New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-04-24
COTTON vs. !. SIZE.


COTTON W.. SILK.
Every now and then some discovery is made, or
reported ~ made, whereby the use Of the snowy
staple Of the South is to- be superseded by some
other production which will furnish man and woman
kind with 3 cheaper and better article Of clothing.
The story goes the rounds Of newspap erdom, fur
snishess q theme for extended comments, then dies
away and is heard Of no more. These stories do no
harm as they never affect the value IF the peculiar
institution or exercise the smallest influence over
the cotton market On the contrary they do good
;as they lead TO discussion and investigation, and
demonstrate to the Southern people TINT they should
multiply their product diyersiication Of
crops the only means through which true agricul
turl and commercial dependence can be Obtained
and that is the worst policy rely two or
three products. the profits on the growth Of which
are consumed in The purchase of plantation
that could to ani1po extent be Just as
easily raised at home, saving SO much money TO the
producer and country. Therefore, we care not how
many disco eries are bazoned III the 80
they tend 70 set our people thinking. me very
sre that eSeellent results have flowed from the dis
enssons that have taken place. Il III
Flaxcotton was the last discovery we remember
just except the one given below which was to
snpercede and do away with the use of slayegrown
cotton. "a large number Of abolition editors went
into spasns OF delight over The invention, and pre-
sdieted the immediate ruin Of the South and the
destruction of the institution of slavery The faIat
ical fools never though that more ruin would fall
upon the black race than the white if the discovery
edualled the antcipations Of the discoYerer Or, if
they did think, never stopped to reflect Of enquire.
Yet they set themselves up, par ezcelence, as the
chosen friends of the negro! Heaven rescue the
black from such friendship.
But, to the new discovery, which is going to Danish
cotton from use an article of wearing apparel, and
at the same time destroy the institution Of domestic
slavery in the South which is to make mulberry
leaves more valuable than cotton bolls which is TO-
clothe us all insthe finest kind Of silk fabrics cheaper
than5ge can now clothe ourselves in coarse cottons
and which is to revolutionze the earth and bring
about that = good time that has been 50 long
n coming that many began to despair Of its ever
coming at all. ss IA 81 81 8tf HI
hers it isas set IN the Paris correspond
ence Of Tie London "A lasi:
hail with tho that has Just
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s ashH Rs
shat of tic nlabefrS tree flied or essatrs feed
fore hs silky st lie
ing uberriesi ne when
ga ' and be siofv s saran e aop
the conposipn Ct The mulberry lea agd BY boiling ito
quanfitss. 8 t31
ny aoss ~ a sp a.
superior 70 the finest made
hundred and twenty francs cheaper than that s present
eoS nssa m ~ ca 5 h olrn Is @
aires scarcely any culture The new branch
hive natural causg of abaidohneat e United
ssis ~ NE oeeahnlns q the M
we trust our cotton planters VIII meet the blow
aVileh s over their heads with due reslg-
Y satfte1' thnk they Will. All proyidental
should pc submitted to without murmur-
TINS a1sst &c as it originated in
the moral, pious and God-serylng city OF Paris By
way OF consolation however we will say that the cot
ton market mas not been shaken by the intelligence!
Sic IS short
y 1of COTTON according to the as
tonlshlhg discovery q an astonishing sa0ent OF an
sa ss..El W coanltfy
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