, 1861-08-19
THE CAUSE OF THE WAR.

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ariiag man, though fool, may see it Says
driiyeling sheet "This is war neither
for nor against slavery, but for the pres
s ervation 6f1he country. This contest has
i no reference to the institution. The irri-
:; ;tating and dishacting question Of slavery |
II must he kept entirely out Of sight"
Self deception is q chronic disease in d |
The crooked way is ever pre-
teued to the straight. He will cling to a
self-eyident falsehood and reject palpa-
bic reality. Every man with spoonful Of
sense knows that the revolt is s1avehol-
deFs revolt Slavery alone is the cause
of all the trouble. It has no other paren-
tage. No good is accomplished by deny
iag the real nature Of the disease, and EN-
ploying quacks to prescribe ointment for
the itch, when cancer is the malady prey
ing On the body polite. The object Of the
insurrection is, to establish Slave Despot-
ism on the ruins of American Liberty.
They have no disguise as to their purpose
down in Dixie. They proclaim from the
house tops that they are waging war to en-
large the privileges and boundaries Of s1a-
very. They demand more territory for
slaves and more slaves for the territory.
They insist On the right to rule this nation
in the interest Of their system of bondage;
and that being refused, they proceed to
destroy it
Vice President Stephens, the great ora
tor among the Confederates, is sent forth
to proclaim the object Of the rebellion.
He declares in the face Of mankind, that
the purpose is to found on the ruins Of the
Union, government whose corner stone
shall he slavery. He pronounces the ideas
Of freedom held by Washington, Jefferson,
Franklin, Madison, Henry and the other
founders Of the Union, to be heresies, that
must be discarded and 'iepudiated, and
the new gospel taught by Calhoun,
must be accepted as the true faith
viz: that Capital should own Labor.
We're it not for Slavery the ocean bound
Republic would be profoundly at peace
throughout it's length and breadth. There
are TO geographical nor climatic reasons
for discord and civil war. There is nothing
iuthe productions OF local industries of thu
different sections Of the country, ca1culat
ed to breed treason, or cause rebellion
On the contrary, the three great sections
are mutually dependent on each other
The manufacturers Of the East, the farm
ezs Of the West and the planters Of tn
South, each produce what is essential Il
the comfort and welfare Of the whole
Take Slavery away, and as cordial a friend
ship would subsist between the South AMI
the North as We behold between the Wes
and the East. The "sum Of all villanies,
as Wesley called It, is the Shiny :serpen
which haa czaWled into our happ
Garden Of Eden, and turned ou
Joys into sorrows, our bliss into miser..
But, says shallow pate, "if you impres
@this fact On the minds Of the people, tt
"Goyernment will be deprived Of muc
@suppozt in the North, and the 10y
sslave holders Of the border States vi
lily from us instanter."
The loyal shareholders" Chey a
precious few) are not ignorant Of the Gu
the war. They know that it il a slay
hoaaers rebellion and nothing else. Sou
Of them are loyal because, though tn
love slavery much, they love the Uni
more. Others are loyal from having
sagacity to perceive that the rebel sla'
holders are rushing the ainsatuho
npon its doom, in their mad attempt
destroy the Republic, and convert the q
inent into Slave Despotism. They In
that their loyalty to the Union Will sec'
.them exemptions and indemnity not
corded to rebels " hen the cause Of the ?
ahnu be swept away.
This general rule may be laid down Il
wherever man il claimed as the prop
tyof another, the claimant il a traitor a
arsoa. The few honorable exceptions
not invalidate the rule. The proof of
p1oposidon is perfectly overwhelmi
6atow us a State filed with slaves, and
!; Viii show you State putrid with treas
This rule holds good when apn1
esm to districts and counties. Take
6w examples: Delaware is M
loyal than any other Slave State, bees
=: She has the smallest proportion Of slg,
Northern :DelaRa1e has scarcely \ ii
and scarcely disnnionist, while South
has many disunionists because
considerable Slaves. Southern
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