Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1861-02-16
From the London Times, Jan. n
COTTON IS KING.

The American Revolution is advancing With rap
id strides to consummation. Within week or
two we may expect to hear of civil war between the
States of the Great Republic. An4ious as We feel
to escape such conclusion we do not see how il
is to bo evoded. The North is no longer disposed
10 make coh:essions even II lie Soblh would is.sh
to compromise, and, although we may allow for .
certain amount Of clustering on the part Of ths
SecessiOnists, nobody doubts that Americans ere
ready to fight. We look upon this prospect with
unaffected horror. Independently Of our natural
sympatbies, We have enormous interests at stake
such interests, indeed, that charity must 6ekih
at home. We deplOre the political catastfop8s;
but irst thought mist necessarily be given TO
it's cOuihorcial effects II tnS SOutbern States Of
the Union arc convhlsed By war, a servile insuT-
rection will be only to5 probable an incident Of the
strife; if the slaves rebel, the cotton croS PERISH
es; and with the failure Of the cotton crop comes
the paralysis of our own staple manufacture. The
question is so momeutous that il cannot be too
seriously urged or too expeditiously entertained.
Lancashire depends on South Carolina. and whss
South Carolina is doing beeoHles terribly STidonl
from each successive dispatch. The kilograms Of
Saturday last were the most ominous yet received,
and if we compare with these reports an article
from a weekly cotemporary which we yesterday
trarsCribet the pcrils actually ahead Of us will bs
distinctly appreciated.
Rot a doubt exists as to tho tesoHrces Of our
command. Cotton can be growh aithoit tS com.
monty as wheat. The best seeds and the best
staples are now well understood, and the propes
method of cleaning and packing can be easily
taught. The rest is the work OF year or iwo,:-
Since the publication of our last remarks on this
subject, we have received communication from
one of the Societies interested ip African cviliSa-
tioh. Informing that the progress Of cotton cul-
svation q. Abbeokuta as actually and authentical:
ly recorded, is such to match the begin nings Of
even American enterprise. In 1850, that obsoure;
though productive region, sentabout half bale Of
cotton to England. In 1855 this medium had
been increased about forty fold, and in 1860 10
actually amounted to about 200e baies. We are
assured tina, the district could easily grow cotton
for the consumption of all Lancashire, and We are
asked whether the introduction of skilled negroes
from the United States would not sooh give us .
new Charleston on the African coastf From In:
da the offers ore the Same. II in 1857 India
could serd u.s. as she did, 680o00 tales; it 10 fair
enough to presume that under the prsssnre aud 4,
with the encouragement of sltobg demand she
could raise her supplies to 1,0O0 900 bales near:
ly half of our immediate wants. Then, again,
there is Australia, actually inquiring for staple
article Of produce, and desirous of nothing better
than TO be set cotton growing for England. @
We do not dissemble the particular difficulty Of
the case. We have repeatedly observed, and We
acknowledge once more, that America has got The
call of the market. 1t is not that her adaahteget
might not be equalled in the end by those Of Aus
traa or Indid, but at present she enjoys all those
facilities Of organization and traffic which would
have to be created elswhere. The creation would
be perfectly practicable but it has still to BIZ az;
and in the meantime there is the old
fashioned firm, with its capital its connections,
and all that makes business profitable. yet undam-
aged. Nobody can say, however, that the seeu-
rity will last month longer, and besides that,
our national interests call imperatiEely for new
supplies. 1t is worth rejecting that II the agrisul
ture Of the Slave States should be ruined there
will be a trade of Gao. 100000 year to be picked
up by some other countries.