Posted on 04/12/2011 8:17:55 PM PDT by triumphant values
By the act of a handful of ingrates and traitors, war is inaugurated in this heretofore happy and peaceful Republic! While we write, the bombardment of Sumter is going on; and the blood of the few gallant defenders of the glorious old flag which yet, we hope, floats over that fortress is being poured out for their fidelity to the Constitution as it is, and the Union as our fathers made it!
The people know the cause of the fratricidal strife. The party, which, in the interests of a barbarous institution, has governed the country for the last 40 years, was beaten in the November election. The verdict of the people which does not touch a single one of the rights of any man, guarantied by the fundamental law, forbids the extension of that barbarous institution into national territory as yet uncursed by its blighting presence. This is the cause of the rebellion which months of effort has ripened into the bloody strife this day commenced! This and nothing else — this determination of a meagre minority to rule a powerful majority — this deification of Human Slavery as the guiding principle and polar star of a free people — are the dragon's teeth which, sown in a pestilent soil, have produced armed men.
While we write, the issue of the conflict, which is yet going on, is doubtful. Major Anderson contends against fearful odds. His men are few and weary of prolonged confinement, and perhaps awed by the portentous preparations of the enemy. The fleet has not come to his aid. Only the Harriet Lane is in the offing. The accounts of the fray are from the traitors, in whose hands the telegraph is.
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They represent that a breach has been made of the fortress and that two of its great guns have been already dismounted. Tomorrow will tell us more; meanwhile we pray that treason may have its reward.
The duty of the Government from this moment is plain. The resources of the Republic must be put forth with no grudging or tardy hand. The strife must be short — the war quick, sharp and decisive. Whatever ample means, courageous men and universal patriotism can do, must be done at once. Our fathers fought seven long years that the Constitution might be framed. We, their descendants, can afford any sacrifices, any exertion, that their labor may be preserved to the world for the blessing of mankind. Now, men of the North, for the struggle!
Not to worry. It will all be over in a couple of months.
The Revenue Act of 1862 increase taxes dramatically, including the first federal income tax, the creation of the Office of Internal Revenue, and the first federal use of adhesive revenue stamps.The total cost of the war to the federal government was $3 billion, about a quarter of it financed through taxes, customs duties, and other federal revenues.
You won't read prose such as this written by modern newspaper reporters and columnists.
“The verdict of the people which does not touch a single one of the rights of any man, guarantied by the fundamental law, forbids the extension of that barbarous institution into national territory as yet uncursed by its blighting presence. This is the cause of the rebellion which months of effort has ripened into the bloody strife this day commenced! This and nothing else — this determination of a meagre minority to rule a powerful majority — this deification of Human Slavery as the guiding principle and polar star of a free people — are the dragon’s teeth which, sown in a pestilent soil, have produced armed men.”
The idea that the Civil War was about slavery is something that was created long after the end of the Civil War by a bunch of educators bent on social engineering American history to fit their agenda.
Leading up to, during and after the Civil War, no Americans ever thought the war was about slavery..
Sarcasm, I hope?
Have you not read the ordinances of session from the various states that seceded? It was all about slavery.
How much longer before the Senate Majority leader declared the war as lost?
The disgusting, repugnant liberal (I know, redundant) Leonard Pitts, Jr. wrote an article about this very subject in the newspaper today.
Suffice it to say that he used terms like, “grand, romantic fables” and “amnesia” to describe the South and the reasons for the war.
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Come on, you must know that is just the way that the YMSM (Yankee Mainstream Media) twisted the words of the Vice President.
Sarcasm, I hope?
Satire.
Except, quite plainly, the editors of the Chicago Tribune, writing on this very day in 1861.
“Except, quite plainly, the editors of the Chicago Tribune, writing on this very day in 1861.”
But, the folks who like to talk about states’ rights, the greatness Dixie and the large Confederate Flag tattoos adorning their wives rears and bosoms all say that the Civil War was not about slavery!
Thank you.
Very well done. You almost had me convinced.
Ha! You can tell this is “ancient history”...the very idea that the Chicago Tribune is actually defending the Constitution is amusing.
Sir, I take offense at your description of Southern men and women. It confirms to me that you are the product of a “history written by the winners” school. And also why Yankees STILL hate people in the South.
Remember, that this hatred goes back to the writing of the Constitution when the Yankees tried to impose their numbers on an under-populated South.
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