Washington telegraph., 1862-01-15

Corron PLANTING. The somewha;
meagre character Of our telsgrsphic dis
patches this week absolutely sffords us re-
lief. We have all pretty we'll gotten over
our Indignation about the Mason and Sill
dell affair aud are reconcilsd to our dis
appointment (Which. BY she way. vas not
a very digni6sd one 10 any ef us) thni
England did not God ehaucs Of takins
the fghttof our hands. We begin to To
fect that ~ are sufficient uoto ourselves
aud certain Of success, With or without
the assistance Of foreign powers. We
! reaso nably wish that our cause should
stand fair before the world, that our Com
@;ssioners should be heard. and it would
be moreover gratifying to be recognised
by the civilized nations of Europe All
that is in a fair way Of p,esress by the re-
lease of the Confederate EmLassadors, and
we may well await the event without any
disappointment because our big brother
across the water was not allowed to give
our adversary dig in the ribs ON our be-
half JUDGED considering that they we're
once part of ourselves, aud at least under
the protection of the military spirit Of the
South for SO long time-considerine
that there is some common blood b tween
US. aud some revolutionary "reminiscences
of old commoa glory, It is really no de
lishtful spectacle for Us to see them eat.
ing theiF hu,pble Ye.- Much as we.sc ,rn
the nisdeeds, and resent the contemp prible
spirit of the ruling party at the North
however severely We might ourselves visi!
upon them a just retaliation, we would
for the sake of old times, hare preferred
to fiud at least a show of spirit in response
to the srowl of the British iiou, and no
the abject cowardice ofgihe fawpiag spa
niel, who turns heipIessly upon his back
and lifts his paws for mercy. s''
But that has passed now.i England
must trump up some other ground of quar-
rel as pretext for breaking the blockade
unless ind eed she should taLe-the high
and true ground that her political neces.
sites, we're paramount to all ether consl.
derations aud ia a matter SO important tt
the commerce of the world, and the wei
fare of the human race, as the expectation
and supply of cotton; no mere military
convenience of any belligersat should r,
allowed to have precedence, "To thu
complexion it must come at last" Tn,
idea of her picking a quarrel with th'
North is hopeless now. 1t is just as Ger
tain that she must have cotton or her la
burers must starve.
Meanwhile, with all due modesty, lie
Us express the opinion that very mis-
) taken idea is fast becoming prevalent
amongst the press and politicians of tn,
South. They advocate an entire cess
tion of cotton planting. Carefully reAecl'
ing upon it., we see no good to result Il
ourselves from that course. We canno
disguise the fact that cotton is the basil
of all our commercial wealth in the gulf,
aud River States. W. do DOT get dolla
from any other article Of expectation
Without cotton we will have no none Y
Without money, we might, to be sure, b.
a very happy pastoral people, eating ou'
own grain, and piping under beech trees
amidst lowing herds, but such things d,
not build cities, or create navies, or lay
down raj! roads. The pastoral state i,
amiable for pious simplicity, but it is mol
Il high ambition fer our Southern Goa.
federacy to aspire 90 further. A natioi
might surround its dwellings with nume
rous stacks, and full garners, and be ou
Of the reach of famine, and at the sar {
time be commercially too poor to impor
a sinsle article of taste or luxury
Cotton is the true basis of our wealth
If we furnish it the world will fad way
to get it, and we ourselves will receive it,
equivalent The supply will never fol
any considerable time exceed the demand
and even if it should, it still remains oul
only basis Of commercial wealth our only
means of raising money. .
Another thing is worthy of thought
The disposition to suppress cotton plant
Jog seems aimed at teaching Europe he,
dependence upon us. Ii they really art
so, while they are and have been till now
We. .ueed not be in bury, to .ear.r them
the lesson. We might succeed- in teach-
lug them something far di fferent in the
end aud by no means amusing to our
selves. The high prices of cotton, result.
ing from cessation of its cultivation
here, would stimulate afresh the al,uosl
abandoned effort TO find other fields for il,
cultivation. Whilst we produce it freely,
those efforts will not pay. We can make
it better aud cheaper fhan all the world
if We WILL 1t is far better for Us to keep
On mt IL than tn dron our h, Ne anj 49,,