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with the Divine attributes. "Truth is Catholic
and Nature one" To say that miracle is
something supcrnatural Resulting either from
the direct intcrrosition of Almighty Powcr, or
through the agency OF laws hitherto Unknown,
still leaves the difficulty unsolvca, Of obtain
ing that test, which shall Indicate the presence
Of The Divine agency. The fact Of It's trans.
cending all past experience, constitutes no test
Of miracle; else every new discovery in
Science woulI assume that title. The great
problem is to determine, what is S"per natural.
The Cotton Agitation in England.
The people Of Eng land seem to be all alive
| to the Importance Of encouraging the growth
of cotton in the British Colonies, particularly
i'll India, with view to relieve themselves Of
their present dependence upon the United States
and their jo urnals still continue TO record the
proceedings of meetings of the "Cotton Sup
ply Association held for this purpose. Mr.. J.
t. Smith, The Parliamentary representative Of
this Association, has recently male speech in
the House of Commons in which, he main
tains that single district in India is capable
of supplying three or four times the quantity
of cotton required for the consumption of the
whole world that it is owing to the neglect
of the East India Company, that the cotton
fields of Berar, arc not supplying the world
with the great staple at two and q half pence
per pound. This charge was replied to by Mr..
Manglcs the Chairman of the East India
Company, who, whilst admitting the natural
capacity of India for the production Of cotton,
and promising the support of tho Company to
any measure for securing that result, urged
that The people of Manchester should bear the
chief weight Of the COST as they would derive
the chief benefit Of q successfulsrcsult from the
experiment.
The great obstacles, however, which stand
in the way Of n successful cultivation Of lLc
great staple in India, arc thus summed up in
the following extract from the Joaruol of Conn
mercc. And until these difficulties are over.
como, oil tho proceedings Of the Cotton League
will amount to nothing; and the supply of
cotton must hc derived whence il alone can he
had, and be regulated by those fixed laws,
which neither Parliamentary debates, nor nub.
lie meetings can alter or contraycnc.
In the first place, the entire system of 1,nL
tenure in India must be radically altered. SO
long as the only land tenure is year TO wear
tenancy at rack rent from tue, Company; in
Tpn
simple, private capitalists will not risl; thc
money required for the cultivation and manu-.
(acturc OF cotton on large scale I'm refer
encc 10 this branch of tho esubjcct, Lord Stan.
ley. Sir Erskinc Perry, (foraIiinnv wears one Of
the highest judicial disnitaffcssin 'India,) and
the dcbate-and although they admitted ff;ot
tho sale OF land in fcc-smplc would be ,lesira.
bic, they were nevertheless OF Opinion tbof Tho
difficulties in the ways2o the change were
very great, and could not be overcome without
long and patient dcliberation, and n duc rnaor1
to the various social and political interests in.
volvcd, and the chartered rights which It was
thought proper to confer on tho East India
Company by tho Britisll-Parlamcnt. Annin
were the Manchester men TO overcome this
obstacle, establish the most improved gins and
packing nl,ebines in Berar, and encourage tho
ltyots TO devote their attention to the most
extensive culture OF cotton, it is not vet dem.
.onstrated that they. can grow the species of
cotton called tho: tmddle-sLaplc, used for the
weft of cotton tissues, and nowstrown exclu
sively by the United States. The long and
short staples may be are grown in India and
elsewhere, but the middle.staple, the mostnec-
essnry kind, whose peculiar softness and full.
ness gives it the superiority over all others for
the welt of cotton cloths, Inns not vet been
found anywhere but in this country with the
exception of small quantity growii at Port
Natal on the Eastern Coast of Africa. "If"
says the London Economist, 'Inda were 10
send us two million bales of Surat cotton nm.
nually, the desideratum would not lie supnlied::
We should be As dependent on America M ever,
While We rHqpire but limited supplv of tho
long andshort staples, we need and can CON
sumo an almost Unlimited supply of the mid
diestaple raw cotton, and tip United States
sof America aiene have hitherto proauced this
s's es sse ssssiG5 shs n o'iss Fo,
the greater portion OF. the goods fhat ENGLAND
importsfro India now, she is obliged to nav
in silver; the amount Of manufactured goods
which she exports. being Of comparatively.
smal, and afe provided foIby tLoir own labor
Sf then t4e cotton spinneps. were obliged to
-I4y in SILVER for every ponfid of cotton which
'theynow import from this country and for
sXitiea, they pay in goods, how isit to be donel
where is the sfiger to be found 1T will not
be ns easy to create artificial wants among the
from Lancashire, as it will be to build cotton
machinery in Berar; and yet until this is Of.
fected,ayen thoTgh all other Obstacles be sur-
mounted, there yet remains the dificultysof
paying IN hard cash for the hundreds of mil.
non Pou1R 81 cotton which are required to
supply ths ahufaeturers throughout England.
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deiPhie. says that zone Of tie South Caroline
msmners mem GMIsOrr we presnme,} has lust re-.
sftarm sne ssefas Iansas He says losrn that
.ritorY Ksn2t TO be sSppos1i sonti,ern @ an,i. nil j
grants will take their negroes tiiera 8 Tsa n,sa.
slavery men haval9ng been sont nm ar.a r.
the Territory.e ahd Ultimately, 4bsI aisniSrity
must abolish slavery gls only f6opS d fSl
come dents aa iisehs oE Kanis i$2iha ifsse ss
will not dgso. ib!f9 ,oxarnorG and FfssidsSE
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