New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-07-21

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H., Il is not 70 with We grow oie atan
ah !, 90 .rpoy all our WAITS. We hive IN &c Nen
fayoysd apd for al The ctTeala grow mere equa! %
I'll "a in any other portion OF the VIII ~
"ei' Cd corn IN q great abundance. We could com
- itb the w0h IN the production OF these: We
v eI.o tho toba co plaut and rice. we I'VE IN ene
Tnd of the fig tree, tie Iomeg ana tne 'i h
H,tdly ANYTHING used az iood but is grown III VIZ
SatIe,n COnfederacy aud we could, If need be- gro"
an Abundance of everything except cofiee. we, tn
Tor. have the means, under tue blessings OF 49,
10 support ourselves, and keep upon the Heiu ,bere
ypt, " # cattle suitable for food or draft We -
tors con grow bread enough TO supper, our 10 The
teep fom'lO 900 TO 2JD 800 IN the hed' ae 60
III ckade lst let the Western people Se ep S,aies
trade with and within tie eleven u"t ourselves
we could for years carry the war, ;ted and
and our aruleP and a,ber than 10 Oe - on, he
Iec,ue va slls of Lincoln's power, nSn' 4" Wv
l,a,ured by blocka c all arouno. 20 cor1os-Uy.
W. oonp!u,U% r,xNoT ANSWER THE QUESTION;
t,.,,rS VII TnR BLOCKADE BE RAISED
But this is our only r. e e5rIb must baye,Sat Is
- what is the North 20 do without IL, as
nae aid cannot say Huh9Sus ol e9ous Isl ~ o
orpeudent upon it for their dnly Oreau anu tnoeo
,s5nis are Low turaed out OF employment fernaps
III o,e The men who, for want OF Bread have oined
s;s unnatural and suicidal war, viii III will 30 to
tSem as disastrous to In Eng land, perhaps, not
Ie han five millions Of people depend upon cotton
for their daily BREAD IN France, several hundred
1lon,ands If not millions Il am not particular In my
etati.tcs. And when you come to take into consid-
Grafton the amount OF capital the number OF sailors,
aud the amount Of tunndge employed IN TINS treee,
YOU will lie still more surprised. Why, In the United
States there forty thousand seamen engaged IN The
TRANSFORMATION of cotton alone And II You take INTO
account the numbers IN England, France Serinmy,
Holland and Blemel engaged In 1t, you VIII ina that
II i amount to not less than ten millions OF people,
10 ,ay nothing of the hundreds OF millions OF money
ca,a engaged in it. TLis, therefore, Is an element
OF .reat powerhe great smotori OF the commerce OF
the world We grow it. There rs part OF tue world
that grows il 40 % do. We supply the markets OF
che world-they must have 1t.
meet maUy asking about the blockade. cannot
To-day tell YOU how the blockade is to be raised But
there one thing certainn some way OF other VIII
be Obliged TO be raised, there will be revolution In
Eufope-there will be starvation there. Oar cotton is
the element that will DO it. Steam ia powerful, but
steam is far short in power to the tremendous power
OF cotton If Won look out upon the ocean To-day, ara
indure into the secret agency OF commerce, you VIII
find that is thai drives it, and the spndles
and looms, from those in your own state 10 The re-
oteet quarters of the wodit is this element of cot
ton that drives them and it this great staple which
is The tremendous lever by which work out our
destiny under Providence, trust against four humid
rcd thousand against four times 1Cur hundred thon
eand. Applause.
fonr millions Of bales of cotton. am here to-day to
discuss before you the fifty million loan, but am
frank 10 tell you it may be one hundred millions, and
think it probably viii be. The proposition tnat me
Cover ment makes is not 10 tax the people. The OBJ
;ect of a wise and good Government Is to make the
bndens fall rs light upon the people as possible TO
meet every exigeDcy. The proposition the Govern
neut makes therefore, IL to take loan Ia produce
IN she grain growing sections the members OF Congress
.olii, the loan in grain army subsistence, meat corn,
wheat and -four We are not grasn-growlng coun-
,ary Our supply is cotton. address you, therefore,
ssoiely OH the subject OF cotton.
TELLS THEM WHAT THEY MAY count" oN-A
MATHEMATICAL CALCULATION.
Tie object is TO get along with as hte tax ss posi-
bic; but my countrymen, do not suppose the Govern
Inent will not You, II neeessaryi Tor tell you IRE
Government does not intend 10 be sublugated, and II
Ne do not raise the money by loans, II the people do
not contribute tell you intend 30 have the money,
and taxation will be resorted to If nothing else VIII
rails. it, Every life aud dollar In the country VIII be
demanded rather than you and every one OF us shall be
ovenua by the enemy lAplause.I Onthat yonmay
c1art. The Government, while 1t desires 10 carry ON
the war, establish your independence, and MAINTAIN the
Government at the same time wishes TO do 1t IN sucha
yy AS not to cr ple indus ry and while our men are
In Inc field fighting the battles of their country, their
S4elhrea at home are discbMgng an equal duty, 80
that no serious detrment to public property win he
kurtaned ana have the element TO do this that no
O,ber people in the world have.
Now then, if four mill ions Of bales Of cotton are
ado upon an average price they will bring two hun
died millions Of dollars Ii the cotton l4hter viii but
lnd not 4ye-lend the GOverDment the proceeds OF
bat one.haf that viii be one HUNDRED millions OF dol
lars double what the Government wants, or diu want
when we adiourned-quite enou n To keep two hum
cred thousand men III tle held-the balance you can
Uss 40 you please.
&0E FEAR THEY WILL NOT OR CANNOT READ
THEMSELVES, He READS FOR THEM.
now will read you, Just al this part OF my adj
drsss the proposition, upon which shall make some
conn ents for l with every gentleman to understand
il. Ii is not asking location; the Government
simply wishes to control tie IGocee Of your cotton.
Tie Government PR poses TO give yoa bond bearing
b PER cent interest, paying the interest als0 SEMI
annually II is not gift donation, but simply yonr
supas cotton, much as you can spare. This is the
Proposition:
We the subscribers, agree to contribute TO the
feuee Of the Confederate STATES that portion Of oar
crop setdown to respective Names the same TO be-
placed 10 warehouse in tue band OF our factors and
cold on or before the - next"
Fix the day of sale ss you please; the frat Of
January the fret Of February, the first Of March, if
YOU pieae; though | am aware the Government
wishes YOU TO sell it 40 soon AZ convenient bnt let
each PLANTER consult his interest, and IN the mean
willie consult the market. But To proceed
And the net proceeds of sale direct TO be r6id
cv.f % the Treasurer of the ConfedeFate States for
bonds for the aInonnt, bea lng eig per cent
nter IL.
WHAT he PREFERS-HOW THEY MAY BECOME
MODERN sAMARTTANs.
There is the whole of it. The coton-Tauer directs
HIS cotton be into the hands of ms factor h
commission merchant. lie only tells the Government
iu the subscription the portion he lend. lie directs
il 10 be sold and tue proceeds 30 be invested III Con-
tederatc Bonds understand that Committee VIII
amp inted before this meeting adjourns TO canvass
~ Is ,Iuny. Every planter, therefore, OF Richmond
Go ntv. will be waited upon and Afforded an oppOr.
1nity 10 subscribe | with, therefore, 10 say 10 tbat
COMMITTEE and everybody, Subscribe. | prefer YOU
mutt AZ down, frst your Dame second the number OF
Sa,rs; aud prefer yout putting down the proportion
OF your crop want, especially, the number u bales,
but would ike also to know the proportion bears 10
your crop. Let everybody, those with small crops
well as large, give evidence, III this way, OF their
patriotisu and believe that the patriotism that puts
down two bales ii il be half their crop, gives MORE
aud more periodically, than the man who grows
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