The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-06
Il Great men are the tlre.plllars In
3 the dark pilgrimage Of an Kind 7
4 they stand as heavenly signs, ever ever
3$Ilvlnu witnesses OF what has been
y prophetic tokens a OF what ma still
Be. NJ 5,isl a &C arIyle.
AS SANDER on the South.
Awrlter ii the baltimore sun, n dis

al writer In the Baltimore Sun, In dis.
SfsSS cilssing the right Of secession, So ys
SSsSs$ art vas Patrick Henry, a soutlerner,
WI u said; Give mo liberty. or give RI me
St sdeathl,S The South covered herself With
Eb glory In the Revolutionary War and IL
Il was one OF her sons who was commander
n IN chief Of the Continental Army, which
Sa fought FOR the principle OF all men are
IS creuted equal; that they are en- do wed ny
N Creator with certain: inal enuble,
q rights, among them nre life, liberty and
Ihthe pursuit Of happiness. IS This Is the
!. Foundation upon which the American re-
Il spubIic was builded. II this be true, then
sssg how could tho South be justified In seced-s
E ing from5the Union because she wanted To-
deprive q, 600 900 men, women ana chldre en-
s OF their liberty??' 1T t53 u 5g 4.
lSsS The man who asserts that the Southern
States seeded In order to perpetuate sla Ny
3s cry confesses his Ignorance Up to the
time that the war broke out, the ques ton
4 OF abolishlng slavery in the States had
never been consi dered in Congress. AZ
late as March, 1861, President Linco said
81 ia his inaugural address. II have no
4 purpose, Il directly or Indirectly, to inter-
n fcre with the Institution OF slavery In the
81 states where 1t exists. W believe p have
s. no lawful right tod 80, and q hayeEno
INCLINATION to do So. Charles Sumner
leader Of the abolition party in Congress-
II SAT- In the Senate on February q, 1861 q
take occasion to ID eclare most explic-
\ lily that I do not think that Congress
m has any right TO interfere with 10 State !"
S ..Tho principle thus announced, 81 says
Mr.. Davis g,ilat ed all the Slegisla-.
ton Of cong sths beginning y q
its flryt session IN y dSWh t. the first
sessssi Oh q tho yshths Congress,
&, commencing J uiSf d
The question OF dispute up to that time
had been whether the stakeholder should
sgS be permitted to go with his slaves into
I Territory into which the non-slayeholder
could go with his property Of any sort
It was not until after the war had begun
Fi5 that Congress began to! take up abolish
s8 ing slavery In the States. b 5 "a \.
II L is too lato to go into any academic
d discussion OF the long chain OF avents
that led to war between the States, but
$$lt;is always timely and proper for 4 q
s8 Southern newspaper Il to denounce ia the
SANDER that Southern riots shed their
/ blood ITO deprive four million men. ,wo-
8 men men and children Of their liberty" As
for Virginia. she was the first of all
Il the States, North'sor2 soi,th, to prohibit
lie slave trade, and her gallant SON.
a3 i, ebert 10. Lee, who led the Confederate
Il forces, had already set his slaves free
AZ when Lincoln's emancipation proclama-
q sion was made. The mere fact that the
eommander-ln-chief Of the Confederate
al armies was himself opposed to slavery
3 !: IS sufficient answer TO the SANDER OF
the SUMS correspondent. IN