The Real Cause of the U.S. Civil War


Henry C. Carey to Abraham Lincoln, January 2, 1861


Page 1



Dear Sir


Will you excuse me for asking

to occupy a few minutes of your time

in reference to a matter of great impor-

tance? They shall be made as fast

as possible.



Of all the planks in the Chicago

platform, the only one that elicited

any thing like enthusiasm in the Con-

vention was the protection one, and

that did elicit it to an extent never

exceeded on any occasion.



Of all the measures now before

the Senate, that, however, is the one

that seems to have the greatest ardent

friends -- the Pacific Railroad bill &

the Homestead bill, the tendencies of

which, as regards increase of wealth

or strength, are directly the opposites

of protection, being likely to become

laws, while the Tariff bill goes over















Carey Letter Page 1