, 1864-01-03
Cotton NOT Kfnu.


George Thompson writes 10 Vim, Lloyd
Garrison from England TINT the cotton famine
in that country las greatly abated. Here arc
his facts:
To give you some idea CT the diminution in
may refer TO the last report On the enbiect.
The number receiving parochial aid, In the
shape Of out door relicf, wss, in the third
week Of November, 1862, e49, ,s3G, while Id
the corresponding week Of 1865 it was Ill,
scs; being a diminution Of 1858. The
money paid in the former week was Els "a,
willie in the latttcr week 1t was :e8, ,e15, be-
ing decrease Of &, ,557.. To meet the dlstress
Of The approaching winter months, there is re-
n,alnfnE of the fund in the hands Of the Cen
t1al Relief Committee about ESQ, 900; of an-
other fund, called the BridgeWatcr House
eco; and III tho hands Of the farochlal boards,
41c0, ,CC0-total, a490, 900; to which add s1,
eco eco for employment on public works. and
5ou will sec that, exclusive of the ordinary
parochlal rates, VIC haze nearly Sc ,000, ,000 to
be applied to the relief Of distress, pending
the arrival of our expected supplies Of cotton,
aud the resumption OF work at our milis.
The value Of the works which are being
carried on in the various townships most &C.
yc1cly visited by tho distress, viii far exceed
the amount In money expended upon.thcm.
The result In the Improvement both Of the
immense. Miles upon miles Of streets viii
be severed and pared; parks for the people
will be laid out and planted; waste 1antIs
Will be drained and brought into cultivation: !:
and all who arc employed on these and sfrai-
lar undertakings, having their, physical wants
likely TO enjoy robust leslth than ttan the,
would be If iEnmured within the heated
1uom Of a cotton factory.
After asober and thoughtful review Of our
domestic condition during the last threc:
years, and an equally deliberate estimate Of
onr prospects for the future, hare arrived
at the conclusion that the faiIure Of our sup
ply Of cotton from the Southern States, has
done us no serious injury, and that IL, Its re-
suits to us It will, be one Of the most fnrtu-
unte e7ents that could have occurred.
I'll spell by Which VIC were once bound Is
broken-tho enchant1nent Is dissolved Eng
laud no longer bows her neck to the yoke Of
slavery. Her cotton is no longer stained
with blood.
Previous to the breaking out Of that wick
cd rebellion, which at tllis moment Is alike
convulslsg md regenerating your country,
so prolific were the plantations Of the South,
60 excellent was the quality Of the fiber
grown, so comparatively near was the fold OF
production, aud SO established were the trade
exchanges and correspondence between Eng
lana ana America tnaL eIgnty-uFc per cent.
Of all the cotton ne consumed came from
your elaye-cursed shores. While this was the
state Of things, there WAS not tho slighsest
possible encouragement to other countries to
I grow cotton In competition with the produce
/ Of the Southern States. Hence our bondage
to tho Shareholders seemed complete anu in
e1ornble- By their own act NC have been
emancipated, and shall never agafn ba Gu
hral1ed. The cunning have been taken In
their own craftiness. Vaulting ambition
| hath o'erleaped itself. +.
How maryelously have events, even In
themselves, worked toward the urthcrauce
/ Of ends beneticcnt and good!