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cotton cultivation all over the world, that must be detri 

 mental to America. 



I have made quotations for which I feel I may guarantee, 

 not only their accuracy, but that they also fairly represent 

 the state of cotton cultivation in India, where, I have no 

 hesitation to say, after fourteen years residence, and 

 after a tour through South Carolina and Georgia, that 

 India has every means of producing as fair cotton, and 

 far cheaper than America, 



And I submit, under the circumstances, the necessity 

 of America to introduce some other staples to uphold the 

 interest of agriculture an;l commerce than cotton. In 

 the first place, because the trade now in cotton is in a 

 bad state. Second, that cotton is not sufficient in itself, 

 even in the most prosperous state, to employ the in 

 creasing population of America. And in the third place, 

 England is determined to render herself independent of 

 America, and is most likely to succeed. 



It is curious, however, to remark that the East India 

 Government has been making their experiments in India 

 over to North West, under the influence of a burning hot 

 wind, or South of N., Lat. 20. Had the experiments 

 leen made N. East, from Lat. 24 to 29, a climate and 

 soil like that of South America might be obtained. 



