Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-18

Under such circmmstances the sturdy
patriots x the latter part Of the iasi
century and their immediate successor,
In The first part Of this one. would have
BEEN looked upon rs unpairioiic n not
! irrcvcrent MAD they spoken Of the ma
tioHli compact In any way that would
have caused the entities 20 disap-
pear Tor even the time being.
70 was the United States
"arc." In order that the lndl-
vlduii states would always be
spoken Of and thus kept In mind. But
lot the student Of history contemplate
The sequel Let him give thought %
What such a state N AFFAIRS brought
about 10 made some Of the states ar-
rogant others Aggressive. others sui
lon and all Insecure Those that had
adopted slavery az % feature 0f their
social and political fabric realizing
how strongly thoy were entrcnohed IN
the defense OF that system. not only
/ tempted fate many times before ii1
blow feil upon them. but in their blind
fanlaclsm and unsoasoniug ins1lence
sought 10 carry the curse beyond their
own domain and plant 70 10 the new
states where ihe climate. conditions and
sentiment were au aralnFt IT, one
friction led 90 another until finally the
slavery section. wild 10 npi mad To- its
fauc.ed severity. dcmandcd OF Hs active
supp1riers In the other sections that
fhy tbiecJly surrender 10 order that
the President might como FROM and
be- q representative n the i'an1nanis
Tho demand was refused and The latter
split the party with watch ,hsy were
acting by making separate nominations
distinctly representative Of the slave
holding section. The result was more
than forcahadowcd. % was designed and
o1rried out The conflicting elements
could no longer even live together. and
The io5scnoas OF our national structure
made possible n 70 dld not Invite the
great struggle which followed. u was
struggle 90 determine whether the
Union was 10 be maintained IN 10 en-
tiruiy or whether any portion 81 u
could AZ viii withdraw and maintain
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question was the immediate agency BY
which the clnnIc, was Trough, about.
because but Tor that the question Of
states rights could not have been
Drought ~ % the cI-remr phase which
made collision inevitable. Tho great
President Abraham Lincoln. before &he
struggle began, gave voice 90 the pre-.
waiting rcntimont Of the unionista WHOM
hc said that the natbn could not oxls,
hair free ana half slave. This meant
that slavery must be- abolished by one
means or another. and ,hc war 10 pre-
serve the national structure IN its en-.
tlrety became the means. slavery.
through states rights. brought on the
war. and the war freeing the slaves
preserved the Union and demolished 80
much % exclusive state a5vcrclrnty ~
Impaired tho aollssy and Threatened
the pcrpctul,y u Tho structure ~ a
whole.
To sum up; The iooacncas which
Characterized The federal fabric by
reason ~ giving undue prominence 60
the entities has been completely REM
cdlci By leaving the sovereignty Of
each portion uuimpairsd. but substitute
Ing Tor the right to aecedc the higher
and better right 20 be on terms ~
equality with each and every other por-
ton. That n. "a better Union" to
quote from thu preamble TO the old
Constitution. has been established and
VIII be- maintained. Union mat while
not vnic'ng any u ~ parts. does not
pCrmi, any ur all VI chem TO cffacc u.
~ plurihua unum'-out Of money. one
has been realized unto m a. one of tne
results OF our foughi.out misundor-
standing. IN other words. tho states
care" and the nation ia"