The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-12-06

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be q regular permanent demand. To insure this one Of
two courses win be necessary either the India cotton
must be brought the English market at equal less
price than that Of the United States they must be
brought to equality by duties the importation OF
the latter That this would at raise the price Of the
material well the article manufactured from it.
is quite certain and il is equally certain that the United
States, being exempt from such imports home would be
able not only to supply themselves with cotton fabrics
but furnish them to other nations cheaper than the British
manufacturers These last would submit to such
system and yet that protection would be indispensable to
India cotton is sufficiently obvious when we consider the
vast difference between the distance from India to Europe
and that of the United States and the consequent differ
ence in the expense Of transportation 1t may be urged
on the other hand, that this difference would be
erbalanced by the superior cheapness of labor in In
dia This, however, is, apprehend, more imagi-
nary than real, since though you may hire man in
India, and, indeed all parts of Asia, for perhaps
fourth less than in the United States and one-fourth
of what il costs to support southern slave all tav-
eers agree that of either of these classes will do
more work in the long than half dozen indoent
Asiacs Many other obstacles which strength
opinion that Great Britain rely India
for regular and permanent supply of cotton; but to
dwell these would extend this article far beyond the
reasonable limits of a newspaper essay.
Lord PalmerSton, it will be perceived anticipates,
rather hopes that the cotton of the western of Africa
may in time "come in for share in supplying the industry
of this country England) 1t does not distinctly appear
whether his lordshp refers to Liberia and the other
settlements of the American Colonization Societies;
the prospect of civiziug portion of Africa to the
of phic has DIV tn aOn
of the Emperor of France; to all these
bined If to the first shall merely observe that all
experience proves that the climate of this region is fatal
to the white man. and that the cultivation of cotton
must therefore, necessarily depend the negro. Those
who best know the of that class of human beings
everywhere and under all circumstances bond or free
will scarcely refrain from a smile at the simplicity of his
lordshp in thus relying for the accomplishment Of his
dream the voluntary exerons of race whose pecu-
liar characteristic is incidence and that too in climate
which invariably increases any predisposon of that kind
But if this not the case the purchased limits Of these
African colonies confined that admitting they
cultivated to their utmost extent with coten the
supply thus furnished would be but drop in the bucket
As TO any rational prospect Of expanding these settlements
either by purchase cession conquest nothing has hith
erto occurred to justify such ancpatons. Nowithstand
ing the favorable reports which, matter of course
receive from that quarter it is clear from facts which
not be mistaken that progress has yet been made in
either cvilizing Outstanding the natives of Africa
On he contrary hear of little else than wars between
the coonists and tsir neighbors who, far from
tabshing any friendly relations almost perpetually
at swords points with each other There seems there
fore, but little reason to expect the growth of cotton
will flourish and expand in such soil under
such circumstances. We perceive however that Great
Britain and France have lately opened diplomatic
lations with some Of these colonies-preminary, we
presume, to taking them under their protection y
and coming in for greater share Of the palm oil and
groundnus We may therefore in good time, expect to
these rising States originally planted by and
nourshed by our beneacdons become instruments in the
hands Of rivals not to say enemies far at least
embarrassing trade by bestowing peculiar privileges
Others and various other ways At this moment we
believe lawful trade with the western coast Of Africa
is the lowest ebb Our merchants dare not send their
vessels there lest they should be seized suspicion Of
intention engage in the slave trade The agents Of the
abodons are on the alert and our cruisers on the
of Africa especially watchfu If jealous Every
vessel under the American flag boarded and searched
and every necessary popularity for such voyage becomes
MASTER beed by the district attorney and the esptain
and prosecuted with all the and influence Of
abolition. they escape enormous expenses are incurred
the voyage broken up and suspicion forever attaches to
their names Is il any wonder have scarcely any legit
innate lawful trade with western Africa2
If Lord almerston relics on that portion Of western
Africa comprehended in the kingdom Of Agers for sup
ply OF cotton the manufacturers OF Great Britain we be-
eve he will be greatly dsappointedat least for long
while TO come. OF the limits OF this kingdom we know
little nothing. One thing Is, however certain that s
frontiers perpeualy exposed to the depredatons Of
the wandering Arabs Of the interior who live by rapin
and 70 whom defeat is encouragement from repeating
their incursons There be safety those engaged
in the peaceful pursuits Of agriculture until these barba-
rans are completely subdued or extermnaed or like our
own savages removed to distance that precludes their
depredatonS That the French win eventually succeed in
one or other Of these modes have little doubt But It
will be no work Of day, and in the time hts lord
ship win get no cotton from Algeria, The few hundred
or thousand bales produced there win 90 England
but to France.
In order present full and comprehensive view OF
this subject we should proceed to investigate the capacity
for cotton production Of Egypt Turkey ip Europe and
Asia and other portions Of the eastern continent But
have already probably tespSssed the patience Of
most Of our readers and shall for the present content
ourselves with observing that these countries must be
peopled BY Of men before they enter into
competition with the United States in the production Of
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