The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-09-21

would have the command on the Market for no other
cotton can compete with it, What, then, may the Ame-
At first sight we might DO induced 70 cor. siuds
that tho expectation Of this crop was inv yossibe,
since the Southern ports are actually biz ckaded by
the federal feet for the express pur oso Of stop
ping trade. IA cotton ship were "A al .sl from
Charleston for Liverpool she wou' be snapped up at
once ~ the IN Northern tsSsr snss ways
screw the seccsssonsts d coerce them INTO reunion
Soosusr us in.sed" ssprsssnssd only ne ORDINARY
with little regard. ocades ara very diScuit things to
maintain the Southern people ave sincerely desirOus Of
ssma az. Us er co, zoe shall pxOaly oct Itoa greater
costly out tAe cotton ooild come The operation Of the
fer that result and we might fairly anticipate that tho
crop Of 1851 would find its way TO the old markets,
though u might be through new channels But the
popularity 0 the present is that the operation Of
the ordinary law cannot DO safely presumed No doubt
the Southern planters have grown their cotton this year.
have wish TO Sacrifice harvest They must too in
all probability, be under alarm for the continuance
their lucrave monopoly, and be reluctant therefore, TO
drive US too eagerly in search Of other supplies by with
holding their own. For all this however, 1t is by
means sure that they may not for time adopt the very
views of their enemies and voluntarily suspend the
which their antagonists are striving to interrupt
The truth is they believe that they hold the supplies Of
Europe in their hands, and they may attempt to turn
the power thus possessed TO political advantage. They
may think that IL they starve Liverpool and Havre,
and all the factories dependent those markets. England
them, either by breaking e blockade or recognizing the
Confderdcy Thenig place The North IN the position Of
common eHemy and unite half Europe against the foe 10
manufacturing industry. Even the Northern States them
selves would feel the want of cotton and, ndcel it is
said that cotton has lately been purchased at Liverpool
for shipment to Boston-a strange example enough
of commercial revolution. In short, the Southern
States imagine their produce to be Indispensable to
one Of he greatest branches of industry In tho world
and they may perhaps, resolve ON testing the power
which this position gives them. Such might be
distressing to themselves for time, but there is ample
evidence that the of the Conederaes is in the hands
OF men with vigor enough to adopt this policy, and power
country like India must we presume comprise dis
trcts In which long sapled cotton be successfully
grown and the present crisis enough 10 show how
urgent is the necessity for employing all the in
our power If the nation on which have hitherto de-
pended for cotton found capable Of deliberately with
holding its supplies for the purpose Of producing political
convulsion strange addition to all ordinary liabl
ties may well make US anxious for less precarious
position.
ENGLAND REpuDIATEs THE IDEA OF A WAR FOR
COTTON.
From the London Shipping Gazette, Sept. 81
We and our neghbors across the channel may suffer
serious Inconvenience from short supply Of cottona
species OF Inconvenience which Is in store for the mill
owners of Massachusetts well of Manchester-5nt
nat going TO add TO the difficulty By inoolping
setpes in naval with The No,therw Sates-a
in tchch is very doubtful that should hare the
operation of France. The present conflict in America
will not be without its influence upon the future desti-
MES Of this country and Of France If 1t is learnt to dis
suppy and to look to other regions for that which
have been accustomed to derive almost exclusively from
the Southern States.
HOW THE "sHoRT TrME'' SYSTEM WORKS
from the London Times (City Article), Sept. 6y
The wise policy OF working short time as Irecaution
against the contingencies Of the cotton supply and Of the
gutted state Of distant markets for manufactured goods
continues to make progress. According the Manches
ter Guardian Of to-day several spinning and weaving
establishments at Staeybridge Oldham Preston Black
burn Burnley and Ctheroe have limited their operations
10 four ddly q tceek.