The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-26
CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR.
Hon. John ii. Reagan Discusses Them from
Standpoint of Personal knowledge.

II electoral votes, all being from the free
! Suits OF the North, though they We're moi
! VectSd' thus demonstrating It's purely sec
uVnu chhfactef. -Four years later. lSbO
ne nntl.slavery party nominated Abraham
| ~ f.,nornu iur piesueht ehu iiannioal ilamn
III vice preslucnt, ana TINS ticket sccuttC
tteV electorul votes. exclusively from the
nou,nsIh iree states ana was elected, dem
uiiistrntlhg us sectional character, nht
ot'u"i ny, onnt c9mmanded me SUPPORT
Oh tne people OF the United states. THIS
49, alafmed the people OF the South
n,, Statcs'
Az, H,ia, h,uic,n stiVefy existed N an ne
, Atu, van '"lunieS, aild inc AiflcNu Save
n,ii,,y w cs ifI nil ny the consent ana
i' pon,' ", t'ioSe HIioul9s. ,.
sto,a LII ,h ms history OF Tue uhi!cu
- ~ ouiuin' paEe ~ says speaking
W. ',e Vo,"lN or NnEihh' slavery WAS
In" rrinT'1 W. Y '.S cIlpurHtiVh' ihrun'
n,s t.uII,nS, nor ny the dcsltc OF inc cnil-
gnraUts, nut was introduced by the mcrcan-
~ Ia - vi u lofclEu natlul hpd was nv
c ,d ~ y! X X poluS pl HugIaud WtnN'lt re-
eoion ~ :, ''n iur'VNts OF we WISHES or the
49,, ~, ~ thu 'aiHe y Nv nv SaNh; SllN
, ~" ~ SilN' tlHut HIS oUVI Jhan lnc
ho ,v' W W. n9IIi soCittS thcE nrc lounu 10
h"gon - nss,, NV, XVI tne TJNnge nui'gr
",1i',,,, uSN NJ tut h,nits ot pastolni o.
~ t,"lt,nul M nuu WIN thc exception
w NJ, tne3 hhEr 'Nlchura 10 every
..,,'i '. -, wv S, VI JUS lo1 nc says
fuIiy nstahitsbJi 'i i,l5 W ncLlu SiaSrs "as
TF,g.. e..
nv ~, uui' - ,l",rs' aHu nal 'NiSieu hait
i'stcSy u s,I,i, lun ,"',t"e'tA oL auletli3
-, ~ ufeIF anu VIC sldVr itade nc
,HW' "ntLSlNP 10 th' most 'ull-hirhea ma
t o,"i,s w nipuPru lllhe,; Nnu TINS view was
49,, ~ "s mIHE :" 'uI peUP"' AIl't
~ pc'tic "a lur Npitnrih SlaIe~ had got
,Is '"' ~, -, - ~ su''t.S lueip 10 me
piauJ'Ih 81 INC 1uu'neih states the npp9-
I H,,'m ~ II ~ lunHe SIltcs grew uh'H u
tg,"'"' 'uh'iol'Hg eiemcht IN their poll-
m od5i,io, ,,,, -, o..,....,, H..
."gG,u ron we wv I"IcEoih9 can
NuSH'N i"I, prttiutll ana vice president ny
Tx ~ t III, c,! r"''N 'uuIc were 'hanI
"tuFr lhaic'il3hs thaI Us ultimate aim was
~ rec iue Sas'S Ni lnG S"uth' hrek IN
~. I'LL anu luuuSti'al '"nuUlohS or
.nal Stvtlou, WIN INC vast Elctl1ce IN
p u"PSa ~ I!e'cHtN Wnich would neccSsa'
~ ,"'l WV, US IHSuu.ulai ION,
avn. NilIVu H. seward VINO was one or
VIC proulhoht 'Andldates Tor INC prcS.
u'u,} Upu Wno was me most lhducn'l'i
Ihtnl!'l or thaI party ana VINO became
SSc'IeIalN 3l st2le undrr tFosldeit Lincoln.
ue'iatCu lhat inc ElaveN question present
W, AN HI'pi'tSlDle 'nnHlrt mat couid
en-" "ntn mean ,G Inat me agitation must 20 ,, on
State5 could secure the abolition or slavery
ny un'ontt tutnnal mems, Tor there was
D" otner way {" arcompliSh their purpose.
i,hl'i .AnfAnAm Lincoln. aitorWard prcs'-
ms County could not remain mar Tree
HuI n.l SIiNr, IOol c"lld on!r me nm
Pe1l'' "l ne NiN'eh Whei' slavery az not
,AlNl '.u'u secure us onNuuoh IN states
~ W. ,N'a', ....., ,..-
o,i,.,f ~, I .',,,' va, u,ncg ON JUS
,nn.t M, ~, E Cic1,, "u' NJ
+bo ,a,-,,{,, th -, '" ~, ~ ~
,hc Wnrt,e,,, s' otn a lo"n -, }l,IrI III
Nth u.htL H.. ,m,,1oi ~, 49,. "'gSFTV-r"'
g;nia for ,b ,,ornI ,.,,, ','",rr - w. u
railing WIN of races bctyccn tbo WIVES,
and Ilacks, carving win il murder and
prson ~. and sGn, ,e HE r "m,,
orrestod trIod ,nndon,,n1 M ro,,e,i rr
this rrcot crime Ns nm indIrition of tbs
temper Of the Northern people. Instead Of
| condrmping tho Hcte of thcao fcUo,ve ~,
many cases they drancd thcir rhurchre l.,
mouinng Tar John Brown and culacizei
/ linn rs a saut and mnrtvr
| As further evilonrc If the aggressive Do
| termination of the untislnvcry mon tn
! force conflict with tho south on this
/ question. ! call attention to IN" fact that
! many az the Northern State LEGISLATURES
/ nelore tnc var pns'eh acts making II =
J penal crime Tor any ar their officers or
! citizens - aid I'm tho enforcement of the
/ provision Of the "cnStitutlcn md tho nr'
| az congress, Whlch hnd the approval or
s,,, n't l'! ,4 rem ltil"A OF
luLlll,' sia,'7, mus hut'NlNG INC cen
hulu,lln NM laws on iNl' question, tuH
W.Iul"IN W lnG "slSHI .ytS N"llIhS ih'l'
/ '",HS 10 SIniw'l ne ruuS lllulloR'
N'tu Nuu'nt'n WrWlt'' "i rnNEr'"~
/ W,"C 'nPohlN 10 me Noliholh m'mh'fS "a
~" lu'ul w rN'I''Uln% inc constitution ana
IN IN" pIot'ti"h "t lh"r rights thry W'lN
answered by the statement we have tha
minority ana yon have TO submit. make
ms statement on personal knowledge. We
! were thus notified that popular majority
of all the people Of nll the States was to
he substituted for the provisions of the
constitution which limit the powers of the
Federal government ana protect the rights
of the several States.
II should he hcrc stated that If African
slavery was wrong II was n National
wrong, Inherited Irom the goyornm M /
which preceded ours ana was supported hy
the constitution and laws nnd hy ana lie.
clSlon Of the courts. and If II was Ia he
abolished II should have bccn AZ tbr Ak.
pcnsc of the whole pconlo no ms snr
rcstIon anti-Slnvcry men rnve M hccd
The people of the south Oero Tins ,n,n.
PEELED To face tho question or snhm,ttiur
10 The destruction Of thcir rroscrtv ',tghtS
undcr n yiolated constitutiop a. trE,no
IN sccwro thn roIicg NM .,,,i u tt, -
werc cntitlcd to nv withdrnvin. RI rom Nv
nnio h"itiIn a., ~, ANA ,,, .tH ts"u, "
t.ti,n os grt,,,i, "'u 9ooH,"h '"' Pr"
M, ontt , s,n,,l ~, '' t,I
IL. ~ ',N'"Nu,t wy, "yn h1u hu'n 70 say
" "1 Wv ~ "itW Ma,SouI'Ss ~, sl"N'IF'
| ,,ilu H""u' ny MaN'n"lue'H repelu"h as