The daily tribune., 1903-06-01

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memorial day; and carsed our civil
war through which sot no many Of
Columbis's sons Of both north and
south were offered as n sacrifice on
liberty's alter.
According to our best historians
there were four causes which led to
the commencement of that terrible
conflict.
First-DifYerence In construction
| put upon tho constitution by people
living in different sections of the
country. One party oontending that
the union of states was iudisoluble,
that the acts OF congress were binding
upon all the states until repealed by
stitutional by the supreme courts.
Also that mans allegiance WAS the
general government first, last and all
| the time; that talk of secession WAS
reasonable and un-American and
should be punished as treason. Tho
other party contending that the con
stitution was AN instrument construct
ed by the union OF states, consequent
| ly its life was to be determined by
| the continued union of said states.
That congress WAC only delegated
power and any act pasesd by congress
was only binding in rs far as it serv-
cd the individual state. or in other
words any state feeling itself agriev-
cd by any act passed by the genreal
government could annul that act by
the power of its own legislature.
That said act could not and was not.
binding upon them. That mans
first allegiance WAS to his state. Aft
erwards to his country. That acts
of nuIlifcation we're Justiiiable and
that of disunion we're acts revolution
AIRY and honorable. For years and
years piior to the firing upon Fort
Sumpter this question was debated
and had sdherents in the north as
we'll as in the south. Here was an
issue the most dangerous that ever
attacked nation. an issue that was
liable to shatter the entire fabric of our
country it struck right to the very
vitals of our government.
With the rise of the tariff ques-
tion the position of parties changed;
states rights, had been for years agi.
tated in New England But rs |
said the tariff question changed
things, it being congressional meas
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pense of the SOUTH naturally New
England favored it aud as oonse-
quence 1t stood with the government,
Thus was the breach between the
north and south broadened.
Second General Cause.-The system
of labor in the different sections; in
the north, the labor was performed
by men who were freemen, citizens
and voters while in the south it WAS
performed by bondsmen and slaves !;
they believed that the capital of n
country should own the labor; in the
north that capital and labor should
both be free. Thus it was that the
agitation of the question of free labor
and slave labor WAS bringing to r
focus question that was to disrupt
our country from center to circum-
ference aud threatened the very
foundation upon which this magni-
ficent structure stood,
Third-The third general cause can
be attributed 30 the lack Of intercourse
between the two sections. The great
railroads and thoroughiares run east
and west. Emigration went not to
the south but the cry was westward
toward the setting sun is our goal /;
from u lack of intercourse the people
misjudged and became jealous of each
other to such degree that life and
property were in danger.
Fourth--The fourth cause was
found in manner that is very often
used at the present day. The public
press and cheap newsmongers very oft.
en- decry one locality to build up
another; and nothing is too sensational
for them to publish. don't mean all
publishers are that way neither were
tutf ail su lttuulNfOuS III tltSt uhNs.
But there were some whose every
offert seemed to be anything to cause
trouble. Some papers of the north
pictured the men of the south as in
human monsters, who thought no
more of black mans life tnan he did
of a dog only as it affected him in a
financial way then some papers of the
south pictured the northern mau as
n cold, bloodless, oowardly Yankee.
Thus YOU see that on that memorable
day when came the declaration of war
the feeling was so strong against each
other that everybody knew it was
! going to be battle to the death
Both sides thought they were right /;
both sides were going into battle
believing IL WAS tor their own hearth