Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-12-19

lne consumption VI Cottou hh1
steadily increased, and will, in few
years. excsed the supply--not from
want, on our part, OF land on which
to grow it. but from want Of opera
tors to cultivate it. The demand for
the article being greater than the sup
ply, the price mus. go up. in the ab-
sence Of all disturbing causes. AS
long as this continues to be the case.
we must prosper; but the certain ef-
feet Of high prices will be 10 slmu-
late the growth Of it in foreign coun-
tries. and in time to destroy tie mo.
nopoly which we have so long enjoy
ed. The possession of this monopoly
is the chief element Of Southern pros
perity. and the dependence OF the
manufacturing interest on US for n
supply of this article will continue to
prove to be one of our strongest safe
guards. The amount of cotton now
grown in the East Indies should open
our eyes TO our true policy. The idea
that African slaves only can success
fully grow cotton, is an entire mistake.
Under British denomination. FREE
SLAVES are now producing in the East
more than the entire crop Of the Uni
ted States in 1890. From areport OF
Hon. w. L.Marcy, Secretary Of State,
in answer to resolution of Congress.
it appears that during the year 1855
the shipments Of cotton to Great Brit
ain were, from the United States, in
round numbers. $40. .000. 900 pounds,
and from the East Indies. Egypt and
Brazil. 20e, ,000, 900 pounds. When
ever England and the Continent can
procure their supply Of the raw mate
rial elsewhere than from us, and the
cotton States are limited to the home
market, then will our doom be sealed.
Destroy the value Of slave-labor and
emancipation follows inevitably. This,
England, our commercial rival, clear
ly sees, and hence her systematic ef-
forts to stimulate the production of
cotton in the East. The success which
has thus far attended those efforts,
will incite her to redouble them. The
East Indies abound in fertile land and
cheap labor. France, too, is encour-
aging and stimulating its growth in
Algeria, with the like advantages Of
soil and labor. To maintain our
present position we must have cheap
labor also. This can be obtained in
but one way-by reopening the Afri-
can Slave Trade. Until Providence
irterposes and changes his organism.
the African must continue to be q
"hewer Of wood and drawer Of wa
ter" II is a diseased sentimentality
which starts back at the idea of legal
izing the Slave Trade, and at the same
time contemplates without emotion the
cruel servilude which capital exacts of
labor, all the world over. There was
a time when canting philanthropists
had instilled into US belief that Sla-
very was wrong. Investigation has
entirely changed the once common
sentiment on this point. The South
now believes that a mysterious Provi.
dence has brought the two races to-
gether on this Continent for wise pur-
poses, and that the existing relation
has been mutually beneficial. South
ern Slavery has elevated the African
to degree OF civilization which the
black race has never attained in any
other age or country. 1--WE see il
now in its true light, and regard it as
the most safe and stable basis for free
institutions in the world" Had the
Slave-Tradc never been closed, the
equilibrium between the North and
South would not have been destroyed.
The North has had the Old World
from which to draw her supply Of
labor, and hence the rapid settlement
OF the Northwest. Since 1908. the
South has supplied her own labor. aud
has necessarily made slower progress
in settling up the Southwest. II the
trade were open now, / am persuaded
that the South would not consent to
close it; and this is. perhaps, the best
answer to the argument derived from
the mere sentiment that is arrayed
agninsi the proposition. II is appre-
hended that the opening Of this trade
will lessen the value OF slaves, and
ultimately destroy the institution. II
is a sufficient answer TO point TO the
fact tha! unrestricted immigration has
not diminished the value Of labor ia
the Northwestern section Of the Con.
federacy. The cry there is. wan! Of
labor, Notwithstanding capital has the
pauperism OF the Old World TO press
into its grinding service. If we can
not supply the demand for Slave labor.
then we must expect to be supplied
with species OF labor We do not
want. and which is, from the very ma
ture Of things, antagonistic TO our in
stitutions. It's much better that our
drays should be driven by slaves
that our factories should be worked by
slaves-that our hotels should be
served by slave--that our locomotives
should be manned by slaves, than that
we should be exposed to the introduc.
ton. from any quarter. Of popula-
ton alien to us by birth. training and
educating. and which, in the process
Of time. must lead TO that conflict be-
tween capital and labor, (which makes
it SO difficult 10 maintain free institu-
tons in all wealthy and highly civil.
zed nations where such institutions rs
ours do not exist" In all Slavehold-
ing States, true policy dictates that
the superior race should direct, and
the inferior perform all menial service.
Competition between tho white and
black man for this servicog may not
disturb Northern sensibilisy, but !.
does not exactly suit our latitude. IT.
respective. however, Of interest. the
act Of Congress declaring the Slave
trade piracy. is brand upon Us,
which l think it important to remove
II the trade be piracy. the slave must
be plunder; and no ingenuity can
avoid the logical necessity OF such