 | Edwin Wiley - 1915 - 566 sivua
...1860-61 to 13,000 bales in 1861-62.* The South believed that " cotton was king " and that without it England " would topple headlong and carry the whole civilized world with her." t Quite the reverse was true. Instead of depending on Southern cotton, England depended on Northern... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Shambaugh - 1918 - 664 sivua
...whole world to our feet. . . . what would happen if no cotton were furnished for three years t .... England would topple headlong and carry the whole...earth dares to make war upon it. Cotton is King". To Francis Lieber, Senator Hammond wrote on April 19, 1860 : " I firmly believe that the slave-holding... | |
 | Broadus Mitchell - 1921 - 288 sivua
...Feb. 27, 1850, quoted in Pleasants MS.). happen if no cotton were furnished for three years? . . . England would topple headlong and carry the whole...power on earth dares to make war upon it. Cotton is King."80 Propaganda toward sweeping in Mexico and the Spanish West Indies to the Southern slavery system,... | |
 | Charles Edward Hill - 1922 - 434 sivua
...certain, England would topple headlong, and carry the whole civilized world with her. No, you dare not make war on cotton. No power on earth dares to make war on it — Cotton is King. " Besides this dependence of Great Britain upon the South for cotton, British... | |
 | Elizabeth Merritt - 1923 - 178 sivua
...planting a seed of cotton. . . . What would happen if no cotton was furnished for three years ? . . . England would topple headlong and carry the whole civilized world with her save the South. No, you dare not make war on cotton. No power on earth dares to make war upon it. Cotton is King. The greatest... | |
 | 1923 - 520 sivua
...planting a seed of cotton. . . . What would happen if no cotton was furnished for three years?. . . England would topple headlong and carry the whole civilized world with her save the South. No, you dare not make war on cotton. No power on earth dares to make war upon it. Cotton is King. The greatest... | |
 | Harold Underwood Faulkner - 1924 - 752 sivua
...without drawing a sword, should they make war on us, we could bring the whole world to our feet. . . . What would happen if no cotton was furnished for three...whole civilized world with her save the south. No, you dare not to make war on cotton. No Power on the earth dares to make war upon it. Cotton is King." '... | |
 | Wallace Walter Atwood - 1927 - 586 sivua
...resulted in the fulfillment of Senator Hammond's prophecy, should England's cotton supply be cut off that "England would topple headlong and carry the whole civilized world with her." l Since then Great Britain has encouraged the growth of cotton in other lands. The cotton industry... | |
 | John Holladay Latané - 1927 - 754 sivua
...would topple headlong and cany the whole civilized world with her, save the South. No, you dare not make war on cotton. No power on earth dares to make war upon it. Cotton is King. Until lately the Bank of England was king, but she tried to put her screws as usual, the fall before... | |
 | Broadus Mitchell - 1928 - 368 sivua
...government," and asked "What would happen if no cotton was furnished for three years? . . . No, you dare not make war on cotton. No power on earth dares to make war upon it. Cotton is King." The biographer of Gregg could wish, for the sake of consistency, that he had stood out against secession... | |
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What would happen if no cotton was furnished for three years ? I will not stop to depict what every one can imagine, but this is certain : England would topple headlong and carry the whole civilized world with her, save the South. No, you dare not make... 
