The Xenia sentinel. [volume] (Xenia [Ohio]) 1863-186?, 1864-02-23
"COttOn is King"

Cotton e1GS1 hlng, Dut king cotton IS
dethroned. King C1tton's paraSit -in-chief
proposes now to exalt Queen Cor to the
thrO e, aud most Disgusting conclusion to
the Lords OF Cot-ond m, the North, is pa
rad d bef6re their bl GIFTED vision as an
illustration of tha sup rior virtues of Cow
versus Cotton. This works a marvellous
revolution, 1t has been ciPhered out with
the point of baynnet. and the figures are
bold and deen Mr.. D. Bow was editor
of the great COMMERCIAL magazine Of the
South IA D. BoR'sR lew" He believed
that Cotton was King. and tlia' the Cotton
plant was the tree of life" set in the
nj !st of the garden # slavery. Mr., De
Baw was Jealous adv cate of Southern
Independence, and Southern institutions,
and he exhaus ed the fgur 5 Of mercanti E
arithmetic and the figures &c CONNIE .cial
aud Political rhetoric. in displaying the
future glories of, the-co ton republic (0
before the 81 wing imaglnatiOns of his
Sopthern bre hrrn. His statistics were
lyrics his il u<trati ms nanegyrics Of the
probabilities and poss bilisies of the S nth,
under the broad canopy the cotton plant,
and the benign inAu nee of negro slavery
The. hearts d mrginauons of the South
were fired in common c'nhagrariOn, in eW
of the magnificent future VIII ch Mr.. De
Bow expounded t'efore thrir glowing Wis
ions. Mr De Bow Is IN a rebel prison.
e5Bfncd thereby order IF. Mr.. Jefferson
Davis. President and Dictator of Dixie.
II VIZ 7ar-,r -lr t..-
NJ De Bow, after som twenty or thirty
months rxperirnce in rebellion, concluded
that he had miScalculated, and on the
pag sGfhsrevi W, printed a recantatiOn Of
lis sfornerglitteirng 6enclu ions. FOrthis.
Mr.. jeff Davis flung him into prison,
where he is now repenting of his rec-nt
faith ii fggaares. - Mr.. Davis attemp ed to
suppress the heTesy. butit was printed,
al fugitive copies escaped. q.
.- This article begins blythe alarming state
ment that in a yer or so S9gthern. cotton
will be need d no longer BY the world, and
that the agricultural basis Of the rebellion
Is not sufficient 70 naintain Il against its
enemies. Mr.. d. Bow admits that the Ia
bnrers. of the North live with a adegree of
comfort often unknown to the wealthy
planters of tie South, and asks if the South
should ex mine into the lcaus of this DIFF
ferencG While he beF ewes slave labor to
havs been economical b fore the time of
John Brown and Henry A. Wise, he con-,
e-idefs thdt it is III aper now-for the white
S utherners to- wax than to smnintain ne
gra es to work for them. Thepeople ofthe
North "educate their children. and teach
them that there is no di-hnuor in employ
ing either their hands or their heads and
say b Idly even ag inst our prejudices,
I think tbey are right" Then Dir. De
Bow rises ward climax. He compares
ten Free States with ten Sllve States, and
shows that in comparative productions the
greatest differences are in the proportions
Of, mulch c0l0s to populations, and there
FIRE he pr claims, abe Confedsracy can not
longer be maintained by. cotton and can
only b. save1 by COW. Rank treason No
woniler :, Jefie p imprisoned Mr.. De Bhw. 4
/ But " / craase the number of COWS, y he
says, " and thuk No more of the Regro
The land, then, -ip~tead of being deso'1ted-
by war, and tn inhibitants G unit with
privatidis AMI misery, Will a AW literIlly 1
with milk, and honey, as iu the times Of
Joh.3la1Ye Guds4 Mr. De BOWshould !
b. hung, between 7a.funaWay anigger and
a muley COW But this is not ALT.
"C"ton has fai ed, or viii fail us; the
negro has failed, or will fail US; it is idle /
tn hope longer 70 enja, peacefully the pro-
ceeds Of his labor, when at this moment
eigh y,fmu aud # his color are organized,
and hpldaarm>,in their hands to f ee their
fellows. The Longer the war Is pritrarted
the mo e Violently wiIlslav2r, b destroyed !
For two years and half W hdv! Wrg d I
war; and ldstmoYe thin baH The terrItOry !
over, which. we ras-qFtsds jurisdiatienj the
supply Of P4tlle eames 20 f9' G r fr"m !
Texas, nor does cnttnn escape longer from /
tho ffS1ttifeFf 1tdf furnish rs with supplies.
FhsiBlisEGssippi bears a RdndTel gunbna's,
hsTfUf JherR1 iron.elads; 1thtt efFeotually !
preEepk our qecupatiqR 6f any Peint ajoug
its entire eQbr e. Or even the pas age Of it,
ex ept under the cover Of darkness and by /
stealth"
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But, iabove all, what pr gress have we I
mad I? Is thsrsAvsspowsr more secure |
than before wesseoededI2 Are We in such
a condition as 10 pr1mise ourselves, even
with the reputation of al debts. both at
home and abroad, exemptions from duties
andhigh taxa ion? What have We tOhOpe /
fir, both as reg1rls ssIyvpry or the pros,
poets of the Southern CoofederacyR'- !
Undoubtedly Cow Versas Cotton has |
brought Mr.. De Bow to his milk,-Day-
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