Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-11-21

z formed as 70 the designs Of our Government On
SOataern coast than oiTn merchants and Frs,,,
: Tbs theory wpuld account for the IN
J SCUM 20 Keep their cotton with the whole world
The New Orleans Crssccia is Of the Woryf, eBin.
ion in suPPosing that the explanation fi-sso o.-.5
is incorrect. The English manufactnrs-. o.,
scarcely be relying Onths expssatoa tha, tbs Ri,
! ish Government viii break the boeksds s,ss 49,,
As the stocks OF cotton on hand become ssriou,lv
diminished The stocks On hand are seriousiy d.
minished already. The last sd7iees, says the Ores
cen, are thAtthe supply Of American cotton in Egg
and cannot last longer than the middle Of January
even Il the mills work onhalf time. To reliers the
cotton wants of that country, the staple oupst e
this moment to be sfoat and on the way across :,
ocean. It is very certain that if the blockade we're
raised tomorrow, and ships were in the Southern
ports ready to receive the cotton, it could not Be
sent from the plantations and pressed and
put on board, and then delivered in Liv.
erpOol day before the supply there viii be sx.
hausted.
The English Government knows this as well n.
We do, and hence We may infer it has no intention
ofbreaking the blockade, or it would hava done ~
before this It is toe late nov for that GOverunsrt
to break the blockade in order to get cotton even
were it ever disposed to do 50, of which We bava
seen no evidence.
The second paragraph, in far as it explains the
present high price of cotton in New York il donnie
less correct but it does not account for the fact of
the difference in that market and Liverpool exeeDt
on the ground that supplies are lighter. =,
The last explanation which the World make. ~
the comparatively low price Of cotton in Liverpool
and the which that paper believes in, is, that
the English manufacturers believe they will soan
get Southern cotton through the agency of the YAM
kee Government 1t has been suggested ;, saws tbe
World, that Mr.. Seward has given assurances that
two if not more, of the cotton ports shall be OPEN
ed before December. Very likely he has. If the
British Ministry, however, place any reliance in Mr.
Stewards assurances" they have not the good
sense they have the credit of having. No one ia
more prolific Of assurances than Seward, and there
S no one whose assurances are 30 little realized.
Suppose, however, thSt two cotton ports are open
d by December, or that two dozen are, or two,
thousand if there were 50 many, is there any ass-
ursnce" that they would help the matter.
Opening cotton port is not what IS wanted, but il
the actusl tangible possession Of the cotton itself
fSEgOOuy AuOWs tuAL OpeuAls pOEk 1Oed lot selQ
Onward the cotton, and that such a thing does not
mend the matter in the least The planters in South
;srOlina, near Port Royal are already burning
heir cotton, or removing it iHO the interior, to pre-
ent it from falling into. the hands Of the enemy,
nd it is ven understood thing that ibis viii be
lone wherever the enemy "opens aport.D This de-
ermination has been known all through the South
m States for three or four months, and must bs
nown to the British Government, or else It's con-
uls aud representatives in the South have been der.
Iict in their duty and unfsithfzl in their reports 10
he Government they represent If the foreign
manufacturer wants cotton, he must, therefore,
ely something else than the opening Of Southern
orts BY the North. That is the very way for them
Of to get it.
The British Government has either been deceived
, SEWARD shout this thing, or else it has UNDER
cod it all the while and is preparing 10 give
ID from its treasury whenever necessary, to those
hose means Of existence win be destroyed By the
Iilure Of the cotton supply The latter is the more
conjecture, because the former implies
reflection upon British statesmanship and good
,nse, and of these qualities that Government has
ever shown any lack. One thing is very certain
icy will never get cotton from the South through b.
snkee agency, if they wait from now tin doons-
ly.