Show WORSE THAN ijAN IN 18 1860 O. O i y AYe Wc think thi the c political ical situation in n the United St States i i as s s serious as s it was in iu 1860 Ijo For years e ears rs prior fJOr to 1860 the north and south had been i apart t on a pur purely sectional proposition rh ruling g spirits pir of the south w were lo determined to I pei a f slavery a gifted but most brilliant Law v in th north wi were e in d th that t i it should be he hec c c i butt uy Ilie great conservative hosts of th the I c count tilh ry v were 0 Determined T d that that- the tho laws Jaws should be lie l and r. r er J I. I k n confidently forward forward- forward rd to to a a- tini time A 1 peaceful l solution of the c JU JUt t ques- ques tiou b ho t r ch j. j Texas Ava its i into th the thu union much m ch as its Manama was Was s re recognized as a n a sovereign state stale In Iti the first firs case ase se- se sethe the f fiery ty spirits of of- t tire the le south wanted new V territory where Bla slavery ery could o expand ih the thc other the Unit United d St States tes wanted the tire canal zone one pr what the tle own owners r hJ l lb b bargained to sell self jt it t for fOl he first case aBC Mexico l could never h have he e Tex Texas Texa Cj h back ck k in the second Pan Pah- j a nas hader er n no obligation to o r recognize the Ie fed fed- I oral claim above hers But ut the Mexican l war Cl caused much bitter bitterness ess in northern ri states f for Jr main object ct was apparent enough the enough the sion of or slavery But when California called a a con con- m to frame ramo a a. state tat co constitution and in th thit lt convention though more re southern born than than- Northern nor north bom rn members member dedicated tho the state forever to freedom with only one GC nc dissenting vote vets the hoth hotheads ads ads' of of- the south were furious In the thc United senate John C. C Calhoun C made his last g great great- cat fig fight t of Iris his life in opposing the the admission and ind i Sailed failed l. l Then it seemed d clear enough that the thc extreme southern leaders eador would break brcak away at atthe the first opportunity Then on out of pf th tire the ol I. I party the R Republican p i party party- was was' was was' organized ed which II intensified the bitt bitterness of of the south then came c nio tJ the S' S tt r which h. h inflamed m d the I Ithen then came came- Uncle r ro Toms Tom's s 's Cabin and nd finally the nomination c and ancl I el election of Abr Abraham hain Lincoln anc aniL that it all aU meant i war But the themen themen them m men I Wh who precipitated it jt we were vere honest est in their d de dei de- de i tt rid for a separate g that is they did die t to trench on l to to- tomake make Qt propose so two republics r I 1 l I c Th That brought a clearly deJ n q situation sit eyerman eyer man man in t the i nation was fo foe foi or or against the union And t tie the 1 war was confined to that While Mr Lincoln Lincoln was derided and and scoffed at and abused cd or for three y years ars ars' ars shamefully congress voted tho the needed needer appropriations and th the people ehi 9 congress s ratified d its wor work vork to the end n and c when the alternative Jive tive e came c in iri 1864 for th the p people to de ido by th their ir vote whether the tho should i il war go on p OC OJ a surrender should be ma mae macle notwithstanding n their bray bravest st ani ana b st had perished in inthe the struggle th J I voted that at their dead should no not l nave have di died d in vain But this year a a man w who o has r received c ived more honors t than n any ny other man has ever vcr rc received elved has 1198 risen up demanding th that t som of the most viti principles on which our government was founded b be amended out of sight that the form of our shall be changed from om a r representative ll government with the proper el clie checks e k kS and d safeguards guar to an impossible democracy y that the thc integrity of pf our higher courts shall be placed it tt the tho nier mercy of the rabble as shall also the methods is of r rel el ti g In doing doing- this he l has lias as e established established tab that at his his' as asman s a man and anda a gentleman s worthless ess that he e stands ready in order to m minis minis- ni t ter r to his his- egotism and ambition to sa sacrifice the dearest deare t friends or r h his s own own honor Honor that the sacr 3 unwritten n laws of the re republic are arc rc nothing in his eyes if they conflict t iIi in the least with his i personal whims he le is filling the air ail with appeals alf to t the the anarchistic na cl impulses men and nd is s making mak- mak I ing ng s such ch daily spectacles cI s of himself that g generous nerous men in sorrow believe that his is is' a mind diseased l. l When his shameless falsehoods have been proven beyond possibility of doubt he has merely sh shown Wn hi his ie eth and nd shouted denouncing trusts trusts' and nd combines proofs tile have supplied have tom to Q I it impossible to believe that he is not the purchased agent of the worst combine that ever preyed upon a nation Despite all nIl this he is winning win win- I ning his way with tl fair prospects fair prospects of se securing a nom nom- i 1 tion In 1860 the tb land lahd north and south was S filled with patriotic men en men en re ready dy to die for native na nt tive land The present presen situation is an indication that the United States Slates has ha be become ome and J that the people have lost the level head headedness tab to ta tobe tobe b be fit lit for self government |