... commerce of the world.This, now, is what becomes of our cotton; this is the way in which it so largely constitutes the basis ofcommerce and trade; and this is the nature of the relations existing ... created, the veil is lifted, and the author's name is placed upon the title page. The facts and statistics used in the first edition, were brought down to the close of 1854, mainly, and the arguments ... thing practicable in checking the demandfor the great staple of the South. Cotton is King still.In such a crisis as this, shall the friends of the Union be rebuked, if they determine to take...