The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-14
DR.. M'DANIEL ADDRESSES
VETERANS OF LEE, CAMP


"thtuiy INSISTED that the Union waS
voluntary compact or sovereign
.hae .nese sta'es won their in-
luepehuehce from the nlother country
no ueFer suTrSnoero upon enter
ING ue on,on' tnat they were me
:. oa.ois aii" moe tne creatures OF tne
.nioh' anu All rlsnts NOT specihcaiN
cIes%'eo III the constitution "ere sN
~ IeserV su, that II was chLon
% CONSENT ana NOT OF iorce; tnht tne
lis"s VI secsnsioii hhu peen pToCiaIAi
81 ny Northern STATES notaoy al
.La. eAoIu IA aeAF' "hen MasH.Achu
| 1ot'S' ~oHnecliCut anu hnooe Aai&uu
~ a. "sseiilpieu ueS"At gu -
as niuch the auty OF the state au
Inies 70 Watcn over the rish's re-
ser Feu as Oh the uhited states 10 eAsE
c'Se we powers aeiegatea ana tna
| az Aul..oifes ASSiueu III the ChAoh iOi
pIeVeh'ihs secession or coercins SOW
ereisn state. me only true answer l
n n ever seen 10 thls argument IN pS
bFyCe III ms american common
| eanh' VINO says the Ahot "as cu'
| oy eho s"oru. lhat IL not reaiis an
answer unless we subscribe 20 inc oic'
/ N"li 'h"e might hahes rish''
Slavery the Less Important.
| Upon the lesa important question of
| %,
Slavery existed in all the states be-
fore the Revolution. Because of eli
matte and economic conditions the
slaves gradually gathered in the South,
in the constitutional convention held
! m PhiladeIphia in 1887. upon the pro-
Josal of Virginia. slavery lifted it's
l olack, kinkv head. and precipitated
long and warm debates. II was the
cause of two of the three compro-
I
lit understood. however. that these two
com promises were a taclt recognition
of slavery First in that three f1fths
of the slaves should be counted In the
census as the basis of representation
lin congress: and. second. that the i'm
uortation OF slaves might he conttn-
Eued to 1908. The fugitive slave law
of 1850 provided for the rendition of
slaves who had ESCAPED to free states.
i'rha sunrape court decided in the
lDreda scott case in 1859 that. under
the CONSTITUTION. neither negro slaves
nor their descendants. slave or free.
could hs,corue citizens of the United
States and added az n dtctum that
this Missouri COMPROMISE was uncon-
stitutional and that. therefore. a slave
aid NOT become free nv being csrried
Ito a territory where slayerv had bean
prompted under that Compromise.
PRESIDENT TdncoIp'a nroelanation.
January 1eR2 aAc,arino thar ali
ialsves in ntasea or nsrtx Of states in
rahalfiop xhould ha fraa WAS as i,Iarai
ard unconatifufIon as n the nrasidsnt
Iof rho United stataa today should de-
cara mo, ali the borsas :, tha west
should he looaad on tha wild pla,ns
yo,,r actions rrv gs,hars cor,htrAA
tho virtna. NJ tit.la Reisiurn wno
r,ade bar hoeoro a hatt,exrnrnA va tsrav
thaT, hroatr har vor,5 :. ~ Sraat pr,tsin
- r4aIaa bar haga,oorx, ~ rrn.act
aroau nat,op. ~ pssS,S Era,ca yvSo
ia hiaading ~ sasts Ia ,.arel inv. .ins, :,
- - 1y.ttXss s,sth. - ~,
isha..haa har shtnfr, snyora 20 r,aGa
ohiiratnrv intarr.tionai connect
VIZ, 90 ,,o,, ata Ioaa9 you .avaA yo,,r
. honor and preserved rour star from
tarnish, The principles Won cherished
are the hope of all democraciee and
. the dread OF all autocraries the world
, around.
Not Fighting for Slavery
. The South was no more lighting for
slavery than France was preparing to
: attack Germany through Belgium.
j, The South fighting for negro slavery!
!, What a travesty upon truth! Only
one in thirty three OF the people own
ed slaves, and half Of these held only
: from one 10 four. FftzhuEh Lee,
Joseph e. Johnston and A. p. Hill
never owned slave, Stonewall Jack
!. son owned two, whom he purchased
: at their own request. He gave these
, the privilege of acquiring their free
: dom at the purchase price by the use
: for the purpose OF their wages. The
: man accepted the offer and became a
freeman; the woman preferred to re-
main a slave. Robert f, Lac. many
years before the war, emanclpated the
few slaves, inherited from his mother.
Q The large majority OF Lee Camp never
y owned slave. The Confederate con-
e. stftutaon prohioeted the importation
OF slaves. 10 say the South Fought
9 Tor slavery is NOT only 10 convict ones
Q selt or supernclahty' out Is aiso TO ny
= In the race OF uhlnpeachaoie history.
G The Example of Lee.
= War at it's best is bad. but there
are many things worse. In your cam
l. paigns we see war at it's best not only,
4 as Morley sees. in it's issues. but in it's
. actual events Before Bernhardi
p wrote his book, How Germany Makes
= War" he should have read How Lee
y Made War" The darkest stain had
i been removed from Germany by fol-