| Staunton Vindicator, "Cotton and American Slavery," February 24, 1860 Summary
The Democratic editor portrayed slavery as an engine of economic growth that fueled the textile industry in England, providing
thousands of jobs for needy families. Consequently, those "Britons" opposed to American slavery, such as the excerpt from
Lord Brougham, the editor suggested, should think twice before criticizing it.
EXCERPT:
"Let us create new fields of produce if we can; but meanwhile, it is neither just nor dignified to buy this raw material [cotton]
from the Americans, and revile them for producing it."
Full-text web version of newspaper  Points of Analysis to this Data:
 "Augusta's Democratic Party emphasized that slavery was the country's economic engine of success, protected in the territories
by the Dred Scott decision, and they defended Stephen Douglas to the end as the best candidate to defeat Lincoln."
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