Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-11-16
The War and Brosl.sde Question i" Eng

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fields of cultivation, there are races sufficiently
! skilltui and industrious to grow the plant, an.
I there aTa capital and enterprise enough at home
/ % turn these 70 account But all this cannot be-
done la a day. Cotton cannot be eZtpmporizcl
on a scale sufficient TO support the mills OF Eng
laud and France, and the Rhine and the North
eru States Of America as well. The people mUst
be reused ~ a new UrIuore extended production
seed must be obtained; machinery, however
simple, must be provided roads must be I'M
proved, transport organized, and, as men are not
born cotton growers the art of rearing tins Far
sbie and often disappointing plant must be learnt
by at least a short term Of probation. In short
two years are pr0ba bly, the sh0rcst time that
would suffice to bring the worlds energies into
play in the cultivation OF cotton.
II is calculated that not fewer than 100000
souls, OF q sixth of the population of the British
isles are interested Iu one way OF other In the
cotton manufacture All these it has been GER
tain from the beginning must one day begin to
feel the scarcity of cotton and to cry out, If not
from actual suffering at least from apprehension.
There may be cotton at sea from India and other
parts of the world, aud it may BE- proved by com
placeut statisticians that after d certain time the
mills Of Lancashire and Scotland will be indie
pendent of the slave grown produce; but what
Is TO become Of the millions Of operatives in the
meanwhile " hat is TO become of the unhappy
families who see '' twO-tbirds time dwinIe 10
&" hslftme," and then the factory gates closing
one after another while they themselves are lett
to owauder TO the poor-hoUseOr " elem in sileuce'
Then there are the manufacturers themselves
whose great establishments must be kept at a
great loss. when, with all their burtheuS, except
wages, the same, there are only the profits of two
OF three days work in the week. J is not to be
expected, therefore, that the year win pass away
without some agitation on the pGI of tie anxious
and half terrified cotton world OF the North.
Even now it is said THAT there prevails among
certain Glasses IN Lancashire a wish to see our
government take q more active part in American
affairs. The manufacturers are beginning to be
indignant that the great staple of the world
should be withheld, aud all Europe brought into
discomfort or actual want. in order thar the am
bilious States of the North should extend their
sway over people who have rejected IT, and
who. according to the Cauuons which American
writers themselves have laid down, should be
allowed % choose their own institutions and
work out their own destiny. As the interest Of
a people is, So. for the most part, viii be their
principles. Whatever may have been the feel
iugs of the Manchester world on slavery-what-
ever may have been their opinions on English
interference in foreign qUaucls-they take in
this question the part of the cotton growers OF
America. If the North does not enancipate the
slaves why should 10 forbid the Transmission of
the produce which slavery gives to mankind
No principle is involved in the contest, and so
EnrliShmen, they think, may with a safe con-
science take which side they like Their inter
ests bid them 20 assist the South in getting their
csrgoes across the Atlantic and, as we keep up
a large navy, it viii be better employed in rails
ing the blockade Of Charleston and New Or
leans than in cruising between Mediterranean
ports or lying at anchor at SptLead
To break the blockade of the Confederate
ports is therefore likely to be the council of the
extreme party among the manufactures That
such a step would be taken by our government
they viii, perhaps, hardly venture TO hope, but
they may think that a loud OutcEy, producing a
chance of collision between the two countries,
may dispose the people OF the Northern States
TO come 10 terms, and put an end to the war.
Tins the two communities which live by cot0n-
The growers iu the Southern States and the man
1iacWrars h5re-mav DE found combined ia the
same policy-that is % enforce the acku0wl-
3dgmeut Of southern Independence by embroil-
ng England with the North. It is beyond a
doubt that the southern people have all along
counted on such demands being made IN Eng
and as those of which we are now speaking.
The whole course Of the war has shown that the |
Confederate States are ruled by men who have
leeplv studied these questions before they raised
hem, and who have accordingly shown them |
elves generally quite right in the Judgment |
hey have formed.
From the beginning the President and Mr. /
stephens, and after them the southern press, 4
ave declared that the needs of the European ma
ions would force them within a wear to use their 4
influence, OF even something more than infu- /
nee, TO put an end 10 the war and establish 4
outbem independence They are, Of course, |
-ept well Informed of what passes in England, /
nd indeed, know the temper OF the Lancashire /
very probably better than the 1
-reat body Of the English public know ic. It |
nay, then, be conceived that the proposal to 1
freak the blockade. spoken of for the present in 4
Whispers but likely shortly to be discussed in a /
auder tone viii be q strong encouragement TO /
he Condolences to persist in their resistance. /
u the present time, when il seems likely that a .
smpaiEn is 10 begin Oh q scale such as Europe |
.as seldom seen. and when it Is possible that the /
SUrth may ayrUge Bull Run In one or two /
,loodv battles, the attitude of a party ia Eng
and which holds ont hopes of foreign interier- !
nee, cannot fail TO be a matter of great impor- 4
auce. Adverse fortune may be forgotten, a .
doubtful fight may be turned into victory, T.
when il is thought that the South has only to /
lold ont for a few months longer, and TO keep F.
Jring to its side the largest navy in the world
We should be sorry that any such conviction 4
bauld gain ground in the South, for It is no part
IF 1ur duty g. interfere in this uHughteOus quar-
el, and we feel sUrs shat England would rather /
Undergo much suffering than break through the I
liaiu rules of iuteruatiUua. law. Having recOg-
lized the Couiederat-s as be.ligereuts. we aye f.
,0uud By laws which admit OF no d0ub. or de- 4
Jate, 10 resist the blockade which the Northern /
states have established. This blockade has been T.
luly notified, it has alreaGy b6en Acknowledged |
" our government and submitted 20 BY our |
laval officers on the station. To break it in any
yay would be an act OF war against the govern /
nent Of the United States, and any hostilities F.
which might follow would constitute an unjust 1
gsr on our part, which, whateverits issue, would /
tain the reputation ofthis country and expose us |
0 the Just TepTOsahas OF the Americans in after /
lines. Such acts, We feel sure England VIII not /
ommit even to save her grrRtest manufacture.
Whenever the northerners have established an
fectual blockade, they VIII he free to keepitup 1
Without interference on our part. But here
nOtaa- consideration arises Is the blockade
yervwhere e8ectual Il certainly is not. As
night be expected, when q few irigates and cor
cites undertake to seal up three thousand miles
{ coast, there is in the great ma aiOTity Of places
10 blockade at all. Few only Of the American
c-1tlt tlESt ttlt llOb OF Llt
st class.
The consequence IS that vessels are running
be blockade every day. The Federal author-
les are just now in great passion because
teamer-the Bermuda-las got into Savannah I
With very large cargo Of munitions Of war.
bat such a thing can be done at one of the
)rinci pal ktLautic ports shows how Intellectual
must be the general bioekede Of the coast We
would, therefore, remind thg government Of /
Washington that it is only a real blockade that
oreign nations are bound 70 recognize But we
must remind our Lancashire friends that the
went also shows that the cutting Of of the cot
on supplies is the work OF the South as much as
Il North. If ships can get in, they can get out;
md, il ,i-e South desired to send US cotton. it |
las not lacked az opportunity. But it seems 10
,e quite true that all cotton eyVCratiop has been
orbidden by the Confederate government in og- /
Ter that foreign nations may be forced TO take a /
ids ia the quarrel. II would ill-become Eng
and to msLs hsrseIf the tool of such machina- |
ions
4 REMARKABLE HISTORY.-Johu Tyler was |
lected to the United States Congress from the /
ia1hmond district Ia November, lSl6-just |
orty-fve years 900. Since that time he has |
,een Governor of hirgluia, Senator i'm the Fed |
raj Congress, member of the celebrated big- /
-inia Convention of l-29-;0, member Of the |
fOu4a of I)aIptrqfes of VIRGINIA Y ice President