The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-04-06

liz result, not Of ,ic>i-n ani crave
lNeIltation. Will Il calm Weighing
- r,u>e tucncc- but Of ,one ha-iy
,i,a. born u ni>-.pu and gr"wins
.tof. nppi it~lik,. which amount,
IL a tli>t,mure a,ui, no mlorc amrna
tt,v.t- t'.u llrr c~Aclrnn b. t.
f.. .,.f iolr. Olly one case
J4p a |loirmonl of comriaint
M ,tM hr-iilitic- has occurred
M ~ .s~. The Other war were
.i.- |.MMu,.iatr results OF covert act
g mlnitu b.g Individuals or suhorl
ast,- ssh, were melted and sustained
n their leeds by the inilamc'l STATE Of
Bile "rinion. which cam" =, IT, ~.
,,lt Of causes of LONG standing.
\pminni!y kim, and chief rHccu-
ties or legislatures declare war, but
;l,r real Indictment u hos,lliti,>
me- from the people themselves.
l'lhlic opinion grow, slowly, or is
Minded ike fire. Long smouldcrin.
passion, burst into flame, and spread
n!th fearful ral,idity.
TIE CIVIL WAR.
The civil war in this country was
lars in coming on, and statesmen
lad STAYED off the irrcrrcssiblc con
;:ict many times before it finally be-
tamc an awful reality. There had
teen the oll1ucstion Of slavery. close
j. connected with the greater one of
statc,' rights, Oft recurring and many
times compromised or cvadcd, when
i, last the agitation became SO bitter
that the murdcrous raid Of Johp
Brown was a~pplauded by Christian
lcople.
A year before the outbreak of hos
%;ilitics s%choolboys in the streets of
Richmond we're attacked by others
simply because they were Yankees.
At the same time solcmn-faccd indi-
viduals in the land Of steady habits
we're abiding to the Federal constitu-
ZION as Il league with the devil and a
covenant with hell, and wcrc dcvoutly
hoping they might have opportunity
- wade kncc-dcep in the blood Of tho
Southern f%rc-caters. The frc-catcrs
we're busy at the same time firing
the Southern heart and telling their
audiences that one S%outherncr could
whip ten Yankees. 1t was not surpris-
ing that in this condition Of public
opinion the intention to reinforce
Fort Sumter caused it to be fired on
by the Confedcratcs.
TIE FIRST GUN.
Those first guns Of the war awokc
Inc nation from It's delirium CT pa5-
sion to the solemn realization Of the
fact that an awful period had begun.
The first gun Of Sumter was the death
knell of the old regime, but the man
who held the lanyard, or oven the
commander who gave the order to fire
little dreamed that by that act he
nshered in q titanic struggle which
would not close until the whole course
Of life at the South mao been forever
changed and the nations frame had
been welded into one solid structure
With a strength and unity such as had
never been dreamed of.
Likewise :hc Wal with Mexico was
lshcrcd in by an incident attributable
& hot-bloods. Some American dra-
soons were attacked by the Mexican
cavalry, and this covert act was the
spark that ignitcd the smouldcring
namc Of popular passion. Henry
Clay declared that it was an uuholy
and unnatural war, but it was popu-
lar: and James X. Polk was swept in
90 the presidency Of the United States
~ the war spirit.
TIE MEXICAN WAR.
The circumstances then were some
what similar to those Of the present.
Texas had been struggling to FIRE it.
self from the CALLING domination Of
Mexico and the people of the United
States warmly sympathizcd with the
Texans. The bond Of sympathy was
norc natural and much stronger in
shat case. The Texans were from this
country and their struggle was the
struggle Of our kin. Blood is thicker
Than water, and Uncle Sam stood by
his own. The feeling ran high on
10Th sides and it was no surprise
when the news came that the .Amcri
can Dragons had been attacked 10y the
Mexican rangers. Those reckless and
irresponsible fellows little dreamed
shat they were setting in motion
events that would make a new map for
This country and their own.
BOSTON TEA Il
Every schoolhoy knows the story Of