New Orleans daily crescent., 1859-11-14
Nem Orleans 1ailp Grtstellt.
MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER II, 1859.
EXPERIMENTAL COTTON CULTURE

Notwithstanding the much that has been said
and written to elucdate the subject there are still
not few who entertain nervous fear that the
energetic and persistent efforts of Great Britain to
achieve her independence Of the South, by Great
ing another source OF cotton supply, will be crown
ed with success. This is natural, for the imperial
cotton plant is the greatest clause in the magma |
charta Of the sovereignty of the South, and jea- /
Gus interest centers upon it and watches with
thousand argus eyes any danger which menaces it. |
4 few years ago Great Britain vaunted her sud |
denly discovered ability to declare herself nde-
pendent of the cotton crop of the South and boast
fully pointed to the broad and fertile plains of her
Indian possessions the natural home Of the cotton
plant, and peopled with countless millions Of tawny
subjects who could plant and harvest more of the
staple than the looms of the island nation could
consume. few years passed, during which the
British Government British manufacturers and East
India Company strained every nerve of encourage
ment to the East Indian culture Of cotton, and the
| experiment then developed the result. More cotton
raised it is true, but still not enough to supply
the demand for manufactured goods in the very
| country which produced he<stape; and though
the receipts of the oriental fiber in England were
| increased, 50 also were those of the unriyaed
staple Of the South. So must it be for indefinite
to use cotton. The breach-couts Of the of
barbarian nations must be replaced with more
affinent garmenture, and those who wore single
yard of fabric round their lons will wear several
yards, more decently envelopng their whole per-
sons.
The next grand experiment of enterprsing, but
unfortunate Great Britain has been in progress for
two or three years. The wise men of Manchester,
whose abolition souls rebelled Mt the idea of en-
couraging slavery in the South by purchasing the
products of the labor of our bondsmen, enthu-
siastcally pitched upon the home land of the
Ethiopian the locality for new experiment in
cotton culture. The selection certainly seemed to
, have reason to commend it. In Africa the cotton
plant was Indigenous. No frost came to kill it
1t grew to be a tree wherein the birds Of the all
might rest, and from its strong and enduring
branches might year after year be gathered al
abundant yield of the precious fiber, without the
trouble of replanting or culture. There, also, was
the laboring element which produced the staple il
the Souti-tle negro, free and in his native wds-
and in working up the crops which he sent Il
their looms the good and wise men of Mancheste
could night and day employ their white slaves, ol
=, a starving pittance, without quam of conscience
ii for they would not only be not administering to
but be striking a fatal blow at, American slavery.
This new experiment has already shown it
striking points. Not only does the African negr
refuse to be encouraged to any considerable es
tent in his useful and praiseworthy toll for tn
benefit of his brethren ON the Western side of th
ocean-and the spinners and weavers of Maj
chester-but he suddenly becomes luxurious an
discovers that instead of being happy and conten
Id ed with only bit of skin, bark or palm leaf SUI
e! pended from his middle, It's absolutely essential
his contentment and fashionable appearing thu
he should be sumptuously attred with yard
more of cotton CLOTH So, when lie brings down
* the trading station the Guinea coast his crop
ss twenty or a hundred pounds of raw cotton, he i
is vests the price received in cotton woven, ar
sports the luxury of a covering for his nakedness-
and Manchester is no better off for his labors;
further advanced in the way Of being independe
of the South. The market for cotton goods is on
- just being opened, and wherever the crop can |
raised demand for the manufactured article a
serbs the product