Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-11-29
a. King Cotton"

Sser since the traitnr- first threatened re
: Hon. they have Kept prominsn, the idea
a, Cotton i, King. Toe IDEA with them
- been ,ha, the States now N rebellion
"a an absolute monopoly o. this article,
lyvb,eh they could - lar control trade as
+, govern the world In the frst place cur
can manufacturer. must have Southern
eaton " .hut dosn their gate and in the
,s1t. the mill. Of france and England ssre
Or ud,n, on The article, and wi,bou, j,
,,,i. lalorcr. vaall .tArys. Dyahtle-. our
.sp mills. would. many Of them, stop. II
there was an entire failure in procuring
S,u,heru cotton Anl the English and
r,nch people would come short Of iull
,lrply f0r the same reasons
Ia, should all this come to pas. the difh-
c4l'y would .non D. removed. II would
reraie transfer Of cotton growing from
So s.is 10 other regions. 4 large crop j.
u1w harvested m iae EAs, Indie, which ].
trough, - England, France anu this cOun.
try. Cotton growing there IS now no eI.
lerrment. BY larsc Investments the amour,
,.cse rai,ci " 1uli in /. .hor. time De qu- &
rlilci 10 many portions Of Africa, cot
tn grows spontaneous, and the regions
who're Il j. natural plant are Comparative
IL healthy. - much - tia, white labor
r,a'l be rroaiaoly employed. In Central
.luefica. 10 nearly al the STATE. cotton can
- raised in - e Of them !, grows naiu-
raj. With fair cultivation, almost any
quantity could be ra,-~d m that region.
TIE same {. tree u RSeh u Mexico.
With al these n.tsr.l AdvAniAgrs for
c0tuou growing. u y IDLE 20 talk about .
monopoly O! the article. Eni,rpnse and
,sp,tAl so wherever profitable returns are
,uri. u-r-o the flly Of all The bras that
"a. c0me IRON southern sOurees, tha,"COt-
ton b Kns"
Iacrv IL another cOn s'deTa,iOn which iol'
loss Close at the heel. VI the tabled moo
ali capital aud enterprise should once
y pie anu cultivate tue cotton lands IN the
r,sion. JlsI mentioned, i, would De the death
IT o1tlon raising m the SouIh. They ~0ald
~ .Geh 49, b eJnpeI.el ~ sell the,r cot.
Ton for Any price they could get, or no, sell
nMall. But why discuss this question a'
!oas a. there IL 10 reasonable probability
that the contingency Supposed will ever ar
rive. IL y true the last crop OF cotton 10
IOw mainly locked up in The secession STATE.
by ibc FEDERAL blockade. and bit little has
zone into lAs market. aud there u at the
pgv-ont tine scarcity. \ question here
suggest. itself. VIII tue cotton now in the
S,Oth Dc brought into The market. and will
our n,!!s. .ad the ua,lls OF England aud
Francs have the privilege Of WORKING ~
We thank an Affirmative answer can be CIV.
en-. Bat II will no, DO due by raising the
blockade. Bot II the blockade remains,
ho~ eau such rssul, b A,uinvdl We
max a few Suggestions In reply
/, will be right % make 'he rsbsl State,
pay the expenses oi Ih,s var, and Ih,' can
only be dlne ~ sc,E.ns and con6.ea,iag the
property OF tbe rybg... The eCuicauVo La
OF tie .a,i session OF C,nsrr,s loJsci dIrrct
~ 10 Jar.eui II cl,tJn B. HiBs. why not
,,iIs ths monarch other words. why
no, maS, At a.Pec.l. pom, 10 prosecuting
the w, % sLizE ,oJsJS wherever It can Be-
found? Our C!ngr.ss Las already ane-
nensi the principle, aud II tAe theory n.
r,sh,. the onIy remaining question to BE-
solJ,l 10. can a. De made prae,ica!2 Why
rot! IL. rrleticsbih'y has already been
dsmy nssEated. The successful landing Of
our asci at Port Royal and Beaufort hA,
oIensia cotton REGION and placed large
quantity Of the article within our reach.
The negroes, a. our readers well know. re-
fusci % follow their sastsf. IN Their Digit,
choosing TO NEE, our troops. Nov let these
soutEat4nds =" b. immediately set at work
for snail pay. harvesting the cotton. and
let our arny make It point TO gather and
eohfscaie all within their reach. There Il.
no. thing u hinder ihi. bsins done and
unless our government adopts ,his policy.
the rebels will burn up and destroy a large
portion Of the article in ,ba, region. Thl.
will serve ,so-fold l-srpOse-,o ipjure the
rebel, and help US. By the ed Of our i'm.
nensc see,. other ports beside. BeauiOr, can
b. opened. There Is a large quantity OiOo,-
ton m the secession States. and our govern.
men, can get it, and II they Tail to do IL, the
whole world wi! laugh 4, their stupidity.
By carrying into successful Operation poll
ey Ike th.s. several desirable thing. will be
attained. !. II will compel the traitors 10
eonUibgte largely towards dsfraying the
expenses Of the war. This s al important
item, !or i, fu-Risie. the rebels add relieves
cur own people irOu Onerous TAXATION.
growing out Of IN expensive war inauga-
rated BY the former. .. I,rslisvss our own