The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-05-29
RATE or -ssIui5BscRIPT1oNs.
RATEs or ADVERTIsING,
. JThe FnlIl Or King cotton. c;

The events of the war have given a
great shock to southern confidence in
King Cotton. His throne is quite up
setin the hearts-of his subjects. They
have lost all faith in his regal power.
They have so little confidence instheir
former boasted control over the mar
kets of the world, that they protest
against aiGoyernmentSt tax Of Ave cents
a pound, as making the crop totally
unsaleable, except atCa1oss.E They do
not say, as formerly, that Liverpool
must have their cotton at any price.
Though they estimate the coming yield
at only one-third OF that of 1860, ye
they expect only price Of e ifteen cents
a pound after baling and storage. The
Augusta c6nstituttondlist dilates upon
the theme, with heat which illustrates
its. new born loyalty to the Union. as
well as the. wreck OF its faith in King
Cotton. Alter figuring up clear loss
on the crop at the price above named
it Madjures" its renders as follows:
Let cotton alone, The mules and the
Federal Government and the asiSgers
viii eat all the meat and give you the
polished bone. Plant corn. Corn is
bread and meat, will keep body and
soul together, will satisfy your hands
when hunger begins TO pinch 'em in the
fall, will keep you atioat till next year,
and can't be taken away'though capital
should be so blind as to deny you fur
ther time to pay. And another thing
So doing, you will not only do your
selves good this year, but for many,
manylyears to come. To the extent of
full three hundred millions of green
back dollars has the cotton we. had at
the close OF the war helped the Federal
.credit-and sorelY did 1T need 1t. That
.God-send; but are you willing to boil
ster up Government which, as per es-
innate, only leaves you, for all extra
crop ex penses, but one ttUenty- third part
of your gross receipts2 1t soi planters
of Georgia, you are indeedafit to be rid
den, boot and spur. But If, like the
true sons of gallant Oglethorpe, you
to make bricks without straw; IL yoh
say By act and deed yole t0tn not gre
time, labor and money only that TIE Jtttt
prOft of all shat 90, hTtf; 10 theTegT0es0f
irhoW you I0ere .T0b6ed, aid hay % the
debt incurred JOit5 Me bdHs ttdt Killed
youIt kiilSnlel1, you will bring about
such aniearthquuke in Wall street and
and the credit of Federal bonds, as will
speedily work tyranny's DOWNFALL
Now, have we not had argued out for
us, many and many a time, as clear as
mud, that an export tax on cotton must
come out ofthe pocket ofthe consumer
and not of the producer7 And was not
the whole expense ofthe Southern Com
federacy to be borne by such a tax?
Such IS the reaction of hopes disap-
pointed. Yet the South still miscon5
strues the non-interyention of Europe
in the late rebellion. 1t was notthe lack
of urgent pressure for southern cotton
which prevented foreign interference.
1t was the presence and the cause of
which civilized nations dared
not espouse. Let the South grow its
cotton freely, but no more of slavery.
The former will find a profitable mar
ket; but twill be vain for the latter to
hawk its wares or plume itself upon its
virtues. Wa &