New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-01-03
SUPPLY OF COTTON-INDIA PRODUC-
TTON,

Not great while ago the New York Tribune came
to the very joyful conclusion that the production of
cotton in India would ere long rival that of the Uni
ted States and that consequently the slavery pro-
paganda," as it amably terms the people OF the
States south of Mason & Dxon's line would be mate
rally injured if notabsoutely ruined OF course this
was theme that afforded the Tribune plenty OF
ground work for indulgence in extreme eXultation;
for could it utterly beggar the South, just in proper
ton that it benefited and exalted His Majesty, the
King of Dahomey, we have no doubt its editors would
think they had arrived at the summit of earthly
bliss.
Unfortunately, however, the fates are against the
Tribune and its conductors will be obliged to become
perfect Methuselahs in age before they hope to
witness realization of their darling obectsso full
of generosity, fraternal feeling and beneyoence,
towards the poor wretched population residing in the
Southern States of this confederacy. Then, again. it
is not likely nature will relax the general doom that
awaits all mankind, in their favor. They will, We
opne, die and be forgotten like other men without,
indeed the unchartabeness remorseless persecution
and iiendish magnity with which they have pursued,
and sought to bring unavoidable ruin upon, some
millions of people who never harmed them causes
their names to be remembered only to be execrated
more than ordinary length o. time. Robesperre Dan
ton and Marat, are remembered for the crimes they
committed against nature and natures GoD-not for
any good deeds they ever performed. Our New York
contemporaries if they would study wisely, would be
able to distinguish between the two kinds of immor
taty which good or bad earthly conduct alone con-
fers. Bad deeds are remembered longest according
to the manner of the world. The incendary who fired
the Ephesian dome is mentioned with curses when
a1I.
CT that wonderful architectural monument of human
skill never named So has it been ever SO will it
be always.
But the Tribune has not been permitted to enjoy in
peace its mental feast over the assumed destruction
that would come upon the South in case its self
created theories in regard to the production Of cotton
in India should be reduced to practice This was too
bad. 1t was downright cruelty on the part of the
New York Herald to break into nnumeIable trag-
ments that glorious mirror into which the editors of
the Tribune fondly gazed and saw pictures of
Southern want nakedness, destitution weakness and
degradation, at which their hearts eaped and throbbed
and throbbed and leapad with delight too ecstatic
for earth! We say again, it was too bad, and the
editor of the Herald ought to be ashamed of himself
for interfering with his neighbours innocent amuse
ment.
Still, as the deed has been done, we have concluded
to give some account of the manner in which it was
DONE The Herald refers to the experiments made by
certain American planters in India between lS4O and
ls4s: experiments made under the most favorable
circumstances of location, soil and labor, with the
best cotton seed and the best machinery, combined
with any amount of aid from the India authorities
and which all signaly failed. Ten planters were
engaged, selected from the principal eottongrowing
States, and seven of them remained experimenting
for five years. Mr.. Terry, one Of their number, has
published the result of their experiments and nvesti
cations, which absolutely establish that there are two
nsuperabe difficulties in the way of cultvating
cotton in 1nda-the two great extremes of dry and
wet weather. either Of which is peculiarly fatal to
cotton.
The import Of India cotton into Great Britain says
the Herald for the past six years, during the gold
IN period, has been as follows: