Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-02-28
"King Costonv to be Deposed.

"King COttOn' to be DepOsed.
The rash and revolutionary acts of the
rebellious cottonoeracy Of the Southern
States, together with their impudent and
illtimed boast that "Cotton is King" and
possesses the power to compel recognition,
by all manufacturing nations, and the So
called Government of the confederate
States of America" are producing their le-
gitimate effect in England, and are the
cause of initiating gigantic movement
which, it is not improbable, will result in
the final overthrow of "King Cotton" even
should the Southern States now cease their
insane attempts to contravene the laws Of
trade. A conference of members Of Par
Lament and English manufacturers was
held at Manchester on the 30th ultimo,
the object being to devise plan for pro-
curing supplies of cotton from points 9TH
er than those upon which they have bith-
erto relied. A paper was read by member
of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce
in relation to the practicability of procur-
ring cotton from India, in which it was
stated that with the comparatively slight
attention at present paid to the cultivation
of this staple in that country, British In
dia produces an annual crop of four million
bales. The paper says:
Undoubtedly, if the alarm created by
the state of affairs in America continues,
great stimulous will be- given to the export
of cotton from India. 1t exists in quanti-
ty, and only requires improved means of
transit to the seaboard."
Mr.. Buxton, NJ. p, in speaking upon
this subject before meeting of working
men at Maidstone, said:
Experience had shown that whenever
the crop in the United States fell short,
the small rise of price that took place at
once created an immense influx from other
countries. Only three years ago India sent
US half as much as the United States sent
us. If the falling off from the United
States were still greater, there seemed lit
tie doubt that India could send very
much larger supply even than that which
she furnished two years ago. Egypt, Bra
zil, North Africa, West Africa. and many
other quarters of the globe would also fur
nlsh their quota, from all he could learn,
it seemed clear that the deficiency at the
very worst would not amount to more than
a quarter of .oui usual supply. That no
doubt, would be a serious evil, but the ca
lamity would not be crushing one. The
general prosperity of the country would
remain untouched. and after year or two
enormous resources would be opened in diff
ferent parts of the world. As an illustra-
tratioD, he might mention that a few years
ago lady of his acquaintance sent out
fifty pounds to a missionary in West Afri-
ca, with the request that he should spend
it in promoting the growth of cotton. This
produced so fair prospect that MIR. Clegg,
one of the great cotton-mill owners of Man
chester, and two or three other gentlemen,
took the subject up warmly, and already
the trade from Abbeokuta, in Yves; Africa,
has become very considerable one. There
had now been some hunGreds of cotton
gins sent out, which had been purchased
by the native Africans, who had learnt to
clean their own cotton. Four of the chiefs
had ordered out from England, and had
themselves paid for, hydraulic presses to
press the cotton for expectation; and in
fact, there could be no question that unless
the slave trade should interfere, in few
years the quantity of cotton exported from
that part of Africa would be of great mag
nitude, and he would not observe how much
it would be stimulated by even small
of the price of American cot
ton. He felt doubt himself that in the
long run the prosperity of the world would
be largely increased by any events that
would hinder the production of cotton in
the United States, and thus stimulate its
production by free labor in other portions
of the globe"
Mr.. Cross, a Director of the British
Cotton Company, recently lectured in Man.
chester, in which he contended that the
British colonies were likely to afford an
adequate supply in reasonable time, and
India, Natal and Jamaica were
worthy of notice.