Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-09-01

21i, 700; making total Of interest on capital
invested in slaves IN the production Of cotton,
and the cost Of keeping them Of one hundred
and three millioas, Jorty-thres H'Ousand fB,
ylEadred, thrty-one dollars afd nifety-ti0o cents
/ per aRnim-upon the basis that two-thirds
Of the slaves in the States named are employ
ed in is cultivation. The value Of the cotton
/ exported from the United States from Sept.
l, 1858, to Aug, 81, 1853, was Sl6l 494, b2s,
q fraction over S53 per bale. At this price
/ the total value Of the cotton crop of 1859,
/ 1881, ,4sl bales, was $204, ,l2s, ass. When
we add to the interest on the value Of the cot
ton chattels and the cost Of feeding and
clothing them, the interest en- the cotton
lands, buildings, and implements Of labor, a
very small margin Of profit is left to the cot
| ton planters.
If the tree Africans in the United States
would show a laudable degree Of energy and
enterprise in colonizing and civilzing Africa
the day would not be far distant when not
only the accursed slave trade would cease
but Africa would supply the cotton mills Of
the world with most Of the raw material.
The editor Of the Liberia Herald says:
"The cotton raised at the Gold Coast, from
ita superior quality, sells in the extensive
cotton markets Of England for l3 10 II cents
per pound.
"To the raising of this single article (cot-
tom on this continent we look as one Of the
greatest anti-slavery providences ever per-
mitted TO the Africans, since the first enslaye-
ment Of them by the inhuman foreign races;
and the encouraging and fostering spirit
manifested by the British public--aside from
all considerations Of gain-as one of the
greatest acts, practically favoring and fur
thering the cause of freedom TO the enslaved
Africans abroad, and their civilization at
home, ever witnessed since the emancipation
Of 1884. fl.s
1--WE therefore hail with inexpressible Joy
the present demonstration of the fact, on the
Gold Coast, that Africa is destined to be,
and is becoming, q great cotton-growIng
country.
"Afriea, then, taking the lead, as she is
destined to do, in the growth and supply of
cotton, and sugar, tOo-the two greatest of
tropical products in the demands of the
worlds cOmmerce-the holding and support
ing Of slave IN the United States viii become
an improbable thing, and must of necessity
be abandoned"
This is in confirmation of the important
fact stated by Mr.. Vassar, from actual obser-
vatiOn in Africa,
Here is field of enterprise worthy Of
every effort, and an African who opposes the
Colonization Society is an enemy to his race,
and to the redemption of Africa from barbar-
ism to Christian Civilization, and to the final
freedom Of his race in the United States
The Commercial men Of this city are look
ing for busy season, and profitable Fall
trade is commencing, and merchants and
clerks, and draymen are busy.
The Hotels in the City are all crowded with
strangers and more room is needed. Many
guests are obliged to room Uery near The stars,
in the large hotels.
The Press, too, is busy. The Harpers are
publishing an edition of 1000 of Wilson's
Readers. Studies in Animal Life, by LeWes,
and the Queens of Society, by Grace and
Phillip Wharton, are full Of instruction, and
can be read with much profit by the student
of Nature, as well as by the lover Of society.
Right at Last by Mrs. Gaskell, and Castle
Richmond, by Anthony TrollOpe, are good at
Watering Places or on train, and win make
such hours pass pleasantly, thanks to the
Harpers. Yours truly, J. A. B.