Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-07-19

further Importation Of slaves. In LISA Thomas JET
ferson himself, urged that the slaves be purchased
and colonized, but the invention by Eli Whitney,
1794, of the cotton gin, greatly increased licences
sity for and importance of the slaves <N
In 1917 the American Colonization society was
organized at Washington to return the slaves to
Africa.
"A the time Missouri applied for admission
there were eleven slave and eleven free states. Con-
gress compromised; Missouri coming in as a slave
state while Maine was admitted as a free state, and
slavery prohibited forever in lands north Of So de-
|grees SO minutes"
+, "In 1891 Liberia was secured for the slaves, and
in 1888. England abolished slavery By 1914 both
political parties were divided into anti and pro-
slavery. In 1848 Texas and Florida were admitted
as slave states while Iowa and Wisconsin were ad-
nitted free; making fifteen free and fifteen slave
states.
"1n 184s, young and lusty California brought
things to a crisis. The Forty Miners at Monterey,
drew up a Constitution for the state excluding
slavery and, to emphasize it, the vote was unani-
nous. In December of that year, members Of con-
gress from the South threatened to secede if slavery
was excluded from the new territories yet to form.
The admissionto California, September z, 1850, as a
free state, caused Henry Clay to urge that New
Mexico and Utah should be left OPEN
"The year 1852 was very e~ventful. Uncle
Toms Cabin had appeared, and in congress there
was a final struggle between the North and South
Senator Charles Sumner, leader for the North, and
Jefferson Davis for the South.
I'm 1854, the Senate debated four months on
slavery and Douglas, after consulting with Jefferson
Davis, drew UP the Kansas-Nebraska Bill, making
the Missouri Cohnpromise a scrap of paper, and lead
ing to the seven years of Bleeding Kansas
I'm 1856, the Republican Party was organized
at Bloomington, ILL.,, and, in 1858, Lincoln and
Douglas were rival candidates for the Senate, re-
sulting in their series of famous debates. Douglas
often lost sight of the moral principles in order to
make a legal point; Lincoln was merciless in moral
Issues.
"The North listened to the Liberty Bell in indie
%pendence Hall: and the South feared the loss of
property and slaves. Lincoln guided the ship of
state to a safe harbor.
"The Civil War preserved the Union and settled
the question of slavery. Today, the Blue and the
Gray meet as brothers and. in Cuba and France, they
have fought together under the SANE flag.
Robert f Lee, Stonewall Jackson. Joe
Wheeler, Alexander Fl. Stephens and many others
are held in warm admiration for their moral and
manly qualities. Jefferson Davis is admired by men
OF the North who knew him as an able secretary of
war, a brilliant senator, a fine engineer, exceptional
scholar. and a splendid type Of the kindly Southern
gentleman.
"The whole world is looking to this Nation as
the one existing example of what liberty, kindness
and the application Of the Golden Rule will do for a
people. Why not adopt resolutions from Lincoln S
words. With malice toward none with charity for
ALL and help set the example Of a true Christian ma
ton before the world"