper fa6rics, al Things conslu
erred can be produced from Flax Cotton than from
the Mississippi staple these facts are all Oh h"ie
worth"
hut. upon this question of cost. he gives US the
testimony Of the gentleman WHO medlcates the max
which We extract. He says:
Tn. IA. straw or the ripe dry plant comes from
the 6eld with the seed taken Of may be grown even mere
10 be sis per tGn delivered as is necessary that Deia
inducements shall be gyon for is EXTENSIVE cgi'isson
Rs tuns OF the straw fax the bundle viii yield one un
of dressed and clean ber the cost Of dressing which by
BIS methods 10 make II hax cotton Is SO Re, Gn. M
(Our superior machinery ought considerably 10 re-
tuce ihs The total cost OF the hI cotton WIZ
he s25 per tun o. sH cents & pound Snad sc
dow a. per the cost Of the FIBER VIII be redcedo
ss3 per fun, or less than five cents per pound
bvtn no pe DDDOueuf OF tho tOfn-
promlse 10 the comfortable belief that, al that rate
good field hands must be rather slow OF " sae ioI
cotton planting at sl,0oO edca or even -" VI.
Claussen has thus removed the DOUBTS lnllmlieo IN
the quotation Immediately preceding and maze a
convert Of him TO the superior economy OF 'he max
cotton. ,, a.
letter Is taken containsan editorial article IN favor
Of protecting the present manufacturing interests OF
the country
cotton with flax for the purpose OF showing how
enemies OF the Union, North well South, strive
TO imUair It's interests and Jeopardize rs existence
As the purpose OF the "fax-cotlon revolution i
10 supnlan; cotton as a raw material and thereby de-
s,Toy the value OF slaves let US consider whether II
would produce that result IL IS but comparatively
q short period since the culture Of cotton was miro
duccd yet, previous to that period, slave Iaoor was
emplOyed IN the culture of tobacco and gram There
were more Than fifty thousand north of Maryland be
fore the revolution we may infer, therefore thai
cotton is not Indispensable 10 the employment OF
slave labor Since the Introduction of cotton sugar
has become an important American staple tins aoSOrbs
a large amount of slave labor. Possibly the pho>O-
phcr recommends that Hyde Park be Set ont IN sugar
naples and thus cut of this source OF slave employ
ment The tobacco crop of the United states Is IN
Creasing annually. and must be superseded. We sup
dose the substitute for tins would be % chew waste
paper, which would, Of course create an immediate
demand for the TfsbKRt aud Tt1cS. Imitation rice
would be more dhic0lt TO accomplish but Gallo
Ineenuliy Is adequate & we imagine to any fraud upon
which beng called Riz Ia Greesiey. would stop
the production and restore the lacusrine portions OF
Georgia and South Carolina TO the Serosnian coad-
Lon described by the geo9og'Sts
But seriously, when slave States have an area 80
immense covering every variety of soil and climate,
how can it be- possible that the cxtlrpaon even OF
the greatest agricultural staple would deprive slave
labor of employment II would but tHrn 10 some
other agricultural avocation II would De ehploy-
ed as n is now extensively IN Virginia, tennessee
and Kentucky, in producing gram tobacco or IN
pastoral agriculture, IN the manufacture o. SAT- III
coal and ore mining, IN coast AMI river Navigation
n could be employed as II ls now most extensively
and successfully IN the construction oi rAi!'oalS ana
other works of improvement bul "oud :, n"'
stsrtlc the gentleman who goes aUrodl WIN tllV
patuotic purpose of destroying the production OF
crop estimated at $s00OO,OoO. To be told thai Save
labor IN Missouri, Virginia. hentuc~y' aai iehnes-
see could raise fN" itself m a. great abundance
as A could b, grown elsewhere, anc On cbcapcr terms
than 4, could bC grown BY free labor ~ according
TO NJ ClaiSSen. nIN can bc TdiscI al SO H'u '"'
hleh priced and artificial sOh, Ci Ing lnd ana rance
"A could be produced Al much less here as 10 de-
prlyc Europe os any atydnl;t~c WANsoe''F i'om us
culture, Why then should Ensland prefer y l" col
tunl Because II viii n)nre slavery hut >h' tIalc>
With Spain and Brazil for sla,egrown proiuciS.
Then England prefers American h.0 10 Americdn
coiton because Il viii SON d.>yord aGj dt>lnion
among the American states and vi. O'ictlel goes
,o England to consprc with the enemies ot the tuion
uron the best method of destroying the Union II II
he demonstrated that 1.xiS6.fi' Than cotIoQ-which
Mr.. Greeley does not pr,t,nd-woUd not tne l'opf
Of the slave be at once omploNed IN us Production
xxa atln II have the eject Ot NONrNtlNA h4li
But AS there are few things new under The Sm, 50
even the theory oi Mr.. Greeley has been anticipated
In certain political essays published before the
American Revolution, the author urges thc ColenRi-
uon of the Mississippi and ONO because they VIII
weld hemp and dsr Sufficient 20 supply ali Europe
nay. all the world The Snlps thai might he
built at loniSlana." saws Du praly, "wonld never
tc sufficient ~ employ all the Acup n = mish oc
raised on the Ohio and Mississippi. The inland
parts of America says another are Vel AhoWh
10 be lifted for The production OF hemp hir and
Sllk. such lands as arc described on the NlSSis.
sippl and Ohio are The very SOL that hcm H'r, anu
mdiro. delight in These are the com0cdihcS 10
send to Britain They might SOW hemp and .Har IN
winter. THIS would afford time Tor making another
cfOp ct indigo IN summer.
hut the calculator of I'll iiiCr> m h.S purposes
from The modern prophet. HIS estimates OF an
tage are based upon the cultivation Of far upon the
NiSSlSSppl To alternate with INDIGO N1serp s,l-
pie Rut the result anticipated viii shock the mar
row ot Mr Greeley. Every lahoIcr might cultivate
two acres or more IN hemp (or naNl and one or TWO
IN indigo, the produce OF which would oe worthtrom
$50 h. tao a year THIS would enable them To- Fcr-
chase rsSrcts and TO enlarge the British plantations
beyond What they arc otherwise capable OF.
Now the Colonial policy advanced by the ,heorist
OF lsi agrees With that advocated oy the tourist OF
1881. IN the great purpose oi building up the power
el England, by developing the cuiiurc ot he lax
staple but The information aud argument OF the c>-
Sayist proves tha, might DC CmploSed As means oi
eunchlng England by the culture OF Southern
staple With slave labor while The modern Aoo'lonsi
proposes 10 introdue the same staple. aS * USvey
adapted 10 Northern culture ana favorable % the cx
urpat,on of Slavery.
But Mt Greeley, as a great advocate OF the tSrla,
does not Tcfect that some mllhonS OF ms tcoM-cl
xCnS IN America are artisans cnSaSCt IN The nlAnu-
tacture Of cotton fabrics while, accordlag 10 The
London EceaesSssi, upward VI four millions q Nr.
Gree cys tcll0w.SuelecS Ct Great Britain depend en-
iirry upon this trade "a all us branches This flax