The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-12-18

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shall prevail.
If it be concluded to coerce, we shall have
civil war at once, when the i1rst overt act
Of aggression or resistsnc shall be attempt
ed by South Carolina. IF a single blow be
struck, the fame of civil war will be light
ed, and God only knows where its ravagc5
will end The power OF the fe,ieral gov
eminent must be sustained if coercion Lc
decided On, or there is an end to It's au-
thority and ultimately TO its existence-for ,
if it cannot enforce its iswiul DEGREES it IS
no government but sham that will soon
fall of its own weakness. gBitt bow to sns-
tain the power of the government, is the
question. This must DO done by the use of
force-of the army and navy. These are
composed of inert materials and men to en-
ploy and WELD them. These men must
he eithot aliens or American citizens. 1t is
possible that a large enough force OF the for
mer could be hired 10 come and do the ter
rible work OF 5nbiugating South Carolina
it she were alone, but she would be sympa-
thized with ny the whole South. and fought
for by her sympathzera. If three millions
of Americans could not be snbdned in our
revolution by foreign invaders, eight millions
of Americans, fighting for Their wives, and
children, and property, aa1 their own lives,
could not now be conquered short oiexter-
minaton.
| Who believes that an army could be rails
ed in the North to go to the South to- fight
their brethren, even the command of gov
! eminent, much less rs volunteers? Posi-
/ bly, couple of thousand men of the John
! Brown stamp might be found who would
delight in such work, but that an army
of sufficient size could be raised even by
compulsion, to go on such an. expedition, is
| not probable. How then could even South
Carolina, not TO mention the other disaffect-
ed States be compelled to remain within
! the Union after making the attempt to with
draw =? The thing wouldsbe found impOssi-
| BILE if attempted. We admire the volorous
words and strong arguments of the advo~
Gates of coercion, but think these gentlemen
/ far from practical.in their calculations. If
/ q huge engine of destruction could be
/ erected or some terrible machinery devised
to wage devastation on the people of the
South, their revolution might be defeated !;
but "a the means to be employed would
have to be flesh and blood, actuated by hu-
man hearts aud human sympathies, coercion
may be considered an impossibility, 50 far
! as successful results are concerned.
Judge Morton idea that the independence
/ OF the States desiring to secede ought only
to he acknowledged after successful reyolu-
ton, is very strong one as advanced by his
able mind but tie simple truth is, the feel
4 ings of the great mass of the Northern peo-
pie recoil from the contemplation of the
forcible coercion of their erring brethren in
the South. Not one man in a thousand
could be induced or forced TO march South
to coerca the people even Of South Carolina,
4 States The people of England were re-
luctaut 70 at.nek these colonies in the Bevo-
lution and had to hire foreign mercenaries
to help them After all thet CxpeudtDr8
.of blood and treasur.sGhey tniIed, aud now
we doubt not they are sorry, wLea tnoy see
= our prosperity, lhatrthey did moi graciously
= let us depart ia peace rather Than 10 attempt
ncoercion7 They derive little satisfaction
from their experience i'll that line We inn
aofue that the North would have hs little
satisfaction should she a'trmrtsy vio:en' re
Strslinl ON her Kindred in the South
What II South Carolina should be allow
ed peareably TO go2 Whys other States
would follow They viii in amy event.
{, The truth is, the dsafected States that is,
those majority of whose people are snp-
posed to he secessioniats have Tong been
! waiting an excuse Tor ter present. course.
They are determined not to he satisfied With
any compromise that the North can offer.
So far az they are concerned, il is time
wasted 10 talk of compromises They have
certain ends To accomplish out OF the Union,
and they are determined ies gcEont and risk
: the consequences. We have already con
: sidered how uselesB II would he to attempt
tn compel them Ia stay III The 4 mon. we
! could rot do it. Ii seems To be The decree
e Of Providence that they should separate
e themselves from u.s. and we believe that nc
] human power can prevent it.. This has ne
+ doubt been loreordained from The begin
I ming.
!. The North must therefore make viz
t tue of necessity; and il South Caroline
Z. and other States deliberately decide in
h Convention composed of delegates duly
: elected by their people, to withdraw from
# the Union, and especially If that decision
: be ratified by popular vote, we believe they
L cannot he prevented from seeding. W.
# believe, furthermore, that there will be n,
5 compromise now with South Carolina, no
: probably with Georgia, Alabama, Mississfp