The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-03-23
DR.. Livinsston's Cotton Explorations.

The indefatigable DR.. LIVINGSTON, who first
began his labors among the Africans as mis-.
sionary, but has since had his mind impressed
win the conviction that it is more important
10 provide Tor the raiment Of the BODY than
tue SOUL has made another, and, as he fiatters
himself, successful exploration of a new field
OF cotton supply for England. On the banks
of the great river, Zambesi, discovered by him
self, and which, he expects, will rival the
mississippi, he found cotton. growing valley.
twenty miles broad by sixty long, which. he
anticipates, will yield a supply of the raw
material, capable Of competing with and per-
hars displacing the product of nine millions
Of whites and tour millions of slaves This
discovery Of DR.. LIVINGSTON ought to stimu
late US all to turn our yards in to cotton patch.
IS; for, according to his calculations, every.
body, whether they understand any thing about
the cotton cultivation or not could raise
enough cotton on q lot of 70 by $50 feet to
compete with and perhaps displace the product
of Southern plantation Of fifteen thousand
acres.
The persistent efforts of England to discover
new sources Of cotton supply arise from the
iact mat 1t gives employment to more than |
TOUR millions Of her people, and constitutes |
more than forty per cent. in value of her com. |
ulation; that the demand is constantly in. |
creasinG without q corresponding increase of |
supply, and for the supply she is almost en- |
tirely dependent upon a foreign power Ano.
ther reason, suggested by the New York Her. |
old, is, that England, aware OF the spirit of |
fanaticsm at work in the Northern States
and which threatens with destruction the so.
cial system Of the South, trembles for the sta |
bility Of the Southern supply, and with pro-
vt0ent foresight is looking elsewhere to pre. |
pare against the evil day. Whilst the worst
approximations in this respect would unques.
ttonabIy be realized by the success Of the abo.
htion schemes, it is not easy to perceive why
England should fan with such unceasing per-
tlnacity the hames OF ab0litionism, and At the
same time ransack the whole earth to protect
herself against the ruinous conseq uences of
her own schemes for that British tanaticism.
British intrigue and even British gold, are at
the bottom OF half the abolitionism in the
United States. there cannot be the shadow Of
u doubt, the object however. Of those who pull
the wires not being the abolition Of slavery.
but the dissolution Of the Union, and q fu-
ture alliance between Great Britain and the
States.
American cotton may Be regarded as q fixed
fact American cotton Is king to whom even
VICTORIA and all the other crowned heads of
Chnstendom must do homage. DIR. LIVING. I
s'oA wouao better return TO his missionary Ia 4
Dors. Ethiopia Is stretching ont her hands for |
spiritual cultivation. aud is likely to vield a |
larger return in that regard, than in the
way Of supplying cotton. DR.. LIVINGSTON :
may b capable Of Introducing soms idea. Of :
religious truth In the benightsd minds a. A.
SAcens, but neither he nor any other man a..
smpsre 70 them the Intelligent Industry .,d 4.
Mechanical skill which are essential u ~.
cotton culture. '" INC
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