The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1911-06-02

and IN the wilds of a virgin continen
carved out a nation and give libert
habitation and name. The pur
1tan and Cavalier was fused IN n,
white heat of the Rebellion. an,
together they laid the foundation =
the Republic, so broad that neitbo,
foreign foe or fiatricidal strife conI,
ever turn 1t over
After the colonies had suhdrol
the mother country and established
la form of government suited r.
their intelligence and condition
they settled down to ordinary affair
OF life, the accumulation of nronar-
ty' the building up of civil commnni,
tles' and the establishment of 2
credit at home and abroad Civi,
anairs occupied the attention of
thinking men to the exclusion of
other matters. The free peoDle of
the south were divided into two
great classes, the rich, slaveholding
planter-owner, the masses, leading
to a condition of society that was
feudal in its magnificent splendor
IL gave one class riches, power, ele-
gance OF manner and standing
I while to the other it gave Ignorance
poverty and subserviency. These
very conditions put the political
power in the hands of a few. These
few said that upon the continuance
OF slavery depended the perpetuity
OF their state Of society. Slavery
must be maintained and extended at
any cost. The public domain which
had been acquired by the blood of
both north and SOUTH must be given
over to the institution of slavery.
When this scheme was interfered
with the politicians of the south en-
tered into conspiracy to destroy
the union and waited a tentative ex-
cuse to put 1t into effect. The
election Of Lincoln was such an ex-
cuse, and on December &c, 1860.
South Carolina passed an or
dinance Of secession, and Rev. DR..
Bachman asked Almighty God to
bless them and favor them in their
righteous undertaking.
The politicians or South Carolina
were the moving spirits of the whole
secession movement. After their
action 1t was of prime importance
that other slave states should fol-
low, and passionate appeals were
sent out, urging them to take the
necessary steps to protect their
rights and preserve their liberties.
One after another was brought into
action and the papers of South Caro-
lima carried it so far as to publish
news from the states as foreign
news. The politicians were afraid
of the people, and there was not an
ordinance of secession put up to
them for acceptance or rejection.
OF the whole number of delegates
at Montgomery not one had been
elected. Not an officer of the Con-
federacy was elected. There was
strong union sentiment in the slave
states, and to overcome this the
politicians sent infiamatory reading
matter to fire the southern heart. |
Vigilance committees were appointed J
to wait upon those who remained !
loyal. Men were logged and wo-
men were ordered to leave. Some /
went so far as to urge bloodshed to
bring the Southron under the Con-
federate flag. R. G. Pryor from
Virginia, who was present in South
Carolina urged blow to bring old
into line and Edmund Ruff
fin, an old man from Virginia beg
ged that he might be the man to
FIRE the first gun upon Fort Sump-
ter. The request was granted and
this simple act did more to bring
Virginia into the Confederacy than
any other single act. In 1865 after
Ruffin exclaimed as
he blew the top of his head off, II
cannot survive the liberty of my
At the north the chasm between
wealth and poverty was less wide.