The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-08
History Is indicated
Through Them and
Posterity Is Prevented
From Believing a Lie
When the Issues of
the Past Are Gone
Over.

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pntIisueu ~ ousu"u' VA, oT,i S,uit.
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~ such lcaehlngs. NC sgNtISIsn so Tsao br
NIIsIuIu wy ~ auvu ~ ,,,,rdorors
/ an armed band OF cutthroatS. muTuPIcFS
ana consp!ratorS' loa ny .onu DIN M,
NoL,nvLa iun"{'ti asaruSt ,tionaI rjeits Of
I OF virginia ana the SousII,u d,iIIhorato
her people, Such an open ana lchn n,ili,,,
! act OF treason rHplhe anu tnulHv. Isl
10 nave received tue ehlPndtIc auu In1 tha
nous contemplation OF tne ptIp,s W ~
North as II ola in the South' but uul ~:
Appeals were made lnr ,he I ~ Ia, ~ ~
NC punishment pres ,FIDtu ~ 49, ~ MAJ,
virginia ana AZ tue Nor'h nc Ne uns sr1r
traitor, this foul murderer, mas peen canon,
lied declared salnp anu MI. W ,sih+t
mat hughes IN MS N Iln HlSSs ,o,ol Win
places John Brown almost on itNei "l'u
the Son Of God ,,
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flying sectional party secured Hn unt INV I;,,,
self declared that This government roulu
not endure half slave ana nan Tree u e
cause. he said. In substance that lneIe
was an rreparahle conflict between Ine 81. So
ton upon this question of slavery thar
both slavery and the Union Soulu noI ~
list and that the Union must ne Pltsc',hmu
uessibc conflict waEed ny Seitlonal PM
against the Constitution and laws OF me
land and the rights guaranteed ny ihe 'on-
stitution 10 the people OF the South
= hnyc thus quoted from speeches, letters
utterances laws. the Constitution ana dcc'-
sion< of the.-court OF last resort not TOT
lie nurposc of reviylug preiudccs or Sec
tinnoI bithtel'pess far be It from me, but
for the purpose of recalling Ia the MINIS
OF my hearers the signs Of the times IN,
p1ediateIv preceding the war, showing the
nror"cation 10 the South, the purity 81
h,r mortycs and to Justify her In the 81
forts shc made to pcatahly se'edc from the
i,rin, and form government that would
49, nor i'm hcr constitutional rights
- Snd nov nv comrades since more than
fcrtv wears have passed away since the
Nan AZ arms in thar cruel war begun,
@nn tbo smoke Of battle has cleared away,
ord when Tho mental vision is no longer
o6Scured hv prejudice, and when reason
s-I,5bt v,5cn We remember the long years
e sfruarle in and out of congress t.
-, IA IA "s sio riobt Of the states guaranteed
updor main and unmistakahle provisions
of he constitution and when We remember
That many Of the States legislatures OF
1 iio N"a'n comrt of tho United States sus
IN. iIn; ~ enc states rights doctrine as an
"rhitrSrv mower. and therefore null aud
Void and when we rssmember tha' hono ore d
m%", ovcr lonnosinr States rights, were
laanoyn,nCinr the constitution thus upheld
by the supreme court. as covenant with
do
U TL'a rom nm that tine voice Of the law
W., w. nn ionger in the land" hut that the
t Nj goyernmcnt which prior to 1851
bnS '5ndriuistered the government in ac-
"",dnpre With the requirements Of the con
? -, go doFoatrd And then when this sec.
III portv Tins nledged 10 the destruc~
,m ne rights of the SOUTH and the
cc,evntraiizatiop Of the government. was ahodt
10 seize the reins OF the goNeInment, Wnhl .
thoroughly convinced that the constiLui, 3a
ard laws OF the uloGo Ht"t ~ esde s w" ~
! , bn uor iV" coming into power that they
. would no longer be enforced aud knQwlng
that they had the fgaI ana bo InaI Tban
rtEn, ~ preserve her rights, no aler-
? native was left to her as free and sover-
eign state nut 10 w''nG bat ho 'G ho,oy y1
5 In9hh b op on litter destruction Of her rights
I and to do so without a struggle was i'm
= nosslnle I I3 veins the blood OF patriots
Inl3I iptiors If constitutional liberty flowed
: She therefore seeded and the was Of coer.
e cion followed. ,ho u.r vos M,
h e but; IN my vain If is true the sacred cause
= for which We fought went down in gloom
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