Presentation on Causes of Secession
Prattville Dragoons SCV Camp Hosts Presentation on Causes of Secession
Members and friends of the Dragoons of Sons of Confederate Veterans Campo 1524 met at the Masonic Lodge in Prattville on Thursday evening November 14th. Over two dozen people were in attendance. Compatriot Rob Schwartz played his guitar and sang for everyone in the social hour before the camp meeting including leading everyone in Dixie. Commander Grooms welcomed everyone and then Chaplain Brantley led everyone in an Invocation followed by Color Sgt Dennis leading everyone in the pledges and salutes to the flags. Harold discussed all the upcoming events including the canned food drive, parades, Salvation Army bell ringing and Christmas Social and then introduced our guest speaker, our camp's own compatriot Davis. He presented an in depth discussion of the causes of the Secession of the Southern States. Events leading to secession highlighted included the Missouri Compromise, the Tariff of Abominations as well as the later Morrill Tariff, the Nullification Crisis, the Compromise of 1850, the Kansas-Nebraska Act which led to Bleeding Kansas essentially the first shots of Lincoln's War, the Dred-Scott SCOTUS decision, John Brown's terrorist raid at Harper's Ferry VA, as well as publications such as Uncle Tom's Cabin which stoked emancipation embers for some but at the same time caused the South to ratchet down on their defense…