Washington telegraph., 1862-10-22

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and other par az England! Wher. clye wv.
that .'eui;h!y. sensual, All desil.sh compound
ct beast ahd hend, tBnllrrJ b~en ~ si.rnaIlv.
50 deeply, and ineilaceabiy branded for all
corning history. A. in the Grand tribune Of tho
British Parliamentary both Lords and Com
mons? Pray excuse my thus giving You ..line
upon line, Mr.. Editor. rs the tablet, Of Inei,,-
DRY are so much like the soft oceau's strand:
and more especially in times Of suffering aud
excitement-the grateful impressions Of ves.
terday being frequently and almost completely
etiacel by the ripping waves Of o-day. E.e-
land would. in All probability. have taken action
In the matter ere this, hai not Certain dis
nrguishcd but Gro chety statesmen stood in
the way And need we 20 beyond Washington
or even Richnond, To learn what i'm u.liu,enr,
even one OF that class in power may throw in
the way of foreign measures: That She L.s
no wish whatever TO see the Union rrconstruc-
ted. or the North dominant over the South, |
positively and alvisedy affirm
The cotton question .lso, is another vLi.i,
Is ever and anon sounding in our cars And
being nearly related to one or two Of the
larg st manufactures in the North Of England.
and, consequently, somewhat posted up in that
matter, the writer ventures confidently u ~
sert an opinion on this point likewise. Never
did certain southern parties commit q greater
thunder than when. at the outset or this Terri
bic rupture they tiuntingly, anil with over
1eeEins confidence, proclaimed. Cotton j.
King by which Europe would be compelled
to interfere or succuinb 10 ruin. Nor was tho
impatient menace involved. in this mi,chievou-
flourish Of trumpets, it, most intuition element
as The South was manifcstly. anil most uuhap-
ply ied 10 rely upon the supposed necessity
n immediate fOreis intervention. " which
much valuable time Was lost, time which might
and ought 10 have given existence 10 hundreds
Of gunhoais. and other means of defence. tbe
want of which IL now painfully felt. ana 80
bitterly deplorcd.
Suffice 1T ut once 10 say, that England o..
pccIa!ly acknowledges no such King: nor eyer
! would. 80 long as other accessible Countries
present bothsD.l AMI climate capibcof yield
ing the very same commodity; and - long a.
she commands mechanical genius, both to con-
struct nnd adapt her machinery. al libitum
to ANY aud every kind of material at her COM
maui. In scli-lcfcncc. British manufacturers
have. Of course. been compelled to look out
IN various quarters. for cotton fields. which
womb not have heen bought into prominence
Tor generations % come. hal not this Amer
icanlairrcl pr.cipitatci the survey
India. however, a. j. well known. has f,r
ages been a cotton pr iucing country. BIT.
up m within y cnmphr lively recent pcrioi
thr ASiatica iihYr Ln.i little or no Inducements
~ cultivate more than WAS absolutely necessary
Tor home con MN ption. having ur a lrauntr
means "i transit ~ the sra-Lolrl This diiii-
Guilty. however. j. In fair way for speedy
obs A-IOr-t ,OrJ mics Df rnI.r .al b.inc N
course 81 Construction, " wIict cary I.Dlg
miles are already IA operation. May river
steamers asa have. within the last tnree Or
four YEAR, been mt ont BY various English
shipping cnnpanir-- 10 traverse tie GA -,es
/ the iinuGlry. aud other In liam stFcaan- Con-
sequentiy. the quantity VT cotton received in
England durn. the last two year. has probably
far exceeded the total importation OF many
preceding years altOg .ther. At Abrkoot,l
also, N the western coast Of Africa, "a extern
sive and highly promising cotton region II nov
presenting Itself. where = British .i-allte hss
aireauy been established
And on the eastern coast Of that con incnt
have mys-f traver-ei hunirc-i, OF miles
where my horse could scarcely set down his
foot. without trtmPiiuE npou that valuable
plant, which was growing most luxariAntly.
hut quite spontaneously. aul which uAiy re-
quircs the ordinary OF cultivation 10
rcni-r u botn profitable anil ahun.lant- a, Il
evident from the sucu s-iui experiment already
in operation Al Prrt Natal, near tie N ,slli-
biquc Channel. AMI DR.. Liyingstnn's ,ii.cnv-
cries. moreover. in the region, blyon.l r+nicr
il demonstrativeiy evident that those fisl,is arc
almost ilImlt,ble. At present. inin-d. thr
product Of those various countries. excepting
AbokvoJah, u, IN point NJ fibre aud quality,
inferior to that Of the GIlf States which has
had the improving touch ( experienced aud
Inatured genius. ior generations past. Fully
aware Of this. the various Boards Of Trade
Of Manchester. especially have sent out nu-
merous delegations and agents to instruct the
native agriculturists, ana to furnish them with
the most modern and improved ginning aud
packing machines: also with the very bes;
cotton seeds attainable. Nevertheless not
withs landing every impro yemcnt Of which The
case Is Mt all capablc--and although European
manufacturers may, in process vi tms, he much
more independent Of the American cotton
fields than they ever were before, the latter,
| believe, will never cease to find even n pre-
fercnt market ia England, for OIL that they
possibly producc, 50 long the Cunioi-
eraey maintains its noby phlosophic resolve
t. rcciprocate the grand principle Of free trade
No one, moreover. at MI converSant With the
worlds wants--with the peculiar adaptation
of cation fabrics TO the worlds necessities
with the still comparatively unclothnd state
Of immense portions Of the human family
and with the consequently new markets ever
and anon opening up in the East, in China, in
various parts Of Africa, rs well As Asia--can,
for moment, seriously doubt that the worlds
growing MISUNDERSTANDING periodical
fiuctuations-will, in the aggregate, be quite
equal to its utmost supply.
Doubling not for a single moment, that tins
tremendous struggle will ultimately issue in
the complete independence Of the South,
most sincerely hope that systematic arrange
ments will be made soon possible for
regular and direct cnm municrtinn with Eng
lan,l; enabling her 10 tell her owh ihl. ~ every
part Of EnTope-which. M - withii n
paratively recent period. has hecn kept wholly
in the dark. respecting tho trrc Oh srhctcr
of both Southerp institutions AMI Sonthcrn
grievances. While Northern papers were reg
nlarly sent in shoals .y every mail steamer
that crossed the Atlantic, furnishing the Lon
don and other journals lsincc the outbreak
more especially with the most untruthfui ard
hideous cnricatnres Of every thing Southern;
never saw asingle Southern paper circulating
either in England, Ireland, Scotland, France
Belgium, or any other part Of the Continent
Of Europe, excepting one. occasionally sent "
me By esteemed friends Parsons aud Mills, OF
Galveston.
| could almost youch, therefore, that not one
person in every hundred thousand of the vast
population Of even London itself. t3,OOo,ooO,)
the grand focus Of the worlds news. ever so
much as saw Southern newspaper In their
lives; consequently their notions of Southern
grievances were, Of course. vaguebcss itself.
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