The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1860-02-23

Reporter of Supreme Court--Benjamin
Harrison, Of Marion. ~,
Attorney General--Mr. Jones; Of Wander
burg co.
Clerk of Supreme Court--John P. Jones.
of Lagrange.
Supt. Public Instruction--M.J J. Fletcher.
of Putnam CO,
BrOush ham ON Cotton and Slavery
DR.. Livingstone.
Lord Brongham has lately made movement
on Slavery, 10 the Briti.h House of Lords which
must attract ettention in this country. The great
Octogenarian has seized the true point in the
case, aud unlike those Abolitionis's, who merely
Shrek for freedom" while they do nothing prac-
ticalIy for its promotion he, Samson-like. has
taken a strong hold upon the main pillar which
upholds the accused institution. If England has
"sinned greatly as Lord Brougham says, both
in establishing slavery in the world, and in the
slave trade. we trust that his Lordship may be
able to show the British nation that the sin Of
sustaining slavery by purchasing almost exclusive
iy its products, should be atoned for by i'm
mediate reform in this respect England estab-
lshed slavery in this country, and we have the
strongest claims upon her to use her utmost
ertions to aid us in its abolition and there can be
no question, but the course now proposed by
Brougham is the only one by which England can
be Of any service to us in this matter.
Less than 200 900 cotton. growers have a mo-
nopoy which they wish to retain. and this monop-
oily ia the main support Of an institution which
constitutes the greatest danger to this Govern
ment and jeopardizes the peace and happiness of
Eearly 80 mill ions Of Inhabitants. We regret
that Lord Brougham did not present this point
strongly that should the English Government
adopt measures for procuring cotton elsewhere,
only about 2OOO of our citizens could have
any cause of complaint of unfriendy legisIation
while the remainder, more than 25 millions, would
have cause of rejoicing and thaukfulness.
Then England procure her cotton else
where cheaper than here, since slave labor. as
general thing, is really more expensive than free.
Our planters, with great outlay of capital and
high prices of slaves, produce cotton for from
to cents per pound, and there are many other
parts Of the world where cotton can be produced
with far less labor, and where labor is far cheaper
than slave labor. This was shown pretty conclu.
sively by DR.. Leavitts articles, which we publish
ed a ie " weeks ago on the A." Commercial Causes
and Cure for Slavery"
We subjoin few extracts frcrr Tho = 49, 800 So
,vuau Bigniy interesting.
lie, Brougham, rejoiced in the benefits which
had resulted to the people Of the United States
from our repeal of the duty on raw cotton but
II should not be forgotten that some of our own
colonies presented great facilities for the growth
of colt 1n and he hoped that in British Guiana
jamaica and in Africa, every announcement
would be afforded by the Government to the cul.
tivation of this most important material Above
all, he trusted that a trade in cotton would be
opened apon the east coast Of Africa in the dis
tricts explored by DIR. Livingstone, for upon the
highlands OF that country, cotton to ary amour {.
and OF the best quality might, with slight en-.
courpgemept, be raised.
He was told that capital of eco, 900. judicious
" directed there. would be sufficient to secure
this very great advantage, and he did hone that
If it nexpedient for the government to in
terfere in such matters his wealthy friends at
Manchester and Liverpool would lend hand TO
raise that sum OF money. In the United States
they had hat called the dome site institution
Though ia his eyes it was rather an oaense than
inst,ution), and the slave trade there was also
held to be an institution and one of great anti
guilty. We ourselves had snned greatly in both
these matters; bat certainly no parallel could be
found IN any part Of history to the law said
to have been recently enacted 10 Arkansas.
1t was no concern Of ours but on the other
hand, Americans had no right to complain if we
cotton'grown under the domestic institution
The Duke of New Castle said that the govern.
ment had deep sense of the Importance of ex..
tending much as possible the growth of cotton
In Jamaica attempts were being made 10 intro
duce the cotton plant, but both there and in 9th.
er colonies the great difficulty not so much 10
the soil, 10 the want Of sufficiently cheap la
Dor. On receiving Information that in Ceylop
lands were being brought into cultivation 70, this
purpose, the government, departing from their
usual custom Of not parting with crown lands, ex-
cept upon sale, granted certain Of these iauds for
the period of Eve years in order that the expert
ment might be tried. In the pew colony at
Queensland, in Australia attempts were also be-
ing made to introduce the cotton plant and he
earnestly trus ted that both there and 10 other of
the British dominions. this experiment would be
succS sstul.
The Bishop of Oxford had heard with ss.isfac
ton what had fallen from the noble Duke The
difficulty which was experienced in other coun
tries of obtaining free labor to produce cotton
did not exist in Africa, where there was an abun.
dant native population, whose cultivation of cot
ton would be attended with the additional advau-
tage of introducing wholesome and lawful CON-
merce which ,aa.i absolutely destroy the slave
trade
Lord Woodhouse read 8 short extract IRON q
recent despatch Of DIR. Livingstone. dated May
L. 1859 referring 10 his visit to Lake Shirura,
and the adjacent country
Cotton Is cultivated largely. and the further
went the crop appeared to be of the greater
Importance. The women alone were well clothed
with the produce; the men being content with
goatskns and cloth made Of the bark Of certain
trees Every one spins and weaves cotton. Even
the chiefs may be seen with the spindle and bag,
which serves as distaff. The process of manu-.
factr re is the most rude and tedious that can be
conceived. The cotton goes through FIVE pro
cesses with the fingers before it comes to the
loom. Time is Of no value. They possess two
varieties of the plant. One, indigenous yields
cotton more like wool than that Of other countries
IL is strong and feels rough in the hand. The
other variety is from imported seed. A point in
Its culture worth notice is. the time OF planting
has been selected SO that the plants remain in the
ground during Winter and Eve months or 50 af
ter sowing they come to maturity before the rains
begin or insects come forth to damage the crop"