ld in Tallahassee, Florida, and containing was has been The Florida Scheme."

two hundred names were registered, as members of the Chevention; but the question of adopting the substitute was pon the meeting, when there were not forty members present. bstitute, therefore, is not a fair expression of the views of the tion; and deeming it calculated to do injury, I ask permission some of my objections; and I do is in the hope that some cal plan will be presented by the next Convention of Cotton

viewing the pamphlet, I will suppose its figures to be correct: on this head I have no certain information.

est thing which presents itself, is the Irish Bull, "Thet the on of cotton has exceeded its production:" but let this pass. www of its boid assertions is, that "the extent of consume Les time, has been controlled by the extent of productio asserted in the face of the admitted fact, these she tax

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ESTABLISHED JANUARY 1, 1846.

FEBRUARY, 1852.

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[VOL. II., No. 2.

ART. I. THE MACON COTTON PLANTERS' CONVENTION.

As we said before, we are willing and anxious to have the important matters of this Convention discussed, by intelligent gentlemen, in our pages. [ED.

THE Convention of Cotton Planters, recently held in Macon, Geo., as a substitute for the report of its Committee of twenty-one, adopted a printed pamphlet, purporting to be a report made to a meeting previously held in Tallahassee, Florida, and containing what has been denominated "The Florida Scheme."*

More than two hundred names were registered, as members of the Macon Convention; but the question of adopting the substitute was forced upon the meeting, when there were not forty members present. The substitute, therefore, is not a fair expression of the views of the Convention; and deeming it calculated to do injury, I ask permission to state some of my objections; and I do it in the hope that some practical plan will be presented by the next Convention of Cotton Planters.

In reviewing the pamphlet, I will suppose its figures to be correct; although on this head I have no certain information.

The first thing which presents itself, is the Irish Bull, “That the consumption of cotton has exceeded its production:" but let this pass. The next of its boid assertions is, that "the extent of consumption up to this time, has been controlled by the extent of production." And this is asserted in the face of the admitted fact, that at the close of every year, a large surplus of cotton has remained in the hands of the sellers, which was not wanted by the manufacturers—a surplus amounting, at one time, to 1,221,000 bales; and at last dates amounting to 646,000 bales. No one will say that the Manchester or American manufacturers have at any time stopped their spindles, "worked short time," or 66 spun fine," because of short supplies of the raw ma When those measures were resorted to, it was because of

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