Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-03-01
From the London Times, Jan. Y, '6I.
esiton in England.

1
The American Revelation is advancing witt
/ rapid strides TO a consummation. Within &
week or two we may expect to hear Of eivi
war between the States of the Great Repub
/ lie. Anxious as we feel to escape such con
| clusion, we do not see how it is to be evaded
The North is no longer disposed to make IN
cessious even if the South tvould listen tC
compromise, and, although we may allow for
! a certain amount Of clustering on the part ol
J the Secessiohists, nobody doubts that Ameri-
cans are ready to fight. We lock upon this
| prospect with unaffected horror Indepen-
/ IDENTIFY of our natural sympathies, we have
4 enormous interests at stake-such interests,
indeed, that our charity must begin at home.
We deplore the political catastrophe, but
our first thought must necessarily be given to
its commercial effects. If the Southern States
of the Union are cOnvulsed by war, servile
iinsurrection will be only too probable an incl
dent of the strife if the sla +es rebel, the cot
4 ton crop perishes and with the failure OF the
cotton crop comes the paralysis of our own
staple manufacture. The question is so mo-
/ mentous that it cannot be too seriously urged
or too expeditiously entertained. Lancashire
depends on South Carolina, and what South
/ Catollna is doing becomes terribly evident
! from each successive dispatch. The telegrams
1 of Saturday last were of the most ominous
yet received, and if we compare with those re-
ports an article from a weekly contemporary
which we yesterday transcribed, the perils ac-
tually ahead of us will be distinctly appreeia-
ted
our command. Cotton can be grown almost
as commonly as wheat. The best seeds and
the best staples are now well understood, and
the proper methods of cleaning and paEking
can be easily taught. The rest is the work of
a year or two. Since the publication of our
last remarks on this subject, we have received
communication from ore of the Societies in
terested in African civilization, informing us
that the progress of cotton cultivation at
Abbeokuta. as actually and authentically re-
corded, is such as to match the beginnings OF
even. American enterprise. In 1850, that OBJ
scure, though productive region, sent about
half a bale Of cotton to England. In 1855
this medium had been increased about forty
fold, and in 1860 it actually amounted to z, 900
Bdles. We are assured that the district could
easily grow cotton enough for the consump-
ton of all Lancashire, aud we are asked wheth-
er the introduction of skilled negroes from the
United States would not soon give US new
Charleston on the African coast? From III
dia the offers are the same. If in 1857 India
could send us, as she did, 6SO.0O0 bales, it is
fair enough to presume that under the press
ure and with the encouragement of strong
demand she could raise her supplies TO 1,000,-
coo baits--nearly halt Of our immediate
wants. Then, again, there is Australia, actu-
ally inquiring for staple article of produce,
and dcsirous Of nothing better than 10 be set
cutlon-growing for England. We do not dis
senble the particular difficulty Of the case
We have repeatedly observed, and we ac-
knowledge once more that America has got
the cali of the market. 1t is not that her adj
vantages might not lie Pqualied in the end by
those of australia or India but at present she
enjoys all those facilities Of organization and
traffic which would have to be created elsc-
where. The creation would be perfectly prac-
ticabie, but it has still to be accomplished, anl
in lie meantime there is an old fashioned firm.
with its capital its cnntfl ctiuiis, ard all thai
makes business profitable, yet undamaged.-
Nobody can say, however, that the security
will last month longer, and beside that, our
national interests call imperatively for new
supplies. 1t is worth rejecting that if the ag
rcuture OF the Slave Srates should he ruined.
there will be a trade of G4O,OOO 900 year
to be picked up by some other countries.