Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-02-18

suUse "hom they deem Wtlidlly and fear.
tuliy In tho wrong; sim for the sake of
3,nytng theirge6 6tton,sa s eh eaper rate 22,
: we think We may a 3 that there is
not ecommeFetal5 bod IN this kingdom
thatWouldi endure to ~ the British CIV
ernment so faithless td Is Stowed. prfnef.
pies Of action, SO treactet0tls to It's nvow.
ed sympathieS. for the sake or securing a
mercantile gain TO tlfS Kingdom. II IL
true We do not wish - STE fhe Struggle
between the North and the South pr0-,
ionged We believe Nd civil war could
equal 1t in horrors hil We hold also that
LII indeed allclassesspf the people Of tile
so6thE are bent on 4stpafation. as they
seem to be- and not mfrely Carried away
by the eKeitemeh of tiit moment and the
urgency of the tdkanef Hlff oR The populR.
tion-nol fOrcihlet inter renee ON the paFt
OF the North can pbSiibly prevail. But,
assnredly; while the Sffdftie Is undeteri;
mined-while the Eedetnl Government
still endeaVoFs aad Is to enforce its
,,aGihority over the svli stefritory right.
inlIy subjected to its swayi no bribes,
however enorm0ts. 5dId iufiu1hce the.
English Pe0Pie5sor an elasss aIionse er,.4
however dit6CElt ihif q led In the result
to lend its aid 20 4 q s6tt which they be-
lieve to be utterly provoked, the result
Of the worst polltie passions, and likely
TO end in the geheral degradatisu of the
Southern STATES, Il. sfsF
The London Times, IN m article on the
cotton supply, showiHSthatiu in the event of
Odissolutionof the D Uatol England could no
longer rely ou,4the South to supply her
factories, but would Hye to open up new
fields for It's produetiaA, says.
Tk =.
States Of America toieupply US with cot
ton, and they will undoubtedly do so, if
they cani but, in tue not Improbable event
of their slaves rehelling, they will he Ieft
absolutely helpless in the matter. If cot
.tou were grown byfFees labor we might
feel tolerably easy. sven with the prospect
of ciSil war betweea the Suites of the
Union. Itshas -nes1 guedl Gtomy cnriuusl
evidence that the Copsnlsions Of-war pen4
citrate 1ut slightly, exCnpt;in rare instances,
below the surface oaeVery day-life, just as
the most terrible tempest stirs the water,
of the Atlantic to only an Insignificant
.depths UnfortuuatetF4 however, there, is
no scope in the soufRefn States of Ameri-
ca for the operation DC this law. There
the copvulsiOn, If IL artnAlly occurs. will
embrace at once and ndtnstantlneously every
man, w0mAn.and child employed upon the
cotton fields. Theygiudeed, and they only,
are the subjects Of tie quarrel The South
revolts against the Union because the
North protests againt the agency employ
ed in ihe production of cotton. Possibly
the South may hold its own; possibly the
storur may blow oyer, or the danger, ini
some way or other, Be averted but II, as
is certainly not improbable, the conseatien-
lCes of secession. should Include an insur.
rectioh of the slaves, It follows MS matter
of course, that the,rrpp which tue slaves
raised will be riaSsa 40 longer, and that
our cotton supplies must be reduced by
At least one hall u9ii We can bring new,
tieldS into bestI - =. e -, I, I
England is not looking forward to a
southerp Republic as great commercial
ally, but is dreGding disruption of our
Union as an erent,that will for q time se-
riousIy damage -dreading 1t,
much. moro as the beginning of t.onble
that may involTe herself and all continen-
tai Europe. In view Of this the cotton
men Os England are preparing to obtain
supplies elsewhere. India, Africa, and
Australia are to bsiOoked to. The Leeds
Aereuryi another Englishpaper. says: q
!, Suppose the Soatd succeeds in establish
ing itself as "A separate federation, it may
be that the jealousy of the North, the in
reference OF Britain, OF their own isolated
position, would prevent their extension.
either iuto the territories OF the United
States, or into foreign countries by means
ofcohquest. NoE
Had al. gone on smoothly in America,
and the extension of slave labor into the
territories been freely admitted, the supply
Of cotton might for yesrs to come have
grown nt the same rate as the demand
But in the present state of affairs this evil
is, happily, likely to be checked, and the
consequence will be a speedy curb put
upon the progress os the cotton SUPPLY
Present danger and future want both call
loudly for some immediate step to be taken.
Letall the epegies3 Of merchants and assoc
Citations De tax ed TO the utmost to cpeniilp
fresh Eigld for f;heeultivation of :he cotton
plant, and, fresh means OF bringing itas
early, and in as good a condition as nossi-
BILE, to the English market Only skill,
capital and energyi are wanted. India
can give US any amount, If ne can arrange
for getting Il to the eoast. Australia could
produce il in = few years 10 quantities
fdlly equa; to our demands Even Africa
eau from almost all parts yield us a large
supply, provided We send agents able 10
superintend its, cultivation. With these
sources of supply 4 onr .cdpmand there
is 40 need why thel manufactures Of our
own country should permanently suffer. !.
All this does not look as if. England
were prepared to encourage the Southern
revolt On the contrary she deplores it,
and would gladly see restoration Of bar
mOtty IN eur GoScrdment. But when may
We look for returp Of the Southern peo-
pie to their sober senses? What will con-
quest 6eito tbem-that viii it.bsoSot 'tberti
to extend The area pf t1sg.cait0u Iields, Il
it shoaEd prove that 4str s6tfdn is not,
after all, the ,Kingl Whether the cotton
States shall, nshal not lgyerresign their
mad Schemes Ill ::experieute have. tanned