Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-11-24
sNrEREsrEse: FRom EUROPE.

/ American war, that a time must c0lse ,rtea dc
free eTp0rfGfi0n Of cotton from the southern ports
so0uld become scri0uS question toifh iaTQC class
| ia England an that has been said Of the sup
| plies which may be brought from India Egypt,
the west coast of Africa, and other places, Is, no
doubt true. There are great fields for cultiva-
zion, there are races sufficiently skilled and iu-
dustTioUs to grow the plant, and there are capital
and enterprise enough at home TO turn these 70
accent. But all this cannot be done in a day
/ Cotton culture cannotbe extemporIze1 on q scale
| sufficient to supply the mills of England and
/ France, and the Rhine and the Northern States
Of America as we'll The people must be reused
! 10 a new or a more extended production, seed
/ must he obtained, machinery, however simple,
must be provided, roads must be improved,
/ transports organized, aud IS men are mot born
cotton growers, the art Of rearing this variable
and ofien disappointing plant must De learnedby
at least short time Of probation.
ia short two years are probably the shortest
time thai would suffice 10 bring the worlds ener-
gies into play Ia the cultivation OF cotton it is
calculated that not fewer than 5,O00, GOO souls,
or sixth Of the population Of the British isles,
are interested, IN one way or ol6er. in the cotton
manu- utacture. as these, "a las been certain from
/ the beginning, Must one day begin to feel the
/ scarcity Of cotton, and 20 cry Out if not from
actual suffering, at leGst from apprehension.
/ There may be cotton at sea from lndis and other
parts of the world, and il may be proved by
complaceut statsticians that after "a certain time
/ the mills Of Lancashire and Scotland viii be in
1 dependent Of the slave grown produce; but what
/ is TO become of the millions Of operatives in the
meanwhile What is TO become Of the unhappy
families who see ''two-thirds time" dwindle down
to "half time, and then the factory gates clos
ing. one after another, while they themselves are
left To wander to the poOr-hOuse or elem in
silence Then there are the manufacturers
themselves, whose great establishments must be
1 kent up at a loss, when, with all their burdens,
excep. wages, the same, there are only the profits
Of two or three days work in the week Il is
not to be expected, therefore, that the year viii
| pass away without some agitation on the part Of
| tine anxious and terrified cotton world of the
! North.
Even now it is said that there prevails among
certain classes in Lancashire a wish to see our
! government take more active part in American
affairs The manufacturers are beginning to be
/ indignant that the great staple Of the world
should be withheld, and al Europe brought into
/ discomfort or actual want in order that the am
| bilious States OF the North should extend their
sway over people who have rejected Il. and who
according to the canons which American writers
! themselves have laid down, should be allowed to
choose their own institutions and work out their
own destiny. As the interest Of the people g,
so, for the most part, viii be their principles.
| Whatever may have beenthe feeling Of the Man
] chester world ON slavery, whatever may have
been their opinions on English interference in
| foreign quaUels, they take in this question the
/ part OF the cOtt0n-gr0weJs oi America il the
North does not emaucipate the slaves, why should
/ il forbid the transmission OF the produce which
slavery gives to mankind No principle is in
/ volved in the contest, and SO Englishmsn, they
/ think, may, with a safe conscience, take which
! side they like Their interests bid them TO as
sist the South in getting their eargoes across the
] Atlantic, and as we keep up large navy, It will
/ be better employed in raising the blockade Of
/ Charleston and New Orleans than IN cruising
/ between Mediterranean ports OF lying al anchor
at Spithead
ports is therefore likely 20 be the counsel Of the
extreme party among The manufacturers. That
such a step would be taken by our government,
/ they will perhaps, hardly venture 70 hope, but
/ they may think that a loud outcry, producing a
chance of a collision between the two countries,
may dispose the Peaple Of the Northern States to
come to terms, and putan end 10 the wsr. Thus
! the two communities which live by cotton-the
I growers la the Soutaern States sad the manu-
| facturers heTe-lnay be found combined in the
/ same policy-that Is, to enforce aa acknowledge
ment Of southern independence by enbGOiling
! England with the NOrIh. IL is beyond a doubt
THAI the southern people have all along counted
! on such demands being made ia England as
/ those Of which we are now speaking. The
whole course Of the Wal has shown that the Con-
} federate Statrs are ruled by men who have deep
| ly studied these questions before they raised
/ them, and who have accordingly shown them
selves generally quite right IN the judgments
they have formed.
From the beginning, the President and Mr.
Stephens, aud after them, the southern press,
have declared that the needs of the European ma
tions would force them within year TO use their
influence. or even something more than intu-
ence, to put an end TO the war and establish
southern Independence. They are, OF course,
! kept well informed Of what passes IN England,
/ and indeed, know the temper Of the Lancashire
/ manufacturers, very probably, better than the
great body of the English public know 1t. 1t
NAV, then. be conceived that the proposal to
break the blockade, spoken of for the present in
whispers bHf iikelE shortly 10 Be discussed IN a
/ L0uder tone will be a strong encouragement to
the C0nfederates 10 persist in their resistance At
! the present time, when 1t seems likely that a
/ campaign Is 10 begin on scale such as Europe
has seldom seen aud when it is possible that the
/ North may avenge Bull Run IA one or two
bloody battles, the attitude OF party in Eng
land, which holds out hopes Of foreign interfeT-
enee, cannot fail to be matter OF great import
ance Adverse fortune may be forgotten, o
doubtful fight may be turned into Il victory, when
il Is Thought that the South has only 10 hold a
fsIy months longer, and keep It's cotton safe Oh
its plantations, IN order to bring to ITS side the
largest navy in the world.
We should be sorry that any such conviction
should gain ground in the South, for it Is no
part of our duty to interfere in this unrighteous
quarrel. and we feel sure that England would
rathe. undergo much suffering than break
through the plain rules of International law.
Having recognized the Contederates as bellig
erents. we are bound by laws which admit Of nc
doubt or debate to respect the blockade which
the Northern States have established. The
blockade mas been duly notified It has already
been acknowledged by our government, and
submitted 10 bv our naval officers on the station
To break il in any way would be an act OF wal
against the government OF he United States
ana any hostilities which might follow would
constitute al unjust war on our part, which
whatever It's issGe, would stain the reputation
of This country. aud expose Gs 10 the unjust To-
proacbes OF tie Americans in after time. Such
acts, We fsrl sure, England will not commit,
even 10 save heT greatest manuiacture. When
ever the nOrtherners have Gstbisl.ec Gu etsectal
blockade they win be free to keep it up without
interference on our part
But here another consideration arises: Is the
blockade everywhere eifectual 1t certainly is
not. As msE he expected, when few frigates
and cOrvettes undertake tc seal up three th0us-
and miles of a coast, there is in the greet ma
iority Of places no blockade at all Few only OF
! the American vessels are steamers, and these are
! not the fastest class. The consequence is that
vessels ere running the blockade every day lie
Federal authorities are just n09y in a great pas
| sion because steamer the bermuda, has got
into sayan1sh with large cargo Of munitions
of war That such thing can be done at onf
of the principal Atlantic ports shows how inef-
fectual must be the general blockade Of the coast
Va would, therefore, remind the government oi
Washington that il is only a real blockade that
foreign nstions are b0uEd - recognize. But VIZ
must also remind Our LAncasnlfs friends that
the eveut sso shows that the cutting off Of the
| eotton supplies is tse work Ol the South as muCl
AZ of the North. If ships ean get in, they car
also pct out and if the South desired t6 ssGc
MS cotton, it has Ect lacked the opportunity. Bu
II seems to be true that ali cotton expectation la.
been forbidden by the Confederate government
in order that foreign nations may be forced tC
take a side in the quarrel. Ii would Ill become
England to make herself the tool Of such mach
nations.
E5- 7What is the price of that comforter
said pale siekiy locking young man, Volun-
teer, whe the other day, stepped in at one of oui
dry goods stores. Z" Fifty cents was the reply
.. / cannot afford to buy It; have not so mucl
money" murmared the soldier, holding thC
article in his hands, turning It over and looking
AT H. loneiuQv What is the matter with you
sir . said a lady standing near who had heard
the question and reply, aud, viii, woman'S ready
sympathy, came near. % caught cold si4nd
inc ruard or the beach, thc other night, maam
4 at 4 IL. I-a IL