The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1859-06-29

enterprise OF raising cotton IN Africa ana Df
Livingstone's mission in this connection. The
English manufacturers and politicians are calcu
lating strongly on large augmentation Of the
supply Of cotton from this source. The follow
ing is an extract from speech on this subjec
recently delivered by Mr.. Buxton in the British
parliament:
''It had been demonstrated that theforty Of
fifty millions of negroes in West Africa were
an industrious race of men, and eagerly devo
ted to trade while the wealth of those region.
in the things that Europe needed was bound
less. Palm OIL corn, timber of valuable kinds
ivory, gold, ground-nuts, indigo, pepper, rice
coffee, sugar, and multitude Of other articles
were only waiting market to be produced IL
any quantities. The trade in palm oil was
already valued at f2,0oO, 600 ("No, nor',,
He spoke Of the home trade. But the mos
important prospect was that Of the supply o
cotton. Hear. There was no question now
that any required amount Of cotton, equal te
that Of New Orleans in quality, might be OBJ
tanned. A very short time ago Mr.. Clegg, o.
/ Manchester, aided by the Rev. H. Yenn and a
few other gentlemen, trained and sent out two
or three young negroes az agents 70 Abbeokutta.
These young men taught the natives TO collect
and clean their cotton, and sent it home to Eng
land. The result was that the natives had
actually purchased $50 cotton gins for cleaning
their cotton, and lately the natives of Abbco-
kutta had sent to England and procured four
presses for pressing it for exploration, at cost
of several hundred pounds. Mr.. CIegg stated
he was in correspondence with seventy -six ma
tive and other African traders, twenty two Of
them being chiefs. With one Of them Mr..
Clegg had transaction by which he 1.-THE Afr-
can received $500. And the amount of cot
ton received at Manchester had risen hand
over hand, till in 856 il anne to 50, O0Ofb, and
last year to nearly 100, 0ootbs. Well may Mr.
Clegg say this was "a rare instance of the
rapid development Of particular trade, and
the more SO because every ounce Of cotton had
been collected, all the labor performed, and
the responsibility borne by native Africans
alone"
This is undoubtedly a report of considerable
progress, and if we took alone into the account
the facts and figures above stated it would
appear that our southern States were soon to
encounter a formidable rival in Africa; that
Great Britain, having cut of our supply Of labor
ers, had found a means Of converting the Afri
can on his own soil into an agency working out
the prostration of southern industry and the
downfall of southern institutions But so long
as Great Britain expects to accomplish this
great result by voluntary African labor, we are
convinced that she will meet with disappoint-
ment The African will not labor with the in
dustry and perseverance requisite to the pro
duction Of cheap cotton, without compusion
The inquiry most important to US is, will Great
Britain resort to compulsion?-in other words,
will she make slaves Of the Africans on their
own soi?-for compulsion will amount 20 this.
We have no doubt whatever that to this meas
ure she will resort at last All her history JUS
titles this anticipation; and her present mode Of
dealing with the Chinese coolies and the negroes
rescued by her vessels from the sIavers reveals
the method Of tile mock philanthropy and ne
cessity ulder which it will be coaked Her
attention having now been earnestly directed
to Africa, we need not doubt for a moment Her
use of any means necessary to accomplish the
prime object which has attracted it to that quar-
ter
1t must be Notifying iadecd, to our pure
democratic readers Of the south, to perusc the
rejoicings over the election Of Letcher of Vir-
gnia, by the abolitionists Of the north. The
Boston Liberator Garrison paper) says:
"ABoLTIoN Victory IN TIE SoUrH.-The telegraph
informs that the election of Virginia abolition
st to the office of chief magistrate of the Old Do
minion. We not prepared for such cheering
news. His majority may be small, butwe have album
dant to rejoice that sayeocracy is on the wane
in Virginia, and that SO large portion of her people
Is lmbued with the principles of the early and best
and purest statesmen. The governor elect lives
among the ScotchIrsh, in the heart Of the State ana
was the ardent advocate, few years ago Of the abo
lItion OF slavery in western Virginia"
The New York Evening Post, democratic
liSCoOLl JOuitittI, CGltCu Will RtIhGu aOllllY
and welding commanding Influence, says:
ut fills us with joy TO report the election Of de-
mocratc freesoier to the important office of governor
Of Virginia tjustifes the policy we have sustain
ed Of refusing to join the a6oIitioniss in invading
the institutions Of the southern States With no
agency Of ours, the black wave is reeeding to the
south. Mr., Letcher was an advocate Of emancpa-
ton in western Virginia some ten or twelve years
ago and though driven by apparent policy to paler
TO eastern Virginia it is ellknown that he chershes
his earlier opinions, and will be encouraged by liz
election to resume them at appropriate season.
His democratic freesol brethren at the north hailth
victory with unalloyed pleasure"
Now will our southern democrats longer de-
ny that their northern friends are abolitonists
of the darkest dye? Be candid for once, and
acknowledge the stubborn fact
In recent address in Georgia, The hon
Thomas Butler King introduces a fact not gene
rally known to the friends of Cuban annexation
in this country. He says that the number OIL
Cuban children now at school in The United