The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1852-08-31


A friend oi ours in q letter we recently
published, asks oar reason Tor the opiuion
we express some time ago, that there was
no danger whatever of The over production
Of cotton. Om list reason Is the general
one, thu applies to all products. When.
ever the production OF any commodity be.
comes unproa,able, il will he promptly re.
duced 10y a resort to some other that pays
better, Hence the least and the rarest OF
evils is over.productiou OF any thing USE
full
But there Is no probability that the
consumption or price OF cotton will for ages
be such as to Indicate reduction OF the
supply. Thus far IL seems the United
States contain the only soil and climate
well adopted TO the culture OF cotton. The
attempts to raise il elsewhere--in India,
Turkey, Egypt and the West Indies have
thus fat signally- iailed--although they had
all the corporation of ample means. In
those countries it seems the climate is not
favorable. Il is warm enough, but Il istoo
uniform. 1t does not afford enough frost
TO kill the boil worm, and hence after the
first two or three crops the worm beccmesso
abundant nd TO be runuus There may be
other regions hitherto uaexplored or untried
in which this difficulty would not occur,
but il there are, it Is probable that they are
in countries whuse institutions uniavonble.
Ineeed. no country but one in whicha po
ltical despotism or domestic slavery exists,
would answer for the cultivation OF cotton.
| Without one or the other, people will not
work in 10 warm climate Hence whilst
abolition abroad aud NJ home. has aboi.
ished slavery in some plnres acd excluded
| il from Others, one result has been to render
the regions that remained slavaholding
more valuable and prosperous financially
than before. The evil is that they have
thus been weakened politically and mar
TALLY, SO as 70 be glowing insecrte.
The present consumption oil cottoA ex-
tends oil over the civilized world and ialo
much Of the barbarous. The civilized races
are NIL Increasing in population, ~ various
ratios, aud already number about three hun.
dred millions. The slaves Of the South
are only three hundred millions They
multiply more rupidly than tue rest OF nan.
kind, except thel masters. But the per
sentaae OF slave labor realized every year
from the increase OF slave population, vail
not supply the augmented demand OF cotton,
resulting from ille annual Increase Of the
civilized world.
Norare the cotton lands yet to be cnltiva.
ted Of ancxtent or quality 10 augment the
rstio Of cotton production, whilst those
now under culture are undergoing sorneim.
poverishnent.
Nor is there any probability that a sub,
stitutc for cotton will be found. We have
seen great deal III the papen about flax
cotton But we don't apprehend the least
rivalry from that. According to Mr.. Claa-
sens method, the proress Of prcpsFing the
fax is SO tedious and Iaborious as 70 rendei
its competition with cotton hopeless. Us
the other hand the only real formidable
competitor with cotton will rise from re.
cent events, and has risen in price. A large
portion OF wool hitherto manufactured. has
been obtained from Australia. But the
discovery Of gold in that region has faised
the price Of labor SO much, aud diverted it
from raising WOOL that there is danger Of
the actual loss Of the iiocksin that country.
The discovery of gold in California and
Australia has advanced the money value OF
labor all over the world. Eor the enor.
nous demand or inducemcnt for labor in
digging gold. has acted aud must continue
TO ac', for some time TO come. on its value.
The price OF cotton aud Of all other COM
modities must rise. The value Of capital
generally cannot rise in the same ratio, be-
cause the supply rs Increased By the pro.
duction Of gold Blu: the value of South.
ern capital Of which 50 large a portion is
labor. must advance largely. We think
That The gold Of California and Australia
will add more 10 the wealth OF the South
than 10 that OF any oIher country And ID
is remarkable that as slavery, which encouH-
tered severe assault in 1921. in the Ms.
sour controversy and was sustained after.
wards by the wonderful ex,ention Of the
cotton culture. should again be fer ifed
financially by the discovery OF gold.
ISouttsyn Press.
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