The Matagorda County Tribune. (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, June 12, 1914 Page: 3 of 16
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COMMENCEMENT NIGHT.
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From Monday’s Daily.
BUCKETE.
and
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A
I Personals
From Tuesday’s Daily.
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They
were
Miss Laurilie; Moore’s Essay
'Breathes there tae man, with soul
so dead \
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wife
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to
D.;
and
and
D.
from
earlier and better days,
heart throb was and is loyal to
Union she loved and honored.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
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Henry Duffy
Blessing today.
Mrs. Lettie
Charles for her
children spent
relatives,
has been
pupils at
returned
I
ting hopes go with them from our cit-
izenship at large.
Mrs. Talcott is in from the Scott
farm—and some high water—and is
at the Nuckols hotel.
Col. and Mrs. Sol J. Cleveland are
back from a visit to friends at Bless-
ing, Palacios and Collegeport.
Miss Jo Moore expects to go to San
Angelo next week for a visit of sev-
eral weeks with her brother, Leo, who
is city salesman there for a wholeslae
grocery company.
Born, at 3 o’clock this morning, at
the residence of Grandpa and Grandma
Wm. Walker, in this city, to Mr. and
Mrs. Carroll Ryman of Matagorda1; a
nine-pound son. Mother and babe are
doing fine, the grand parents are jubi-
lent, and the father is fighting his way
through the intervening floods, trying
to get here from Matagorda.
Walter Percival, a prominent young
business man of Alvin, returned home
yesterday after a short visit here with
his parents.
Stanley Wright, assistant cashier of
the Blessing State Bank, was a busi-
ness visitor to the county capital yes-
terday.
A. Brinkley passed through here
yesterday on his way to Blessing from
Edna, where he has been for several
weeks.
Dr. J. E. Simons returned today
from a visit to Beaumont.
Both the Santa Fe and the Southern
Pacific resumed passenger service to-/
day, after a suspension of several
days on account of washouts. The
Brownsville road has never suspended.
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where Mrs. Lewis and little daughter
are visiting homefolks.
Capt. J. W. White will begin the
removal of the Presbyterian
as soon as it is possible to get to it.
A splendid new parsonage will imme-
diately be erected.
Prof. J. L. Ladd left this morning
for Beaumont on business.
Commissioner J. W. (Tobe) Bow-
ers, of the Blessing district, returned
to Bay City yesterday to resume his
duties. He reports everything en-
couraging at Blessing and the farmers
working with renewed efforts to make
good crops in spite of the late rains.
First new corn of the season arriv-
ed in the city yesterday from Gaines-
more and was raised on the Hy.
Rugeley plantation. This is early for
new corn and the roasting ears were
popular yesterday and today. The
crop in that vicinity Is fairly good,
sellling at $1.25 to $1.50 per bushel.
County Commissioner Henry San-
ders, of Palacios, is in the city this
week, attending commissioners’ court.
Baq City property is just as good,
just as valuable and just as desirable
now as it ever was. Watch an oppor-
tunity and take on all you possibly
can.
it seemed as if;
“Between Northland, bride of snow,
And Southland, brightest sun’s fair
* , bride; .
Swept deepening ever in its flow.
The stormy wake of war’s dark tide.
No hand might clasp across the tears,
And blood and anguish of four death-
less years.”
Not until the terrible yellow fever
decimated many a Southern city did
the Northland find its chance to ce-
ment this blood bought union. But
then she employed a physician under
whose skillful touch the dangerous
wound was healed and the Southland
np longer uttered the cry that; —■
“No hand might claps from land,
But in its place she had to sing;
Yea there was one to bridge the tide,
For at the touch of Mercy’s hand,
The North and South stood side by
side. t
The Bride of Snow, the Bride of Sun.
In Charity’s espousals are made one.”
___________I
From Saturday’s Daily.
Supt. H. L. B. Skinner of Pala-
cios was in the city today.
Mr. Geo. McKissick was over from
Ashby today.
Mr. and Mrs. N. M. Vogelsang and
family have left for Galveston to spend
a few weeks.
Mrs. Harley Lathrop and little son,
Barnes, are in Palacios until Bay City
dries off in the east end.
Dr. and Mrs. Davis have sojourned
at the Rugeley House during high wa-
ter. With true “down east” grit the
doctor has a mind to go at it again
and plant rice on his acres above
town.
On Wednesday Misses Ida and Alice
Holman left for San Antonio, by way
of the Frisco west. It is a great re-
gret to their many friends, and espe-
cially the artistic minds of Bay City,
that these two artists will not be with
us next winter; but the most flatter-
The grand jury wound u,p its busi-
ness and adjourned yesterday. They
found five true bills, in addition to
the two murder indictments against the
two negroes now in jail, making seven
in all; but as these five are not yet
in custody, their names are not given
cut.
.
As a result of the campaign of
Frank Anderson, director of develop-
ment of the Firsco lines, to enlist
the services of sufficient farm labor
to insure plentiful supply to harvest
the wheat crop of the territory
through which his Vines pass, he has
been able to positively assure farm-
ers and merchants that there will be
enough men to handle the crop. The
Frisco lines in Texas will receive the
benefit of Mr. Anderson’s work and
any sections of the State tributary to
its lines can secure aid in getting
farm laborers.
with
who
teaching the higher grade
Collegeport the past year,
home to Buckeye Saturday, to spend
the summer vacation.
Mrs. Alice Scruggs returned to
Houston last week after spending a
couple of weeks at Buckeye.
Messrs. A. M. Anderson and W. E.
Furber of Markham were here last Fri-
day on their way to Houston.
Mayor Sutherland of Bay City was
here last Friday to transact business.
Mrs. Theodore Smith of College-
port was the guest of friends Wednes-
day morning, going to Blessing at noon
to be present at the Roach-Wallworth
wedding.
Mr. Allan Spoor spent Sunday at
Ashby with his parents.
Mr. Kaw, representing W.
Cleveland Company, was here
Houston last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Yerxa and A. H., Jr.,
went to Blessing Wednesday to be
present at the. wedding of Miss Vivian
Roach and Mr. Paul Wallworth.
Miss Warren of Collegeport was the
guest of Mrs. James Spence Tuesday.
Contractors arrived from Houston
the first of the week and began work
at once on the Wilson bungalow.
Mrs. J. E. Harrison and little Miss
Franfees, who have, spent the past
month with Mr. Harrison left for
Duluth last Friday, and will return in
August. Mr. Harrison accompanied
them to Houston, where they visited
a few days.
Mrs. Henry Rugeley and daughter,
Miss Mary, have returned home from
Austin, where Miss Mary has been
attending the Whitis College.
Dr. J. E. Simons and family, who
have been in Beaumont for the past
two weeks, have returned home.
Mrs. W. A. Baker, who has been
confined in the hospital at Houston
for several weeks, has returned home
very much imrpoved.
Col. Sol J. Cleveland and Mrs.
Cleveland have returned from a visit
of some length of time with friends
in Victoria.
R. P. Ansley went to Bay City last
Friday where he has accepted a posi-
tion with the Bay City Tribune.—
Blessing News.
Mr. and Mrs. Sol J. Cleveland of
Bay City, who had been spending sev-
eral days at Hotel Blessing, went to
Palacios Tuesday afternoon.—Bless-
ing News.
Sig Brown of Markham was in the
city today on business.
Mr. W. H. White, of San Antonio,
arrived in the city last night and will
spend several days with his brother,
Cant. J. W. White.
Fred Eikenberg was over from Bay
City Sunday and went to Markham
Monday morning, where he is working
on the dredge.—Blessing News.
We are hearing daily of good crops
in various sections of the county. Of
course, all the crops have been hit
hard, but allow us to impress on all,
business men and farmers alike, that
there is yet plenty of time for cotton
and rice. If planted now cotton will
come up free of grass and weeds and
will grow rapidly from the start. By
proper work and co-operation we can
add several thousand acres to our cot-
ton acreage:, and if we do none will
ever feel the effects of our spring
disasters.
Luther Massey, of Markham, was
a visitor to Bay City Saturday, spend-
ing the day in the city on business.
The National Rice Growers Band
treated the public to one of its re-
markable and pleasing concerts Sat-
urday night: By the way, our citi-
zens should not lose interest in the
band, It is an important asset for
the town and has done a vast amount
of good. Be loyal and steadfast in
your support of every enterprise in
the city and especially to the band.
Dr. Bat Smith has returned from
a visit to Houston.
Col. Sol J. Cleveland stated yester-
day that on his recent trip he had oc-
casion to visit the Collegeport coun-
try where he saw some splendid
crops. He said he saw 3000 acres in
cotton there which is as fine as he
ever saw at this time of the year.
Wadsworth and
and Stoddard;
No. 368. In the Matter of the Estate
of J. M. Moore, Deceased.
In the County Court of Matagorda
County, Texas.
All persons having claims against
the estate of J. M. Moore, deceased,
are hereby notified and required to
present the same within the time pre-
scribed by law. Letters Testamen-
tary were issued by the. county court
of Matagorda County, Texas, to the
undersigned, in the matter of the es-
tate of said J. M. Moore, on the 20th
day of May, A. D. 1914. That John
M. Moore, one of the executors, re-
sides at Richmond, in Fort Bend
County, Texas, which is also his post-
office address, and that E. N, Krause,
one of the executors, resides at Bay
City, in Matagorda County, Texas,
which is also his postoffice address.
Dated June 3, 1914.
JOHN M. MOORE,
E. N. KRAUSE,
Independent Executors of th
Will and Testamment U'"1
Moore, deceased,
Who never to himself hath said
and holy causes—an ignored constitu-
This is my own—my native land?”
Is there one man, a son of our fair
Southland who does not echo this in
his soul df souls?
The secession of the Southern
States was the climax of many just
tion and an outraged manhood.
The establishment of truth is never
wrong. History, as written, if ac-
cepted in future years, will consign
the South to infamy. If she is guitly
of rebellion or treason, if she clung
to barbarisms,—essential sins and im-
moralities, then her people would be
clothed in a garment fatal to honor,
noble development and true manhood.
The Union, so beneficial, so neces-
sary is not a self existing thing—itfs
a consequence, and whatever of power ’ ^outb remained true and loyal
it can exercise grows out of the vol-
untary and separate acts of the
States. The States are united to the
extent of delegated power, beyond
that there is no Union.
New York, Virginia and Rhode Is-
land declared their ratification of the
constitution so long as it did not in-
terfere with the happiness and pros-
perity of their people.
Secession and war were forced upon
the people of the South by a revolu-
tionary movement for the purpose of
overthrowing so much of the constitu-
tion as protected slavery and so much
of it as concerned States’ rights and
Sates’ sovereignty, alto they were in-
fluenced by other great and control-
ing questions relating to the indus-
trial and financial affairs that the
North was trying to control.
First, the South sought by every
means in its control to avoid secession
and the great unnecessary and un-
equal war. Dr. Curry said: “One of
the most singular illustrations ever
presented of the power of literature
to conceal and prevert, to modify and
falsify history—to transfer odium
from the guilty to the innocent, is
found in the fact that the reproach of
disunion has been slipped from the
shoulders of the North to those of the
South.”
Second, the vzilful and intelligent
violation of the constitution was one
of the: greatest causes the South had.
The constitution provided that all
runaway slaves seeking freedom in
free States should be returned to their
masters. Abolutionists formed socie-
ties and slaves were helped to escape
rathern than were sent back. This
clause in the constitution was a dead
letter. Mr. Chase, secretary of treas-
ury, even went so far as to say that
the people need not comply with this
part of the constitution. Many slaves
vzere helped to escape—thus hurting
the Southern planters.
Third, the sovereignty of the States
was questioned. While the colonies
formed one power, it was derived from
independent sources. Each of the
colonies existed in its individuality and
notwithstanding their respective pop-
ulation and extent of territory.
As they met in Congress, they rec-
ognized each other as equals. All
powers not delegated to the Union by
the States were retained by the States.
Virginia had this clase in her ratifi-
cation that if she wanted to withdraw
from the Union, she had the right to
do so.
Fourth, we find the “Fugitive Slave
Law” a direct violation of the consti-
tution. In the following we find the
direct command of the constitution,
“No person held to service in any one
State, under the laws thereof, escap-
ing into another, shall, in consequence
of any law or regulation therein be
discharged from such service or labor,
but shall be delivered upon the claim
of the party to whom service or labor
may be due.” By the fugitive slave
law, a certain number of United States
commissioners should try the slave
and decide whether he should be re-
turned to the owner.
Fifth, when Missouri was admitted
into the Union, the New England
States threatened to secede,
claimed that if this territory
made a slave State, it would give too
much power to the South. All their
arguments were for pecuniary reasons.
The South realized this and even then
threats of secession were made. They,
the New England States, caused such
a high tariff to be made that Carolina
nullified, and came near throwing the
country, into war. It was not till the
tariff was lowered that peace was re-
stored. The Missouri Compromise
dividing slave and free territory ran
only to the. western boundary of the
Louisiana purchase and south of 36
degrees, thirty minutes.
Sixth, when Dred Scott, a slave, es-
caped and was then relaimed and ap-
plied to the supreme court to make his
free, the supereme court decided that
he must return to his master and de-
clared that the right of-slave holding
was a right given by the constitution.
The North refused to take this de-
cision and was very indignant. After
this they held that no slave could be
ruled over by the supreme court as the
United States could not prohibit slav-
ery in a territory, or either make
slavery a rule. The South returned
with the answer “that all territory was
governed by the constitution and that
W. S. Terry of Ashby is in the city,
was a visitor from
Prof. R. w. Persons of Bay City
was here last Friday on business.
Mr. David Hardman was a business
visitor to Bay City Saturday.
Mr. Frank Bond of Ashby visited,
friends at Buckeye Sunday.
Mr. Ray Bigelow of Bay City trans-
acted business at Buckeye last Thurs-
day.
Miss Marguerite Holsworth of Col-
legeport spent the week-end with
friejids here.
Mr. Harvey Foster was here Satur-
day from his home near Markham.
The Misses Yerxa went to Blessing
the first of the week to be guests at
Roach home a few days and to partic-
ipate in the Roach Wallworth wedding,
festivities.
The children of the Buckeye Sun-
day school are preparing a program
for Children’s Day.
Mrs. Swansey and
Tuesday at Bay City
Miss Ethel Spence,
sideration
Palacios.
A. H.
Plottner
consideration $1 and other good
valuable considerations; lots 19
20, block 29, Wadsworth.
W. S. Holman, county judge, to Pa-
lacios Cemetery Association; deed;
consideration $1.00; .076 acres of
land.
Ruth R. Nelson et al to Joseph
Stainbrook; Q. C. D.; consideration
$241; all of our right, title and in-
terest in and to that certain share in
the estate of Ella R. Stainbrook, by
reason of the said Ruth R. Nelson
being a daughter of the said Ella R.
Stainbrook, deceased.
A. A. Plottner et al by agent and
attorney to J." A. Brown; W. D.;
consideration $750; lot 7, east of the
townsite of Buckeye and west of block
117, in the subdivision of certain lands
in Matagorda County, Texas, known
as the Buckeye Irrigation Farms, lo-
cated in the John C. Keller league 4,
G. B. M4 Cotton league 5, C. G. Cox
league 6, Humphrey Barnett half
league and the J. C. Partain league,
said lot containing 10 acres of land.
E. C. Boyd to John L. Woodman;
W. D. with V. L.; consideration $10
and other good and valuable consid-
erations; 30^acres of land out of the
Theo. F. Koch subdivision in the S.
E. 1-4 of section 27 out of the Dun-
can original survey.
Job M. Reamer to Lawrence Ream-
er; deed; consideration $1 and other
good and sufficient consideration; the
tract of land situated in Matagorda
County, Texas, known as the I. E.
Robertson league, or league No. 17,
and formerly known as “Half-Moon
league.” lying and being on Palacios
and Matagorda Bays; also the tract
of land situate in said Matagorda
County, State of Texas, and known as
the aVndevee? league.
G. B. Box to Mrs. Jessie A. Shanks;
W. D. ; consideration $6000; lots 12
and 13, block 55, Palacios; being out
|pf the T. J. Dasher original survey.
Oscar Weyer et al to N. F. Rob-
erts; W. D. withV. L.; consideration
$2000; lots 8 and 9 out of the S. W.
1-4 of section 9 out of the Texas Rice
Decelopment Company subdivision;
said tract containing 10 acres of land.
Daniel Schaffer to A. F. Enos; W.
D. with V. L.; consideration $2,-
887.50; 82 1-2 acres of land out of the
Horace Yeamans 1-3 league of land.
M. S. Magde and wife to E. H.
Hooser; W. D. withV. L.; consider-
ation $600; lot 10 out of the four-acre
block, out of and a part of the S. E.
quarter of section No. 20; said lot
10 containing 4 acres of land.
Wm. P. Davis et al to W. B. Gaum-
er. W. D. with V. L.; consideration
$1 and other good and valuable: con-
siderations; 1^ acres of land in the
counties- of Matagorda and Wharton.
W. B. Gaumer et.al to z) D. Camp-
bell: W. D with V. L.; considera-
tion $5400.00; 120 acres of land out
of the counties of Wharton and Mata-
gorda.
Harry Boone and wife to F. C.
Kent; W. D. with V. L.; considera-
tion $1 and other good and valuable
considerations^ the west one-half of
section 554, G-. C. & S. F. Ry. Com-
ast
and
The fiery eloquence of
Patrick Henry and the noble patriot-
ism of John Adams roused all in de-
fense of the new nation. The blood
of the South mingled with that of the
North at Brandywine and Yorktown.
But as the founders of the nation
stood by the cradle of the infant queen
and tried by wise laws to insure her
future safety they heard with a shud-
•der the low muttering of the return-
ing tempest. Slowly but surely the
•■clouds’thickened. The antagonisms
•of the sixteenth century had only been
sleeping and now in the new land they
were awaking. Men sought by com-
promise to avoid the final struggle
Men were not opposed to men but ev-
erlasting principles of progress and
of liberty were at stage. The fate of
republican government trembled in
the balance. The gun at Charleston
harbor sounded and the beginning of
the end was at hand. Men fought
with men on earth but in the sky in-
visible to the eyes of men but pre-t
sided over by an all-wise and all-pow-
erful God, his evolution of civilization
was struggling for the mastery. When
Lee gave up his sword at Appomatox
the cause of State’s rights and African
slavery was lost. But the Lost Cause
had won a grander triumph by mak-
ing’ “Libert}' and Union, one and in-
separable.”
The blood of Christ alone could
unite Jew and Gentile rn the Christian.
Only after England was deluged in
blood wqr Norman and Saxon united
in the Englishman. And unless this
country had been baptized in the best
blood of the North and of the South,
never could have been said by that
great Georgian, “We have now no
"Northerner, no Southerner, only the
K American.”
A gaping wound was left in 1865 for
■Lhe North to heal. The quivering
Wueart of the South lay bare. At times
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In studying results it is necessary
to distinguish between the means and
the cause of an event.
The Jews were the means of
death of Christ.
The love of God for the sinner
the cause.
He who seeks for the means by
which an event was brought about
needs only look on the surface, but
the seeker for causes must look deep-
er and single out the one germ whose
growth at length produced the ef-
fect. So long before 1861, long before
1776, even before 1620 and 1607, in
the social and religious conditions of
Europe will be found the germ of the
Civil War', The nobles were striving
to wrest privileges from their sov-
ereigns, the people a little freedom
from their lords, and the Reformed
Church was contending with the es-
tablished Church of Rome. Here
commenced the struggle between two
orders of society opposed to each oth-
er in their ideas of civil liberty, of
free thought and speech, and of re-
ligious toleration.
From these two orders of society
America was colonized, but not in a
way to destroy antagonistic ideas.
The sturdy yeoman, the liberty lov-
ing king hater, the man of duty, all
■fought the bleak New England shores
■Here the climate and sterile soil de-
I veloped these peculiarites. Many of
I them were opposed to slavery on
principle, and its unprofitableness in
I their colonels and their habits of self
I reliance increased this opposition,
r The South on the other hand was
I settled by the gallant cavalier who
I came to the New World spurred on by
I the love of adventure. The mild cli-
r mate and fertile soil made ease and
luxury possible. Slavery was profit-
L able. They saw in the negro a race
l designed by God for their needs.
I They believed in the divine right of
rulers.
I Union for common defense they felt
was necessary, but each was king of
his own plantation. It was the Feu-
dal System of Europe modified to the
conditions of the New World.
Common danger from French and
Indians at first kept the North
''■'"'South united.
Himel is in Lake
summer vacation.
Judge Stiles left this afternoon for
Wharton and will return Friday to
re-convene court.
The commissioners’ court is in ses-
sion this week, the same being the
regular monthly meeting.
The family of Mr. E. DeCoux, who
spent a week during the high water
in Blessing, have returned home.
W. A. McNabb, of Matagorda, is in
the city this week, attending commis-
sioners’ court, which is in session.
Buy a home here and become per-
manently connected with as good a
town as can be found in Texas of the
same size.
County Attorney R. R. Lewis has
returned from a visit to Houston
pany containing 160 acres of land pat-
ented to Harry Boon, assignee of J.
V. LaBauve, by virtue of certificate
No. 5205, patent No. 616, Volume 41.
r . c. Kent et al to Z. D. Camp-
bell; W. D. with V. L.; considera-
tion $7200; the west one-naif of sec-
tion No. 554, G. C. & S. F. Ry. Co.
survey, containing 160 acres of land.
The Palacios City Townsite Com-
pany to A. D. Powers; W. D.; con-
sideration $450; lots 12 and 13, block
45, Palacios.
The Palacios City Townsite Com-
pany to A. D. Powers; W. D.; consid-
eration $327.50; lots 5 and 6, block 70,
and lot 15, block, 76, Palacios.
J. E. Barnard and wife to Thomas
Boper; W. D. with V. L.; consider-
ation $2907; 57 acres of land out of
the original Garcia, Montez and Duran
survey No. 2 and being known as lot
96 of the subdivision of section 12 of
a part of the J. E. Pierce ranch lo-
cated on the east side of Tres Palacios
Bay.
S. J. Hill and wife to C. F. If land;
W. D. with V. L.; consideration
$3400; lots 1 and 2, block 15, Pala-
cios.
Chester Powell to B. A. Ryman;
Q. C. D.; consideration $10; lot 6,
block 1, tier 1, Colorado front in Mat-
agorda, together with all improve-
ments.
West Texas Abstract and Guaranty
Company to C. G. Arnold; W. D. with
V. L. ; consideration $150; lots 16, 17
and 18, block 64, Bay City.
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Palacios City Townsite Company to
A. D. Powers; W. D.; consideration
$105; lot 16, block 56, Palacios.
A. A. Plottner et al to A. H. Wads-
worth; W. D.; consideration $1 and
/)ther good and valuable considera-
tions; lots 19 and 20, block 28, Wads-
worth, Texas.
Loyd F. Saxton to Elizabeth Sax-
ton; W. D.; consideration $1 and
other valuable considerations; lot 10
out of the Stasuma subdivision made
by D. P. Smith of lot 44, block 3, of
the subdivision of the Abel B. Pierce
“Ace of Clubs” ranch lying east of the
Tres Palacios Bay.
The Palacios City Townsite Com-
pany to A. D. Powers; W. D.; con-
$132.50; lot 1, block 65,
it did not prohibit slavery
place, but provided for it.”
Seventh, Congress was
men who were in favor of changing
the constitution so that slavery could
be abolished.
Eighth. During Congress which
immediately preceded war, the South
offered over thirty compromises try-
ing to arrive at some plan whereby
secession and war could be avoided
and States rights preserved. These
were received with jeers with hooting
and every one turned down. “We are
in the majority and you will have to
submit” was almost a slogan of Con-
gress and the men of the North.
Ninth. Even while the New Eng-
land States threatened secession on
account of the new territory added,
to
the Union, and declared that she would
remain so till something came up that
would justify the step. New Eng-
land showed her jealousy so plainly.
They revolted when Louisiana was an-
nexed and the high tariff was the re-
sult of the revolt. The Southern
leaders considered this tariff a just
cause for the step they took.
Tenth. There was no tribunal in
our land untarnished by prejudice.
There was no tribunal true to the
constitution.
Eleventh. The John Brown episode
was sufficient in itself to cause rebel-
lion in any State in the.world. He
organized a company, entered Vriginia
and tried to incite the salves to in-
surrection—and every other crime in
the calendar dof crimes. This gave
the Southern men an insight to the
feeling of the Northern men and was
one of the gravest questions in the
long list.
Twelfth. “In the end, the alterna-
tive was offered to the Southern peo-
ple to submit to all this, to surrender
the protection of the constitution and
laws of the United States and o be-
come he, degraded and dishonored vic-
tims of Northern fanaticisms and
avarice, or secede from the Union and
form a government friendly to their
own rights and interestb.
Thirteenth. Southern leaders hoped
till the very last that they might ef-
fect peace, or peacefully withdraw
and govern themselves as judged best
for them, but after they had stood
every jeer, every insult and ever}'
slander, no more could be stood and
they were aggravated past endurance
and the first shot was fired.
Slavery was not the cause of the
war—only the incident that fanned
into flame fires that had been burning
for years and years.
ft has been said that the emanci-
pation of slaves in the North was due
to the adherence to the laws of God
and man, but history shows that it
was not the gain in the standard of
morality, greater intellect or religious
zeal, but the economical side appealed
to the money makers.
The Southern States left the Union
to save: the principles of the constitu-
tion and restore the government to
Her every
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Smith, Carey. The Matagorda County Tribune. (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, June 12, 1914, newspaper, June 12, 1914; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1299678/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Matagorda County Museum & Bay City Public Library.