, 1865-01-18
d scc and acknowledge what was plain to ali

to sec ana aekno"!ease "nal was pan ~ ~
the void BESIDE, 1nat Inc secret OF al 'ne'f
compafause weakness Was slAselH
southern politicians, the sblesf Of tne raee.
asserted and seemed to believe what they
said, thas al this superior growth Of ina
Norm Has Inc Iru1t sole1y o1 unjust socaonA'
legislation, Of Northern eontf'ancs anu ian-
kee meanness and manaecmen''~ "n'cn ny
some mysterious nnaetnano process was
building up one section ~ Inc expense 9, tns
Other. The result 'ney ASSERTED: 10 MI Inc
South, "as one Of Inc necessary resu1ts o. Dc
Ing un''eo 10 sacn peop1e' 80 'ul1 o' lf1ua'
cfn1t ana s1eco 40 'ne 4anAees :. Was au
3anAee aeA n.a n.;..,n 49, r.n., .,s,. 49, 49,.
eou.a oay .3,..s 49, sa,.,.. ssss - 80 @
ln.e' u'uo a -. ~ ~ ss - A aa
,4asa,s.,.a 80. ~ s,n ,o,,t,as, aant-
~ ~n,as 49, ,..od-ots 49, - 49, sa,t1 ,~s.s
r;ca off from their r,chtful Owners and tnrn-
ID Snto on1d N an Northern noct-et. snd
nor. ,,;,,,onaf<es of Nor+herr sbs-na-s
+ta.o .-on1d ho m co,,a,vah,a .,a ~ ~
wealth and nrosner;tv of n. sonth Hnw
ntt.r1v vo;a ~ nj, conmo; senss 4hjs wha,a
stxfe n rcnson,nr w,s mnst hc nv ~ oro1ring T1g
n1s;n to even southem mon AZ ~ evc5 wa =,
~ c4hor ,oep and ya+ ~ ,ros f-n,,, sott,,o,
fort1 sur,, nonscnical theories os tbis thai
,eadinr gonfhern ,ncn hec.mc ,eodera ,mo,1
1hc,r followers. and II WAS On a basis of
nolit;cal n,,;1oeor1hv and financial xx,.dom "A
f7,msv ard nrenoetorors "a +h,e that tbov
nron1,r ass,mcl To lie the most prof,und
thinkers. md creat new liebts Of the acc
The dc,nsio, sos rccnrds the snner,or,4v NJ
sonthcrn statssmensh,n. which had
;ta nth in n,antat;on ,rror,noo
ana s,aro hreod,nr sa,e:sntf,,.a.r ass
-n1 al1
"as nu,sea in.o 'ait et1c W Noieae1n .oaoy-
'slu a"o ee1 - "e. paesuis a"ay. anu "
Will DC one u the "onoefs o1 tnose VINO come
after rs, that men, whose political theories
and financial principles 30 boldly set at def
nDce all the common sense and humanity Of
The world both at once, should have been
suffered for SO long time to dictate the
laws and mould the no1,cy of a e-reat cnnnt,v
like tf,s sn,e1v nv the force oftheIr match,csa
a,nopance and nnhaundcd eff, onterv
Can tha strickcn adm,rcys of soutbcrn
statesmcn- and the monrnino nnnI1s Who
seel IN their nph,;shed xvcrls lirht 80
euidance for coyerninr states or bnild,nr m
empires. name A tonic. resnect;no which The
statements and conclusions of the Southern
leaders of this generation. have not been al
rcady proved to be 40 false and absund. ma In
have passed beyond argument, and fallen into
ridicplc and utter contempt? Where are
the societies for the diffusion Of polIt-
ica, knowledge that will to-day have the
hardihood to defend slavery as the only aad
best cornerstone Of q free Republic? Who is
there go Overlooking with slaye-brcd military
science, as to dare contend to-day, that
people whose armies In the field arc support
cd by slaves at york at nome, are the most
powerful On ea11h' ana cannon &c eonquerea ,,
" any 1ofee enas Ifee PeoWe c''n - na.sn .anaa
aea.nsl ,nem "ua. nAs 'eome VI anoo ~
P,o1onao ana nae 80 "attnn ,.d the -
liust'uue oo a..n- s-a,,,d a;,a INV, 1ha w. @
.e .o' w. e. tI,o n,escnf condit;on Of TINT
~ .o'5 Constantly t - ass.rted and fondIy trusted
h,,c that Northern men were all
snc.ts and towards. and would 60
dawn all at once before tho might
or Southern chfyalrye Who today his fbe
eHrOnteTy 10 contend lA2t the right or seccs-