The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-16
A Memorial
by Virginia Quitman
McWealus.
Jefferson Davis g g
/ u g and the Old South.

United states. -,
Missouri compronilae OF 1890. and was
stimulated IN 1850 and 1898, when Kansas
and Nebraska came to the front IN tne
halls OF congress. Long before the ntst
gun was nred. such men as Calhoun Wen
ster Toombs and Douglas arose ~ their
strength, and strew the path 70 the norr0rs
Of OWL war With the mAtchiess mowers
Of their oratory. They stood outside me
rocks and shoals Of party passion ,Anu
brought their magnificent lntelects 20 pear
upon a question Of constitutional rignt.
The question that Involved the COLONIES
In a war Of independence was one or taxa
ilon without representation, and the qnes.
civil war. was the South's right IN an
equal participation In the Territories: ~
either case, y was not matter OF tet
nor slavery but the deterunutlon &C. As
sert and maintain censutQuouh right
As far back as TRylOr's administrators.
Toomhs addressed the house "a the i9i'
lowing words: i claim the right tor the
South 20 enter the Territories win az
her property and securely TO enjoy 70.
She viii divide with you It yon wish T.;
but the right to enter al or divide ! shh
never surrender IN my jnugnfnl uls
right, Involving political equality, is worth
a thousand such unions as we nave De
prlye uB ~ this right aud appropriate
the cnlnmou property 70 yourselves II is
then your government not mine,
Daniel Webster, 10 his famous Dth Of
March speech took decided grounds AGAINST
congressional restrictions In the rerrito.
ries. The hest speech made 10 the Senate
by one ~ tho most profound Interpreters
Of the constitution, John G. Calhoun. was
IN regard To this crisis. He INSERTED a
strong attachment 10 the Union under the
constitution, and the Soutli's EFFORT 70 pre-.
serve this constitution Ia an uninTlngeh
condition. He maintained that the dangers
that then threatened arose from the cen
traliZng tendency Of the government RMS
had by scveral measures Riyeu prepondef-
ance to the population Of the non-slNye
Stntea and the tendency WAS towards con
solidatlon. That, II the connection betwaen
the states had 10 be nnintained by force,
tho combination would partake more OF tho
character Of subiugation oil the part Of thu
weaker 10 the stronger, than the union OF
tho free, independent and sovereign states
IN one confederation.
Hnd the gIgns OF The times been Needed
and ord nary iustce vuuchsafcd, the
French revolution would not have taken
place ANA Louis XVI have gone TO hts
efsye In an orthodov manner The nght
Of theoretical republic was In the eyes
Of men, but IL wa5 fhe ignlsfatuus arising
from tho gas Of deeaylng principles, and
the signs that heraldod the sixties were
ignored nv tho majority.
Tho strongly EXPRESSED opinions OF the
nliest minds of that dny were dominating
tho South when MIR. Lincoln was elected,
an event that was greatly promoted by the
unfortunate split Ia tho democratic party
thut was "a brillant as futile after firm
con eictlon on the part OF the Southern
States that tho compact Of union had heeu
broken and the constitution meusced, each
used der previously unquestioned, soycroign
right 10 withdraw from the Union. The
idea wag 70 preserye, ena enforce thG true
selves, without the hlcmisA on party re-
stricnons There was ON the part Of the
South no intention 0t shedding blood, and
AZ arst tho North did nor have q deanite
Iincoin made liis nrst call for troops
stephen A. Dourms ~ Illinois, ono Of The
brightest Northern LIGHTS pronounced the
| In the interval after south Carolina
I cossion Mr. Davis sHll held bis eeat q
| after MlFsisippl lcft the Union that he
resigned hs seat and came TO his posi-
NJ. nayi5 dId not originate the idea Of
secession, he did not proclaim war no.
/ did he elect himself president 81 the south
ern Coufederacy These we're me aci'
! ~ che people OF solid south, with thei
/ nag IN one hand aud the constitution O.
their Colonial father in the other
~
Hailem said that the aRgressor Ia wa
IL ne who begins It's not the nrst VIII
uses force, but the nrst who renders fore
necessary" so we claim chat the war a.
not hegin when Governor Pickaus ordere
Geuorul BeaurarS to Are on sumter,
demand OF Carolina for her own territory
but when the nrst nail was struck m
nrst gun placed upon those war vessel
ip the Brooklyn navy yard
phAt nret shot the erho or when revef
bcrated around the entire globe, was no
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