Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1861-05-31

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FOR THE FARMERS.
Tho c,liovi,, ar,;cle will interest the far
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dent ol cotton slavery woulu receive 'nc
heaviest blow ever aimed at l.. That indie
uence can be achieved. and eventually will be-
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:, ri.
Norm western S'"'e'' r'"A Is very ga
hausiing crop as is every textile plant and
it will never do to raise it in Vermont so far
as TO run ahead Of the manure hcap. We
r,rs,s,,ot 20 s,oct-ro;s;rg In loen tho land
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ing we must SUCK TO grass ana olher ioou lor
stock But if, without losing the main
chance. the farmers can do a little in fax
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a GLANCE Al DEMOCkAllC FLAA VS..
KING COZ lON--AND NORTHERN
lNDtPENDhNCEN VS.. SOUTHERN Ar
hOGANCE'
10 tie Editors of the Courier d Enquirer
1t is great evil truly, that does not pro-
duce some good Though our present poli-
tical difficulties OF great magnitude, some
changes that will prove permanently bene6ci-
al, are likely to grow out OF them.
The rebellions attitude of the Secession
States against the Federal Government, has
justly destroyed confidence in their integrity,
and that great credit which they previously
enjoyed. aud for which they are so much in
debted. and the loss of which will impe them
To an observance Of economy and a better cul-
tiyation of their natural resources, if any they
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ration Of those States from the North if for
only short period, will lead each section to
study how far they can become independent
of each other. That the Northern States are
better prepared for such a contest--possessed
of intelligent labor. great mechanical skill
capital. energy of character, habits of indus
try, and multiplied forms of production
cannot be fairly doubted
Necessity, the mother Of Invention" will
bring out new energies and new productions.
Already is it leading the Northern manu-
facturer and capitalist to seek a substitute for
che native Cotton of the Southern States and
by the aid of chemistry and mechanical skill,
it is rendered quite certain that that substi-
tute, to great extent, is within their control;
and without doubt the time is not far in the
future. when the Cotton Plant will be consid
cred only second in production, value, and i'm
portance to the Flax Plant of the Northern
and Western States.
Flax fibre has been successfully cottonized
at cost below the cost Of Slave Cotton
carded and spun into yarn by the ordinar
Cotton machinery. and woven into Il yariet
Of fabrics
Sncb result NAV be considered truly
great achievement, when it should be remem
berod that Flax Cotton. for durability and u
tiliN il intrinsically worth double that O
common Cotton.
When Chevalier CLAussoN. in 1851, an
nounccd to the world that " Flax could
manufactured into Cotton, and would in tim
be used to a great extent instead of the com
mon cotton OF the South" the world was in
credulous But the fact was truly discover
ed, though CLAussoN was never able to com
bine the necessary mechanical means with hi
chemical discoveries to produce cotton at
low or competing price. That difficulty ha,
however. been fully overcome, and machiner
has more recently been invented and ne,
chemical agencies discovered, which success.
fully reduce fax fibre to ana uniform stapl
that may bo roouired for the finest or coarse,
fabric. or the finest thread. or the coarse,
warn for a traitors halter.
In stating that "dax cotton" can be prC
duccd chcaner than the cotton of the Sontl
il il only necessary to remark. that all ma
understand the faoi. that fax is gathered, 4
can he so Inv the yeapi,o machine AS obeapl
asa grass crop; and from that point tbroue
the hrashinq machine and other machiner
used in preparing the fber. It is Unlisted alon
by that mechanical skill and force, which /
this latitude, is believed to be less expensive
but more powerful than the puny arm of III
plantation, slave
II il somewhat remarkable that M tho mr.,
sent time, when our whole country is brougi
to severe struggle, through the treasonab
demands and influence of a system of labo
that eultiyates and produce our great staple
that another, the product of free and int