Natchitoches union. [volume] ([Natchitoches, La.]) 1859-1864, 1862-09-18

The following editorial, from the
Providence CIR. l. Post, shows very
| plainly to what straits the North is
being brought by this war. 1t is a
startling exposition Of the state Of al.
fairs and feeling in the North
From the Providence Post, July 18th
Our market quotations this morn.
ing show the price Of cottonin this
city, and Indicate very plainly to what
we are coming. We arc to realize
Enthusiastically all the horrors of cot
ton famine, not only in this country
but throughout Europe. Prices are to
go up, not down, until their comes q
general financial and commercial
smash up Indeed we are to get no
more cotton i'll the next three years
Our mills have got to stop; our man.
ufactures, if they are not blind, may
already see ruin staring them in the
face. In six months Rhode Islands
fate will be sealed.
At last accounts there were only
213,2T0 bales Of cotton in Liverpool,
against | 1913, 900 bales at correspon,
ding date last y7ar Were the mills
to run on full time, every pound Of
cotton in England would be used in
four weeks India, of which we have
heard 50 much in abolition speeches
supplies no part Of the deficiency oc-
easioned by the loss Of the American
article. Instead of sending more
than usual to market, there was ahoat
at last accounts, OF India cotton, only
10, 900 bales, against 100000 last year
and 100000 in 1860. There are mill
lions Of persons who have heretofore
been employed in the cotton manufac-
tories Of England, four-fifths of whom
are to be wholly out Of employment
IN short time ! And the same state
Df things, to an extent fearful to con
is to exist in New England
"But we are to have cotton" says
he abolitidnists. 'Trhis rebellion is to
le crushed, the Southern ports arc to
oe opened, and cotton is to pour in up
III us most plentifully' This is the
ak Of crazy fanatics and fools The
southern ports may be opened but
We shall get no cotton The old crop
will be destroyed whether the owners
Ike it or not. They dare not resist u
neasure so essential to their indcpen-
ence. The torch will be applied to
early every bale that remains un-
urncd to-day and not more than
nough is being raised for Southern
consumption. The uniform testimony
) thai there are no cotton fields to be
cen ON the Mississippi. "Plant corn
nd not cotton" was the order, and
as been strictly obeycd.
"But next year we will get cotton
nough,' some abolitionsts will say.
We know better. We shall be lucky
we get a bale per week through the
ear. No attempt will be made TO
until this war is over; aud the war
i'll not end, as things now look, until
le foundation Of Southern industry.
outhern business and Southern social
fe are overturned. Aboitionism has
ken the reins, and. it will not permit
J a moments rest until the whole
,uth is thrown into confusion, and all
,pe of raising of cotton is destroyed.
le legislation of this fanatical Con
'ess has rendered restoration almost
possible until nearly the white pop
alton Of the South has been EXTERN
ated and the North has brought up
itself bankruptcy and ruin. The
uth will not YIELD to the policy of
c abolitionists whilst resistance is
ssible, until federal treasury notes
9 sold for ten cents on the the dollar.
Do we not speak dcspondingly? We
y only the truth We warned the
ople 1856 of just this state of things.
hen thr war broke out we believed
might be brought to an end, and
, South be brought back to the Uni
in year or two, if we followed
; conservative policy and asserted
y the supremacy Of the constitution.
stead Of this, our whole course has
IN calculated to exasporate the
uthern people, dishearten unionists
divide the North into fic-
Us. We are further from final vic
y that we were one year ago.-All
vt our armies have done las been
done by reckless Congress and a
ldins President. We have spent
hundred millions Of dollars and
;rificed fifty thousand lives, and got
it all-what? We have saved Ma
and, Kentucky and Missouri by a
Nv Of bayoncts, and lost by show
radicalisIn. The union cause will
'eafter find l.s.le hearty sympathy