. The main object of the rebellion; from the original manuscript of the late Gov. A. W. Bradford, written in eighteen hundred and sixty-one .. . ANDSIXTY-ONE C^^j^^ REPRINTED FROM THE EASTON GAZETTEOF OCTOBER EIGHTH, EIGHTEEN HUN-DRED AND NINETY-TWO V^cWj 2^ Oift .^. From. The Easton (Maryland) Gazette, of Oct. 8, 1892. m E publish on this page an article entitled TheMain Object of the RebelHon, from the orig-inal manuscript of the late A. W. Bradford,Ex-Governor of Maryland, written in 1861, and nowpubhshed for the first time. It will be interestingreading at this date to those who have given
. The main object of the rebellion; from the original manuscript of the late Gov. A. W. Bradford, written in eighteen hundred and sixty-one .. . ANDSIXTY-ONE C^^j^^ REPRINTED FROM THE EASTON GAZETTEOF OCTOBER EIGHTH, EIGHTEEN HUN-DRED AND NINETY-TWO V^cWj 2^ Oift .^. From. The Easton (Maryland) Gazette, of Oct. 8, 1892. m E publish on this page an article entitled TheMain Object of the RebelHon, from the orig-inal manuscript of the late A. W. Bradford,Ex-Governor of Maryland, written in 1861, and nowpubhshed for the first time. It will be interestingreading at this date to those who have given seriousthought as to the cause and object of possibly themost gigantic effort ever attempted for the overthrowof an established civilized government. The manuscript was handed us by a friend of thelate Governors, into whose hands the original hascome. After careful reading of same, we agree withhim that the views as expressed by the late GovernorBradford show him to have had a more thorough andplausable understanding of the real objects of the Re-bellion than any other writer of his day or since. [Editor. THE MAIN OBJECT OFTHE HERE are some considerationswhich distinguish the rebellionin which the Southern States arenow engaged against the Govern-ment,from all others of which his-tory gives us any account. Therehave been many rebellions inother countries against established govern-ments, but they have uniformly originated inan oppressive and tyrannical exercise of author-ity by the Sovereign, which, after being en-dured to the limit of human patience, has atlast driven their suffering subjects to take uparms and right themselves by revolution. Thiswas the only means by which their wrongscould be redressed. Unlike the citizen under our beneficentgovernment, where the Chief Magistrate isthe mere agent of the people, and where anyact of executive usurpation, or any incroach-ment on popular privilege would send him atthe end of four years at the farthest into exile,and
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