The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-01-15
COLUMBIA.
Wednesday Morning, Jan. Is. 1868.
TSao WAR upon Cotton Culture-Its
Probable Destruction.

Probable Destruction.
The civil war would not have de-
asToyed the culture of cotton in the
Southern States, had not radical le-
gg1sldtion come to the aid of war and
Its ravages. Delusive hopes of ne
gro equality or supremacy deranged
che labor which was necessary for the
cotton culture, and the cotton tax
added to this, rendered it unremune-
xative, The policy of England to
open new sources for cotton supply,
as another cause of the loss of our
cotton market. Neither England nor
tho radicals have exhibited foresight
iR thus accomplishing the ruin of the
cotton culture in that region. which
rs peculiarly adapted to it by soil,
climate, labor and the habits and
<e0ergy of the planters. The Eastern
States and England hs.ve, in con-
sequence, lost the Southern trade.
The South cannot purchase and pay
: for the goods and merchandise for
taerly received from England, and
from New York and New England.
Neither can the South pny for the
supplies of provisions and bread
;stufs which it formerly received from
the West. The entire country, and
aH foreign countries with which we
are engaged in commerce, should be
interested in sustaining the cotton
production in our Southern and
Southwestern regions. The National
IaseNigence'' calls attention to the
movements among Northern manu-
facturers, commencing lately at Pitts
burg, and now seconded everywhere
in the West and East, which tend to
the relief of the cotton staple from
'0necous burdens; but they do not
No far enough. The tax of 21a cents
pound takes from the. producers of
fhe-orop of 1867 $23. 100000. This
sum ought to be left in the hands of
the producers, rs n means for at
Eem2ting another crop. The objec-
~fion to it is, that spectators may be
benefited by it. The fact is, how
ever, that 100000 bales of the crop
, of the present season are still in the
hands of the original producers, only
Zoo, 600 bales having come forward.
This fact is attested by the New York
Financial Chronicle, which is accurate
Authority. But Congress refused to
apply the repeal to the crop of the
gear 1867, and have also unreason-
ably delayed action on the repeal bill
ill after the period of tho year when
che planters must make their arrange
1aents for the coming season, by
hiring labor, &c. Various motives
3ave been ascribed to the Eastern
radical politicians for their persistent
hostility to the rccuperation OF
Southern prosperity and industry.
Some of their leaders. as we may see
from their acts and speeches, enter
tain the hope that q great black en-
pire will arise on the ruins of the
Soathern States; new Africa, to be
governed by Africans, and to be sub
yeet to the moral, social and political
6Eeerests of Northern fanaticism, is
Go 5e legislated into existence in the
place OF the white civilization in the
South. The whites will thus be COM
PEELED TO abandon the country, and
leave it to African barbarism, By
maintaining in the Southern States n
standing army of black voters, pro-
2f'ctcd by Government organizations
and military force, this revolution
can be effected, and the radicals be
assured of perpetual control over the
country. Therefore, it is the radical
2ezders' doctrine, that though slavery
IS abolished, the slave masters are
not yet subdued.
There are Others who really thought
1hat successful competition with
tsnftpp could 1,o o,ooko1