The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1862-03-26
Amss xsndall's Lettsrs.
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L Z TT ER III.

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Wealth and Inst for Power. Fos
\ tered by the Cotton Monopoly. Ii,
Cause cf the rebellion Glass
u cs Of Slaveholders-One for th.
u Union-king Cotton an Insult L
Great Britain and France, and I
Conspiracy against the CommcrciaI
i World.
Ito Abraham Lincoln. Prssidsns Of IL
i Uni "a States: a'i. R
6EsrzezzD Sra; Il -. last I propessd
70 consider 10 this letter the causes which
have led 70 the pending rebs slIion, and to
show the advocates Of emsnc ipation that
they have every reason TO bs satisfied with
the progress that operation is making.
| The cause or causes Of the rebellion mag
Dc summed up 10 the single phrase. Pride Of
Wealth and Lust for Power. These are no.
peculiar 70 the South. but have their infiu-
Ience in the North % we'll. North and South
they pervsde. with honorable exceptions,
those classes Of society which find means
10 live and enrich themselves without MANI.
81 labor. North @ veil q South The feel
ings Of these classes revolt against Gov
eminent controlled BY the soiling millions,
and would overthrow is IL they could. Inl
the North The attempt would be hopeless,
and the asissocSssic glasses quietly sequi.
escs 10 things % the arc. 10 the cotton 70.
gion Of the South the lsborsrs have no po-
liticsl rights and the asissocratic glasses
govern in aIl that relstes TO The local Affairs.
But they are NOT content with that. Their
pride sevoIis st association in any Govern
menL however mild snd bene6eent. 10 which
lsboring men participate directly or indirect.
~ To get rid Of such Cover nment. tho
L has been the chief source Of eli their
10 the object Of the present re.
bellios. Tue svowed design or the South
Carolina leaders is the osgsnizs,ios Of
community composed Of genils@en and u.
A~~~~~s@ ~Af~h - s~sasv~~s asssss 81
nsssess ssa ~ Isbsssss their sIsvss Te
lhis sad shey wsrss bsfassI the ssbsIlissl
broke out, avowedly tn favor Of reopening
Ihe African slave trade. snd have since sub.
Ditted with bad grace 70 restriction in|
heir Confederate Constitution, dictated byIy
10 apprehension that il would not be cafe s.I
present to outrage the feelings Of the civil
zed world. ID
But there % . considerable class Of slave
FOLDERS. especially in the border s!svehoId.
NC Ssaies. who DO mot entensin this anti.
,sthy TO labor. Il 10 composed OF men off
Moderate means. owning but few sIsves.--I
They are the self-msde men, whose industry d
Ind economy have enabled them 70 purchsse| Z
me or more slaves. and may Be seen at work e
o the same field With their own negross.-lp
rhey do not sympathizs with the cotton. 4
ice and sugar planters, who reckon their ID
Isves BY hundreds. and who never put therII
'wn hands to the plow. the hoe, or the axe. =
These small slaveholders. numerically probs. r
'ly more numerous than the rebel class, hsv- z
NC no repugnance 10 being associated in slb
fosrSulncus eOuuOi0o ~ Psft ~ tn0 tu'
'oring men Of the North, and they are gen Z
rally faithful to the Constitution and thele
Union. Slavery does not make them rebels. ID
Cotton is : more prolific element than Z
lavery in generating the "pride Of wealth.
ind lust for power" which have produced L
be rebellion. though both have co-operased.
Had cotton, like wheat and corn. been a|a
,soducs Of the North % well % the South, ID
. cultivation would not have been source .
II inordinste wealth TO Southern planters;s
or the free labor OF the North would thenli
,sve been brought into direct competitionls d
Nth the slave labor Of the South, and thels
Price Of the article would have been se.
lueed to moderate profit Bot the climate |
bas given to the Soa,h monopoly Of this
culture. and Il is . monopoly not q al de- |
pendent on the existspcs Of slsvssy. Isli
would still exist = effecsuaIIy = Il does
nov II slavery we're swept out Of existence
Ind the commercial effect would probably
II that event b IN enhancement Of the ,
price.
The invention Of The cotton gin and i'm
provsnsnts % manufacturing machinsry, % /
'heapssed The preparation ssd mssuiaesurs
y cotton o 70 bring q into composition.