History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the end of 1902 . Unveiling of tlie Equestrian Statue of Robert E. Lee, May 29, 1890, stitution, nor could they wholly withstandthe inclination to question the motives ofthe secession leaders. Southerners, how- iSgo] EVENTS OF HARRISONS TERM 75 ever loyal now to the Union, were equallybold in asserting that, since in 1861 thequestion of the nature of the Union hadnot been settled, Mr. Davis and the restmight attempt seces-sion, not as foes ofthe Constitution, butas, in their ownthought, its mostloyal friends and de-fenders.
History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the end of 1902 . Unveiling of tlie Equestrian Statue of Robert E. Lee, May 29, 1890, stitution, nor could they wholly withstandthe inclination to question the motives ofthe secession leaders. Southerners, how- iSgo] EVENTS OF HARRISONS TERM 75 ever loyal now to the Union, were equallybold in asserting that, since in 1861 thequestion of the nature of the Union hadnot been settled, Mr. Davis and the restmight attempt seces-sion, not as foes ofthe Constitution, butas, in their ownthought, its mostloyal friends and de-fenders. By 1890 the dayswere passed when de-nunciation of Davisor of the South elec-trified the North, nordid the South on itspart longer waste time in impotent resent-ments or regrets. The brilliant and fervidutterances on The New South by editorHenry W. Grady, of the Atlanta Constitu-tion, went home to the hearts of Northern-ers, doing much to allay sectional died, untimely, in 1889, lamentednowhere more sincerely than at the Henry W. Grady, 76 EXPANSION [1890 When Federal intervention occurred toput down the notorious Louisiana Lottery,the South in its gratitude almost forgotthat there had been a war. This lotteryhad been incorporated in 1868 for twenty-five years. In 1890 it was estimated toreceive a full third of the mail matter com-ing to New Orleans, with a business of$30,000 a day in postal notes and moneyorders. As the monster in 1890, approach-ing its charter-term, bestirred itself for anew lease of life, it found itself barred fromthe mails by Congress. And this was, in effect, its banishmentfrom the State and country. It could stillply its business through the express com-panies, provided Louisiana would abrogatethe constitutional prohibition of lotteries ithad enacted to take effect in 1893. For atwenty-five year re-enfranchisement the im-poverished State was offered the princelysum of a million and a quarter dollars ayear. This tempting bait was sup
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