Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1921-06-04

But the people Of the South did not
be icvc that he would hc able to prove
stronger than the party which elected
him and the result showed the correct
ness OF that conclusion. for about
eighteen months after these words
were written, without any lawful
right to do so, he issued his cmancipa
ton proclamation.
Judge Richardson fails to state that
President Lincoln Justified his action
by the issuance Of this Emancipation
Proclamation rs Il war measure, when
thc country WIS under martial law
and that this was done only after the
southern States. including Virginia
, rad refused to consider his pleas for
, peace and had proceeded in their work
of secession and the destruction of the
| Union founded by that prince OF statcc
men and leaders, George Washington
! of Virginia.
by their action, had it been success
f,tl,, the hallowed bones of the Prcsi.
dent of the American Republic woul.i
have rested upon tho Confederate
; States soil and with them would have
been those Of the sage Of Monticello"
Thomas Jefferson, tho writer Of tho
Declaration of Independence. Su,h u
contamination was unihinl1able by
, every loyal citizen Of the United
States of America. That leading south
crncrs realized this is confirmed Dy
! the following statements accredited
, to this distinguished juris;. He is
quoted us follows
But. still the people OF Virginia
! clunG TO the Union, in the formatio ion
! oil which her SONS had contributed ST.
/ much, and for which she had made 81
many sacrifices The Virginia Conyan
tion had repeatedly vo;cd DOWN al
resolutions looking to secession. The
right TO Withdraw from the Union WIS
UNIVERSE ly conceded and it became.
only question OF expectancy. Every
HONORABLE" effort was made for con";li
alton and compromise, but, on the
18TH day of April, 1861 ;hc newly in
, stalled President called upon Nirgini4
! FOR her quota OF $4,000 men TO invade
! her sister States Of the South. In tina!
year Robert Il. Lee had said: 1 can
anticipate no greater calamity tilan
, that OF dissolution Of the Union. am
willing to sacrifice everything bn:
honor"
TO our mind, no Grandcr specimen
; OF manhood or ADLER Virginian, in
, splred by noblcr purposes ever lived
IN this country than Major General
Robert e. Lee Of Virginia.
He must have fought a losing bat
! tie with well-nigh a broken heart. His
mind, his heart led him otherwise,
but he bowed to the advice of his
friends and the mandate Of his moth.
er State. What he regarded rs honor
alone decided him in the contest aud
he engaged in n death struggle tina:
challenged the admiration of the civil
med world. 1t was evident that the
, demand that they fight their sister
southern States decided them in this
contest.
We have read Judge Richardson's
plea with more than passing interest
III that the Dan cratic Party cont cnG
ell for States Rights in 1861 and TIT;
same Democratic Party in 1916 ami
In 1920 eliminated the very States
Rights for which it contcnded in
1861. AS Il result the old Republican
Party under President Warren
Harding is now cntrcnchcd in power
with all of the power for which /:
contcndcd from Grant to Roosevelt.
President Woodrow Wilson aided and
supported by minority North ana
Il majority South eliminated the last
vcstige OF States Rights in the enact
ment OF the Prohibition Amendment
to the Constitution and the Wom1n's
Suffrage Amendment in that same IN
strument. Both belonged to The rcs,nv
cd rights of States.
But why comment further. Recent
legislation at Washington under ,h,
Democratic chicftain was in the M.
turc 81 Il tragedy. JUDGE Richardson
is Il party man. 1t would be inter ~st.
ing reading to have his views openly
expressed relative TO these cent.
and to cmblazon in large letters
his final conclusion concerning tLese
evcn.s in American history, wlicl
! have rcyolutior;Zol this Republic and
placed us in the attitude OF undoins
the work OF. the Fathers enacted near
, ~ two centuries ago.
FOOLING THE PEOPLE.