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" 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 Pictorial Book of Anecdotes and Incidents of the War of the Rebellion ... - Page 90
by Richard Miller Devens - 1866 - 705 pages
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The Pictorial Book of Anecdotes and Incidents of the War of the Rebellion ...

Richard Miller Devens - History - 1867 - 706 pages
...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...Cotton is King! Sir, there is another King besides Cotton—Humbug is Kins!" Which Side? Walking one day on the beach at Birattz, Louis Napoleon happened...
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An Explanatory and Pronouncing Dictionary of the Noted Names of Fiction ...

William Adolphus Wheeler - Fiction - 1872 - 462 pages
...of March, 1858, from which the following is an extract : — " No : you dare not make waruponcottou. No power on earth dares to make war upon it. Cotton is king. Until lately, the Bank of England wasting; but she tried to put her screws, as usual, the fall before...
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The Pictorial Book of Anecdotes and Incidents of the War of the Rebellion ...

Richard Miller Devens - United States - 1873 - 742 pages
...remembered for his famous "mudsill" speech in the United States Senate, in the palmy days of Union, when the lion and the lamb there commingled. In that speech,...not make war upon cotton. No power on earth dares to inuke war upon it. Cotton is King ! " Senator Hammond, as well as many others, unquestionably believed...
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The Pictorial Book of Anecdotes and Incidents of the War of the Rebellion ...

Richard Miller Devens - United States - 1884 - 748 pages
...Union, when THE BOOK OP ANECDOTES OF THE REBELLION. the lion and the lamb there commingled. In tluit speech, the vivacious Senator declared that by means...cotton. No power on earth dares to make war upon it. CMonis King!" Senator Hammond, as well as many others, unquestionably believed this, and acted accordingly....
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The Constitutional and Political History of the United States: 1859-1861 ...

Hermann Von Holst - United States - 1892 - 492 pages
...furnished for three years? England would topple headlong, and earn' the whole civilized world with her. No, you dare not make war upon cotton. No power on earth dares to make war upon it. Cotton is king. Until lately the Hank of England was king; but she tried to put her screws, as usual, the full bofore...
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The Constitutional and Political History of the United States: 1859-1861 ...

Hermann Von Holst - Constitutional history - 1892 - 488 pages
...furnished for three years? England would topple headlong, and carry the whole civilized world with her. No, you dare not make war upon 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...
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Handy-book of Literary Curiosities

William S. Walsh - Curiosa - 1892 - 1116 pages
...South Carolina. In a speech delivered by Hammond in the United States Senate on March 4, 1858, he said, "No ; you dare not make war upon cotton. No power on earth dares make war upon it. Cotton is king. Until lately the Bank of England was king; but she tried to put on...
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Handy-book of Literary Curiosities

William Shepard Walsh - Curiosa - 1892 - 1114 pages
...Carolina. In a speech delivered by Hammond in the United States Senate on March 4, 1858, he said, " No ; you dare not make war upon cotton. No power on earth dares make war upon it. Cotton is king. Until lately the Bank of England was king ; but she tried to put...
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An Explanatory and Pronouncing Dictionary of the Noted Names of Fiction ...

William Adolphus Wheeler - Anonyms and pseudonyms - 1893 - 490 pages
...March, 1858, from which the following is an extract:— " No: you dare not make warupon cot-- ton. No power on earth dares to make war upon it. Cotton -is kins:. Until lately, the bank of England was king ; but alie tried to put her screws, as usual, the...
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Charles Sumner

Moorfield Storey - Legislators - 1900 - 492 pages
...furnished for three years? England would topple headlong and carry the whole civilized world with her. No, you dare not make war upon cotton. No power on earth dares to make war upon it." His more enthusiastic associate, Wigfall of Texas, insisted that " Victoria's crown would not stand...
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