Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-03-11
VOLUME xxvlII.--ss. 10.
The Cotton ouestio4 in England.

The Cotton Question in England.
A correspondent Of the Charleston Courier,
writing from Nassau, gives the following con.
cerning.the distress caused by the want OF
cotton in England: y ~
From che English journals we observe that
the distress in Lancashire is assuming ap-
.palling proportions. The number Of opera
tives out Of work at the last report was 2G5,-
OoO-every one of them dependentupon char.
ity and rated as outdoor paupers. Large
public meetings are being held over England
for the purpose Ct raising funds to support
the sufferers. e'fa't = i,A
At public meeting held in London, Lcrd
Stanley has made q speech in which the fol.
lowing sentence appears:
she expressed hope that We should soon
have seen the worst. That depends on when
the American war shall terminate. II it lasts
another year we have not by any means seen
the worst should it last Eve years, the.ruin
of Lancashire will be irretrievable" -as.-
The Dublin University Magazine for De-
cember, has an article on tie Lancashire
troubles entitled Men, Masters and Cotton"
After portraying the sufferngs Of the opera
tives, and paying tribute to their patient
and orderly conduct, the writer makes these
significant remarks:
{" 1t now appears that the Cotton crops
have been but partially destroyed. An im-
mense quantity awaits the breaking Of the
blockade for shipment. Her Majesty's Con-
sui at Charleston SETS down the total atoek Of
Cotton in the South at 3,s5o0o0 bales. Is it
not worth running risk to obtain,this sup
ply aud light up all the factory fires sgain?
1t would be difficult matter il England were
expected to act alone, but all Europe would
be with us, in any effort We might make to
bring about settlement and stay the useless
etfusion Of blood. Unless through foreign in
terYention there is no hope for peace. The
remarkable lettee. of General Scott, read at =
New York meeting, shows that the North
erners co ceive themselves little more than
at the beginning of the war as yet. The veteran
leader named three years as the shurtest TIME
within which they can conquer the South.
and they seanea prepared To accept his die
tuln. The question for our Government is
whether it will support our worklpen BY nas.,
tional grantsSfor what remains of',his pro: !:
tractei period. The aid odesed BY public
contributions will soan cease. What ihea is
10 be done? 1t has now been shown that
the most India can do for us is very little.
All our substitutes have failed. We are thrown
back on the Southern American produce.
The eyes Of tens Of thousands are strained
Westward to discern the first streaks Of an
approaching peace which will restore happi-
uess to the desolated homes Of I.ancashir.
We have TO other hope-no other reliance"
ave shall never be free from embarrass.
ment until we make up our minds to recog.
nize the Confederacy, and thus do more to
put an end to the miseries of war in America
and enforced idlenees in Lancashire than if.
joined in the half measure of mediation pro,
posed by France, which, if not backed by
force, would only irritate and give little
fresh strength to the Lincoln Government
An English paper, in remarking upon the
condition of affairs in the manufacturing dis.
fricts, states that in Lancashire there are
thousands of stalwars men loieering about
with their hands in :heir pockets, waiting for
nothing but the next bulletin of American
news. A traveller through the manufsctur-
ing towns describes the appearance Of" hun.
dreds Of smokeless chimneys" as "harrow-
ing sight"