Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-05-31

Ss-.,ourn. and Bunker HILL" HAD u
se.,,h loved the Union less ana ciuns a.
:, ,,sas tenaciously; had she refuses a.
- concessions and sacrinces lVt
,.r.ssrvatiou; had she instead Oh ",
;,s herself by compromises Tor us 49,
nls ,r,r, 4, when first her rights
,,,ar. assailed. then pen OF the hsloi
,',o,,Ia meyer have recorded the story VI
.nnonattox. IL was her attacninen'
~ JTnion--her unselnsh loyalty ana pm
,y,otIsm-which caused her 70 20 Ious "a
dure northern aggression, yield asah 49,
again TO northern demands, anu piae
self IN a position in which her cereal
possible. -, Al.
Rut the Union which the men on .ho
south loved, and which they were WINS
10 make concessions ana sasfu 49,
perpetuate, was that formed py e
fathers "to establish jusuee, n"
domestic tranquility, provide Tor the COM
,,o,, defence. promote the general welfare
and secure the blessings OF lloer'y' II
was a fraternal federation or sovereign
States, guaranteeing equal rights 10 an,
and leaving each free TO regulate I's
domestic affairs in its own way IL was
union In which, in reference 10 CUES
tlons of foreign policy, every Si.lAeh
would echo the sentiment expressed py
patrick Henry, when, after Consord ara
Lexington, in a message 10 Slassdon"
setts, he said: ct am not Ensah'
am an American" ana YET IL
union in which, In reference 10 ques' on,
NJ domestic policy, every citizen, IKE
that same great orator and patriot, would
recognize the right Of his own state 10
his highest allegiance. II was union
In which the people OF each State would
entov the blessings OF local self-goVern-
uent. and find in home rule safeguard
against any possible attempt OF the Fede-
raj power 10 interfere with their peculiar
| interests. Applause)
CONDITIONS THAT EXISTED.
When II became evident that this Union
| was 10 exist In name only; when lts es-
| sential principles had been overthrown
| and trampled in the dust: when the spirit
N fraternity had given place 10 bitter
| feeling Of sectional hostility; when New
| England speakers and writer's were heap
| Ing abuse and Islander upon the south
] and teaching the people that they would
| be poor children OF seven years disobedi-
| encs to laws" II they supposed that
| they were obliged 10 obey the law OF the
| land which protected the southern people
| In the peaceful possession Of their insti-
| tutions; when the men OF the North. In
! stead OF permitting the South TO ertoy
! that domestic peace and tranquility which
the union was Intended TO secure to every
section OF the country. were persistenuy
| striving 10 stir up insurrection In the
southern States and clarifying those who
attempted 10 carry outrage and massacre
into southern homes; when the tendency
20 Capitalization was threatening 10 de-
stroy State Independence and build on
its ruins despotlsm akin 20 that which
enslaved France, when Il was said that
"the government was sent down To the
subject provinces by mail from Paris,
and the mail was followed ty the army
II the provinces did not acquiesce" when
the reius of government had passed into
the hands Of purely sectional party,
avowedlv hostile 20 southern interests,
and declaring the Constitution 10 be "a
covenant with hell and a league with
| the devil" which ought to be supplantcd
by a so-callcd higher law IN n word
when Il became evident that northern
power was 10 SIT on the throne In Wash
ington and make the Yankee conscience
| rather than the Constitution, me fIpda-
mental law Of the land, the southern poo
PIE felt that the preservation Of com.
munity independence and liberty won al
Yorktown and hequeathel 70 them by
their fathers as an inalienable birth.
right. demanded the resumption Of the
powers intrusted by them 10 the Federal
Government Npplause)
DID NOT DESIRE WAR.
Not as a passIon-swapt mob rising ir
mad rebellion against constituted AT
thority, but as an intelligent and orderly
people, acting In accordance With due
forms oC law and within the limit o.
what they believed 70 be their constItu
toDal right, the men Of the South with
drew from the Union IN whi2h they mac
lived for three fOurths Of a century anC
the welfare and glory OF which they haC
ever been foremost in promoting.
They did not desire war; nor lid they
commence the war. IL Is true that they
fired the first gun; but every one who II
: familiar with the history OF those stormy
days knows that the North committed
: the first overt act of war, which justine,
and nCcessitated the firing Of that gun
They made every effort consistent with
their safety. self-respect, and manhooc
to avert war. They parted from thel
r | northern brethren In the spirit IN Whicl
, | - Alram said - Lot: Let there b,
, no strife. pray -hee, between me anC
thee"
But the North would not have It so
! Every proposal looking to peace was re
jeCted by those in power at Washing
, | ton Says an English historian Of tn,
time: Twice the Republicans We're askeC
! simply to execute the existing law ant
sustain in the future that exclusive con
, | stitutlonal right Of the States over tnei
1 | internal affairs and that equality In tn
! common Territories which scarcely al
uitted OF rational dispute, and tTic
the party pronounced against the teas
| that the South could safely or honordbl.
= accept"
J, At length, on April ~ legl, the newly
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