On the record
But I believe that the reign of Cotton is to be short-lived.
Source
gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “But I believe that the reign of Cotton is to be short-lived.”
Editor's note · Context
Mann expresses his belief that the dominance of cotton in society will not last long.
Share
More from Horace Mann
Let me read to you the disparaging and contemptuous remark of the address on that great palladium of human liberty, the trial by jury.
But such largesses to slavery as kings could not afford to give, and the robbery of an entire race of all its rights,--yes, and with authority, too, to make us help commit the robbery,--these are “factitious and imaginary” causes of…
The liberty of voting includes all other liberties.
Why, fellow-citizens, the ballot is worse than useless, if it be not FREE!
Other voices in this conversation
