The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-02-25


Cotton the Untversal King.
We make the following extract from the
N. Y. Express
Tho Abolition journals have a great deaf to say
about Cotton King Cotton DO. Ac..-but uey
you'd lam represent Cotton ~ KING only IN New
YORK, fhi!aosphla. or Boston. whereas Cotton ~
MING IN ENGLAND ~ we'll A. \ King IN the UnltSd
states. Destroy the cotton manufactures oil Eng
land. and there wouid he revolution IN AK months
Tor cotton, next to bread, is, If not the stan oi
lie, the staff Of England. a..
80 Cotton is 90 much Of King that every Abo,
lit,onist hugs HIM to his bosom,-winds HIM around
his neck ,-chenshss HIM next to his person;-and
shows his alteration OF him IN every PSt sonar way
If We could only induce the AbOlitionists to bs
consistent, sincere, straight forward, honest, OUT
making the African OF no value but curse, TO his
pna.ter,-for the moment cotton ceases To ne used.
the negro ceases to tie valuable to raise IT. There
can be no abolition OF slavery a. long AZ the brlt
ish and American AbOlltiOnisU use cotton. Cotton
is the soul OF slavery. Every wenrer OF IT., many
form, IL an uphoider OF slavery. The SIN OF wear
ing cotton is Just great then as the sin OF slave
ry The Cotton oerat thus IS not only only he who
produces IT. but he who sells IT, WORKS 1t, or wears
IT. Tho receiver IS as bad as the thief
This is bringing the matter directly home
In what respect, We have often asked, are
English and Yankee manufactures less re-
sponsible for the existence of slavery on this
continent, than the planters of Texas and Mis-
sissippi The latter make the cotton, and the
former buy it. Now, il is very certain that
cotton would not be made, If there were no
sale for it. The English and Yankees are the
largest purchasers and the largest consum-
ers. The Southern Shareholders are mere
agents for supplying them with the raw ma
teraI. Let them abolish the use Of cotton al
together, or cease their eternal clamor against
slavery. If to hold a man in bondage be
deadly crime, then it is the duty of every man
to avoid any, the very remotest, agency in the
preparation OF that crime. In what respect
is the man who pays a bravo to assassinate
another, less guilty of murder than the bravo
himself! He is nome the less guilty, nor does
the Divine law. nor any human code that we
ever heard of, hold him to be less
Here now is an appeal at once to the wide
mou thed abolitionists OF both hemispheres.-
They regard slavery as great sin. They have
it in their power to extirpate it ut once. Let
them renounce the use not only of cotton, but
of tobacco, sugar, coffee, and rice, upon the
spot, and half the work-nay, the whole of
it's done. While they keep up manu1acto-
ries of cotton that support millions of their
population, build schools for the education of
their children, make fortunes for their mer-
charts, and diffuse an other wise unattainable
prosperity over their whole country-while
while they are unable to exist without coffee
to drink and sugar TO sWeeten tit is vain TO
teach abolitionism. The world will have no
confidence in their teachings. 1t is not only
vain, but it is impious, to preach as parson
STOWE did in England, that it is impossible to
get rid of cotton at once. If it be imposs bic
to get rid Of cotton, it i, impossible to get rid
OF slavery. Now, if slavery be a sin, it is
sheer blasphemy to say that it cannot be gotten
rid OF. Besides, this is not the way to deal
with offences. They must be plucked up by
the root instantaneously. and at all hazards
"Touch not, taste not, handle not'' is the
Divine injunction. Let the abolitionists, them
foreswear a once every thing that is the pro-
duct OF slave labor-let them eschew rum and
cigais-let them abolish cotton shirts and
every species of clothing that has cotton in it
let them abolish coffee and lay an interdict
upon sugar--let them prescribe every man
who attempts to establish Il manu- fac tory of
cotton in their midst-let the schools that are
supported by the cotton mandatory be neg
lecied-let the ministers that are paid to de-
nounce slavery by congregations who live up
on the cotton manu- fac tory be locked of their
salaries-let all these things happen, and then
let the men who denounce slavery preach TO
the listening world. 1t must be a poor cause
that is not worthy of some sacrifice. Here is
a sacrifice for pretended fanaticism to make
before it can be believed.
Al present what ptiful figure do our Eng
lish and Yankee revilers make They de-
nOunce the Shareholders as the telon OF the hu-
man race yet they clothe themselves in his pro-
ducts from head to foot, find their principal
enjoyment in the luXuries he furnishes them,
and cannot sit down to breakfast in comfort
unless articles with which he supplies them
form principal staple OF the meal. 1t is not
worth while to preach to the STAKEHOLDER,
while this practice continues.