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)