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THE CIVIL WAR.


Did the Mexican war close the first
volume Of the history Of the United
States under the constitution and open
the second? John G. Calhoun said
yes, but Dc. Gordy In his lecture on
Saturday evening said II did not open
the second volume, but was merely the
preface to II. The first chapter Of the
second volume, said the Doctor, Is the
Kansis- Nebraska bill Of 1854.
The contents Of the iirt volume
ight be summed up In the one word
compromise. II was by THIS that a
Federation was at first made possible.
Our very existence IA a Nation was DO.
gotten Of compromise. Our entirety
AZ a Nation was preserved from 1888 10
1850 by compromise, ms was
shown IN the previous lectures. The
Mexican war did not Close the frat
volume. I,a effect on the compromise
period was still msrked.It did not help
slavery, but Increased the complica'
tlons attending It. The admission Of
California made sixteen free ana only
fifteen slave States. The South re-
gardcd the United States Senate IN IT,
only bulwark for the protection Of it,
peculiar institution. The Senate was
now gone, and, what was worse, the
North dictated the terms for the 1850
compromise, and would certainly do
90 In the future. IL was evident that
the period Of comWomisc was gone,
aud the South could ho longer dictate
| In the cOu ncilr Of the Nation. Hence
the fret volume came to a close.
The seconu volume opened with
the cry, "No more compromises. j"
Tho south saw that either by
force or fraud II must get an.
other State TO offset California.
Self. preservation urged II On, AMI
made II both bold and desperate. 10
succeeded In passing n bill providing
for Territorial government In Kansas
and Nebraska In 1854. In this bill a
proviso wss Inserted declaring the
Missouri compromise Of 1890 Tin.
operative aud void" and making
slavery optional with the people OF the
Territory. The people Of the North did
not like this. Under the terms Of the
compromise they permitted Arkansas
10 enter as n slave State without oppo.
sition IN 1888, and Florida the same In
1916. Now In 1854, Il was plnlu that
the South meant TO disregard Der pro.
mises, and 10 extend slavery 6y any
means.
One Of the provisions OF the measure
said: at Ia the true intent and object
OF this bill neither 10 legslaie slavery
into Territory, nor exclude IL there.
from, but TO leave the people OF each
Territory perfectly tree TO regulate
their domestic institutions In their
own way, subject only to the C0nstl.
tuition ofthe United State. ~ This meant
simply that II n pro-slavery population
coulI be established In Kansas,
another slave state could DO secured.
The North saw this, and Immediately
began pouring her snti.slavefy
colonists into the Territory. The 70.
suit was that from 1854 10 1850 civil
war existed in Kansas. The fanatics
Of both sides met there, and too story
OF their work IL a record OF blood, out.
rage aud crime. Meantime new
movement was iuaugursted outside Of
Kansas. Between the Wings and
Democrats az phrtlzans slavery novei
existed as y political issue. There wer,
pro and anli.slavery men IN both
parties. The ants OF both now saw
that the timo for new party was Al
hand. The result was tue organiza
ton Of the Republican party composed
perhaps equally OF Wings and Demo
Gratis who were absolutely opposed /,
the further extension OF SLAYER
though not ss whole to its absolut,
abolition.
The Republican party was the out
come Of the Kansas Nebr,sks bill
rhe South oontonded that SLAYER,
should and would exist In the Terri
tories; the North said no. Abuut thi
time tho famous bred Scott appeare,
on the scene. This was a Missouri
slave who, with his family, cam,
to live with his master on free soil
The master, a DIR, Emerson, died, An,
Scott proclaimed himselfa free man OF
the ground Of hla residence on IRE
territory. The case went 20 the U
Is. Supreme Court, and that tribuua
decided that Scott was still o slav,
The effect OF this decision was 4
make slavery national and freedom
sectional. II intensified the Alrcad,
strained relations between the sec
lions.
In the famous Douglas. Lincoln cam
paign Of 1858 the slavery issue wa
brought to n crisis. Both gentlemen
travelled the State OF Illinois maxim
speeches from the same platforms
Lincoln would open on one occasion
Douglas would follow, and then Lin
| .snIn xNaitlA .tlaaa "a h.
sion the order would be- reversed.
was alfo custom 10 nsk each othe
qucstione. And on one occasion Lin
coin and his friends concluded 10 ns
Douglaa--in view Of tho recent de
cision Of the Supreme Court In Ia
Scott case and in the face Of the pro
visp In the Kansas. Nebraska bill
Gould Territory keep slavery out
The friends OF Lincoln were oppose
To nsklng the question, on the rroun
that Douglas would answer Eyes.
Lincoln wanted reply OF this kInI
He knew that II would defeat him I
Illinois, hut It would split the Hrm,
cratic party and maze IL secllona
The question was put, the reply cam
In the affirmative. Tho result wa
that Southern Democrats rcpudiate
the Interpretation OF Douglas, hvcaus
he, IN effect, repudisted the Drud scol
decision, aud wanted 10 make SLAYER
optional In the Territory, as the term
OF the bill provided. In the Dem,
cratic convention held at Charleston
In 1860, this question camot up Que
more. The Jay Of c1npromiso WI
past even among Democrat, M
the convention split into tw
Il lions, namely, the DOUGH-