. Our country's story; an elementary history of the United States . hern income came from ? ^^ manufactures ; therefore the North preferred high duties on goods that could be made in America. The cotton-gin encouraged negro this, many, even in the South, hadfelt that it would be good to have no suchthing as slavery, but now large numbers ofworkers were needed, and it was thoughtthat the negroes would not work unless theywere slaves. If cotton was not plenty, the mills in the Northwould make less money, and, therefore, many Northerners werewilling to have slavery flourish. John
. Our country's story; an elementary history of the United States . hern income came from ? ^^ manufactures ; therefore the North preferred high duties on goods that could be made in America. The cotton-gin encouraged negro this, many, even in the South, hadfelt that it would be good to have no suchthing as slavery, but now large numbers ofworkers were needed, and it was thoughtthat the negroes would not work unless theywere slaves. If cotton was not plenty, the mills in the Northwould make less money, and, therefore, many Northerners werewilling to have slavery flourish. John Adams became president in 1797. Before that time,France declared war against England and wished the United Trouble withrr^r^ -——•- -— ^ States to ioin her; but our i•fff government refused to have anything to do withEuropean was angry andbegan to destroy our ves-sels. The French minis-ter, Talleyrand, suggestedthat this would be stoppedif the Americans wouldbribe some of the officialsA COTTON-FIELD of the Frcuch government. France. 174 OUR COUNTRYS STORY Hail,Columbia Then Charles Pinckney, who had been sent to France to repre-sent the United States, declared that his country had millionsfor defense, but not one cent for tribute. These words were inevery ones mouth, just as in the Eevolution every one was say-ing, No taxation without representation. America is notscared, wrote Adams. France shall do as she pleases. Thethought of another war made the union of the states was when the words of Hail, Columbia, were written,though the music had been composed several years before. Thetune was called The Presidents March, and was first playedwhen Washington was going through Trenton on hisway to New York to be inaugurated. Oursmall navy began to attack French vessels,and was so successful that France soonsuggested that we should be friends. In Adamss administration, in the last month of 1799, Washington died. General Henry Lee pronounced th
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