The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-21
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"A Richmond Lad Writes q I ne
Essay on the Sub
MONUMENT; 10 THE He WOMEN j {: n.
A Confederate Woman Declares lar Is.
That They Do Not
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81 That They Do Not
Desire lit.
FROM the STANDPOINT Of the present d, day
# we are apt to look upon tliis warSas aris-s
5,nr out Of the slavery ag tion;s but the
alienation OF the section which really
brought it on, extended back TO "a time,
when the slavery agitation had not Il been
heard Of From the first the blood Of the ne
English Cavaliers and loyal lis hlanders
but Ill agreed with the cold and fanati-s
zeal Puritans OF New gland. Before ne
S IrsoyoIution u he colonies had ming IN
$ts comno and the smallness Of the inter
2S course and the difference in their8cllmate
increased rather than dllnlnis he'd the an
cestral hatred. The Cava Tiers had obtain.
Is ei1& NJ land whose fertile soil and genial
Climate had rendered possible the am ass
ing Of large wealth by agriculture and had
gwen rise to landed arts locracy u not
Is titled. Yet just6as exclusive as any in
5 europe, # men bred in the saddle and and
trained in The use Of arms from their eli
youth. fE9 " q . Isl b VI W.
&, landed on a coast barren soil and harsh.
climate was stronglyiin accord witt their
gloomy and Observation-Disclosures These con-
5Et:slionss had given rise 10 a; sta tie OF So
Scicty irlswhicll4 every rod OF ground MAIN
tanned yits man. Few there were who did
mot 4 own a. small farm, but fewer still
need employ hired Ia Dor. 5.,s 5553
And IA gain this Sharsfness OF the soil
naturally led the New Eng CHAMBERS to
geek from he tecming fisheries nearby
#taie living which was so hard to obtain
ION the land And 50 at she. sDeg in II or
#.ilct Revolution, ~ N Jew En- CHAMBERS 81 We're
#:iircady ii maritime people. The struggle
"a io. freedom FORA time subordinated the
sectional feeling. but even, during the
%3SvarSitself 1t gave unmistakcfb signs 81
itssseXistence. Vaslington recog nizGd Il
n III d tried toEcrlsh 1t ont5.in tho army, by
giving strict orders for the punishment or
W any one who should do anything to In
HI crease the existing sectional feeling, and
&inJgilis farewell address he warned his
N cauntrymen to beware Of this great evil
when ~ ca &c was declared tho gap stead
lily widened. Each section tried In every
way to prevent the other from gaining
II power, in fact the opposition of the North
5sto the Louisiana purchase was so strong
q that John Quincy Adams said s" lfi.this
II measure passes the bonds OF the Union
are virtually dissolved.
s3 But there wersAot her,:and greater con.
Glcts Of interest at the close of the
yItevplution the South had continued an
agricultural people. while the North III
addition TO commerce and umbefing, had
CnSa6ed sldTSclSE Anu
:. under Jackson g presidency. an exceedingly
& high tariff was levied TO protccLathe IN
#tfdnt industries of the country. This Yves
extremely harsh for the South. since the
planters We're compelled to pay exorbi-
~ t;int prices to the northern manufacturers
for articles often inferior to the imported.
South Carolina promptly refused to al
"a low this duty to be collected and FOR a
8 time 1t seemed that the Union must be
$it;Droken, but the conservative policy OF
men like Calhoun, prevailed, the tariff
va was modified South Carollnas action
8 though hasty and iil-constdered, Was by
~ no means unprecedented: In a similar
case Massachusetts had refused to obey
GR Mr.. Jefferson's embargo. AT tho close
vi OF the Revolution both North and soutl
permitted slavery. and II anything inc
5a5i North was Its warlnest advocate Tht
NJ Northern pulpit pronounced the institu
s ton a great blessing In that IT. brought
E3Eemghted heather to share the blessings
g.sof civilization. Finally the slave trade
was abolished by the exertions of IN
South In spite of the opposition of TIL
g4+ North whose ships We're largely engaged
81 1t, and then since the cold climate
N rendered negro labor unproiitable, Til
latitude Of the North began to change
85fTrom the first there had been few aboii
Sd1ionists In both sections, but after III
&labandonenent Of slavery In The Norll
~ these fanatics took firm foothold there
%si and then the cloud AT first SO insignili
@ cant grew into y tempest s#
&Hs The Abotionists. since the Constltu
4 ton recognized slavery, denounced II q
b league with death. and covenant VIII
hell and urged their States to loose then,
3 selves from It; failing In this they turne
Their attention to melting the slaves t
s,5 ruE away. by supplying them With mean
II of fight, and by hiding, and protectm
st them, when once safely cross the border
S Not satisfied with this, the Ahoiitionist
ss$&srf about restricting slarery IL Its exIs
BIZ ing limits.
f3s Measuress We're introduced In Cnngres
to The effect that no states formed iii
Y cGfnmon territory which the South ha
$ heen foremost tostacqure, should SLAYER
&ab be permitted Finally Wsaricd by the Ion
Aigaconflict.4 the South yielded 10 a so,calit
N compromise; all States North OF &c d.
s Biecs 81 except Missouri should be fire
AKA while all below that line should choo
S3 for themselves. This left only Arkanst
&; aud Indian Territory aB possible sla'
9s8 States, and the aim Of the Additions
.was spracticRlly accomplished.
But time wore m ard the great wcsel
#terrltory was acquired and settled; Il
s old tiiestion arose again. The south ms
II es3 That the missouri noilIprpmise line
sf extendsd 10 The Paclfici the North fefl
s%etl, and when the matter was earned
tie NJ courts the compromise was ~
" ,oinced Invalid. 81 Then itgan the co
SsSl;rated race for Kansas, North and son
III nike poured In ifs enaigrants, striving
#kcbtain4 A. majority In the gopernme
SThis statfy Or affairs resilfsd In bloc
shed, and the esta blishnisnt Of
xerrjtpriai governments. each 81 VIII