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Indeed, the Southern States were so confident of their strength, that they did not really believe the North would fight; they might protest, they said, but that would be all. INDEED THE SOUTHERN STATES WERE SO CONFIDENT OF THEIR STRENGTH THAT THEY DID NOT REALLY BELIEVE THE NORTHTH WOULD FIGHT THEY MIGHT PROTEST THEY SAID BUT THAT WOULD BE ALL
peal to the Country--Dark Days for the Northern States--A Decisive Battle--Glorious News. The question of slavery was the real cause of the American Civil War, though in the first instance the object of the North was solely to save the Union. Six of the slave States had withdrawn from the Union. They had appointed as their President Jefferson Davis, and had attempted to seize all the arms and forts within the border of the States. The ease with which Fort Sumter had fallen into their hands encouraged them to believe that they could easily snap the bonds which held the Union together. In the South the white population was supposed to be far superior to their Northern neighbours in all the arts of war. Their position as slave-masters had bred in them an arrogant temper and a reckless spirit. They were more practised at the rifle, better used to horsemanship, and more familiar with field sports, than the men of the North. And they fondly boasted that one Virginian could beat five Yankees. IDENT LINCOLN'S APPEAL TO THE COUNTRY DARK DAYS FOR THE NORTHERN STATES A DECISIVE BATTLE GLORIOUS NEWS THE QUESTION OF SLAVERY WAS THE REAL CAUSE OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR THOUGH IN THE FIRST INSTANCE THE OBJECT OF THE NORTH WAS SOLELY TO SAVE THE UNION SIX OF THE SLAVE STATES HAD WITHDRAWN FROM THE UNION THEY HAD APPOINTED AS THEIR PRESIDENT JEFFERSON DAVIS AND HAD ATTEMPTED TO SEIZE ALL THE ARMS AND FORTS WITHIN THE BORDER OF THE STATES THE EASE WITH WHICH FORT SUMTER HAD FALLEN INTO THEIR HANDS ENCOURAGED THEM TO BELIEVE THAT THEY COULD EASILY SNAP THE BONDS WHICH HELD THE UNION TOGETHER IN THE SOUTH THE WHITE POPULATION WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FAR SUPERIOR TO THEIR NORTHERN NEIGHBORS IN ALL THE ARTS OF WAR THEIR POSITION AS SLAVE MASTERS HAD BRED IN THEM AN ARROGANT TEMPER AND A RECKLESS SPIRIT THEY WERE MORE PRACTISED AT THE RIFLE BETTER USED TO HORSEMANSHIP AND MORE FAMILIAR WITH FIELD SPORTS THAN THE MEN OF THE NORTH AND THEY FONDLY BOASTED THAT ONE VIRGINIAN COULD BEAT FIVE YANKEES
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