New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-02-09

that England was the most civilized nation Of the
earth bat when he ssid that, II was not simply be-
cuuse the people were better clothed better lodged
and better fed They could cefy the world in intellect
ual exeItion as long they could claim Newton, q
Bacon, and q Watt. [Appause. But, beside the
body to work and the mind to think there was also
heart to cultivate; and had Engshmen attained the
greatest amount Of civilization In that respect
Il was right appreciation of the duties and rights
man that made civilized being; and as long "a
man did not know his duty toward bis neghbor he wal
no MORE or rather he was less cszed than the savage
who trayersed the wilds Of South America. 1t was
therefore often puzzle TO him, when be considered
Enghnds civilization, to find out why the children o.
those men who paid millions of money TO emancpate
the slave should now pay ten millions year in orde
to make those shackles stronger, and more riveti.
Applause. With tie filth he had in Engishme, 10
hoped when the time cane they would giId u, 'neir
lons and vanqUsh the foe altogether. Renr'ssu ~
Ilause. Considering what England had &c lor .ne
slave, he could only come TO the coars'Un M
the emanciIators were the nobleet Ien, eiu
ing to the world the nObest spc'aeio Va nIain-
tanning and defending tie rigcs Oh hu,naI th
and that tier children were tSeteiae' Ul .St
the Children wiser than neir IatheTs, ana .na,
their fathers were fools for ter PaiiSi Igeers anu
laughier The Pre,tge oiroe, n, HAL aOI I'm
the spectace of mep tie emancipators Of slaves, be-
coming ,laves 10 sLv's; for what were we but slaves
to those very ,aresin America because We depended
Whence as the supply to be obtained India should
he the ration t. which Englsbmen should first turn
thcir attention. Al this moment India produced many
billions of idles The question was very often asked
Why tie dsmard often cid lot bring forth the supply;
botthey Srgot that other laws beside those of pdl.
cal economy governed the world. There were often
obsta, 3 in the way Of supply. These obstacles in
Irda it would be The duty OF the Cotton Company to
remgye for India only wanted machinery and man
agemept for the production Of cotton and means of
tg.ueit. Tie refoluli0n was adopted unanimously
Mr. Edurund ssLworth moved
That i. meeting cordially approves the iniaory efforts Of
the Ffoyisioihl Electors OF the Cotton Company Lms5D
sri Of opinion tha at the present crisis the basis Of h,
ao hoqd be geay e1sfsd a I'd hereby strongly n
pc nnbent ascofs spPoneJ the company registered and
oge atoms Eenced without delay
lie held in HIS bands papers showing what could be
done by the Company but az that late hour he would
Ict trouble tie melting with all OF them. In 1862
there would be scarcity OF cotton, and the Company
wanted to thOw how tie difficulty might be met. II
LArclls irC woEld iutrp3t million Of money with the
Company, l. would rose large amount Of cotton to
supI Is l. dceHcy. Letters had been received from
al glts oerrg TO cultivate ctton If the money for
The pmIo.e was supplied. what bad the Cotton
bi.dcn by their rules from becoming traders; they
were moiely to SOW the seed and supply TIE imple-
II euts; aod that they lad done. From Africa her
Aajtsys Consul wrote that cotton was waiting there
10 be tlir.d away; and the merchants in Inda
said "G,e rs orders and we will fetch you cotton"
4 princess # Of the independent Saies Of India.
having heard a the want Of cotton and the Cotton
Supply AS ciston, rad called the British Commissioner
ava Ler own Council togt ther, and, after consulting,
Lad seut letter 10 the Association Offering TO supply
cotton AID improve the growth Of il in tat dis, st
II tie Association would send out seed and machines.
What he proposed was that million Of money should
Re r.ised. Ten per cent should be paid down this
wear aud ten ptr cent next year, making f2000OO,
with Gs0Q 00Jto back il with If required THE sup
Is of G. ton not ia way increased, the mills
- Guild lie losing tLree months If time in 1862. The
loss Of single week wSs the loss Of two millions of
trOne,. He therefore wanted every manufacturer ard
i'm 20 gauge hi. los Of money by the loss Of time,
and tcn TO 1--WE 20 the Association The value Of ty,O
wee K wage. willie the merchant should give per
cen. aye uror Ii- turnover. ApPltnsel The Company
could do whd. private individuals could not. The
cmp!ny couli a.oYd 10 lose money in sending ont
azrnie apd teachers and the shareholders must not
EXPECT IiCuds but muFt DO content If they got half
o. rh,ir money back aguin Il would be better for
I4ucasl ire 10 sfetd a million now, than lose ten
uiriols in is62. Every man should he honest him
self and work H. the cause 20 that cotton nigh, be
f,tch,d frou nll rarts Of tdo world. Applause;
Mr. John rlAtt, oldham, seconded tie resolution.
He any i..tcr wi ich affected the cotton trade #
Lancashire al-o Affected other trades and among them
the irru trCCe with with he was connected. Tho
aunua, increase a indies IN England aud the
trert aLd IN America was 80 brge that the statistics
v.ou take inruy ~ surpIiee. From calculations he
had made be- had 30 doubt that in this country for
80 years the average prediction OF mule and throste
- incl b. been az the rate Of 3OOOCO0 per annum
IAcn lie CJlculd'ei tlat lOcO,UU were produced an
i,., ,nt the 90 iLent and COO go In the Northern
STATE Of Amelia; which gave total Of 100000
81 indies annually produced in the world. To furnish
tits ! rge growth OF manufacturing power with the
requiie supply Of the raw material, would require an
ariual mcrtL - II upward Of 100000
Lord Alfred Churchill, NJ p supported the resolu-
ton Referring 10 tie letter Of Sir Charles Nicholson
lie sid hat he lad Blso received Intelligence fiom
Que, slad aud q North OF Australia, where IL was
h'lieN.d that 10y The employment Of Chinese labor
tie routiy migli DC made productive. lie hoped they
would oon hear # every settler hayi, y in addition TO
lis n eepiuus, small patch OF land devoted TO the
cnl'i,ai n G.! cotton Hear, hear. The resolution
WIS prs.cl unguuou'ly.
NJ. John CLeetham moved and Mr.. J. A. Turner,
NJ r. seconded vote Of thanks 10 the Mayor, III put
ling Which Mr. L. Clegg, who occupied the chair sai
he had expressed lis cordial approval Of the Company,
wi ich lie thought absolutely necessary. II gen.
tlemen hoogb they could do good indiy iduslly, why
not Try; To- tlero was room enough for everybody.
IArrlineI Tie Mayor having acknowledged the
vote, the Proceedings, which lasted two and half
hours terniCattt.
MINOR ITEMS.
The po'ersoR GuarG ssys that two men, well
D., .r;I i..t IN ba moi