Louisiana Governor Wickliffe recommends economic self-defense for the South

In his farewell message, retiring Louisiana governor Robert C. Wickliffe decried northern anti-slavery attacks and recommended economic self-defense.  The North, he said, had a "dependent" economy and that "if the cotton crop of the South were to fail, for a single year, there would not be a solvent bank capitalist, manufacturer, or ship owner in the entire North."  New Orleans should exert its power, he concluded.  (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
"Louisiana Ultraism," New York Times, January 26, 1860, p. 2.
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