The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-07-10
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Alta recent meeting in London, John
Bright the celebrated leader Of the Re-
form Party in Parliament. made speech
Of which the following is an extract He
said, and his sentiments are important be-
cause be speaks for millions OF earnest
men 10 Great Britain:
"That ~ long rs people believed thers
would be no war in America everybody
condemned the South; but whsn il was
seen that the North was not determined
calmly TO ss~ the dismemberDsnt of the
nation, many who before were on the side
Of the North went round to The South
Our trade interests were largely bound up
in the struggle, snd he feared this had
been the cause which had prevented, and
still prevented - doing Justice to the
cause Of The North. Loud cheers.
He vDald call their attention to the
trade Of Lsncanshire, which they oil knew
had been for some years resting on most
insecure foundation. The existence of
slavery had been the cause Of this dan
ger, and therefore, hs had on several oc-
casions urged the government to improve
the condition Of things in India, 10 order
that supply of cotton might be obtained
from that country As regarded the sup
ply Of cotton from Amerca. two things had
been .rue-the supply must alwavs have
been insufficient, and ii must always have
been insecure.
he whoie average or breadth Of isnd
over which cotton was grown in America
did not exceed ten thoussnd square miles.
1t could not be that there was not land
enough on which coston might be grown,
that the supply was insufficient and inss-'
cure neither could it be that there Ind
not been demand, nor that the prics mad
been insufficient, for the price had, Of late
yssTs, been much higher thHn before
He attributed the cause TO the fact that
there was not enough Of labor in the
Southern State.
Could this want be remeded under a
state OF slavery? No: he believed not.
4 Labor was not considered honorable in The
South, and therefore laborers from the
North did not like TO go South. The EN-
igration of Iaborers TO America from Eu-
rope principally flowed to the North, where
labor was honored and respected. All
that the planters could depend on for an
increased supply Of labor WAS the natural
increase in negro population and negroes
from the slA<s ships from the coast Of Al
-ica.
| Fortunately for the world, the United
States would not consent to re-opening Of
the slave trade conseq uently. the planter
was obliged to depend on the increase Of
tho negro population, which was about
two aud one half per cent. per annun.-
The production of cotton, therefore. had
been insufficient and insecure on account
Of the institution Of slavery. lApplause. |
The South had made slavery the issue,
and, having rushed into the great ques-
lion, it was sinking into inevitable ruin.
Hear.
Was it possible that this great cotton
industry might yet be placed ON \ rock
which nothing could disturb Let them
imagine-though some might say he had
no right to imagine--that the war was
| over, that tho Union was restored. and
that slavery was sbolished-[ cheers -
did they suppose that in such case there
would he fewer negroes in the South p
, On the contrary, he believed the number
would be increased. II slavery and the
. lash were abolished the negro would turn
, his face to the sunny South, where he
would find himself happier and more USE
full than in the North. There would, be
sides, be migration from the North to
the South.
, Once abolish slavery, and emigration
wonld fow from Europe to the South, and
in few years there would So an increase
! of the cotton crop. lAppiause. He
came from the midss Of the cotton indus.
try Of Lancashire, and large portion Of
!, what he had in the world depended on
that industry. Not little Of it Was nov
/ valueless; his neighbors around him were
suffering more or less from the war; ane
: while it continued great numbers of hi'
fellow-countrymen would be dependen
on charity. His interest was, therefore
the interest OF all the great population il
the cotton districts. He spoke of the
question az one Of business, though h.
was glad that on that occasion bushes.
conceded with high sentiment and high
morality. [Appiause After some fur
lther rsmarks, in which the honorable gen.
e tlemen expressed hope that England
e and America might always be found
I working together in the cause of liberty
!. aud progress, he concluded amid mucl
Z rhearinu pfa