Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-05-25

ture Of England" says the Ca;,serpatist, which
icxhibits how, deeply England Is Interested Il, the
4 supply ofeottomfrom the Confederate States. The
public mind there isin palnful anxiety on tho sub.
jeot tits feared that the political conyulsion that
thasrent the Untcn in twain and that seeing likely
4 to nvolyens iniwar will nffcct the production Of
cotton so seriously to diminish or destroy tleir
supply Tho article was written two months OF
more since, and OF coarse, before the startling
events that have transpired within that time Tho
anticipated war hns actually begun. The United
States has begun it, enforcing its laws, is con-
centrating largo armies, is blockading our ports.
The Confederate States haye accepted tho appeal to
force, have formally declared war, and are issuing
letters of marquc aud reprsal The cry is "to
Farms, from Maine to Texas, and from the Gulf Of
Mexico to the Lakes Of the North. 10 all appear
ances we arc ut tho beginning Of tic greatest war
that this Continent has, witnessed When intclli-
genoe of these events reaches Europe the cotton
| panic will increase. n.
II may, BIO Of interest to our readers to undor-
stand the Importance of cotton to England as II is
viewed in that country, and VIC give some extracts
from the article referred to. After promising that
OF tho three great divisions of human industry, Ag-
ricultural Commercial, and Manufacturing. thHt
of Manufacturing is predominant in England, it
proceeds:
1.-THE Cotton Manufacture. is at once tho most
important constituent and the most perfect type of
our special industrial development, and claims, par-
careful and patient attention Of the public, sur
passes in the magnitude, and in the regularity of
its course, each other of our manufactures and it's
influence upon tho working people of,thcsc Islands,
whether material or moral for good or for evil is
certainly unrivaled by any of them. Occupying
more than ono hundred millions pounds of British
capital, atfordng direct employment to balf mil.
lion Of persons, and indirect employment TO three
or four millions more, II supplies about third Of
annual export trade; and its branches In other
lands, whether they be in tho nature of tho opera
lions by which the raw material is cultivated, aud
then brought to our, shores or are extensions of
manufactures whose principal seat is with our
selves or arc the agencies by which tho elaborated
substance is in thousand forms, distribute ed for
the use OF thousand ribes---raisc the whole to IN
Importance perhaps unequallcd by any analogous
system, whether prnciscu by tho ancients Oh exist
ing in modern tines" y'
comes tie supplyof the 'raw material, without
which it oil falls to the grounds? From the Con-
1ederate States, to greater extent, than We had
supposed. Tho author of the article, indeed tries
hard to be persuaded that our monopoly in tho
production of the raw material is giving away and
he seems to be sanguinc that other sources for lis
supply will soon be opened. But Ills own showing
We think, is calculated to encourage him but little
His statistical table of sources of supply gives tho
following for 1850; during which England obtained
Bales
From the United statss, 2,5sO,s4a
! From Brazil lO3 O6O
From West Indies, 9,058.
| From Egypt, lO0'085
From East Indics 562 SS2
From which it appears that tho Confederate
States supply considerably more than two thirds Of
tho whoic. ,but what is more important his table,
which runs back for seven years, shows n da,inu-
Ton in tie sdpplyfrom all other sources except the
Confederate States, the supply from which has III.
creased during That time, from ,GG7, 900 bales to
the number stated abofe, that is, nearly 900 600
bales.
The present consumption lin manufacturing
OF Cotton says the article, .umounts to 81 900
bales o week, of which about 43 900 bales consist
of American cotton" According to this statement
which IS repeatedly made In the article more than
jo"rytfths of the supply comes from the Confeder-
ute States .,1
What would be the consequences to England
OF failure to get our supply? The Review
shall speak: -
when we consider tho consequences that
might ensue upon the sudden dcarih of Cotton
IN this country. we cannot but apprehcnd the
! momentons nature of the problem which our
brokers and manufacturers arc nov called upon
to solve, and which gocs by tho name ia public
discussion of tho question Of cotton supplu Tie
evils OF famine, within limited area, may Lc
mGilhed by tho excrlions Of charity, the re-
| suits OF pestilenco may soon disappear, but
the failure. even the partial failure, Of the cot
| .ou. manufacture would render capital nnd In.
Dor 70 an enormous extent unproductiyc; bank
rupttcy would be the portion Of a thousand cap.
ltalists; starvation the lot of million of labo-
rers. break down in our greatest manufuc.
ture would lead to serious political difficulties.
IN sucli case, no private, no public heneiicenco
could stem the tide of general wretchedncss.
! A whole people would be in beggary, a nation
4 in numbers would stretch forth it's hands for
I bread. and rendered desperate by its suiferings
4 or maddened by the machination of unprinci.
pied demagogues, would tear down tile very
frame work OF, society, amidst tho ruins Of the
I national greatness ~
/ 'oho.W5uid suppose that reviewer writing
thus, and acknowledging Us he does. in anoth-
5er. passage. can almost exclusive dependence
Tor supplies OF cotton " on the Southern Suites,
would sympathize with US, and extend the hand
OF friendships. But he does not. His mind is
poisoned on slavery, or he cl,afas ,,ndor his
dependance upon us, or, which would 10
more to his credit, he, is intent, ms a statesman.
on. diversilying tho sources of EnglaHd's sup.
Plies, by stimulating the production Of cotton
in other places Whatever it be, friendly
word is spoken. but slavery is stgmatized:
! which furnishes, ut present, according tohis
own admission, tile life blood Of Ehgiand's
j prosperity. Heamusngly contends, and seems
i TO believe it, that moro cotton would be raised
It slavery were abolished here and white labor
l substituted. s I..+,s,, n. ~ =,
| But whatever may bo Engeld.s .deaires, ,wo
9re ilrmly persuaded that she is rot only nov
dependant upon the slavery Of tho Confederate
States, but will continue so for an Indefinite ne.
riod. What COURSE, underthe press IRE Of IN
terest, she may take in tho great STRUGGLE be.
tween the two sections Of this country, remains
to bo eeon tyrho,rioht y,odo f,c H., rln,,3 t l..