The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-06-13
SECESSION.
The Causes which led to the Secession of the
Southern States.
By Herbert Noreu.

SAOcps pcrnRpS Que, az sOmettme neid
slaves, only giving them up when she
found them a burden rather than q
help, on account Of the unsuitability
OF the climate; aud that she resisted
the formation Of laws prohibiting the
importation Of negroes, because her
merchants were pro6ting by the slave
trade. The North was delighted with
the idea of posing as philanthropist
while at the same time she advanced
her own interests by depriving the
South Of the mainstay Of her prosper
ity. Following out this plan she made
an enormous display Of sympathy (ac-
quired very conveniently for the
slaves Of the South. The whole
framework of Southern prosperity rest
ed on the holding Of negroes as pro-
perty. This being the case, the North
thought to disable the South by the
emancipation o. slaves, and to gain
for herself what the South lost. In
other words, the North sought to
cover her desire for supremacy in the
Union, under the semblance Of trying
to free the so-called oppressed slaves
Of the South.
Not only by the abolition of slavery.
but by sthe imposition Of protective
tariffs, sectional in their operation
and uniformly having the design of
bene6tting the manufacturing States
ct the expense of the agricultural, or
"Cotton States," did the North seek
to weaken the influence Of the South.
Having the balance Of power on her
side in Congress, she unjustly used it
to injure the South by protecting her
own industries and injuring those Of
the South. The general government
thus Disseminated between the sec
tions, bringing wealth and influence to
the one, and q corresponding loss to
the other.
This was 80 manifestly contrary to
the preambleof the constitution which
states that the Union was formed to
| promote the welfare Of all, that South
Carolina declared the oppressive tax
to be null end void in her dominion.
In this step she was justified by the
constitution itself and by.numerous
precedents. However, her right was
denied and she vas compelled by the
threats Of the President to repeal the
Modification Acts. The firm stand
she had made. nevertheless, had the
effect Of reducing the tariff.
When the colonies stated the rea-
sons which justified them in throwing
of their allegiance to England, one Of
1.-THE chiefgrounds Of complaint was the
!inciting OF domestic insurrection by
the King. The Southern States suf-
fesssa eE0sn 0itizsns OF the North in
the same manner. John Brown, his
mind being infamed by the Abolition
lat literature, 80 freely circulated in.
the North, with a body Of white men
invaded Virginia with the purpose Of.
arming the slaves for a negro insur-s
section. Those Of the North who per-
sisted IN considering him martyr,
because ne was oyertaken by just
retrlbution for ms murderous plan,
made themselves his accomplices, In
thought.
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