The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-03-29
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Cotton Bond.

While a strong disposition is apparent, on
the part Of leading British statesmen, to ce-
ment, in the firmest manner, the bonds OF ami
ty and goodwill that already exists between
Great Britain and the United States, anxiety
is ever and anon expressed, lest trouble should
arise and thus the manufacturers OF Manches-
ter, and othertowns similarly circumstanced, be
cut off from their regular supplies of cotton.
| Hence efforts continue to be made tor the dis
covery of some new field for the cultivation OF
this important staple At the recent Annual
Meeting of the Manchester Chamber of Com
merce, Mr.. Bailey, the President, said that
during the last eleven years America had sup.
| piled cotton to an amazing extent, and the IN
crease had been so enormous, that it had actu-
ally amounted to seventy-seven per cent
During the same period, the supply from the
East Indies had been diminishing, and at the
present time, the reduction was as much as
sixteen per cent. With these differences so
palpabIy before them, they could but arrive at
the conclusion, that there must be something
egregiously wrong in the one country, while in
the other there was such an extraordinary de-
velopment of energy and industry. flo attri.
buted this, in great measure, to the many
railways in the United States, and to the ab.
sence of those channels of communication in
India and he said that the manufacturers and
and capitalists of Great Britain, as well as of
India, should feel ashamed of their want of
success.
We also learn that the Manchester Cham.
ber of Commerce recently sent agents to many
of the colonies of Great Britain, with the OBJ
ject of having the cotton plant tried, wherever
the soil and climate seem to favor-first, in
private gardens, then ir. broad acres. 1t is
stated that on The Gold Coast of Africa thirty
thousand plants are thriving, and hundreds OF
acres are being cleared by the Native Chiefs.
At Monte Video and New South Wales, like
experiments are in progress, but the liyeliest
hope is still cherished with regard to British
India. And yet this must be delusion. A
year or two ago, the Manchester gentlemen
sent special messenger, Mr.. Alex. Mackay,
to that portion of the globe, charged partlcu'
larly with the investigation of the subject. he
died on his way home, but all his "Notcs"
we're confded' to the hands of the Board Of
Trade, on whose authority he undertook the
mission. Why have not these been publish
ed! We can only imagine one reason - their
unsatisfactory character. 1t is quite natural
that those who are so Immediately interested,
should feel the deepest concern on this subject
But thus far the experiments have been pro-
ductive of little else than disappointment. The
true policy of the two countries, therefore, is
to strengthen the bonds Of peace in every pos.
;sible manner.
7 We are, to certain extent, mutually de.
pendent pom each other, and in all our inter-
course spirit at once of magnanimity and re.
ciprocIty should be made distinct and palpable.
Cotton is at present the great commercial and
agricultural bond between Great Britain and
the United States, but the indications are, that
the parent and child, for such we may describe
them, will every year, for long time to come,
become more closely connected by liberal
principles. The Holy Alliance of Despotism,
so called, may render another alliance-that
of the constitutional governments OF the world
absolutely essential. 1t may be, indeed,
that England, France and the United States,
singular as the conduct OF Louis Napoleon has
been, may yet be found cooperating harmoni.
ously together, and resisting the grasping and
tyrannical spirit Of the Gar and his associates.
We look for stirring events in the European
world within few years from the present
time. The masses will yet make mighty
and concerted effort to secure their rights and
Liberties. The dark night of despotism cannot
continue much longer.