Washington telegraph., 1865-03-22

ei L-a-.
"a king,
| OF shrcds and patches. ."-Hamist
This is pretty much the history of cotton. Wa
had beautiful theory Of holding the scep:rs
over the world here in the South We thought
we had only to Withhold cotton, and Great
Britain would be torn to pieces with gaunt mob.
of famine stricken paupers, thrown out of Ell
ployment View England would be bankrupt,
France and Germany wouli breathe with diff
Guilty, and ths balance Of mankind su.f,r untold
miscries. We expected to bring the nations {,
our feet, swearing allegiance to our can Sc for
the sake of cstton, and to strike then, with dis
nay by threatening to apply tn, torch to II, Il
ne wsfe rot humorsd pretty extensively, Cot
:on was king. Aye! every inch"
The touc4stons otezperiencs cam. 70 be ay-
pAsd TO this som a-nhst arrogant but very eon-
iaFsat'o ids~ 81 ours Much to our ns.onish-
szent, Somewhat 20 our disappointment, not al
al % disnaay, and much to our instruction,
| We have found out that the world can survive,
tand do toierably, withoa. American cotton
hereafter, IS It lived ami tAriysj aud built ci-
lies, and drank It's wine and its beer, and wor.
/ good clothes aud raised children, and sustained
sorarosaenis, for nearly iYe thousand years b,-
| fore America was discovered. That ''ootton
| bslt' is not 30 well defined ss We thought il
was, but ox.snds it's frazzel edges eons. Tex ally
over 9su.h America Africa and Asia. The SUBJ
! jee.s OF king cotton, in Europe and New Eng
lsRd are qaite refractory in their disobeiicnc c.
fHiee1 saap thsir sn.-rs at him almost--lo DOT
| quite deny shei. .Il"gianee, bus tell him with
Hamlet shat he is king Of shre5s and patch
es." Trath as in Almost al similar ca.es, lies
be!weea. Cotton caanot rals tae wocb;, but il
is great element OF commercial wealth an.I De-
| litical power. Our cotton can b, dispensed
with certainly, but il cel, all other, and viii
always colansnd the market on free competi-
ton. We css make il better and cheaper tnan
any ether nation. We can dive Egypt and Iu-
dia out OF the market II is tho foundation of
eur wealth. but lis power does net rise 10 tho
height of dictation. The world would not by
ao means goints chaos, ra never to let
} ihem have another lock. The Yankee, and th.
| Engfshmsn, and the Frsnchman, and the
Dusch.an, would all fini 7leana Of subsistence
and somehow thrive. -F ...-.... --t
| This is nos at all humiliatins to u.s. We ought
not TO wish to hold the world by ths Throat
and take angenerous advantages. L,..ii saiics
Us that We an exel all ether natsns in cotton
cslture, and in time Of peace drive them out Of
tbs msTkst, aai reap the golden hsrvest Of iis
salo alms.t by monopoly. That 10 vantage
ground eno5gh for any enterprising peopl,
Bat with corrected ao;iors Of The ROYALTY Of
| soiton, other consequences sheull log ically fol
low. Since burning it does not Gll the world
with terror, why burn it wsntOnlyi Since 9th
sr nations can live without II. what advantage
DO We derive froN uithholdingi Since the de-
privatox Of it has not seemed to materially di-
ninish the power aud i,ssrIninatioz o. our en-
| smie,, why net let them have il, fer clolhing.
! medicines. and arms even, necessary to our
cazse. May we no: say to them, send Us pew
| der and re will send yen BALI as related OF
\ oai Revolutionary sTss in Wesni's Nsrion.
In fact, we all ~eH, off half-cock kcd on the
! cotton question early ia the war, and most o.
as are toe Prsul ~ change our opinions Tbs
trathis mus; sustaa ourselves On cotton.
We have no other basis. And that not only
makes Il necessary 70 preserve evoEy salo NTH
in our lines against destruction, bat also nsces.
states the Exchange st our cotton. undsr safe
regulations, for srsicles necessary FOR the army
and psoP!e-eren with the exemy. Otherwise
wo will be ike ehidgsn ho pou:, az refuse IS
ca. their bread and butter until ths table is
cleared.
One Tim. is sure s.essh. Ne foreign M
ton intends recognizing US on account Of csits q
faniRe. The motives which prompt them will
be just IS CiT.ctiro whsther lcake ihe best
use of our Gotten CT 5ot. C.tse has jlsI ~
auch to ds with eur recognition "a slavery h>s.
We are willing, if necessary TO ann the >vgre
i. cur causa, why not hl.o nsb;se our cstts.i
The only thiBg is SO 20 regulate the tbi2g al to
guard against treason ana iemera.iznlon IL the
trade. sf