New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-03
PInx apd the Sugar Beet.

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1t is no doubt generally conceded hat the
Two srea, supports OF slavery ere Cotton Aad sugar
planting more particularly the former IIi' was
dwelt upon theonsilerssle emphasis by Mr. wooster
in bis fEmous speech of the 7th of March lie very
Justly IMPUTED to the profits Of Cotton growing Oh Ae
years tie great increase and growth Of the slave power
This keeps up the marss for slaves IN 'hs Norhsrh
Slave States where Co;tonis nos grown without wneh
Slavery those States would decline Virginia My
land ard Kentucky are SLED with slave buyers Tor me
Southern markets, to De employed in growing Cotton
and Sugar.
Now If Flax can be produced at Inc North IN such
way as 10 compete with Cotton and take the pace OF
ere third Of II the average Cotton crop ei'ner oy
being mixed with Wool as Couou is now used, or
mixed with Cotton Itself for coarse goods or By being
made into Linen, so cheaply NJ 70 take the place OF
Gotten goods The Cotton growing interest wiz receive
severe blow The frst effect must % 70 reiace the
price of Cotton and the next 10 reduce toe quantliy
grown. When tina: nne comes as L ArsHtei,y m9s'
come, there VIII be consequent falling on N inc ue
mand for negroes, and the negro traders oScupSllo,
vii gone. Then N Georgis- hsntucSy Sld N
where therek no negro, reder 10 stsnd the Sn and
administrators sses o. slaves many OF which take place
yearly IN every slave community and where there Is no
buy slaves OF those masters who are hsrd
up ike Mr. Shelby and sell slaves will drop down
60 low in price 20 be worth catching and the re-
wards offered when they escape viii consequently DC so
low as hardly 70 be worth a negro cafchers noe'ce
Then must follow in those Northern slave States
measures tor emancipation tor their own protection
The slAvebreedinr business too VIII be gone, and
without THE there VIII be very little IN idcement pc
cunaIly IN hose States 70 keep up the system by
this time too sl the Cotton States VIII have been COM
PEELED for their own p7otectOn-to prevent too large
production OF CJtion-t0 pass stringent laws agnnst
any more importation Of slaves from other States.
moral SuasOn' has been found TO have very little
l. vfar
real or imaginary leads different direction Tney
will give Up their slaves only. when they can't keep
them sny longer without positive and papahleloss we
can get the Shareholder through his pocket ana ~
a general thing, in no other way
Now II Linen Goods can be inside as cheap ~ Cotton
Goods or anywhere near It, slavery doomed IL can,
not much longer exist, az least, IN this country Aui
that Linen can be 80 made, there can DC very hlus
doubt when we remember that FIX tuns OF Flax straw
I'm rot Cd which Will make one nun OF pure, nne FAX
fiber can be pun based almost anywhere throughout the
Middle and Western State for sixty doars, or LITTLE
loss thar three cents per pound for hber have seen
evidence on this subject and SATISFIED that the com
mon coarse Flax of THE country such ~ u grown or
seed s capable OF being made into the finest Linen with
remarkable che6pDeHs, not much II any exceeding inc
cost Of Cotton goods So.
Blu, nv object ia mainly to show what effect this win
have on the Peculiar Institution what you aud others
have stated concerning flax Is true aud also To put aisw
queries as 10 Beet Sugar, another matter which must
think affect q considerable extent the slave interest
Con you inform the public whether the growth OF the
Sugsrbeei and TIE manufacture OF Beet nave Deen
attempted in this country Perhaps the Agricultural pa
pers may contain the information, but n my OF your
readers seldom see them Ii Beet Sugar can be pro-
duced here advantageousy it should be done as one OF
the means for undermining Slavery. II France can pro-
duce Beet Sugar would suppose IL could be produced
here where the Sugar beet er.ainly grows well
For one, feel very unwilling that Slavery should con
troll the poiss and commerce Of this country any ,nger
than we can possibly help. We have talked and dis
csssed snd sgtsed thus fer TO very little purpose and
i. time more severe measures were employed You VIII
observe that am for arns or Slavery, and # possible
giving Il a sltdeRirg with Beet Sugar 8
laba,n Dec. 1852