The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-06-05


densally the neighboring towns an
the state) took In that great struggle
\ So ] shall speak in q quiet way q
Manchester and her soldier boys /
th~ War of the Rebellion"
Because Of slavery In the Sout
there md always been from earlies
times Of the Republic antagonism be
tween the South and the North. Lega
~ Il was in those early days, tn
North soon discarded Il. In lR2
the Missouri Compromise was enacte
whereby Il was agreed that SLAYER
should never be allowed above tn
Mason and Dixon line, 80 degrees s.
minutes north latitude. In 1856
strengthened BY the addition Of Lou
isians and Texas, the compromise wn
repealed and bill passed allowin,
slavery in the territories IL the settler
therein, when admitted as states, 8,
voted. This was known as "Popula
or Squatter Sovereignty" which caus
ed 80 much bloodshed in Kansas an.
helped to awaken the North.
The Democratic party had been II
power for forty years with some littl'
Interruptions. The solid south, 1000,
600 people, with the help Of their par
tisans in the north, was in the saddl,
ruling 10000, 900. and had becom,
very overbearing, insolent and threat
ening. The Republican party wal
formed TO resist the extension OF slav
cry TO the territories and to lessen III
power and incidentally its control oi
government and make provision for /
tariff. With the growth Of population
and wealth in the north and the antag
0nism aroused against slavery b.
Wendell Phillips, William Lloyd Gar,
rison, Henry Ward Beecher, Johr
Brown Of Osawattpmie, Julia Ward
Howe and others, and the influence oi
Mrs. Stoves "Uncle Toms Cabin,
the South saw her power in danger.
The year 1860 was fraught with
great possibilities and great uncer.
tainty. There were four candidates
for the Presidency, Abraham Lincoln
Of the Republican party, openly pledg-
ed 70 resist the extension Of slavery
but not to interfere with it where law
fully established; John c. Brecken-
c.S 49, -, ~ I seu
o Isnl'us'e I VI .he s'ave hoiuer
1u sIsu 70 wora ~ sns mos mos
ical power to the South and its insti-
tutions; Stephen A. Douglas, northern
democrat. and John Bell southern
democrat, who were both pacifists, sup
p.u ~ .noss "o w,SneI " shecs
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