Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-06-06
English SpecuIations upon Cotton and
Statistics.

Statistics.
Our neghbors across the water are in woful trib-
uation about cotton. They talk of cotton, specu-
late about cotton and dream cotton for aught that
is known to the contrary. Their commercial and
manufacturing world is concentrating all its ideas
and energgs to stimulate the production of Gotten
throughout the earth. The regions of the tropics,
the smiling isles of the southern seas, and even the
malaria-engendering coasts of Western Africa are
carefully scanned to if cotton may not be reared
with success and profit. The nightmare OF pros
pective failure of adequate supply of cotton evil
IDENTIFY weighs heavily upon the brawny breast of
John Bull and disorders every function and fibre
OF his gigantic frame.
A short time since, we referred at length to res.
oluton adopted at a meeting OF manufacturers held
in Manchester, appealing to the makers of heavy
cloths to work their operatives white saves) only
forty hours per week. and afterwards to the fOrma-
ton of associations to promote the culture of the
leading staple of the south wherever practicable
throughout the world. These facts were mention
ed items of interesting news, as well to illustrate
the complete dependence of Europe upon the much
wronged South for a supply of an indispensable art
Gle, and not with any view to detrsct from their
worth and utility. Since then, the subjoned para
graphs from English papers have come under
observation. The following, from letter of MEM
Der of Parliament will be read with peculiar kind
Of interest this side the water:
General Thompson, NJ. P, writes to friend at
Bradford: 1.-THE conviction has always been, that,
with proper provision, black counties might be
formed out OF the soil of Africa for cotton growing
with as much certainty as white counties on the
other side OF the sea for spinning it, ! am not in
a condition to state many details; and if / tried,
the lapse Of time must have rendered them uncer-
tain. Sierra Leone is not, so far as | have exam
ned, a very favorable soil; but it would, or night
be made great depot OF black Engishmen, pre-
pared TO assist elsewhere. The policy which would
reject their services resembles that which would
propose a blacksmith to handle his iron with bis
fingers instead of taking pair OF tongs. The Afri-
can born Englishman is the tongs, by the interview
ton of which the white EDglishman should work.
Why should there be difficulties in a tropical cl-
mate, when there is a breed OF God Almighty uen
made expressly for the pltceH
General Thompson does not properly comprehend
his su jact or else he does not to express his
views fully. He evidently wishes TO put ''black
Englishmen" to some good USE and is not particu-
larry scrupulous in regard to the mode by which his
object is accomplished. He is willing to make the
"Alrican-born Engishman" the "tongs, by the in
teryention Of which the white Englishman should
work. and thinks there ought to be no difficulties
In tropical climate, when there is breed Of God
Almighty's men made expressly for the purpos :"
But, General there is 10 basis for your argu-
ment which renders it as vslueless a watch des-
tisute of handspring. The English Government,
wears ago. under the advice of Wilberiorce and
others broke the ''tongs" Of which you speak, and
made a thousand fold worse than worthless the
breed of God Almighty men" brought into being
if we are to from the facts presented by
ture, expressly to surmount difficulties in tropi-
cal climate
Your Emancipation Act dislocsted the ''tongs,"
utterly demorized the "breed" "of men alone Ca
pable of producing cotton, cost you millions of
pounds sterling, rendered unfruitful and expensive
one of your fairest aud most fertile colonial pos
ses sions, barbara d, the slaves emaBcipated, and,
without producing a solitary good result has left
YOU helpless and dependent at the feet of the only
real rival that conlronts you the surface of the
| globel
! The only way, General, whereby the aforesaid
"tongs" can be mended, or the aforesaid breed"
applied to any useful or Christian end is to repeal
| your Emancipation Act, and re-ensave and render
valuable and civilized the Africans OF Jamaica and
other islands, whom emancipation has caused to re-
| lapse into their primitive barbarism. By so dong
| YOU make fruitful and fourshing what our mista-
| ken philanthropy has bighted and laid waste-ag.
ricuturally, physically and morally You msy plan
and scheme as much as you please, but ell your
| plans aud schemes will prove OF no avail a. long as
you reject the practical suggestions aid down above
You have siready lost immensely by warning against
nature-by trying tn elevate debased race above
| the standard liked for them by the CreatOr-and
the longer you protract the unnatural contest the
worse you will be Of.
! With these remarks will dismiss the ingenious
| yet impraeticable speculat ons Of General Thomp.
son, and present our readers with paragraph taken
from another English paper. 1t lie headed the "Cul-
tivation OF Cotton
At the monthly meeting Of the Council Of the
| Bradford Chamber OF Conmercs, on Monday, this
momentous question formed the principal subject
OF DISCUSSION. Some papers pat i-to the hands of
| Mr.. Rumboli, stuff merchant, by gentleman at
present residing In the West Indies, Nho Is well
acquainted With the suhject, we're read at length,
and he expressed his wonder that English mer-
chants and manufacturers should cry out for the
abolition OF slavery 10 America, 90 lOng as We are
so much dependent upon them for the great bulk
OF the cotton used Ia this country. The cultivation
OF cotton 10 India be said, bad certainly been ex.
tending, but only slowly, and that produced 10
teror in quality. 10 tropical climates the cotton
plant was indigenous. and Two crops could be au-
nualy produced; whereas 10 the United States only
one crop could be grown. and that by slave labor.
Bot Ia these islands population Was scarce, aud
the expense OF promoting emigration thence TO
Ooiha soald De 20 great - 10 reeard or wholly
| creek the scheme; but falling In this, be would
suggest the praeticability Of establishing great
eotton-gFoung colony in the Island Of New Guinea.
20 The east Of the Moluecaa aud north Of Austr.I.
On that island the Inhabitants were arong the least
civilized and among The lowest types Of humanity:
bat the climate vas ice, sad the soi rch and frul.