The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-06-07

senate. tLeIe arose tie Kzlsas-NeJras-
ID controversy. o- what !s better
.noxr q. .sq-z-ters Sovereignty. o.
.rI-zuns u t1- mind q stephen a
DougIa.. o, Illinois 81 ,ais. ezca -e--
r,o-y Wzs permitted 70 say whether
o. 10. slavery SHOULD y allowed w.-a-
IL .-s 10rce-s S1cn carnival O.
crime resulted u Kansas that hzs ueT-
e. deeu eq1alle3 before u t1is co-a-
,-y. Abolition Societies from lie
No-1 co 'Onized the state a. IA as
,ney xe-e able Abolition ministers
advised the colJ1ls-s - axe the Bible
and = rire with Instructions 70 1se
ne latter. JBt commanded 10 li-me-
dlz,e Or practical Use Of the former.
Three times Kansas knocked a. ne
coO-s of the union Tor admission The
ayDellauou bleeding Kansas was given
~ the territory and when in 1885 she
knocked .cr the second time for adm.s-
+ sion congress decided 70 let her bleed
q little longer Nr. Davis took the pO-
,itiou -azt under constitution each
state was a sovereign within itself
. Ina, each STATE had been declared free
b. Great Britain and that the federal
union as d compact from = aich alE
state could withdraw a. any tine Jy
giving W the benefits o. the federal
/ union that Then the sister s.ates re-
/ luse 70 protect the citizens Oi the
state In the possession and owners nap
/ Of their property that il Sas time Tor
5ucn ate 10 w.thdraN and st up z
gOyernmeut Tor Itself. Massachus
acid 70 a similar doctrine. Tor when
{ the Louisiana Purchase Vas made her
/ legislature passed q bill declaring that
/ tue purposes TOR which the union Vas
iormed .so broken and that she had a
.agnt 70 withdraw Accepting the
Southern theory that the union Was d
compact With each one OF the states 4
party 70 the contract and that b. the
admission Of new territory into tne
union that ne contract was broken
and that il released all parties thereto
until the formation OF d new compact.
/ secession was one thing and nuI.ihca-
tlOn vas another, secession being the
\ doctrine that state might withdraw
from the union By giving up It's bene-
fits and set up a government Of its
own. Nullincation Vas 10 declare void
statute OF congress and refuse 10
allow ii 10 De enforced within the
borders OF the state
In 1897 South Carolina nullified the
tariff bill and refused 10 allow 1t 10
b. enforced within her borders. An
drew Jackson being then president de
clared that the union must be pre-.
served. and while the relations be
tween South Carolina and the unlon
we're almost 10 a breaking point, Mr..
Clay again interviewed. introduced a
compromised bill, which reduced the
duties in the tariff bill passed ana
the matter was passed.
At this time the question OF slavery
was the burning issue before the peo-
Pile. Political parties had been organ
lied upon the express platform of do
ing away with slavery. Contrary 10
the advice by Washington that there
should never be sectional party and
Free Soil party was organized, having
its platform the abolition of slavery.
This vas succeeded by the Abolition
Party, which was in turn succeeded
by the republican party. each one
! pledging themselves TO do away and
abolish slavery in any form In 1850
! matters reached their crisis. The re-
! pubicans nominated Lincoln and Ham
lin upon platform declaring for the
/ abolition Of slaS cry. The democratic
party was split in three factions, the
/ SQuatter's Sovereignty, adherents nom
/ mated Douglas, o. Illinois. and John
| stOn OF Georgia, upon platform
/ Squatters Sovereignty and the union.
The adherents OF the States right doc
trine nominated breckenridge OF Ken
lucky. ana Senator Lane Of Oregon,
while the old Whig party that had
affiliated with the democratic parry
nominated Bell OF Tennessee and
/ Everett OF Massachusetts upon plat
/ form of the constitution, the enforce.
ment of the law and the union at any
cost Mr.. Lincoln drew the majority
OF his votes from the Northern
states and although a minority can
/ didate both in the popular vote as well
AS In the electoral he received the
highest number OF electoral votes
and was declared the president OF the
United States.
This brought matters 10 crisis
South Carolina seeded and was fol
lowed by Mississippi. Georgia, Ala
Daua, Florida Arkansas and Texas