1SS COTTON i-i \\ ITK'S M \ v \i . 



in. Ml. -r D|' .-.]>(-> MI!, if i. Mt. to a-.-, erf .( Ii;i( i: is ossent iall V noee 

 I'.M- tin- soil, for iln- eei.-al crops, that the |>. r. i industrious do 

 spoilm;-. .>f llu> natural elements, rdiouhl lurm-.h .<i j-.uide for 

 dim io-.t. -ration Tin- an.ilvtir.il in\ estimations made hy tho 

 author, and for their correctness ivceivin}* tho sanction of 

 I'., .fe-.-.,M- Von laehi:;-. the most celebrated chemist of tho 

 .1 ;o. Mini pvon t' 1 <!> w.'ild in ili.-ir |M."..-nt sh.'ij>o, fu o not in 

 trndod as llu^ l?i-;is .-C a now tli.-orv lorllio j>iodnMion ')' iho 

 roUon i-l.ini. IMI( inrn'I^ MS sn-r.oMivo .-raid--, and l>v ivtnrn 

 ...;-, to Iho s iil u 1ml has l>oon lakon from it. bvini; al.ont M n-, 

 torntion offortility, \slurl. ^.11 romlor its cultivalion |>n>litablo 

 t gr'u-nllnM,i, in :\\\\ otlu'i mai k ,-( aid,- orops NVhon. how- 



ovtjr, we reflect tlmt of the one thooiand millions of pounds 



of cotton, jM-odnrr,! in tho world, njiwanl-; of t\v- linndiod and 

 liliN n.dl.oi i-. of j.onnd-. au> ; -.ion in tho 1'nilod States, wo 

 loa.ldv so,> that tlu> in>iovtanoo of this crop suollin;-; to this 

 onotiuons amount MUOO 17S|.whon it was douhtod at I.ivor- 



pooli that 10 much as r ij^Al bates could be produced in tin 



Country demand! nil Hi.-..- -.oiontitic aids l>v \vhu-h othor 

 nations lias o fostonvl thoir ntftnlo njvi-ioultural productions, 

 and thorohN contribnto.! to national JM,-.. I( M::N I'n-'laml. \^ 

 IUM oomnuM-oial onloi pi ;--o. assinnod tho pinnaolo of national 

 rank. I ho ootton plftlit, Us jM-.-dnctlOtti And ttdopttttion to 

 human wants, hv i n a n n luetttring skill, u ill :;.\o tho Mood to 



invigorate our prosperity. What a picture of prosperity would 



ho prosotitod. if wo manufart urod in (':-. .'>.<. \ all the 



cotton :vrown in tho State. n, : . --alHciont commercial cap- 



1 i concentrate t he exportation and exchange 



of the manufactured ,-n. o,--.. V n city. Charleston ! 



Added to this, how much move pleasant u oul he the pivs- 

 po,-t aho-.d, '.'. tho cultivation of this crop was so ic-nlatod 



uTied out that it would fit tho noil for the increased after 

 production of the grain crops those crops so essential to the 

 prowpcrity of the world 1 



