In the secession of the "
Lone Star" from the
Union, the number of seceding States is swelled to seven.
These embrace the great source of supply upon which the manufactories of the world depend.
The sneers of the
Black Republicans at the insignificance of these States are in very decided contrast to the ponderous articles of the
London journals, all devoted to the most anxious discussions of the results of the secession upon British interests, and declaring in the language of the London
Post, Lord Palmerston's organ, that the possible loss of one cotton crop threatens
England with ‘"
a great danger, and that danger concerns not only the national prosperity, but the very existence of something like five millions of the population."’ All the
London papers teem with similar articles, but not one of them has yet suggested any possible injury which
England, or any other part of the world, can sustain from the loss of Northern products.
The reason is that the
North is, like
England herself, manufacturing and commercial, and therefore a rival and competitor of
England, whilst the
South produces staples upon which the commerce and manufactures of the world depend.
