The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-12-28
England Must Break the BIoek,de.
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| One important fact which ought never 70
p Lost si&ht c4 in this CON tfoyersy n that n
Sonthern people and s'atesrn en- nfe extremely
merciai relations with MS cosntry They
want our MANUFACTURED 3oods In exchsnse
ter thesr cotton and tobacco The produce q.
/ tne Lsacashir. looms, Of the scottish aad
refs OF the Tyne and C;ide, Of the Stree,
chops OF sheffield, OF the metal wcrkx Of
Airraipghnm, nov. excluded from the Soush.
other 81 s1s VII II ies e esselr saa
cCmed - tbs Southern States when ofre
tncdf III dspendence Is established or rntf,er
g focn as the blockade 10 raised, for the In
accomp piishstt fact, which not all the mish,
OF moon stricken Yankcedcm can uueo.-
" hen IN addition 10 this II 10 borye In m ind
ehat the s.orehouses of New Oriesns, M,bsia.
| Savannah, aad other ports are cram fnll,
piled from ceil-r to ceiling with that raw
cot'on, for the want OF which oar Lohas are
stahoing ttiii, our artizans starving, and our
manniactnrers n becoming insclsn,. it is i'm.
possicie not to perccive that an overw helm
ing case In favor OF the immediate raisnk 81
the blockade by the BRUSH Il ct has been
made.
The idea of procuring from otnsr ptaces
enough OF cotton to ssvs us from the i'm.
pending disaster ia simply fatuaus. Takis
the Swo elsments OF quantity and qualify
INTO account, ris safe to assert that not from
aay or all por Of tue work. can we find NJ
equivalent for the American cotton OF which
We are now deprived. As for tie East In.
dies the re gion from which the mos. SAL.
gulne e. pectaiions ale now cherishrd-noth.
Ing but the groesest ignorance could have
given birth to the delusion. That it is de.
lusicn to believe that now, or for g ars Vet,
sufficient supply of cotton can be procured
from tnat country to render us independent
OF America. every body who has looked in IT,
the matter FAUST admit. To grow enough
cotton IN lniIl, and to provide the ways ana
means ny which 1t can be Transported 10 Eng
ia lIa dt1pa
turers 10 purchase 1t, cannot, on the most
moderate cofilpu sation. be accomplished il.
lees than ten years.
But even II enough Of East India cotton
could be iostan tly and cheap,y procured il
would not enable the Lancashire mills TO
Keep working The reason is obvious. East
India cotton rs both coarser and shorter III
more than the American. Now, In nine
Il en- out OF every twenty mills in this coIp-
Try, the III achinery wss constructed for the
manufacture OF the longer and fiaer fibred
prod net OF the q american cotton. To adnpt
TINS machinery to the East India cotton
would necessitate a complete revolution and
reconstruction Of our nachiDery. '.-.'
Ih!s indispensable alteration could not be
eHected Ill less time than twelve months, OF
at less cost tn an fifty miilio ons sterling. But
IN the meantime, what is 70 become Of our
unemployed and famishing citizansf Why,
the very evil Whicsh we dread and which We
are dong all in oar power 10 prevent, would
have taken place, so that before the cotto of In
dia could be got or the N achinery prepared for
It's manufacture, The problbllines are, that
we should have no mills to reht, no O opsrn-
tiVes to en- ploy, no commerce to secure aud
no ceun try 10 save.
Once more, thea, We call upon our coua-
try; aye, and upon Cur country women, to take
instant and energetic ctIon in this after
But, TO the working classes in an esptc.a and
| emphatic manner, we address uur appeal.-
Why should they see their wives in rags, their
/ children furnishing, their cupboards empty,
| their CRATES tirelsss, their homes denuded Oh
| every article of furniture. themsei yes pressed
into pauperism or coerced into crime, BECAUSE
| the mad and mean government of the North
ern States has committed itself to one OF the
| most foolish and wicked wars ever wssed BIZ
I one power sgainst another? We're they 10 DC
| guilty of such completely in their oWn ex-
| tinctieA, the verdict of the rest OF the world
would be, that their cowardice was only
| equaied hy their criminaity, so that a set OF
| more unmltiga ted i'm heeflss never walked or
| eraSled upon tho tue OF the earth. L. is,
| therefore, the most sacred and b3unden GUY
| of the working classes, and, indeed, Of afi
| ctssses-but OF The foImer Ill a pre~eiaihsnt
| degree-to take up this question and make use
| of all the constitutional moeksry at their
| disposal, in order TO induce The british gov
ernment to interpose It's power tor the pre-
| seryafion CT our commerce fcom ruin, and
| our citizens from starvatioa. +
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