The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-09-10
The Future Of the Cotton States.

IL
II would be well for our Cotton Plant
ers to survey calmly the prospects which
loom up before them in the future, rather
than persist In building great castles on
basis which canot be regarded as per-
mancnt or even Of long duration. The
planters take Il for granted that cott0a isa
nooessitgof tsel, and also take IL forgranted
that gsey are he o1ly oass who can supply
Europe with thatnecessity. Even the FIRST
Of these propositions is BY no means oer-
tain; Il may even be considered 80 ex-
cesdingIy doubtful, inasmuch a. It %
quito possible that substitutes may be
found which win soon superoode an or.
ticle which has not been in use one hum
dred years. None but bigot viii deny
that cotton, like other things, may have
It's day, and pass of by being superseded
by cheaper and better substituted In
fact all that's wanting now to make fax
Just such a substitute Is some slight ina
provement in ito preparation. But grant
that cotton is a necessity. We call the
attention Of planters 10 the fact chat Eng
land, always proyident, is already max
ing strenuous efforts to relieve herself
from dependence on the Southern States
for cotton. Wiilnot the present civil war
involving the possibility of other civil
wars in rapid succession for fifty years
to come, add spurs to her efforts TO fur
nish her own supplies of cotton We
think 80. But read what late number
Of the London Ntao5 says on this point -
"Next to corn, there is no product so
widely dispersed over the globe as cot
ton, or that grows so spontaneously where
it grows at all The hand Of Providence
seems 10 be everywhere raising up for
the human family in boundless profusion,
the corn wherewiih we make the bread
we eat, and the cotton wherewith to
make the clothes we wear. . England
has in no less than four out Of five of the
great divisions of the world Asia Africa,
America and Australia--cOtton fields of
almost limitless extent No
less than sixteen prize medals have been
awarded for India cotton at the Interna-
tional Exhibition. India has already IN
single year sent us very nearly third
of the 100000 of bales that we require.
The most popular of the American kinds,
The New Orleans, grows perfectly from
American seed" The Ne,Os then speaks of
the "inexhaustible cotton fields discovered
in Africa by the celebrated traveller DIR.
LIyISGsoN. The plant-is indigenous, and
grows there TO prOfusion, and there too
is that recent but most wonderful devel-
Opment of British blood and enterprise,
the Australian community, ,olieh promise
to b allie ere lang, to giue as all te i0ooI and
all the cotton that ever or noo colossal man
yaotWws demand The cotton of Aus
tralia is a very fine article.
Now cotton planters lay aside passion
aud prejudice, and look at this matter
calmly. We regard it as absolutely cor-
tain that in few yearS-not more than
Eve or ten al farthest--you will find al
most no market in Europe for your cot
ton. Where then will you have to look
for purchases To the millions who
people the North, and to the cotton man
ufacturers Of New England. You cannot
fight against destiny, and when you inn
piously try to cut the chords of the
.gUnion you are attempting to sunder
what the Almighty has joined to be one
nation is the inevitable fate Of these
States Strive to set up a miserable cot
ton, or tobacco, or sugar confederacy,
squAnder thousands Of millions OF mon
ey, bankrupt yourselyes--lose your lib
critics under military rule--slaughter
hundreds Of thousands of your people
and when all is over, the great hammer
Of destiny again viii strike the riyct
and bind you again in indissoluble
bonds. You are counting the aid OF
England and Of France. They are not
your friends. What have freemen to do
with Napoleons, and Nictorias With
Dukes and Earls, and royal palaces
Why not cease fighting and be at peace
with your brethren and kinsmon All
70 whom will you call for help If Europe
should ever declare war against you
Who are your natural allies BE re-
conciled to your own blood, before IL is
too late.