The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1859-09-14

and the existing state Of things in the
commercial and political world. demand
Of the negro that he shall produce cotton
for is consumption, and that the Amcri-
can system OF negro slavery is the only
one vet discovered that can make him
perform the labor necessary for that pur-
pose. For wears. past they have been ex,.
crcistur their wits IN seeking cotton pro-
ducIug region in some other part Of the
world, which should rival our Southern
States in the production OF this staple, and
produce II in manner consonant with
their peculiar notions OF humanity. For
awhile India was TO be this cotton Utopia.
II was a tropical country, was under Bri-
tish rule, and soil over which the red
cross Of ~. George waved, could never be-
polluted by the footstep Of a slave. The
cotton that came from there would be the
growth Of free labor, and the one hundred
and eighty millions Of heather in that
vast region, could be made to produce an
untold number Of bales, and stock the
markets Of the world at a reduced price.
The anti-slavery fanatics Of Britain went
AT Il with a rush. Associations were form
cd, the press was eloquent on the subject,
mon experienced in cotton production
were procured from this country to di- |
rect and instruct the lahorcrs, and mis-
sionarivs with Bibles were sent along to |
christanize the natives and gct them to |
work Cotton rqs produced, but II came
in small quantities and Of inferior grade.
Somehow the Ilindoos would not take
kindly n the Bibles, nor to the new FASH
ion Of hard work in their burning climate.
necessary o. produce the cotton. The
thing would not work-proyed in fact a
| humbug. and the whole scheme has since
well-nirh disappeared in the hubhub Of
the late Sepoy rebellion. Since then a
new field has been discovered in which
cotton and philanthropy are to be expand
ed--the seeds Of religion and the seeds Of
the staple to be cultivated together. AZ
/ RIGA is now the chosen spot OF the human
itarians and the cotton supply advocates.
| The brutal negro at home is to be enlght-
cucl, christianized and rendered industri-
| ous-is az once 10 be made 10 comprehend
/ the benefits Of usefel labor, and the advant-
age Of growing cheap cotton and a great
deal IL, in order to promote the interests
Of British manufacturers and destroy the
institution of slavery in these States This
wonderful scheme, according 10 the pro-
gramme Of the British Cotton Supply As
ISOLATION, a, published in late periodical,
is to be accomplished by sending out ira
ders 10 settle among the negroes and bar
ter goods with them for cotton. Under
thicr magic guidance the negro is to be
made 10 10 by moral suasiou, what he has
been known To do nowhere else in the
world even when surrounded by the ex-
amples and influences or civilized life. ex-
cept by compulsion. These philanthro-
pists are profoundly ignorant of the negro
character and base their action on fanati-
cal sentiments and mistaken theories,
rather than on a critical examination of
the requisites to produce good cotton at a
cheaper rate than il can be done in this
country They start with the fact that
the cotton plant is perennial in Africa,
and the negro a most docile and industri-
Gus creature. Il is no matter just now
about the negro nature and character.
II they will take the trouble to inform
themselves, they will find that the true
! cotton Of commerce has never been, and
is not now, produced anywhere else hut
is plain To produce good cotton great
many moro things besides land and ne.
grocs are requisite, necessary as these two
adiuncts arc. First, the negroes must
have some motive to induce them to work
with regularity aud constancy from seed
time To- harvest. Nature is regular in hen
seasons. and man must be- equally 50 il
his labor 10 enable him to profit by them
Then a cultivated intelligence and eNpe
riencc must secure the proper tillag'
Of the land, tho gathering Of the fruitar'
and It's preparation for the market. +,
. do all this, skill and capital. the ho1rdiul
, Of long wears Of former labor are indi-
. pensable. There must be machinery 4
, ! gin and pack il. railroads and steamboat
3 10 bring supplies and take tho crop {
+. market. merchants 20 distribute Il owe
s the world, brokers 70 take care Of IN
q payments and the thousands Of mechar
!. ical appliances that are the ncccssar
% handmaidcus Of all industry. commerce
and agriculture. These are not supplied b
ianatical societies, nor Utopian schemes q
christianizing sayages, and without then
philanthropy will never grow cheap co
y ton nor break down slavery in the Unite
States. The fact is obvious that the worl
has 70 have moro cotton, unless somethin
else can be found 10 answer some Of III
uses to which Il is now applied, and tn
70 is hardly probable. OF the $4,000 900 bal,
: made last year but a little over 3,OO0,O
= will 70 to Europe, and the rest will
manufactured at home. England an
France are the great cotton consumir
nations, and il is estimated that they "a
!. about twelve pounds annually to II
. head Of their population. The consum
i, ton Is extending rapidly too, in the otI
4, or European nations. The two hundre
!. and scventy-ivc millions Of people in +
n. rope when they consume the same pr
i portion of cotton that the English ar
!, French 10, will require a supply Of sew,
millions Of bales. So that allowing Il
u efforts Of the Cotton supply Associatio
I. tho Exeter Hall fanatics and the fanati
OF New England to raise cotton indepen
ent Of slave-labor. should be attend
with some degree Of success, the demal
- for al we can raise will never cease, al
T.. the prices. except in time Of some gre
So commercial rcvulsion, il is likely will co
p tinuc 10 advance. II is these facts th
:. give To the institution Of slavery in o
ed Southern States il. strength, which cloth
~ the South with an impenetrable panop
m against the assaults Of abolitionism al
ed will sustain her as the most prospero
TN portion Of the civilized world, wheth
'ur she remain in or go out Of the prese
nc Federal Union.
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