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iu India, may be made of some utility in developing 

 the rich resources of this great Empire, and in 

 following up to us sucessful an issue, some other 

 of the many experiments the wants or demands 

 of Europe are daily forcing on the attention of the 

 Indian Government. 



At the moment at which I write the manufac- 

 turing interests of the Mother Country, consequent 

 on the lamentable circumstances of the dis-United 

 States of America, are in the throes of a crisis that 

 threatens their annihilation. The operative classes, 

 paralyzed by so sudden a misfortune, are perishing 

 with want. Cold famine stares millions in the face. 

 The future of the present, holds out, literally, no 

 prospect of relief. Present misfortune, with hope, 

 is supportable. But with hope cut off, it is misery 

 indeed. Where then, it may be asked, is the 

 glory of England's colonies, if the internal broils 

 of a foreign land can so afflict her so sorely 

 strike her, in the very heart of her home? and 

 when one, India, alone, indisputably possesses the 

 means of supplying England's demand three times 

 over with ease, truly the question seems both fitting 

 and relevant. A reply however is very readily found. 

 India has not supplied England's demand, for a 

 double, yet very simple, reason. England is rich. 

 India is poor. The Capitalist has not suppli* I 

 the Cultivator with the means of relieving his 



stress. Speculating on peace, 



England 



has 



