The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-06-16
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What cause has the
south lost which re-
mains to he vindicat-
ed, or which can be
rGcOvcredy The war
between the sections
was not 4 war OF races
or of religious sys-
TENS. 1t was not even
q war of dyuastiCs,
leaving behind it the
sense Of irreparable
wrong on the part OF
the beaten and cxclud.
cd claimants. Two
issues alone wero in
volved the right Of
the ownership Of slave
property in the terri
tories and every
where else, unabridged
ana unassai ed, and
the right of a state,
peacefully and at its
own will, to secede
from the Union. Tho
founders ofthe Union,
not being able clearly
to determine these is.
sues, had ccmpro-
missed them in the or
ganic law. I ne limi.
tations Of slavery and
the exact relation of
the states to the fed
eral government were
LETT open questions in
tho constitution. A
good argument could
be made on either side
as to both questions.
Good arguments were
made on g ther side as
to both questions.
Forty years of agi.a-
ton eliminated in
four years Of war,
whose results proved
conclusive. 1t was a
final trial by arms, and
the verdict went
against the south,
Whatever pea ceful
right of secession a
state might have leg
ally possessed, the war
practically demon.
strated that IL could
never be carried into
effect as long az hui
man nature remains
what 1t is, and since
slavery existed no
longer, its right in the
territories, or else.
where, could not seri.
ously interest or con.
corn anybody.
Thirty years of
peace have confirmed
the verdict of these
four years of war.
Minus slavery. the
people Of the United
States are exactly
whore they were be.
foro the war. There
has not been tn.
slightest change in
our Federal system.
Their isnot the sli ht-
est abridgcment Of the
rights Of any citizen,
Human liberty has
enlarged, not con
tracted. Nor is there
Jlo i 'aSt dlSCrlmlna-
ton between the citi-
zens of the south, or
between the soldiers
who wore the blue
and the soldiers who
Wore the gray, except
in the matter of the
pension l,st,and surely
no brave or honest
Confederate sol dier
has ever b en- heard
to comp ain that any
brave or honest Union
soldier has had his SER
vices thus recognized.
In all things else, it is
one with the men who
followed Grant and
with the men who iol.
lowed Lee. They sit
side by side in con
gress; they serve side
by side in the cabinet;
they have represented
the country and are
rel resonting it in its
foreign diplo IN a tic
service with an ability
and loyalty which, as
between two, cannot
be dis inguished tho
one from the other.
There is no right en-
joyed by Massachu. ..
setts which is not en-.
joye by Mississippi.
There Is not u star N
the armament II he ~
en- which does not
shine equally upon
Vermont and Texas:
nor, for the matter Of
that, n star upon the
flag Of the Union that
does not do the samo
thing. What cause,
therefore, has been
lost that we ought to
maintain, and that
time will restore Us?
African slavery Nom
sense, No sane man
would recall it If he
could. The righ5 of
secessiony Let Colo
RADIO try it, and see
how quick the south
will vote with tho
north men and money
to whip her back.
Surely, as individuals,
we could not DO bot er
Off IL the Confedoracy
had succeeded, aud
there are those who
think much worse, be-
cause the success OF
confederacy meant the
revival in America of
ALT problems which
hundreds of years of
broil and battle have