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A Sketch of the Origin and Progress of the Causes Which Have Led to the Overthrow of Our Union (Classic Reprint)
Unknown Author
Paperback. Forgotten Books 2015-09-27.
ISBN 9781330825990
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Excerpt from A Sketch of the Origin and Progress of the Causes Which Have Led to the Overthrow of Our Union When the Great West sees that its true interest is in free, unrestricted trade and exchange of commodities with all the world; that it only wants markets for its enormous products, and to get markets it must make exchanges. When the West can see that the substance of its labor has been wasted in paying tribute to the capital of the East; that the war has so prostrated and ruined all and every commercial, agricultural and industrial interest, wasted the capital, means and resources of the people, and thrown what remains of capital into the hands of a few individuals who will hold and own the entire Government debt, which, if the war continues five years, will amount to more than three billions five hundred millions of dollars ($3, 500, 000, 000), with an annual interest of two hundred and forty-five millions of dollars ($245, 000, 000); and this enormous debt held and owned by those who, by fraud, have made their fortunes out of the war; who, too, will hold, own and manage the Government and Legislature of the entire country, abolish the right of suffrage, curtail the freedom and rights of man, restrict the Press, and blot freedom, independence, justice and equality from the history of man, and make whom they please King, Emperor or Dictator. Will the Great West submit to all this? as it must, or separate from it. I think not. So soon as England and France acknowledge the Southern Confederacy (which is not far distant), I think the West will separate - either make Fremont, or some other demagogue, Dictator, and make peace with the South, to have a demand for its produce, and a direct free trade with all Europe, which it can have through the South, the Mississippi River and the different Railroads, and through Canada. When all that I have specified takes place, then, and not till then, will the war end. And what will the North have gained by all this? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works
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