The New York Crowd

[RJNorton]

John, Tom and Jerry...my image of the New York crowd is partially based on what I thought was a fall in cotton prices as the war wore down and demand in the North declined. I am sure futures traders...those that were long cotton...were taking a beating. I figure they wanted the war revved up again to increase demand (and prices) for cotton. With Lincoln dead, they figured the war might again accelerate and be prolonged. Perhaps I am way off base in this line of thought, but I am trying to think of the various reasons why "the crowd" in New York might want Lincoln dead.