The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-05-21

causes are witnessed by the pro-
visions of the constitution Of the
United States, by the history Of
the action of the congress, of the
courts Of the country, of the
message of presidents, by the acts
of the governors and legislatures of
States, by declarations of political
conventions, in fact, by the political
history of the United States down.
to the time when that political
crusade was actively commenced
which led up to that bloody conflict.
Fortunately for the truth of History,
these facts appear in the imperish-
able record of the Federal and State
governments, and in the entire
history of this country which pre-
coded the war, and it is to these
facts, which can not be successfully
controverted, that shall appeal to-
day.
1t has been to a large extent
assumed that negro slavery was
the cause of that war. This is not
strictly true. 1t was the occasion
of the war, but not the principal
cause of the war,
The real cause of the war was
sectional jealousy, the greed OF
gain, the lust of political power by
the eastern states.
The changing opinions of civilized
nations on the subject of slavery
furnished the occasion which en-
abled political demagogues to get
UP crusade which enabled them
in the end to overthrow, in part at
least, the constitution of the United
States, and to charge the character
of the Federal government by a
successful revolution.
This sectional jealousy strongly
developed at the time of the
Louisiana territory in 1903. That
purchase was bitterly opposed,
especially by the people of the New
England States, on the grounds of
opposition that it would add totile'
power of the agricultural States,
and be opposed to rhe interest of
the man tsaAt1turing States, for then
yince, they desired to con-
the policy of the Federal govern
|ment, and to use it as an ageneyfor
the promotion of individual and
sectional interests. And in their
opposition to this measure they
threatened to secede from the Union.
This jealousy was still further man
Tested at the tine 81 the war of
1912, a war which was gons into
morefor the protection of the ship.
piag interests of the New England,
States, and for free trade and
sailors rights, than for any other
cause. They denouneea that war
and gave encouragement In the
enemies of the United States, fur
nishing sigaal lights to the enemy.
Their members Of congress, gov
ernors of States, theft Stale leg
islatures and a convention called for
| the purpose threatened to secede
froN the Union. This jealously
again manifested itself when Mis-
souria was adFaatted AS a State
because, as they assumed, II Meuid
increase the power of the agricul-
turaI States and be against the in
terest of the manufacturing States.
And on like grounds they opposed
the acquisition of Texas and of the
territory OF Mexico, acquired as a
result of the waT with that country.
And in their greed to ievy tribute
on the South by means OF high pfp-
tectjve tariffs, they drove South
Carolina into modification in 1891,
and an armed conflict was only
averted by a compromise reducing
the duties on imports.
Up to 1920 there had been 40
serious trouble over the question of
slavery, as shown by Mr.. Bancroft,
New Epgland's great historian, in
his hist0fY Of the United States,
slavery in S0ae form then existed
in every civilized government in
the world. 1t had been in the
American colonies by the govern
ments of Great Britain, France and
Spain, andlby the Dutch merchants
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