Civil War Envelope: 'Cotton Is King!'

Image depicts John Bull, with a paper printed labeled 'Manchester' in his pocket, kneels on the body of a slave before a large, crowned bale of cotton. Text reads 'Cotton is King! Old England is mighty, Old England is free; She boasts that she ruleth the waves of the sea; (But between you and I, that's all fiddle-de-dee); She cannot, O Cotton! She cannot rule thee; Lo! Manchester's lordling thy greatness shall own; And yield more to thee than he would to the Throne; For before thee shall bend his fat marrow-bone; And deaf be his ear to the live chattel's groan.' (Photo by Stimson & Co./The New York Historical Society/Getty Images)