The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-06-12
VOL. XVIL--NO. 1879

! An English View ~ Amerlcan Produce.
The Isonden Ohrontels. Lord ralmers sons
organ, hes m inserssting article on The vital
aeessstsy v Englnnd Of the cotton Of Amesa.
ca. 10 fettsrates the aversion u slavery Of
its people, ard adds: s5sr n
But ws canact allow the poor sable creature
70 exhaas. Al our :ympashles; and when Ne
minds seem incapable Of rscaistag moro than
one idea, exott In the hope of q slave insur.
recitou (which would put an end 70 the pro.
ductipa OF COTTON In AmericA-we cnn but
wonoer at the strAuge tnfatuation that pre-.
Yeats their seeing how 1t would affect us.-
OtsttsWen and traders, peers and mechanics.
seen to - all alike. IL 10 tims tAis blindness
ead delosion ceased. II 10 impossI6ls to re-
nect seriously upon the nature Of osr cotton
supply, without evoking phantom that no
exOrcisn will banish. It seizes and trans.
ports 10 to some extensive town, whose tall
chimnsys are visible In every direction; but
there IL no crowd 10 the streets no mill door
or shop ia open. There are NO issuing clouds Of
smoke-uos one palsation Of the iron giants 10
heard-no whiritng of the spindle mo thrpw-
Ing Of the sautiio-no clAaking of the loom.
human life. This Unearthly stiffness chills
our blood. Where, then, are those nss hun.
dred thousand busy, intelligent human be-
ing. that should people III We enter an open
impcl!ed from street to street, we find every
whore living skeletons, and voiceless misery
and death, antii, arriving AT the deserted ex-
change. We read: "rhs cotton supply from
America has ceased"
But could it be that any OF our great manu-
featuring towns should ever present such
spectacle: Are we, then, SO sdspendent on
true. America supplies nearly three-fourths
Of our cotton. and therefore the greatest dangey
that threatea this country at The present time
is . adde's eessafioa Of the supply Of cottos from
AmeY,ca. The French Emperor OF the old Ia
dies, with all his dreadful fleets and armies,
il pet lamb in comparison with such IN
event. An enormous amount OF British capi-
tal and the lives Of millions of British people,
depend on our cotton supply being CONSTANT
and adequate. We have NO desire to create
any unnecessary alarm; but where the ma
tional safety is concerned, every possible dan
ger for which q remedy may be found ought to
be treated as il it were probable danger, In
order to stimulate the proc curing Of that RENEE
dy. To show that there is no exaggeratiOL In
our statement, we appeal to the following IN.
improbable facts :-Of @2e,OC0 tons OF cotton
wool imported last year. 32o. 600 were Ameri-
can. or the total cost, f30, 1000 600, about f2a,-
OOO,0OO was for American. When manu1ac-
tured. this cotton produced-exports, t5l ,HO,-
90; home consumption, 124, ,OU0,O 900; total 49,
UOUOOO. OF this, f60,0Ot,uOO for American
The wages and profit of manufacture were
f45OoOUUO; /; Of this Est, ,0OO, 900 on American
We pay for much OF this cotton by products
Of our hardware and other manufactories:-
Suppose we pay thus ELS, ,OOO,0tO. 1t results
that out ofOur total export trade OF tl3i ,CU,-
600, Amer rican cotton in manufactured state
figures to the extent Of f4n,OO0,c0;, which:
with the Els, ,0OO,OtO above. makes E55, 600
of and for American cotton-only fiU,OO0,OO0
less than one half Of the total exports OF
Great Britain. At the same time emanufactuI-
ed American cotton to the value OF f2O.OOO.UO
a year 10 being sold in shops aud warehouses,
and consumed in the United Kingdom. Then
there are the mercantile transactions connect
ed with this 32s ,OOO tons OF cotton-the ship
ping employed in its import and IN the suD-
= tav tN Aaf1 A0fA n
the amount of capital engaged in this com.
merce manufacture and trade. and involved
In transactions with the United States, all
mixed up more or less with this cotton sup
ply: but it must amount to from two hun
dred to three hundred millions sterling.
So much for goods and money; and what
as regards human life Nearly 4UU,UUU people
are engaged in manu featuring American cot
ton only, and from three to fonr millions Of hw.
man bssnss depend wpoa II, asd spos ats mas~-
Cacfmre fcv their daily food. Yes, four millions
Of men, women 2ad children-not negroes, mo-
Americans. but white people, Engiish, Scotch
prosperous, end adding largely every year To
| the national wealth-would be plunged into
| the lowest abyss Of misery By the failure Of
| the American cotton supply, should this hap
DEN before some palliative or substitute il
| found. And we say it is impossible adeq uate.
| Iy to estimate the awful calamity OF such
failure OF supply. Why. nifty Gladstone
| rolled in to ono Chancellor Of the ExcheQuel
| would find it difficult to make both ends meet
| Talk Of income tax, we should want one of ter
| shiliings in the pound, ana with nothing com
| ing in To assist realized property III paying At
| This view Of it is bad enough but that OF ths
immense mass Of misery. suffering, frightfu
\ death aud social confusion it would produce
| 10 worse still Passions would become iul1amee
| the maddsned people would strike righ
and left in their fury imaginary grievance'
| would be elevated to tine drst rank Of realities
| and whatever else might be saved from thu
vortex, it is quite certain that all the artificial
distinctions OF society would vanish AS 9
dream.