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 The subioined article we copy from the New Orleans Courier, as eminently worthy oi consideration in the South West-especlally at this time, when so much is said about d. verting the productive labor from its present channels into those of manufacturing; a pro feet, by the way, that should be emore thorough ly examined, before It's execution be under taken, on large scale. We are by no means an advocate of over-production, or oi an ob- stinate adherence 10 unpro6table pursuits; yet, while we donot positively assert that the proposed change cannot benefit the planting region of our country, we are far from being convinced, by any thing that has yet been been written or said on the subject, that 1t IS capable of doing so. There are men who seem to have adopted the famous motto of Sam Patch-"some things may be done as well as others" But 1t is no less true that there are sFsome lhings,'' also, which can mol be done-certainly y not uselully. In this con- nection, some of our readers will recollect the great s1Cotton Convention" of l039-a measure, imposing as il was ill it's proposed objects and the character of it's orlglnators and members, we pronounced unwise and un | feasible, when il was first brrited abroad and challenged the almost undivided admiration and assent of the whole cotton region. Then, our voice, against this magnificent array, sounded, no doubt, like ''the bombardment of Gibraltar with pocket pistol" Yet where, now, are the fruitS of the .'Colton Conven- tonn of 1S39? The truth is, the forcing process-the ''hot-bed" system, while 1t may please and profit the cultvators of flowers, and enable the gardner to be early in the mar ket with his peas and potatoes, is wholly un- adapted to tie enlarged operations, and l worldwide interests ofthe ''great West.0 Be- sides, this whole scheme seems to be based upon, or too intimately associated with, that most arrant, impudent and contemptlble of all the Protective-T Tariff Eumbugs-'. home markeir'

 We hope the Memphis Convention will act wisely, and save themselves at least from rdicule, in reference to to this subject.

 Froa, He " 0. Courier, October s.

 The Money Article of the N. Y ork News mentions a fact which must be extremely in- teresting to the cotton growers of Louisiana and Mississippi. 'sIn three years, commen- cing with 1895, thirty millions of dollars, procured from New ' ork and London, were put into the cotton banks. which all tailed.- In three years Sp55,000,000 of actual money were poured over the virgin soil of those two states, bringing into cultivation vast tracts of lands, and doubling the crops between 1886 and l840; since when the purchase of land in that region has been very small, and of course the crop has scarcely increased. The present year, the crop, with the most tavora- ble weather, is greater than ever; yetln those states, with the natural increase of slaves, It has only been 100000 bales greater than in 1S40, and not so great as in l843. This is very pregnant fact, and it should have it's full weight with the trade. It shows that the great movements oi l65o--o nave Just HOW produced their maximum results, and that the vastly accelerated productions in 1836-40 have just now been overtaken by consump- lion, which is henceforth likely to keep full pace with production, The planting sections have, therefore, in all probability cycle of prosperous years before hem." There is no quack reasoning in this. It is fair deduction from well known facts--and taken in con- nection with the activity of the cotton manu- facture in Britain and in this country-an ac- tivity which is based on real demand-and consequently is permanent, the anticipatlons of the able writer of the article quoted, can not fail to be realized.