. Minutes . to discnss with any de«^ree of satisfaction the issues in-volved in the ^reat coufiiet between the North and the Southfrom Gl to 65. Thes(^ have, however, been so fully discussed])y other members of this connnitt(H» on former occasions thatl)ut little remains to add to those disciissious. In a Iccent woi-k with the somewhat ano*iaut title, ^fheTrue liistoi-y of the (,!ivil War, the wiiter bei^ins by say-ing: The se(;ds of dissolution between the North and tlu^S<mth were carried to Virginia in the shi[)s (*ommanded b\Newport and to l\lassachus<tts in tlie AIayfU)wer. Kac
. Minutes . to discnss with any de«^ree of satisfaction the issues in-volved in the ^reat coufiiet between the North and the Southfrom Gl to 65. Thes(^ have, however, been so fully discussed])y other members of this connnitt(H» on former occasions thatl)ut little remains to add to those disciissious. In a Iccent woi-k with the somewhat ano*iaut title, ^fheTrue liistoi-y of the (,!ivil War, the wiiter bei^ins by say-ing: The se(;ds of dissolution between the North and tlu^S<mth were carried to Virginia in the shi[)s (*ommanded b\Newport and to l\lassachus<tts in tlie AIayfU)wer. Kach kindf(dl u[)on soil well adapted to nourish its characterisl ies. * * *Then; was, in tin; be^innin^-, an ahoost impei-eeptihic riit ])e-tween the people ol the North anil those of the South. This;;iadually Nvid(ne foi- union,a scpai-alion in ^;^n^nllenl, Ihou^hl and cnsloiii arose. Thiscsl dcx. Inpcd unlil i1 \\\\v lo the p((>|)|(> ol 1 he Xorlh. o H < I 70 Seventeenth Reimion, RicJuiiond, May 30-June 3, 1907. and the South the asjieet of two races, manifesting towards■each other all the antipathy of rival and dissimihir nations,and, in their disagreements, rendering impossible either sym-l)atliy with each others standpoint, or patient listening to eaehothers contention. Without intimating any opinion as to how far all theother statements contained in this work warrant the authorin giving it the title selected, a few glances at history willconvince the most skeptical that the foregoing statement iswell founded. In 1775 when Washingtons army was in front of Boston,that great patriot- soldier issued a stern oi-der, tlireatening sev(^re])nnishment to any man found guilty of saying or doing any-thing to aggravate what he termed the existing s(3ctionalfeeling. And duiing the same year, when Peyton lian-doli)h, of Virginia, the tirst President of the Continental Con-gress, died, his brother-in-law, Benjamin Harrison, also fi-om
Size: 1238px × 2019px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorunitedco, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookyear1890
