The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-05-12

so they sold their slaves to those whose
climate and condition suited them. So
gradually slavery gravitated to the
south. and then the question became
sectional and with the invention OF
the cotton gin, slave labor became
profitable and this fixed it as south
ern institution.
So that starting out with the same
views and practices, business interests
gradually shifted the institution from
one section TO the other
The doctrine OF State Rights was
held by the States OF both sections.
and by political parties until about
j1830.
Right Of Withdrawal
The right OF withdrawal from the
Union had been claimed formally sew
1eral times prior to 1850; by South Caro-
i iiua iii 1879. whiun claim was repress-
ed by Andrew Jackson; by New En-
GLAND SIX times. FL 1903 it was feared
by New England that the Louisiana
purchase would diminish the influence
OF New England and Senator Picker
ing advocated the formation of Nor
thern Confederacy.
1 In North More than South.
Again, 1t is to be wondered at that
the belief in secession, as one of the
reserved rights of the States, was
more generally held In the North than
IN the South when We learn that this
nrlnciple was taught by authority OF
the government Military Academy at
West Point UP, to 1$s0. Robert e.
Lee, jefferson Davis and Fitzhugh Lee
4 studied as n text hook at West Point.
"Rawle ON the Constitution" and
from this authority we are taught by
the United States government at West
Point that the Unioni was iissoluble.
and that ff 1t should be dissolved. allie
glance to. the Union ceased and re-
perte9.te the States by which the I'm
ion had been created.
4 3Se eferse2 ..EF5e flFpI,esef Trial an a
| Why lie Was Not Tried far TEeasoii.
This stateme,.i Is also justified by
the action of Massachusetts, New
iHampshire, Pennsylvania and other
iiNaEthnrn States In chntendine for the
rights reserved to the States to the
States as shown by the resolutions
adopted by these States pending the
ladoption OF the Federal Constitution.
The entering wedge of difference
appeared first from selfish material in
lterest Protection. conass led at first,
Ibnt no less a fact. was foisted on our
people in 1S16-the excuse for II be-
Ing the debt incurred in 1912, Just
then ended. To raise revenue to pay
| tsfi!!s si!!s debt ss well as &c pay current ey-
renEes was, the tariff Of 1916 enacted.
anA beside the raising cs the revenue
was the Incidental protection II gave
10 the Northersl manufacturers This
was really the beginning of the trou-
Bile.
Notification In South Carolina
The enactment OF protective legis-
lation followed by the nullification in
/ South Carolina in 1892, and though
this question was settled by compro-
mise in 1888, We see from this time on
The North growing more and more in
strength and In wealth, and becoming
more and more aggressive in those
plans and policies which advanced her
own interests at the expense lor the
interests of the South.
aantk Pays FRiente.
Under this system. sse South though
prpdpctng great money crops was pay
ms trs5ase 70 The great manufacturer
aPf the North, and everything thaa the
South used was bought from the man.
lpfactuFins North. This canHIct arose
and was suffered under q compact of
Sovereign g, ates formed for their
penlmon f,,nafit.
Patrick ttenry said, ''But am sure
that the dangers OF the system lthe
F'edeEat Conskitution1 are real when
Ithose who have no simflar Interest
With the people or, tho South are to
ieSislRte for ug--when our dearest
FlRhts ara to be left In the hands OF
those whose a9Fantage It will be 20
Infringe tllaln,
sisEeas Sos tie Qasstlon.
That slavery was not the question
which brought on the war Is shown
by the fact that the following was
adopted blythe Federal congrsss after
the battle az Ma1assss: - -. r s, 8
Resolved, That the war Is not waged
! ON our part in any spirit of oppression
/ ,lASrfegring with the established in
! issstution. u SfsSe States, bat to defend
and maintain the supremacy OF the
IE0hstitutiOn 9isd To preserve the TN
ion with ali the dignity and rights
% - tie . sc se! s.s.t., ..atsa IrAa
Tsse AEissenSd eongpr6nsise.
! The Repenil of tho Missouri Compro.
~ = Asclered taas the Missouri Com
DEniae, hetnB inunnsiafent With the
ri1icfple eG na,nzinterYenticn by Com
II regs with elgSery In the States and
IerritorieB - kecpanszed BY the Ieg-
lislaffcn af 1856 called conprornisa
fnaa sisra IL hereby declared fflopefa-
sS!!Fc = sala: lt heins tho frtle intent
sand IssarinE or tials act not 70 Iesis-
late slavery fnto. sIiy staie or terri Dry
tnag tn eSll,de & x fher6ffonS,, hitf rs
eeaye The people thereof, eersectly tree
] % for1a haId late tlcis aohaeatie
stlzfitdtlons. sabisct only 10 the Con-
istitaiton OF the United States.