The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-06-04
"Thi. Lsmsntablc War

"Thi. Lsmtntablc War;
Tuis expression is often uttered by persons
ubo mean nothing by it more than the idea
,ss. i, is shocking and execrable war as car
r.d on BY ths enemy. Some few intend for it
saothsr mssning-a lamenting of the separa-
tjoa Ct the Union as the cause of it. The
phrsss ia only appropriate in this latter view.
TIE war cannot be properly lamentsd by those
who view tbs cause of i, justly, and who do
Bot lament the separation from the Federal
Government.
liis tine that everybody in the South fully
unie.s ood this question, and had settled their
minds down upon the only just and logical
conclusion from the history Of the events
which terminated in the war.
The continuation Of the Federal Union was
impossible upon any other terms than complete
sa5nission TO the Northern States, whose pre-
lJuderancs in the representation in Congress
and the election of President placed in their
vOsssssion the entire control of the Govern.
msl. They began at an early period to exert
..s.r influence for the purpose Of shaping the
y3lay Of the country go as to csntralizs all
rover in the Federal Government at Washing.
tn They were resisted with only partial sue
ss:s by the South. The struggles between the
two sections had brousht the Union to tie
verge Of dissolution on several occasions,
when peace was patched up by compromises,
IN which the South always made concessions.
Bot the peace was only patched up. The
North ever returned to the attack upon the
creased energy and increased power. Finally,
when the people of the North found that they
Lad al lsst, through their numbers of voters,
lie power to carry all the branches of the
Government. they hesitated not to usurp them
H. They employed ihe most atrocious means,
ssltating the most dangerous issues with a
3apleity characteristic Of them. Drawing
tbs, sectional line that General Washington
Lad fore.oi! would dissolve the Union-be.
ssQss he knew that his people never would
:abmit to tie tyranny and ignominious rule of
aseeti0lal majority-they were ready to fol-
low i. up with the assertion of the supreme
authority Of the Federal Government over all
Tie 6tates aa necessary to hold them together
TO ind them to the Union. They knew
iheir usGrpations would lead to secession
lllesa the power of the Washington
Government could be mads 90 rssist.
ls;a and overshadowing as to check it
Ilsy tarsw off all disguise Their President,
e'sctsd without d solitary vote in the southern
saiea boldly e-pounded their constitutional
dogma ty declaring that States were no more
70 the Federal Government than cou aties were
70 the States He wanted to ignore the States
.liogsther-to cease calling men Virginians,
H0atb Carolinians, Georgians, etc, and to cali
hen Americans The system of Govern
nenl established BY our Revolutionary Faith
sfs-iha. system which contemplated the inds-
FsndsDes and sovereignty Of the municipali-
ess-the statss-as Indispensable to public
aidpersonai hberty-was discarded and con-
tuled as idle and ridiculous. The Federal
1'Vsrnmsnt was everything States moth
'ns TO have submitted to his election, his
inauguration, aud his rule, would have been to
accept the Northerl political dogma, and to
lave surrendered the whole power and au-
monty OF ths States-to have sunk them into
''si lnsignlhcance and coLtempt-tO have sur
f'uaefed liberty. 1t would have been to in
'I laieIeniiaily the execration of the Father
=" aii Cocnuy, who considered the usurpation
"As powers of the Government by sec.
-'uS Ma 'riiy tyranny to w hich the sons OF
nj
'ae slavery agitation was used by the men
u ~e North to accomplish their object Of
~'fs Possession Of the Government and con-
wing its powers for their own benefit, and,
'ae detriuent Of the Southern States, by
-ns them completely tributary to the ag-
N4'1smelt and wealth of the North. Slave
rAl's the cause Of the war. Northern by
1y oaed 1t only az an instrument, as .
.o ' u sgitaling amongst prtjudiced, ig-
I' anu 1aostical people, composing 90
part of the Northern public. 1t served
rap'se-any other which would have an
,""sa az we'll would have been 40 aeeepta.
m Indeed, slavery the Northern leaders
.. ' " ee Indispensable to the production of
t. ,''y staples which yielded the great profits
v..'s @srn m commerce and build Up ell their
,,..s Insy had no idea of il ultimate sx.
NV 'a' But a. means 70 sgita&s the public
s.n,,Aa .a0 establish the sectional power they
"'0plsd not to use It,
''ecuon OF Lincoln was the consumma.
t,.s VI NE war upon Southern rights and in.
H.. Aas Destruction Of Susie. rights and
n,,.,. '0versignty vas Indispensable 70 the
sss VI The sectional tyranny iasugu.