The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-11

,or nf ~ blow harshly and which he swore 70
cherish and protect bont py daily .apori w, ,hs
sight, saw tried the nerves and tes'en sp as
! heart ton thousand times more than the gun. ~
| Malvern or the artillery az Gettysburg. but ING
women never finched during that ordeal o,
temptation and OF suffering OF n9e.y an nus o
| bands and lovers. by them and through thehi'
| the men we're kept firm and straight;
| occasionsily one OF them has picked up ~
bsvrdsome d ishing and gallant Yankee officer.
The teml tauon 10 get even was too strong sor
| even a Cunl,derets woman. but she mas v vssi
/ since held his misfortune ~ having been lai-
! kee over his head and has made better man
| ana better soldier OF him ty;ry time
CIVILIZATION NORTH AND SOUTH.
pv race characteristics aud .goographical en-,
,ironnent the civilization of the North Az y
Soufh had dC veopment on different bh',,. l.e
North. inviaornted by constant sirigs Il WITH
the forces OF nature had naturally adopted tne
philosophy of materialism: and mad come 10
beIievs that the highest duty OF man was 10 &C
cumulafo power, and as money In our modern
civilization had come TO be source o. al inaie-
rial ROVER The pursuit OF wealth had got 70 DO
considered the highest aim of human enort
Embracing with enthusiasm the philosophy OF
Alan Smith. that every man shonld be
Tor himself and the, devil could. would and
should take the hindmost. supreme selfish
ness had become tho all-peryading SEN
tment and directing force Of that society.
The South with a more generous climate
had developed moro sentimental society:
IN sparscly settle country the ties OF Hood
ktps their hold Husband and wife. parent
and child. al the ramifiod relations OF klnshlp,
retained their binding force. Devotion TO
rae o. and honor in man. chastity and fidelity
in women were The ideals which formed char
scter. The foiT ms and sentiments OF southern
society we're the primitive forms aud stnti-
ments Of the oder civilization.
They belonged 10 that state OF deveiOpment
which the modern social philosOl hers CT!
Militarism. The PRINCIPLES and organization OF
the North belong to the later development
known as industrialism.
SOCIAL DISORDERS.
No man can foretell the hour when the volcano
will burst in Europe and overwhelm Church
and State, Car and President in one common
ruin. In the North where tho industrial
ment. organized lalor, and agricultural dis
content are the all-pervadlng symptoms. OF
social disorder and the precursor OF lOlltlchl
ruin. It's certain that the present condition Is
only temporary. When all the property and
means of living are more and more accumuiat-
ing in few hands and the political power IS
possessed by the many 1t taxes no prophet 70
foretell that some other arrangement must DO
made.
The resistance made by the South was not
merely an attempt 10 preserve pontlcal lns1lth-
inherited through thousand generatlonsTsthe
sanctity of marriage the inviolsbillty OF me
family, the faith in truth honor, ylrtne,. me
protection Of home. HISTORICALLY the posi'loh
OF tho South was lmpre gnaDle.
SOVEREIGN, INDEPENDENT STATES.
The States constituting the Union had re-
belled against George Ill. as States. They had
fought through the war OF that re
bellion a. States Maryland, dld not ION
the confederation until March l., l1Sl,
and Virginia had declared her, lndopend1
ence long before the confederated states had
declared themselves free and 1ndependeht
States" The treaties with France ana the
foreign powers during the war had been made
with the States by name; the treaty scknoWi-
edging their independence had recogSzed each
The Constitution was formed by States each
having au equal vote. II was adopted and put
in operation by States. Rhode Island and North
Carolina refused 10 consent TO IT, and remained
out Of the Union for two years as independent
If any historical fact ever has been, estab
lshed. or ever can be settled. 1t is that the
Union was formed of equal, independent; SOW
ereign States by the act OF those States them
selves .
This being so, the whole course of English
history shows that our ancestors nave lnVarla7
bly, at all shines redressed wrongs and reformed
abuses in government by armed resistance TO
illegal power when necessary II had long been
an axiom Of our race that resistance to tyrants
is obedience to God" Our ancestors had re-
belled against King John and wrung from hrm
the great charter; they had rebelled against
Charles l. when he attempted to govern them
without Parliament of their own representa-
tiyes; they rebelled against the Commonwealth
when 1t attempted to rule them contrary 70 an,
cient institutions Of the realm they rebelled
against James H. when he was n 'pected or IN
tending TO overthrow their laws; they rebelled
against George Ill when he tried to deprive
them of the rights of their ancestors never TO
be taxed except by their own consent The
right of rebellion then. was one Of the Inherited
and inalinabie rights of n free-born race.
KEsUMING. SOVEREIGNTY
When, therefore. the election Of 1850 gave
notice that the North proposed 70 force, the
struggle against all of our institutions with all
the power of all the States thirteen OF those
States. exercising the right of sef-defense-of
resistance TO wrong-actlng as States, took uD
f,r fla Of hGl
secured by the struggles of their ancestors
with 50 much blood on 50 many bstte-helds.
| do not care to argue the question Of the
right of secession. justify the action Of the
southern States on the higher ground OF the
right of self-defense, which can never be sur
rendered nor bartered by any man or any
tiOn that if they came into the Union as states
they had the right TO leave II as States Rebel
lion has no terrors for u.s.. Our ancestors have
been rebels time, time and again for a thousand
years. George Washington was rebel; John
Hampden was n rebel; AlgerDon sydney was
rebel; KosciuskO was a rebel; William Tell was
rebel.
REBEL AN HONORABLE NAME.
Every brave man who at any time, anywhere,
has resisted tyranny and given his life for lib
erty has been a rebel lt Is the decoration
which tyrannical power always beStows on viz
tue and manhood and liberty will have fed
from earth and the rights OF man will have be-
come a byword when the sacred and inalen-
able right OF resistance TO wrong, shall have no
lndnHOOu 10 enforce IL. ne SeCtSSlOll OF the
thirteen was no cause for war; nor was there
any other necessity for IL. The confederation
was formed to create perpetual Union"
When IL was found inefficient, eleven States Sc
ceded and formed the Union under the COnsti-
tuition of 1851 leaving Rhode Island and North
Carolina. who refused 10 secede, alone TO cOnsti-
tute the perpetual Union" of IN Instead of
remaining in the perpetual Union" and waging
war on the seeding States they wisely united
themselves with the more perfect Union" and
accepted the amended Constitution, which ex-
= "a : "a no al
conditions and changed relations of States and
of society. The thirteen in 1861, following the
precedent, took the Constitution of lss7 and so
amended II as TO make its doubtful language
plain and TO prevent a recurrence of the abuses
of power which experience had showed were
without remedy under the original instrument
of 1857.
WHAT FEDERALISM HAS DONE. -
The reform attempted by the COnfederates.
whereby they sought TO amend and improve the
Constitution OF 1857 so as TO perpetuate
liberty and secure the right OF every man TO
labor, to homo and to happiness, failed and the
revolution inaugurated by Mr.. Lincoln and his
adheTents succeeded. The Confederate reform
sought TO secure the rights OF all sections,
States. classes and individuals, by constitutional
guarantees. The Federal revolution sought to
concentrate all political power III the Govern
ment.
They have succeeded, having overthrow a |
constitution with limitations and guarantees,
and instituted one of absolute power. controlled |
ostensibly by popular will but, in fact directed
by heartleSs plutOcracy for Its own benefit /
They have IlXed the precedent that all property /
depends on force. and not on Justice aud right, /
they have deStrot e1 five fbousonI ,,,fllf,,,s