The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1864-10-03

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Convention. ever, By expression q scnti- Z
nsnt uttered. or resolution adopted, de-
rlared an intention or desire, 10 interfere
with slavery in the States where il existed
bv virtue of positive law. On the con
the Republican, Of the North, al
ways. and on alloceAsions. declared Their
to protect the rights OF the
slave holder, 30 far ~ they were guaran-
tesd 10 him by the Constitution, but At
the same time avowsd their innekiDie
hostility 70 the extension OF human save
nv into territory free BY nature. a free
bv thu same Constitution inis "hs 'he
great issue settled In 1850 BY al over
whelming majority of he American Peo-
nle. II wAs al issue that should not have
been opened agaia- But the three hundred
thousand slave holders determined that
txensy millions Of free people should not
have as much power In this country as
they themselves ought TO have, n they
resolved 70 trample the Federal Constita-
ton under their feet, and upon its ruins
end additional rights and enjoy additional
The dealers in human chAttles not
only desired 10 push their accursd insti-
tu,ion INTO free territory, bat soughtsfo
eive II "A Temporary sojourn' into Tree
State. ana under the decision Of a Judge
!, the Dred Scott decision, they claimed
The legal and constitutional right 10 do 50.
| Tim. bv The opinion II an old man IN
| al. dotage. vas the first step secured To-
| wards making slavery universal. Inc
| free labor Of the North, the pride ana
glory of the country, was 70 be brought
. Iaxel with the slave labor OF the
Sou.h .na honest toll, the first attribute
q, genuine manhood, 70 be regarded IN
same light with that forced from the
unreouited toll Of the bondman.
Tohave submitted 10 this. would have
made a free people more than slaves
The true men ofthe country at last arous.
81. took decided grounds against this, and
TIE bloody fields of Kansas and Western
Missouri attest how sternly Northern men
r~c<isted this audacious advance OF the
slave power
No honest man will deny but this Is q
succinct history Of the immediate circum'
stance. which preceded the breaking on
of the rebellion. Slavery was the cause
and tho election Of Mr.. Lincoln the pre-
text for all our troubies. Southern hrc'
eaters thought il advisable - misrepre-
sent Northern intention anq Nof'he'i
| sentiment, md Northern doughfaces cage
20 chime in with their Southern masters
encouraged these misreprescntstions, ans
! thus deserving the mass Of the Southern
! people. exaggerated this war, and as fa'
"a Providence thinks il advisable, are re
ceiving their rev ard. A schoolingof som
: wears in all the horror Of civil war, an
a until their patriotism triumphs over thei
preiudices, will not be lost 10 thls natiOi
: Eyen traitors will come out OF the hre
ordeal made better men and truer patri
n ots. The ~anfiquatcd idea If an arisic
y cratic class in n Republican form &C CO.
eminent. will be forgotten, n ( \ Demos
racy. pure and simple, Will oe recognize
ali over the land.--There is no a~ristocf!
o CIV hut that which comes from above-ti
y ~aristocracy Of culture, Of genius
4 brains-the nobility Of nature. All ell
j. of the base mettle, whose glitter alof
q resembles the pure gold.
Q, The leaders in this rebellion themselve
= never denied but Mr.. Liscolns electie
% was strictly Constitutional. They adm
a he was elected In accordance with u
y precedsnts Of the Republic, the laws
"a Congress, and the conditions OF the Co
Re stitution. But they had determined N
., 10 submit 90 an election made under sus
81 circumstances. and they appealed 70 u
h, preIudice against free labor IN slave hol
n ing States, to sustain them In this dete
As mination. The "poor whites Of the Sou
the poorest Of the poor-deceived
pr the sophisms of the "rnling class, rush'
." 10 the standard Of revolt, and ignorant
gave their assistance To "A cause, who
IT. success would he their utter ruin. BIZ
ded BY prejudicc-embittered by disa
al pointmcnt and made reckless by th'
~ recent defeat. the leading slave holders
Of the South precipitated the rebellion, al
no long before Mr.. Lincoln was inaugural
a. President, and before the world know I
policy he would enunciate IN his inaugui
n address, the flames OF the rebellion We
ht spreading all over the Southern States
IN The Southern heart was fired, and not
" ing but the overthrow of the gcvernmo
to would sstisfy 1t.
81 WHEN DID TuR RKDKLLIoS connHScKf
e. South Csrolina. the mother ofrebels. h
or her secession convention on the 18th day
to December Is6O-passed her ordnance
IL secession on the Goth, ard Major Anders
re Vas forced IN cvacuste Fort Monltr:s 90 (,
he goth Of the same month.
nd On the lst day Of January 1861 Flor
g and Alabama seeded the Navy Yard
i Pensacola was selze on the l2th-Geor
lv seeded on the 18th, and Louisisna on
- 10Th of the same month. The Montgom'
=, Convention met on the ith day of Februa
:, JEFF. Davis was elected President by
Convention on the sth, and inaugural
"Presidsnt OF the Southern Confedefacy
" thc 18th % the same month. Texssrecsd
on the ith day OF March ADD Mr.. Line
~ vas i~nsaearated President Of the tHi
gu States OF America OF The 18Th OF the sa
IN month.
"a Thus Il IL clear that the election Of
Lincoln vas but ths pre,exl To earry out
FL long neditsssd resslve o. the part Of
On leading Southern politicians, to destroy
Federal Government. and 90 is ruins bu
a. one more In cor>on.nce With their rotiens
bel ssaperiof clsss For ,hey did All the no.
ed q Democratic administration ard had the
nj terminsd Assistancs Of . majority ofthe q
IL inst which controlled ths, a~dminislsati
ir- Nay more than this. The most confident
m friends Of President BochaRsn-his alb
"a and most active cabinet ministers. we're IL
80 In he evoit anf de.spm q traitors TO
m. iiag they bad svorn TO ptossct and dete
fott ttd bot val ier INC luroththt somH
:, traitor OF Mr.. Lincoln. bnt bad already arm
: the South While lhey lad the oppot,anI
The tine for . dissoiu aoa o! The Union b
Ia their judgment come, aud tAey dssefmiI
- delay 10 lonees Il building a.. aud ?
manenty establishing Mai the tesa
~ "<rstocrAuc class Az ~ sa evidence
an ~hat . genuine Soashefa nabob under~tsl
~, ey q superior class. or that a istocsatic cl
~ Which shoasd covers the coaotry. l eaoi'
ioi few wntsncse ron De Ro~s REEVES, Oh
Ier N o. sspse..l organ. lie here SHOWS =
th~y would 40 Al they coed have tae.r ~
ne "Tae real civilization OF = country : IL
". 1r-tscs.ss. The masses are modelled q
ies sel1isfs aod aru1.as by intellect Just - u
m. .er snd TIE slemeals 81 nature are n@as 4
te.sstApAs All steam 9 <issS Toe -
of ssbo labor al 5>y. are - tired a. c.s1t
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