The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1857-06-24
From the National lntellisencer.
PLEDGES FOR PEACE.

We copy below from the New York Erfn.
ing Post some striking statistics and sound
reasoning. adduced By that able Journal to
reassurc The friends Of peace in respect taour
future relations with Great Britain. While
the English and French have just been tramp
ling under fuot aud bur, ing punt Of nation.
al belief, handed down from the dark ages.
that they were " natural enemies" some Di
our enlightened. humane. and super patriotic
Democratic presses are striving to introdnee
the same amiable dogma rs an article pt
American faith towards another and Kindred
nation. whose people .nd ours i might. on
the contrary. be nationally thought were
created To be "natural Friends
Extract from the Evening Post.
PLEDGES FOR PEscs.--At recent meeting
Of the Society Of Arts in London. the follow.
ing striking facts, illustrating the reciprocal
dependence of England and the United States
upon each other, were disclosed. OF the to
tsI exports of Great Britain one third is made
up Of cotton manufactures alone. Last year,
after clothing the entire population ~ the
British islands, the English cotton splnners
exported 81 so 900. 600 worth. SO extensive
i. the operation Of this supply npon the genrr-
81 prosperity Of that country that an increase
&c a penny a pound, according to an estimate
Of Lord Stanley, 10 the cost Of the raw ma
terial, is equivalent to national loss ut iour
I or i've millions.
/ lie fact which gives these statistics their
! peculiar importance 10 American readers Is
/ vet TO be stated. OF the goo 900 900 pounds
Of cotton imported BY England last year 700,
| QUO 900 pounds Camr trOm the United States
/ Ia ..iha- ....-ls, one hundred ~Hd Ettren mil.
lions If dollars worth Of Ensland's annual ex-
ports. to say nothing OF what she consumes
herself, depend whnlIy upon the United
States for il. suppl, I; aud. on the nther hand
the United States depends upon England To
purchase frnm her annually from ninety ID
one hundred millions of dollars worth Of her
crop.
Il is d,fficul, to say which Of the tw0
countries would suffer most from cessation
Of friendly commercial intercourse. We ere
not Sufficiently cnnsersant with such matter,
TO farm any conjecture as to the time II wnuld
take to increase the machinery requisite Il
use the surplus cotton which would be thrown
upon the market in case England ceased Il
BE- q Purchaser. but il would certainly be long
enaugh to ruin pretty much every one ~
either country depending either upon the cul
iure or tie manufacture Of cotton for a lisrii.
hold. That country would unquestiOnably
suifrr least, other things being equal. which
could must readily transfer lie cation capital
into sumo o;hrr mnre productive employment
and IN that respect Englsnd would unques.
tlOnably have the advantage. for her nanufac.
lures are not bounded BY any particular sol
I or thermal lines, nor are her manufacturer.
isolaied. but are distributed. IN a commercial
sense, ihr, ugh the kingdom whereas the eoi.
ton. groWing States grow little ornoihing else
ior erpnrt. and il would take long time TO
prepare TIE GOTTEN lands TO grow any other
crop which would be any where near as pro.
dueti,e. On the other hand. the market fur
cotton in the United States Is q very large
one. and might be greatly increased VERY
som, provided the prices for the manufactured
guuIs we're Substantially sustained, and The
raw material we're 70 ia.i very low. as il
would be sure 70 do 10 case the English mar.
\ krt, from any cause. were closed - Us.
4 little meditation upon these st-tisties ha,
tendency to re-assure ones confidence IN
the prrpetuity Of friendly relations, notwith.
standing the Democratic press careful
egltisatinn Of every prejudice and preieii
having tendency TO Interrupt them.
/ .We Substitute these words, a. more ap.
\ prapriafe than those which the Post uses
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