The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-27

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/ 9r1ef speeches w~fe n1&as. ay Obi ATeer-
| y. shaE, = y a.eTtGwz ard Others Arzz3Eg
/ Ghese called 81 70 SE>eak was Ma william
Il Fsesso1ss. ne Confederate rseEnoer a.
/ tie C5ssrySoerS National Pa-a commission.
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| geer q ire fe2rsn Eur-a Carolina regs-
| zn@Ht II Isoagstreet-s corps, MAJ. Rs5slas
| sa2s.
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| ss..E&1t .: 9@Es raj. ;aoaga j csrse here
| eotigDt 20 as2ea and not prepared 10
/ ss,rak
| Z have lg=senAd z4tA anuch in,e-ezt 10
/ tne excellent ss3 S-cza-FI minded remarks
/ 0i Col Shaw. az4 especially 20 wEa. ne
/ has sz5G about - cr.g-n Of our seetioa4l
1 1iseorS. which ied a. length TO me civil
/ ~ar. he attributes & 70 a difference 81
type as wsi! IDEAS n III ,Eo great
| class=s 81 iEng1I granTs-th- Puritan and Tae
/ Csvaiser-wno. IN ne main. peopie1 re-
/ sr@cttvely TIE Nor:. ard the South. ard
| shaped their differing civillza Ions. the
/ former beng based upon t1e idea % uni
/ yerssl liberty and equality Of rights; the
/ latter upon the idea II class inequality
/ ard tha S85orGiHatlou Of oae class % an
| other
| You viii pardon NE fer questioning
| frankly the sourl3ness Of that view o. the
| matter. plausible a. !. mag seem, and for
| presenting TO yosi MY notlOns-i may say.
4 Cur Sou 1eru x3e@-~ss the great sectional
| controversy. It's origin and salient features
/ The observations OF lifetime have led NE
| 10 conclude t:sat there is after ALL a sur
| r,rlssngly small difference IN the fufda-
| mental characteristics Of all CLASSES and
| sesctions OF the American people, the pso-
| neers that peopied ou- whole country.
| Where Was there ever better type Of
/ tie Puritan than Stoneaall Jackson. and
! 4 grea: multitude Of his comrades ii the
! r4xs rf1 EtGag NrSrS
| car y0u find more OF the spirit OF caste
/ and pride OF rare, equal 10 that OF the
| Cavalier. than you find in the descendants
! Of the Immigrants that came over 10 the
! Mayfower to Massachusetts,? TIE grea,
! social and Industrial feature from which
| arose the differences between the North
! ard the South was African slavery, and il
| was climate which determined that ana
| fixed its bounds, and tas differences X
| HrUigta. ware mainly in habits and man
| ners which are but superficial matters
| after also that ne all. both Of the North
| ara South, remained much the same and
/ mich alike in the essential fibre o. oar
| rr1anhood-aL being sci0ns Of the sturdy
| American stock and showing what stun
/ they were made Of on many bloody fields.
| We Sotiiherners did not originate s?av-
| cry Tie Southerners Of our cay were
| merely the heirs OF that system. II WAS
| planted in common by the men OF the
| North ana Of the South originally. and your
| shlrs ard no, ours mainly. imported the
| negroes from Africa. The want Of suit
| able climate caused the System 20 die 0u'
| In the Northern states, bus The climate OF
| the Southern states caused its peroetua-
;ion The Soutberuers even Of our aay-a
| grea. many Il tfer--}ooked upon the Eys-
| TEN as a great misfortune, Is an incubus
| upon our prosperity ~ an EVIL which sc
| would have been glad TO be yia Of. Eat
! wsler about seventy years ago. our people
| began 20 mediate and puzzle oyer tire So
| luton Of The problem how TO ri9 ourselves
| u IT, tust about that time we began 10 be
/ denounced because the system existed
| AMONGST Us We were called sinners above
| all men because had the misfortune 70
| be slave owners The solution ot The prob
| Ism ty the emancipation Of the slaves was
| one that might we'll puzzle thoughtful
| minds. The free blacks amongst US were
| the most degraded and helpless members
I q society. The great body ot the black
| slaves were manIfestiy incapable of taking
| care Of themselves, and OF competing s
| free men with the white race among whom
| they Gwelt. Whilst we were puZzling over
| the problem. our difficulties were increased
| ~ The Iucendiary appeals mat were sent
| amongst Us by The so-caled friends OF the
| slave who lived In the Northern states. and
| when We remembered that the ancestors of
| these men had done as much or more than
| our ancestors in the establishment Of the
| system and heard ourselves denounced by
| thom as we were lost eur tempers. and
| much rs We loved the Union and 2i0rse4 In
| the American name and the free govern
| mcnt whi y otr ancestors he'd fought and
| d5el 20 help establish. the question finally
| presented Itself 10 US, whether wonld
| not he happier Il were separated and
| Of by ourselves, cut loose from our coun-
| tymeu wh3 persisted In misunderstanding
| Us and aenaunc'nS ur. ana whether {.
/ would rrf lee we'll for IN CIV