Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-03-09

ern planter care about Depreciation in rs
value of his negroes? He does nor own ,Ss
negro necessarily for the purposes rf SAFE, Or :,
a vendable commodity. The chief value =
the negro to him is for the production q cotton
Cheap negroes to him arc desirable
Mr. Yancey,in the Montgomery Conret,;,,
Of 1853, snrerIngly remarked, I tina: higL r,;n'
for negroes was Virginia idea. The n,r,,,
therefore Of the planter was TO prndIc. =,
much cotton as possible, and his profits va.s
the result more Of the amount Of co.on 49,.
duced than the marketable price Of The r.,,'
But, Mr.. President, we arc told that /! 70 H.
not enter into this Cunfedcracy, If "" IL, ~
link our destinies with the Gul! State. H..
the Gulf States will inhibit the States on i.
border from sending their sia"es Tor sale ~
the cotton States.
Mr.. President can they DO it? Dare IT,.
do it, Their own power, their own Inter-.
depends entirely upon the production oi cote,
In order TO compete successfully with tie dr.,
cotton growing countries Of the world =.
urice Of cotton must be kept down 10 a cer,.;.
minimum price. When it goes beyond ,l,.
the production OF cotton is stimulated in Il,
other cotton growing regions Of tie world.
They, therefore, cannot dispense with o.. /.
hor-they are forced to have it, II they ~,
cut otffrom the supply Of labor from the tcrj..
slave States, the production Of Cotton. WHICH.
the source Of their prosperity and wealth. rrc
necessarily decline, or else the" COME IN.
competition with Algeria AMI 9:har co.,.n
growing countries. )
They boast. Mr. President, ,hat G,:,a, !.
King. they tell us that his snpre:ag:r ! 50
firmly established thar it cannot be yo,,s
that his sway is so omnipottn, tia. ga,
land, with all her antipsthy to siaTery, win Al
her instincts in behalf o! freedom. Mus! t.x
in submission before his power How Is his.
IS this boast justified ny the facts + il TN.
that the cotton of the Southern States :,
King: Arc there any other countries in The
world that can compete with the Southern
States in the production 0: Gotten: WIZ,
sir, India produces already more cotton .hs,
tho Southern States. The msxi..l!nl p-g
duct Of the South in one year is four million i've
hundred thousand bales, and yet England cen
s,lncs annually six millions Of bales Ii is asked
why it is thar England. with all he! efforts
has not been enabled TO buildup rival. in India
and elsewhere to the cotton production Of The
SOUTH 1t results from this consideration alone
that whilst cotton can be produced in India "a.
it is in our own county, yet the cost of trans.
portation from the cotton fields 10 the points
whence i, is to be carried to England, is 50
great that it cannot be sent and sold &c
any advantage ?. the existing price
But whenever cotton, grown i'll the Souta.
ern States. has risen to - or II; cents apca9G.
you will lind the growth Of Cotton in India vii
be extended and proper facilities for lis trans
portation provided. In the year 1851. when
cotton rose to II: cents pound, tn Icons :!
Great Britain manufactured fifty per cent {:
cotton not grown in the Gulf States ci th,
country. You have rot Only India pr3duc:
to compete with it, but It has been denonsra.
ted that in Central America. in the Valley {:
the Magdaena. and in theEaliev of,he Amazon,
there are rich cotton lands yet untouched; n:
if the cotton Confederacy should in;erpose =
law inhibitng the sale OF negroes from tie
border States, the result would be that labor
would be enhanced in value in tie cotton
States, and cotton would necessarily ccstmore.
and that India, Algeria, Central Anerics and
South America would come into coInr"t!!!c,
with the cotton States in the production y
cotton.
But, Mr. President, what are we 70 gain By
immediate secession and by linking our deSt
TIMES with the Southern States: We are told
if we Join the Cotton Confederacy We vii le.
come great manufacturing interest within
that Confederacy Virginia and the boz.
lcr StatcS will occupy the same relations ID n"
Southern States which now exist between The
States of New England and the States Of the
South. Why. Mr.. President how docs til.
invitation to join the Southern Ccnieceracy
and these promises comport with tho idea that
France and England are ready TO enter into
treaties Of alliance and commercial reciro
city with these Southern States? Ii they el,rr
into these alliances with England, IS has betl.
intmated by Southern papers, in the Interests
OF the new Conlederacy, what will become Ct
the promised manufacturing industry and en-
tcrpriSe Of Virginia and the other border States
IF which we hear SO muc5: &? Has England ever
been known to enter mo nm alliance with any
nation of a commercial character, that she DID
not requir" an ample equivalent for the adssr.
tages which she may beS;ow? If she purchases
the cotton, will she not require the Southern
States to buy in return is equivalent in manu-.
featured goods, This ius been the cohDerclA.
system OF England from the days Of Cromwell!
down to the present time. and that system shs
has systematically pursued in ali her CONNER.
observance Of this system. rs was said the otheI
day by the gentleman from Bedford, lNr
GoGGlS,) that prevented US, in our colonial
would he very much the case with us in this
new Confederacy. 1t is remarkable fsc: tia;
where there is large supply of the raw ma.
tera, it is seldom turned into the manufic.
turcd state. How is it that in the Southern
States the raw material has to be sen, acres:
the water, or to New England, to CONVEX, i;
into fabrics? 1t is the Manufacture Ct tbs ms.
terial that gives to England the wealth which
she possesses This, sir, is part End parcel
of that commercial system upon which rest:
the greatness and the commercial glory ard
power Of that country; and when these gentle.
men in the Southern States suppose tina, Ear.
land viii Foster their interests, will f,rm Al.
iaEces and connections will. them, aad that i,
is TO be done at the expense Of this policy
which she has always pursued, the are vel
much mistaken. For my part, canno, s,s
that there is any reason why Virginia Shculd
at once embark upon this unknown future Ct
secession, and join in this Southern Cotd.
eracy.
desire 10 submit to the consideration 0;
this Convention, n few observations in regard %
the amendment under consideration, which ws.
presented by the gentleman from Amelia, M
IitKvlE,) as substitute for the resolution
offered by The gentleman from Guoch,rL
tMr. LEAXE) | desire 10 state the reason
why cannot vote for tina; amendment
consider that amendment Mr.. Pre>idrr;, =:
an ordinance ofsccession in Disguise. | ccns:jcE
It IN elect, declaration Of war made by tie
Commonwealth Of Virginia against the Feds.
raj Government What is that amendment:
II starts out with whereas" som-whs!
similar 1" the famous preamble with which
the Congress Of the United States declared tho
existence Of war between this country and
Mexico. whereas war exists by tic Get Of
Mexico"
In the substitute we have his laasuay~
: hereas, it's now plain thu! !! is the r.n-?o>e
OF the Chief Executive of the Cni:cd S'str> 20
plunge the country into civil war" &c. Ii t:eH
goes on further, and assuming tie tact of he
cTation Of hostilticS on the p.r, If the Prr.i