Causes of the War

■ It is. not the purpose of the writer in this work to go into
an extended review of the causeswhich produced "the war
between tlie states" from 1861 to 186S. Only a brief, cur-
sory glance, or reference to the organization of the govern-
ment and some of the chief events, connected witli its his-
tory will be given: Mucl^ has been said and vvritten upon
this subject, and some of the. writers have gone into an
•elaborate discussion of the question in an impartial man-
ner, while others have failed to do justice to the South.
