, 1862-08-28
THE TWO RACES; OR, THE REAL CAUSE
OF THE WAR.

! w AeAN@SR OAAN AHND NEAL NV 81
OF THE WAR.
Several Of the most ably conducted Of the
southern journals have recently undertaken to
give what they term true version Of the causes
leading to the present var, and in 50 doing, talk
hipPantly Of the two sVhite races Of the United
States They hold that the whites Of the North
and the whites Of the South are two distinct
races, and claim for the latter a vast superiority
over the former This superiority IS not mental
or PHYSICAL but is claimed on the score of origin.
How the two sections North and South origin.
ated is familiar to every schOolboy, and need not
be related here. Our purpose in noticing the
subject at al is sim ly to remove from the minds
Of certain Of our readers, Il possible, the very
erronecHSid.a that tbs Is an Abolition war, as
they delight IN calling it, or that AboIitiOnists
had anything to do with getting it up.
About twelVsmOnIh since, we published an
article, from New York journal, which gave .
suecinct account Of the inception and progress
Of the existing rebellion, from the year 1880 to
the taking Of Fort Sumter Those who read
that article will remember Its general tenor suf.
ciently well to find In the extract below q con
Rrmation Of It's statements and conclusion.
The Richmond Wig Of late date con aimed an
article Of the same PurpOrt, in almost the same
language, as that which follows; thus showing
that the feelings and thoughts enunciatedare not
cOnRned to single journal or locality. The fol.
lowing appeared in the Nashville Courier Just be.
fore the rebels evacuated that city:
"This has been called q Iratricidal wa by
some, by others an iFFepreSsible conflict be-
tween FreIdOm and Slavery. We resnectIuy
take issue with the authors Of both these ideas
Weare not the brothers Of the Yankees, and the
Slavery question Is merely the pretext, not the
cause. of the war. The true irrrprrssible cOn.
et lies fundamentally Ia the hereditary hostility,
the sacred animOsity the eternal antagonisuI, be.
tween the tao races engaged.
THE Norman cavalier cannot brook the vul.
gar familiarity Of the Saxon Yankee, while the
latter g continually devising Some plan to bring
down bis aristOcFatic neighbOr TO bis own de.
tested level Thus was the contest wagrd in the
old United States. So long as DicKinson dough.
Ihces were 10 be hOught, and Cochrnne towards
to Be frightened, % lOng was the Union tolerable
10 Southern men; but when, owing to divisions
in onr ranks, the Yankee hiFengS placed one oT
their own spawn over us, political connection be.
came unendurahle and separation necessary 10
preserve our RefFeapect
A our Norman kinmen In England, always
. minority, have ruled their Saxon countfyInen
10 political vassaIage up to the present day. ~
have We, the slave oligarchs,' governed the Yam.
KEGS till within twelVemonth. We framed the
Constitution, GoF SEVENTY years nodded the pocy
o. the Government, aRd placed our oWn men. .,
Northern men with Southern principles,' in
power. '77'ssf
On the olh Of November, 1850, the Puritans
themselves and are now IN vinlent
against thsir tnrmer owners. This
insane holiday freak will not last long, however.
ior, dasiaris IN fight, and incapable Of selfRov.
ernmsnl they win Inevitably again. lalI under
the contrl Of the superior Face. A few mon
Boil Run thfashinrn Eill bring them once more
ondsr the yoke a. docilo as The most loyal Of
,ur Ethiopian 'chaltels.'"
The Northern doushheea. who have always
been The plant tools of the South, hereioF 70
ran ase 10 he shove tbe estimation ID viii i-hthss
have been held By their Southern masters La
Them nov thank God that there is sn end for
'ger % their degrading ssrViliiy. and prate n,
more q compromise with traitorn.
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