New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-08-19
4 New Supply Of Cotton.

England is far too dependent on Amerl-
for her supply OF Cet,on There is too much rex In
rey ing any country, if we consider tae climate
and seasons alone but the REX Is seriously aggravated
when the country Is not OVID but 10 Inhabited by
nation which, however friendly the whole ami how
closely ali. ID with us by blood and language, has
be- EN- at war with ihan once. and mgnt posi-.
bly, day be again or If this rifk Is considered
TOO remote We may sag merely that there are crcum,
10 the position and Consultation OF the nited
States sufficiently unlike our own TO make Il undesira
bic hat there should be alternative ios us or for
them but dependence on each other in any matter Of
supreme importance t. either. Our Cotton manu'ac'
tuie bss since the opening Of the century added per
nanent two rniors-p obably by this tine much more
to cur population aud the necessity oil Ora"ing the
whole Of our raw mate ia from one country involves,
therefore az serious liability as any t. ~aich Is ma
ton, are subject. rr
casbite within lie las IL years which show how care
fully we ought possible 20 guard against me mamie
nance of millions people being impaired or cul OIL
any year. by the accident O a most or drou1n N
coyntrx subject n both When we add the c)nsidera.
lion tina, cotton in the Uned states Is rated oy slave
labor and that the only certainty about slave lADor
Is at II will sooner laer become free is evideu.
that we cannot set about providing ourselves
with wide coton.felds in various parts Of the world,
AID etpecialy If possible, wihin our own dSmioions
Vireinia Is well nigh exhausted everybody kno VS.
Ia her whole extent except in tnat western taboaad
where cotton culture gives place 10 that of corn Tor
many years past Nirgiua has been sustained chiefly by
tie breeding Of negroes and mulatoes for sale to the
~
pears TO have nothing 20 sell anybody. Tas cotton
growth Is most coni5erable tue yirln soils OF the
sCutherpmost States end il ls because raey, too, mu'
beCou upOV erlshed tEat the American have seized
upon Texas and heXico, ia order q continue the sup
ply Of cotton - the European market its obvious
that our dependence would be a very prscatOus one,
under the bet circgmssnce' II relied s0'o5 81 tao
supply q cOOn ~ slave ihNoT l. IS nO. the production
Of cotton but the OF slave labor which wears ou.
the soil Of the Save States; and tao only taluy 80
could be sure q, n rad other source !, tat
tract after tract, ctii. after c8'ic would f,lJV tie
fate Of tho Impoverished nd doslt-t l,nas, whch
every traveller observes through whcle .ta Of
Virginia ard North Caro.irn. that the safey cur
couCn manufacture must Ia fact depend toe success
Of American sgert -siCp In trueNirs 10 tie Jai;ed
Suites foreign sell hitherto free from tho curse OF Si4y.
cry. II Is melancholy 70 the traveller o. marx tas
vested helds ibo ruind eoces, the broken bridges tae
impassh fosGs re efte1 mansions Vi whole states,
whence Britain Oace derived her annual s,gyly OF cot.
ton ana to Temcnb,T that the latest Nei vraia
soils must CONS 70 {. same past, under the cursc,
watcher Slavery a. called ~ is cwn name OF by tue
ingerious title OF "aPgrentceshp for hinety nine
yeSIs
dent has revived meme IDEAS and ,eel.l the sub
jec IL a. least twenty years since tho danger vas
seen 90 clearly tLas great efforts made . grow
cotton Ia ludia sixteen years since, re5i1e1t ia la0a
wrote ut the uewA taat the cotton l1CrhiD The
table lsnCs Of the Interior aud that he roads DOVE enc
GbSus were bsckeued With troops of bul0cSs, laden
with bales for shpu ent from the ports Bat
alas ihose roecs down the GAauts have hitherto been
fatal 20 the scheme. Bullock carriage is no. good for
cotton, urCer the beet cirCunssrccf ard ia this case,
the injury ard cestfl con 70 the produce have made
The tcheHe aoofi1ye, and have potponed hppes -
he formation 81 Hifosds Ins ous' the sweat Of the
toilirg enHss The mud Tho i-rquen, tg mi, 10 such
ness q he cotton, IA its c1avsvauce 10 the coat
hat hale or roLt O IL vas, by thet Tim. worth IA
We have never given ~ or hope Of s-tiog cl;toa
from irdie, ard plenty Il IT, ard htay foroa th.i
We should ever give up for IL IS n r4tnal ~ well a.
! psnsnt hope BIT We catu1t helj sceIus Ibt,5tvgT
"ke jtss {, sfpply 3s alta VIA We wsri from ,ha,