The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-05-11

t0IHIot tndl Idte1ul ADT1l DAY,
tor did il not break their hearts, and
I'LL their souls with the sorrow that
they must carry with them to their
graves.
1t was a Holy cause for which the
men Of the South contended. the fair
est tor which men ever barred their
breasts TO the ~death-hail OF the Dat
tleticld.
1t should not be necessary. at this
late day, TO say tina the South was
NOT c~Gntending. primarily, for the
perpetU3tiOn of Negro Slavery. In it's
heart Of hearts the South did not want
Negro Slavery; and, in the second
place, II South had sense enough to
know that Negro Slavery was doomed,
secession or no secession. Sooner or
later, sQone rather than later, the
South would have got rid of its slaves
even : the North had done nothing.
Nero slavery was the occasion, not
the cause. OF secession, and the war.
The South seeded as it clearly had
the right TO do-sinply because it
could 10 longer get its constitutional
rights n the Union. The Southern
States entered The Union with a fair,
square understanding that their in
tegrity as sovereign commemorative
was - ~emain unimpaired, and it was
not until hat understanding had been
violated by the Northern members of
the compact that the South took the
action which precipitated the clash
OF arms.
In g word, the South seeded be-
cause is people were resolved to pre-
serve 1reir risht of LOcal-Self Gov
ernnlert-the basic right in all COM
nun ties, the right without which all
other rights are but so nue. moon
him and gassamir.
The people, who do not govern
Ii 49, -- IVA ~ lo- a. 800 800 ~ %I~s~
own laws and determine their own in
st;1utiQns. are slaves. not freemen.
and 20 can such community q State"
WOULD be monstrous perversIon of
terms
In he Union Of 1850 the wisdom
and virtue OF the Republic were MOI
all on The MOI thern side of the Po-
tonlaC. The Intelligence and moral
sense Of the South was quite equal
t" thai Of the North. but the people
OF The South said to those of the
North: IF We want negro slavery it
is r0- for YOU to say We shall not
have =. If the sovereign people Of
amy commonwealth vote TO have this
OF thu ether institution that is not pro- |
hihit-3 by the terms OF the COnStitu- |
ton, ne people of no other common
wealth, or LEAGUE OF commemorative, |
has 1Hy right 10 Interfere with that
institution.
In q. word. the South was contend
Ing or Const tutional Liberty. the
. overn itself, without let or
hipGra,17ce from the other sections Of
the Union.
It vas not willingly that the South
sevt I'd its old-time relations with its
SISTER States Of the North. 1t was
only liter many earnest attempts to
prevent it, that the people of the
south, with heavy hearts, voted their
states out of the Union.
They loved that old Union, as we'll
they might. for they had practically
treated it. 1T was the voice Of a
>outheTner that first aroused the
'oi"r.sts to action: it was the pen of
~Sra*herner that wrote the Declara-
7 Independence; it was the
word Of a SOutherner that made that
Declaration good in the final abltra-
Of arms; and it was the pen OF
:, ~S9utnerner that wrote the Constltu-
i"n 1t was h patriotic zeal, dl-
,lOmaCy and u~nflagging Devotion OF
hes same men, with others OF their
.ompatriots Of the South. that made
I possible for the Constitution to get
tSrl~ ratified. But for the perseVer-
# Washington, Jefferson, Aladl-
.on aud other Southern members OF
he Federal Convention, the stalWart
,nti-E nionists from New York and
massachusetts, would undoubteulS |
prevented the ratification OF the {
Constitution and the establishments OIL I
t government. 1
Tfat the South hated the Union, as
rIcI. and desired its disruption, is one :
Il Csc rnonstrous lies that some l
inc get into history, to deceive men
or ~ long time before they are hunt- I
II 'oHn and destroyed.
H. South loved the Union, ana :
loving 1t. until it ceased 10 De I
he CniOn Of the Constitution and be- .
anne the Union OF Il lot OF New Eng
ana fanatics and their dupes, at =.
EhirH time, in the exercise OF ITS SOW /
right, it voted to leave t. :,
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