JUNE 1861

War and King Cotton
“We recently published an article on cotton and the war setting forth the conviction that if the struggle should be a prolonged one, it would put an end to the pre-eminence of the cotton States in the supply of this important staple. For this assertion one or two of our subscribers in the cotton States are denouncing us as enemies to the South. It will ultimately appear, when the events now transpiring have reached their practical solution, that those who have ‘precipitated the South into revolution’ will have done more to uproot their institutions than all the noisy abolitionists to be found in the country. We firmly believe that the permanent interests of the cotton States are secure only in the Union.”

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1. 1. ColleenHarper 05:47 PM 5/31/11

   Who would have suspected that the conspiracy of Global Warming should be 100 years old already? I suppose the deniers should subpoena Arrhenius emails? Someone notify Cuch in VA!

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