, 1861-02-01

I'm Abundant supply In South A1nsr-
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a abundant supply In south Amer
lcoz.,poaa.qee of tas Albany Evta'ns 5oa:a,ll
NY DEAR gm why cannot ''Klng Cotton'
The faneles of our cotton-raising brethren
thtt this business u cloge mo1opcfy-that
they can add to its price BY an export dnty
thai shall oil solely upon the consumer, and
moreoveT only sell i to II those who agrse Nth
tlon,' force Us to the consideration; Of the
ways aud means Of procuring cotton without
being e1biected to Ruch restrictions
Our Southern States raise about two-thirds
Of the cotton Of the world, the remnintng third
being greatly due to the e1ertlons Of the Eng;
dependenclesA culture which Is steadily In
efSY W. 5s,e no colonies to foster, but We have
our Independence In trade end manufactures
At oir 1ery doofs-nearer to us thnn Texas
on our great ronte Of communication with
:Ca1ifornla and oregon-destined, IL We wish
It, to be free States Of this Confederacy--are
the Central American States, with cotton lands
capable Of producing NIL thnt We shall erer
need, and 1t only requires enterprise to devel-
!. 1 have, in the past four or five years, travel
cd extensively in Central and South America,
and / hazard nothing in saying that there is
more unoccupfed lands, capable Of producing
cotton as well as those OF Texas, outside Of
our Union south Of Us, than IN the whole
area Of the projected Cotton Confederacy.
I met 1t, Indigenous, in Venezuela New
Granada and the Central American States,
aud in all of these countries the wild cotton is
very commonly used Tor domestic purposes.
Peru, Venezuela md New Granada, and l.
know not how many states besides, export
cotton Of very superior quality: When on the
Isthmus, few weeks since, l,500 bales went
over the railroad, coming from Peru and dca.
tined for England. 4 simple Of this cotton l.
had priced here, md WIS told that, although
badly slnned, it Was Of very fine staple, nndits
value in Liverpool, in this Imperfect condition,
would be Is cents per pound.
In Venezuela are immense fields for the de-
yelopment Of its culture, and the great delta
Of the Orinoco Is unsurpassed as Cotton lands.
found it cultivated in the rich valley Of ARA
qua, near Valencia, and was told that from 800
to 10000 bales (weighing from $50 to 200 lbs.)
were exported, mosly-to Germany, and that
The Iands bordering the Magdalena, In NeT
Granada. are capable OF producing excellent
cotton, and till lately superior quality, only
inferior, was told, to "sea Island" Esas raised
for expectation at San Bcnito, and exported
from Carthagepa have seen the expectation
! Of cotton, some thirty years since from New
| Granada, pnt down at 100000 bales ANNUALLY.
Little Ia now exported or cultivated, presume,
| although saw 1t growing lnxuriantly, and in
Masdalena having seeded from the Confeder-
acy lately, and having been engaged, in conse-
| quence, in.war with the General Government
| for some months past, there is little done In
the way Of cultivation Of 1t Or anything, the
| fields being devastated or abandoned, laborers
l AxD{T %l.n- rF %1,n
lutionnry army, or to the woods to aToh TINT
fate, and the people, ruined BY their leaders,
we're hoping to be relieved by conquest from
| the politicians who were prcying upon their
substance With peace, have no doubt, cot
ton could be successfully and proatably cuiti-
yated, and In large quantities, in these States.
Mexico abounds In rich cotton lands, not
alone on the Gulf, but on the West Coast. A
considerable amount of machinery is being
shipped now from New York for Acapulco,
destined for cotton cleaning in that neishbor~
hood. "
The great desideratum in these statcs is
labor-organized lsbor. The constant reyolu-
| tions which scem epidemic with our Hispano-
| American neighbora have destroyed men and
| enterprise, and have kept back emigrntion,
| without which, even In our cotton growing
States, the white racc will become encryatct
| and decrease.
cay, then; that With labor md cmigration,
the supply Of cotton from the Hispano :Ameri-
tan States is illEmitah1e; and I say, too, TINT
Yankee enterprise, once turned in this dircc-
tion, It will be raised-all the world wants-fn
cheaper why than ut present, and without
slave labor. And 1t Is time We set about It;
The remarkable results Of the Kansas Emil
grant Aid Association in placing thousands
from our Eastern States in that Territory, are
fresh in our minds. What might be accom-
plished, then, when with the Efforts Of those
Of the philanthropic school touching slave Ia.
Dor, VIC combine those Of the practical school
Of interest, profit, and independence Of King
Cotton1"
China, with its overcrowded population,
lacking labor and means Of subsistence, lays
opposite Central America Emigrants thence
eau be landed on its shores as quickly and ns
chcaply as those from Germany to our Atlan.
tic States, and, adapted. to tropical labor aud
the culture Of cotton, they can be hired for
one-1fth Of what We pay the Celtic or Saxon
importation here.
i There is prejudice to Coolle importation, !
know; growing out Of the atrocities commit.
ted, am sorry to say, too often, under our
tag and by SO called respectable merchants,
who have lent themselves to Kidnapping Coo
lies for the Cuba market, But these are owing
to lnck Of proper laws and regulations both
on our own side and in Cuba, without which
the Coolie traffic is but modified form o1
| slave trade.
| :, With suitable Coolie cmig1ant laws, and In
connection with Northern Cotton Growing Aid
Associations, this immigration that has been
directed feebly, but with steadily increasing
volume, to tho English Colonies and to Cali
fornla, would be as driblets compared with the
great stream that would flow into Central
/ America.
The English hive started right In this mat
ter. Cooiie labor from 1ndia) WIS first tested
in Mauritius, 5000 are now employed there
and the products of the Colony have increased
oue thousand fold since their Introduction
Some Il, 900 are now employed in Trinidad
mud the number Is constantly augme mentiug, Will
the most satisfactory results in Increased pro
, duction and value Of Lands, and . contented
having thoroughly and satisfactorily tested ths
experiment, will 70 on and redeem her Colo
MES by Coolic labor from the prostration ant
! ruin caused By emancipation.
: : Here, now, Is an opening for the enterprise
Of our citizens and legitimate field for ths
exertions Of, our ant-slayery phi1anthEopist
Unlik G the pro-slayery raids Of Walker, seek
shed, upon an unwilling people, the legaimat
!, FElbsserism by the peaceful arts Of trade ant
', agriculture would bo Welcomed rs boon b,
| tie Central Americans, aud encouraged b,
every possible means. Anglo-sa1on ideas ans
, institutions would 20 there with our pfopl
, who would find that in seeking an VEL Dora
do" In the far Northwest, we had passed b.
, | richer than California at our very doors.
/ have spoken Of the kansas Emigration
!. Compare it with TINT to Central America
costs m emigrnnt about $50 to get to kansa
1t will cost by steam hence to Central Amer
icasay SIS and a weeks passage. His land II
Kansas wIn cost from 81 to $40 per acre, vii
produce one crop of corn per annum, arawa.
from market, and with a rigorous winter. Th
Central American Emigrant can get bis Inn
for the settling upon It; get two orthrce crop
: ! ~ Indian r,Tf1 In n have mn Jrintcr will