SOI T H E K X C I L T I V A TOR. 
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THE CH-IOV.'TH OF COTTON IN THE UNITED I goi 
I^tatcs and its Ifniiufacfui't* iu England. 
It is not enough that we have an abundance of ef- 
ficient labor to produce all the cotton the world shall need, 
OxE might challange the industrial statistics of the-j in addition to what is raised in other countries. We must 
civilized world to furnish a more interesting and instruct- | have good land in eolia! abundance before we are safe 
ive body of facts than those which would express the 
progress of cotton culture in this countrj'-, and of its manu- 
facture in 'England, in the last sixty years, England has 
from outside competition, and the danger of losing every 
material advantage we now possess^ "Very unwillingly 
I does England depend so much on the Cotton- growing 
had, and still has, the capital, labor and coal, as well as I States of the American Confederacy ibr an article so in- 
the industry, enterprise and commerce, necessary to excel j dispensable to her domestic peace and prosperity. Hav- 
all other nations in the cheap and extensive production of ! ing, however, tried thirty years in vain to supply her 
cotton goods, and in finding adequate markets for the | wants from other quarters, she is beginning to make her 
same. History teaches the pregnant fact : nor is it likely [ necessity a national virtue, and to speak more respectful- 
that any country will equal her in this important branch | ly of the kind of labor which produces her cotton. New 
of manufacturing industry for many years to come In j England will ere long do likewise-, nor will similar infiu- 
the last fifty years, the general increase of population in 
the Island of Great Britain has been about 100 per cent ; 
ences fail to operate in France and Germany. 
In a word, people are not apt to quarrel long and' ear'- 
while on an area of near 3-20,000 acres surrounding Man- 1 nestly with their bread and butter, nor look with jaun- 
chester, the increase during the same period has been 335 ! diced eyes at the sources of their wealth, when once un- 
percent., and in Manchester and 15 other to-vvns within the [ derstood. Without interfering with other branches of 
same area, the increase has been 330 percent. Consider- | Southern agriculture, we can grow not much over three 
ing what Great Britain has lost by emigration to her nu- | a half million bags, having an average weight of 450 
merous provinces and the United States, the rapid pro- | pounds. This gives 1,575,000,000 pounds. Allowing 
gress of her agriculture, and consequent increased demand j three pounds of seed cotton to produce one of lint, there 
for labor therein, and the great commercial prosperity of' be fingers enough to pick tour thousand seven hun- 
London, Liverpool, and other cities, the growth of the Ared and twenty-five million pounds, as gathered in cotton 
Cotton Manufacturing District of England is without a j fields. 
parallel in the Old World. Congress has endeavored, by | Allowing that the present low standard of physical corn- 
high import duties on British cotton fabrics, when brought j fort with the laboring millions of Europe, and the masses 
into this country for consumption, to transfer the labor of} everywhere, is destined to rise rapidly as compared with 
carding, spinning and weaving cotton from Old to New ! the past, it is easy to see a correspondino increased demand 
England; but with indifferent success. On the other j forall kinds of cotton fabrics, whether of clothing, bedding 
hand, Parliament has made no inconsiderable efforts to | or other household goods made of cotton, sail cloth, or 
obtain a full supply of cotton from India, and other coun- ' bags for holding grain and flour. L-ooking to the almost 
tries than the Southern States, with no better results. ' infinite variety of uses to which this article may be ap- 
The laws of trade are more potent than those of Legisla- 
tures, because they are laws of Nature. The manufacture 
plied, and its more than probable future consumption, we 
are a little concerned to know where all the fingers are to 
of cotton, however, is extending in France, Germany, j come from to pick nine or ten thousand million pounds of 
Russia, and in other European nations, as well as in | seed cotton in the few montiis allowed to this work in 
America. Allow to the two hundred and fifty million ! autumn. Possibly they may come in part from western 
peop’.e in Europe the same amount of cotton goods per ' Africa, from Eastern Asia, from Europe, from the North- 
head which it takes to supply the inhabitants of this 
country, and the consumption of our great staple will l)e 
doubled from this increase alone. Can it be produced to 
the extent it is likely to be needed during the next twenty- 
five years I 
We doubt if it can, unless much more free labor is em- 
ployed in its cultivation than at present. It would be a 
national misfortune to lose the many aduantages secured 
ern States ; but certain we are they will come from some 
quarter when needed. If there is anyuhing in the natural 
attractions of soil and climate, of good government that af- 
fords security to life and property, then the Southern 
Stales are destined to be at once the richest and most po- 
pulous part of the christianized world. Our process of 
reasoning on this subject is simple and in tliis wise : The 
longevity of the people of the South, their success in grow- 
to the republic by virtue of having almost a monopoly ofi the valuable plants adapted to temperate zones, and 
this article of prime necessity in clothing mankind. It | many that demand the heat of a tropical summer, attest 
■will ever do more than anything else to save us from the I truth of the remark that the Soutli has a peculiar and 
expense and misfortunes of a war with any of the great 
powers of the Eastern Continent. As a Pacificator the 
Cotton Plant is unrivalled. Its power in this regard will 
be maintained just in proportion to the dependence of Eu- 
rope on the United States for a supply of its lint ; and our 
remarkable climate, and one as salubrious as it is^extra- 
ordinury for its agricultural capabilities. These are n-n- 
/r/ruZ advantages, and will certaiuly be known in time 
among all commercial prople and nations. 
We have shown elsewhere, in the present number of 
success for the next quarter of a century in fully meeting j the Cultivator, and from reliable sources of information, 
the European markets will depend on our skill in grow- j that the citizens of Georgia are worth per capita 150 per 
ing cotton, and maintaining the natural fruitfulness of the j cent, more than the citizens of the State of New York. 
