Smyrna times., 1860-03-29
The Eject Of Agitation upon the ma
faial Interests of our Country.

The Effect Of Agitation upon the ma
imiA Interests of our Country.
The crack of Joha Browns Rifle at Harper's
Fsrry has found al echo in the greatest finan-
sal circles OF Great Britain. So dependent
srs they upon one sf the chief products of thi,
eoau,ry. for the mainssnance of nearly two
uions of souls, or one-feasseenth of the in.
nsisauts of xhe United Kingdom. that a single
shsek ~ the pescs of this country vibrates
sxoaghoui the length end breadth Of that great
salion. Tha late Harper's Ferry raid has SO
alarmed the . CoFros SurPLx ASSOCIATION, !"
si Manchester. that they are seriously cogta-
ting upon the question. experimenting that civil
wsr mag cut short their tradain this country of
he Development of cotton in ether counties
s thai ihey may not be so dependent upon
kis
The lssgusge of some Of the most eonsidera-
bic organs Of Eaglish opinion apon this subject,
ass The New York Times, would be thought
iasalsisg snd exiravagant were it used by a
sreiga Press The London Saturday Repie,0.
fss instance. speaks of England as /" absolutely
s.sAe mercy ofths political ehsnees or caprices
sfAmsrisa !" and the Spectator describes the
capitalists Of Eaglsnd as lisiag TRANQUILITY in
8 house which is already on fire." The politi-
ssl ss<lsass ei England have. during the last
srsy years. become involved in the sgricnstu-
nj we'll being of the Southern United States" :"
Ia 1855 the cotton manufacture Of the United
Ka,gdom employed 2s.Ol0.727 spindles. busy
ia a2lo ssssbiisAments, and turned by 97.f32
sngiaes. representing aa addition Of productive
fussso the wealth of the empirs equal 10 that
dz Sc. 900 men. ..1ffI
To dsr,nge. even for siagls manth, Uae
VAST machinery upon which this macs Of human
lives IS sorne steadily forward, would be to in
ahcs apon Great EIritsin a blow more severe
tAaa anY that was ever struck at il in war By
Tie most powerful and the mos, aostile of its
iaseign: foss. The misery, the discomfort, the
despair that would follow upcn such crisis,
sould test The vitality cf tbs nation to It's very
ssrs
Bot John Brown ard the cianors Of South
CraIina have giyeD point and pungency to th,
psls Of England's position; and it is to then
tAss the vivid interest ooy taken in che question
of~cosion supply" in England must be mainly
sssrbuied.
Thsreis scarcely tropical zion in the globe
ID wsch the agents of English capitalists, o.
a.he Gossrnmenl, are not at this moment
sssly insestigating or earnestly developing
The Gotten growing capsci.ies Of The soil. Bra
nj, which. in the early part Of the century
ssss elsss ssd afsen successful rival of Amer.
ssa ia the eoslon trade. but which had gradu-
sllJ fallen back in the eon petition. is now ad'
ssseiaz sssia.--her export to England iucreas
iNby sixty shousand balss bstwssa ihs years
1854 and 1853.
Ia Egypt, 10 the Antilles. even in Caba. ths
sas adsfasigssIe energy is at work with NOR,
~lsm premise of soccess. But it is in Africs
hat tie nsost serious rival Of the Southerr
ssatss shsessens. with not unpoetic justice
hsppsar. Two years ago, in July 1858. Lore
hlnssssou publicly stated his belief in th'
Hsss of Commons. that within few year
- vess eo&ss of Africa woaId furaish eottol
szTpst only second 20 that Of America Tn
mels distriet of Sierra Leone bss increases
mszpert Of cotton TO England 900 per cent
iAs Elk years, 1851 5S-sn increase fa
usisr than was reach in the six years whic
alowsd The frat expectation Of cotton from th
uasst States to England, 10 l764-'90. !. Dl
hnsgssone's explorations in these region
as daily ronfrming the already well-estat
! '~hs& eonsicsion of practical men, that Afric
I The natural home Of the cotton.plant, whic
'asfe ssisils iss finest development in ever
ps'a'o view. The quality Of he FIBRE includes
And esf SoutAern friends, who are 80 fond
4 SAM prosidensial wisdom in the adaptatic
Hnsssoes TO hoe handles. will dsabtlsss reco1
ns< he beauty of that ordinance which h'
tsstst the natural coiton- grower in such aba
eses w The aide Of The natural cotton.
4 rhsT saanos give shs subject too early
- ssFsoas attention. Ifcotton Importation b
Meme - essential of hsr prosperity TO Gre
HHais. cotton sxportasian he's become the co
elra slm<st Of existence to the Slave Sta.
4Ah<s'ss.
The quavsisa srisss. DO our congressm
A'lJ eoatider tAs iajtry they are doing sh'
nsfy y he exciting sad msnscing speech
~ hsn tins . titns making. II not
14 y wslito censidsr.
IL De n RAs slosts's Nscx.--C Consids
escitsnent has sxist,d in Raymonds Ne
~ oaveful dnva Il regard 70 the ope