The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1907-05-10

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sovereign and independent states, and
other states Of the Union.
The delegation which represented
Leon county in the secession convention
of Florida were John Beard. George T.
Ward. w. G. M. Davis James Kirksey
and George W. ParkKill
This course of conduct Of the
! Southern States was in accordance
with the absolutely true doctrine an
nounced by our Revolutionary fathers
in the Declaration Of Independence that
70 secure the alienable rights of hfe,
liberty and the pursuit OF happiness,
! governments are instituted among men,
deriving their just powers from the
consent Of the governed, and that
whenever any form of government shall
become destructive of these ends it is
the right of the people to alter or
abolish it and to form a new govern
ment.
| The Southern people have been un-
justly criticized and grossly misrepre-
sented as to their position on secession
and slavary. We have been called rebels
and traitors. am willing to be led into
the belief that the northern people are
beginning 70 see US in our trne light and
to realize the honesty of our convictions,
but there are yet men who have the
confidence of the northern people and
who fill the most exalted positions in
the United States government today,
who continue to assert that Jefferson
Davis was a traitor have been taught
by history that the only traitor who
ever lived in this republic, from the be- |
ginning until the present day, was
Benedict Arnold; and Benedict Arnold |
was born in Connecticut, in New Eng |
land. Benedict Arnold, holding a COM |
mission in the Continental army, sold
out to the British authorities for gold, |
and attempted to surrender the fort I
and men under his command TO the |
enemy; but Jefferson Davis first sur
rendered mis- trust, and resigned his
seat in the United States Senate, and
returned to his state to fight for the
rights of his people upon the honorable
field Of battle This course of conduct
shows the difference between the trait
or and the patriot.
have here an address delivered to
the Grand Army of the Republic by /
Rev. w. A. Whittle, ID. ID. In Evans
vile, Indiana, on Decoration Day, May
30, 1905 and from it I,propose TO prove
to you that secession and slavery had
their birth in New England. | shall
proceed to tell you what he said TO the
veterans of the Union army, and surely
no one can complain of the facts that
he relates.
Thomas JeffersOn's election to the
presidency in the year 1900, was re-
garded by the people of New England
Just as LincOln's election was by the
people of the South, sixty years later:
namely, as sufficient cause for seces-
ginVN fAnNynNFnnV Walantf Of CnnnnaFs-
cut said: Il sincerely declare that /
wish the northern states would separate
from the Southern the moment Jefrer-
son is elected"
John Quincy Adams published a state
ment over his own signature saying
that in the winter of 1903 a plot was
formed to separate the Union. He
says: the plan was so far matured
that proposal had been made TO an in
dividual to permit himself, at the prop
er time, TO be placed at the head of
military movements, which, it was fore
seen, would be necessary TO carry the
project into successful execution" He
says further; THAT the separation Of
the Union was openly stimulated in the
public prints, and a convention of dele
gates Of the New England state. to
meet at New Haven, was intended and
proposed"
Governor Plumer of New Hamshire
distinctly affirms that in 1905 the pur-
poses of certain leading New England
ers, whose names he gives, was to
dissolve the Union"
When a bill was offered in Congress
in 1911, to admit Louisiana TO the Una
ion, Josiah Quincy, one of the most dis
tinguished sons Massachusetts eve
produced, used this language on the
floor of Congress: IL am compelled to
declare as my deliberate opinion that,
If this bill ito admit Louisana) passes
they bonds Of the Union are virtual dis
solved: that the states which compose
Il, are thereby freed from their moral
obligations, and that, as IL will be the
right Of all, so IL will be the duty of
some, TO prepare definitely for the sepa-
ration, amancably if we can, forcibly
ii we must.
Governor Plumer quotes James Hill
house, United States Senator from Con-
neotlcut, saying: THE eastern states
must and will dissolve the Union AID
form a separate government Of their 1
own, and the sooner they do it, the bet I
ter
again. when Congress declared war /
against Great Britain in 1912 the east
ern states rose in rebellion, not against
CoNTINUED on FiFTH PA0E
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Senator John s. Beard has been Join
ed at the capital by Mrs. Beard and
thar ehstdrap and Mra Raardfo osaN.r