The daily republic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1853-1853, 1853-07-14
"The Cotton Metropolis,

ssThe Cotton Metropolis
As the empire Of England is built upon com
merce and manufactures, it has always seemed
strange that she should ,amper with the pro-
duction OF staple which not only gives sup
port to a large uumber Of her citizens employed
in its manufacture, but furnishes indirectly an
important demand for other products of Eng
lish labor and extensive employment for English
shipping.
1t has moreover been obvious that as the i'm
mediate consequence Of abolishing American
slavery would be diminuton or cessation Of
the cotton product, the social disturbance
inseparable from an interruption in the EN-
ployment of the English operatives employed
in the manufacture of cotton, would be as form
liable to the government of Great Britain as
the liberation of all the negro slaves would be
to the United States. With this material diff
ference in favor of the latter, there would be no
want Of employment or of food on the part
either of the manumitted negro or Of the de-
spoiled master.
The moral proposition that the consumers OF
manufacturers Of staple are as responsible for
its production as the grower, is sufficiently es-
tablished by the admitted fact that. if manu-
facture and consumption should stop, produc
ton must of course terminate. Each of those
indispensable processes must contribute to the
continuance of the cotton culture, and the ces
sation of either would compel the abandonment
of the others
Since then slavery could net exist without
the combined patronage of those great inter 4
ests, which are jointly concerned in the ad I
vantages Of its employment and the evils Of it's
abolition, we are not surprised that the weight
of Interests engaged in the two most important
departments should have perceived that they
were condemnng the grower Of cotton for en-
ploying species Of labor without which il
cannot be produced 10 any advantage, when
they themselves participated in all those ad-
vantages of that labor and were the direct
cause Of IFS employment. Not being willing
therefore to subscribe few cotton shirts and
to the Encouragement of slave labor,
and finding that house rent, bank dividends,
stock investments-that shipbuilding, and for
eign trade, wages and employment Of mechan-
les and laborers, all depended more or less upon
the production Of Southern staples by slave Ia,
Dor, they have wisely and honorabIy consented
to bear their share of the responsibility, whatso
ever it may be, for the moral wrong Of slavery;
and have rebuked the ignorant or wicked ia
natics who would tear down the common foun-
1ations Of social fabric, though they be them
selves overwhelmed in its ruins. As we in
tended 10. affirm the proposition that the man
ufacturer and consumer are dependent upon the
continuance of slave culture for employment,
and that the communities to which they be-
long risk as much from the social disorganza
ton consequent upon its cessation as those
who employ it in production, we add an ex-
tract from work recently published, descrip.
tive Of the great "Cotton Metropolis" of Eng
lands
We will premise that the population Of Eng
land, dependent directly or indirectly upon the
manufacture of cotton, is about one million;
that the annual product Of cotton manufactures
is about SIC, 100000. We add description
of the scale upon which business is done
amongst the cotton lords:
"The great Manchester merchant is indeed
great man. To leading person on Manchester
change, your wealth must be colossal and your
judgment on matters of commercial politics pro-
found. You must have the incest finger for feel
ing the pulse OF the market, and you must watch
with the most enlightened calculating power the
political and mercantile fluctuations and move
ments all over the world
''The place to see the assembled industrial aris-
tocracy of Manchester is in the Exchange upon
Tuesdays at noon" ''Thetaciturnity of the crowd
at first strikes you. "'Why don't they speak out;'
Hundreds Of thousands Of pounds change hands
in those broken words. ;" ga cotton sale is soon
effected" "You may catch the words brand,
Mary Jane bales, three thousand pounds. - En-
Yes! Well done; and the agreement is concur
died." En-
But all this wealth, all the business and
hustle, in the words of the master of Man
chester school, depend upon the engine"
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