The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1861-02-14

which are adapted TO its culture. their pros
psrity and Importance. For years past.
they have supplied the manufactures Of the
wsrld with the raw material. Immense
profits have been realized from ils eul,iva
ton. The demand has been so steady and |
the consumption so continuous that high |
prices have been constantly maintained. - |
There has never bees any surplus and less
Huetuation in price than attends other
csmfnoditiss. To this fact is to be traced,
principally. the value Of slave labor, on
this continent. and The high prices Of slaves.
The nations Of the continent have long
LOOKED. with envy. upon the cotton Acids
Of America. They have laborsd to ind
within their own dominisns a climate and
soil adapted to the production Of the plant.
England, long since. sndeavoted TO grow
cotton 10 her East India possessions. The
floods aud the burning suns Of her tropics.
however. were unpropitious and the result
wssa failure. so complete vas the mo-
nopoly Of growth. supposed TO be in our
Southern States and so controlling Us an
element Of power has this been held. as 10
originate the veil known national provsrb.
"Cslton 10 King" Rsesn, discoveries
however and success indicate that this
state Of things may soon change. Several
countries are now beginning to display an
adsptatien Of soil and climate to the growth
Of cotton. Already sufficient success hss
been had, TO render IL clear that Ansriea
has not . permanent monopoly. Political
economists have been long iavsstig gazing this
matter and their experiments seem TO be
succeeding. ofls,s years, cotton has been
produced for expectation, In several eoun-
tries. Egypt. the Ess, ladies. Brazil. the
wsst India Islands and Africa are the chief
locstious During several years past. tho
importation Of cotton into'England. from
these quarters. has been rapidly Increasing.
During the last year. the Imports from those
countries, rsschsd near eight handrsd thou
sand bales. Daring the last seven years the
quantities received from the countries above
named have increased 10 . wonderful ratio.
The same increase continued. through tho
nett tea years will render England entirely
Independent Of this country. That's clear
Iy exhibited by the statistics OF the Brit
ish Cotton supply Associations. which
rear from time to time appeared In the
Eoglish papers. But In addition TO the
countries named above. u is now made sv
idsnt, by recent research. that Central A
ueries. China. Australia. and Algeria. all
esntsin regions we'll adapted to csttou
growing. All therefore that IL required to
produce il. 10 we'll directed, cheap
labor and requisite capital. The great
valley Of Yang tss. in China. Of which 80
much has recently been written, is said to
be twice the size Of the Whole Mississippi
Valley. II 10 all a cotton growing regios
Itis irrigated and fsrtslixed by water sad
cspsbls Of wonderful lillags. The portion
Of this valley nov cultivated. 10 said 10
PROD uee cotton crop exceeding that Of
the United States. IL 70 estimated 10 be
capable Of produsiag. annually, tsn tims'
the amount now raised ia the United
States. France, IN her recent treaty with
China. has obtained the privilege Of i'm
porting coolies. This IL said to be with
direct references to the cultivation Of eottos
in her eolony Of Algsris. This labor i'
cheaper than that Of African slaves. sh,
will soon, in all probability. therefore OBJ
tain her supplies from her own territory
Rngland Is pushing on her cultivation ~
Auslraiis and the East Indiss. Bot fe.
years may elspss before our present cotton
fields nay lie idle. II Is becoming plsiT
that orr Southern States cannot very Ions
enjoy their commanding influence in tA'
cotton marts Of the world. The belief, thai
the Cotton States Of the Union can only
supply the splndlss Of the world With The
rae material. msst sooa be found % be .
delusisn. The world IL all astir 10 break
of it's dependence On America for cotton
How soon this may come to pass essnsi bt
fsrstold-bst the time 10 steadily sdvsn-
cling. The psrsevering efforts Of the IA
lions 10 discover and cultivate new cotton
rssioss, may soon change the vls!s face
Of the Ssuth. Cotton. which has produced
slavery in Ansriea. may yet. IN the course
Of no lsng while. render Il improbable
and undesirable. The people Of GU
Southern States should look TO the ius,rse
tiss s-s- foreshsdowsd ~ these events
Their peculiar staple prsdsetiou is IN DAD
esr. They can certainly hOd more Of fu-
tore advantage in the fes.sfiag and seear-
ius Of their cotton trade than in disDem-
bering the Union. The Union once bro
ksa up-stability Of gOsefansni gone
the Ssulh will sosn see the monopoly o
cotton leave them. The boastsd isdePsnd
esss Of The Southern States over the North
nav ssoa DC gone. Statesmen Of the soo;'
should lock well IN all these questions BE
fore they break avay from the Union.
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