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The young Senator Garfield was one of the first to realise the true position of affairs. THE YOUNG SENATOR GARFIELD WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO REALIZE THE TRUE POSITION OF AFFAIRS
of the spirit of slavery in the South was slowly rousing the rest of the great nation from its slumber. Statesmen had been silent too long, politicians and preachers had apologised for the evil, and the people as a whole had given no sign, until provoked by those flagrant attempts to carry the vile system into those newer parts of the country called Territories, vast districts of only partly occupied land which had not yet been erected into States. Then the controversy became sharp and bitter, and the men of the North began to speak out. To the younger men especially was the system hateful, and it was plain that in the free States a new generation had risen up which was prepared to wash its hands of the curse of slavery. Some of the Southern States, afterwards known as the Confederates, formed themselves into an association, and threatened to withdraw from the Federal Union; and civil war between the slave States and the free was by the more thoughtful and far-seeing deemed inevitable. ND INSOLENT GROWTH OF THE SPIRIT OF SLAVERY IN THE SOUTH WAS SLOWLY ROUSING THE REST OF THE GREAT NATION FROM ITS SLUMBER STATESMEN HAD BEEN SILENT TOO LONG POLITICIANS AND PREACHERS HAD APOLOGIZED FOR THE EVIL AND PEOPLE AS A WHOLE HAD GIVEN NO SIGN UNTIL PROVOKED BY THOSE FLAGRANT ATTEMPTS TO CARRY THE VILE SYSTEM INTO THOSE NEWER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY CALLED TERRITORIES VAST DISTRICTS OF ONLY PARTLY OCCUPIED LAND WHICH HAD NOT YET BEEN ERECTED INTO STATES THEN THE CONTROVERSY BECAME SHARP AND BITTER AND THE MEN OF THE NORTH BEGAN TO SPEAK OUT TO THE YOUNGER MEN ESPECIALLY WAS THE SYSTEM HATEFUL AND IT WAS PLAIN THAT IN THE FREE STATES A NEW GENERATION HAD RISEN UP WHICH WAS PREPARED TO WASH ITS HANDS OF THE CURSE OF SLAVERY SOME OF THE SOUTHERN STATES AFTERWARDS KNOWN AS THE CONFEDERATES FORMED THEMSELVES INTO AN ASSOCIATION AND THREATENED TO WITHDRAW FROM THE FEDERAL UNION AND CIVIL WAR BETWEEN THE SLAVE STATES AND THE FREE WAS BY THE MORE THOUGHTFUL AND FAR SEEING DEEMED INEVITABLE
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