, 1860-12-31
kE0UT COERCION.

ZE0UT EUEkkl1VNs
4: IS vcll said by Senator Irumbull, that
i'll are in tho Nes.h thinks OF talks OF
.'c,.:c:on,' when devisins plans Tor dealing
VIZ, tic Seeding Statcs. Coercion IS IN
c!7. lsivc term; 10 some minds it implies
TIC exercise Of Force, unacconpanied ~
Ri lit; aal it should bc avoided "ihc
G cut:on Of the laws Of tho country, IS
mir Is. that I'LL men understand. aud about
s!,l g. there can be no dispute; and IN that
liz, The policy not only of Republicans,
. |, :. nc nj! men Of all parties who arc no'
,r.:or:, and scccss;onis!s at heart. Hence
.,ea Northern men and Northern jour
~; ::l:z Of bringing South Carolina 10
-. :,s, they mean only that the laws which
VI: ::as aided in cnact:ng, and by which
$. i,as i:ccn governed, shn1l continue TO Dc
.t,.c.d, bc the consequences what they
IA. 10 such thing as vengeance, as IT.
n:.:al,, rs humiliation is intended. The
I, ::n:,3.rcc Of the Constitution as it IT,
L tho enforcement OF the laws IS they
lad on Tic statute book, arc ell that any
! ,..ty, tcsiro,,s Of peace and Of the lar
, :, NY Of tho jarriug sections can ask.
j ,y:..a nothing less will they or ought they
10 ~ content.
| lis vain to llopctl1at poor old buchanan
" Il sec ;l,at Ills duty is exactly consonant
x-:a I'll: a;owel policy Of the Union par
t. CT ,:,at he Will do anything else than
:.,s:1aic, qa lblc, prcvaricatc and delay
It IS obvious = incumbent upon him to deal
Wi tho persons who have usurped Tue
.tnor:ty OF tkc Un:tcd States, in sclzlng
aid occupying Fort b1oultric and Castle
u.nc!1ucy, in Charleston uar5or, IS traitors
aad rcb:is; to recognize in their doings the
o=t-: ac:, anl to PIT forth the whole powci
o't&e Republic to w7c5t those Notifications
fr Il, 1llc:r L.ads, ar'l bring the consp:r.'
sc.s to trial. They have become The az
S.:ssors. They hare commenced host;lI'
tics, ard, cost wha: the effort may, they
should bc overcome. All the vessels O.
war belonging 10 our naval service, and 4:
El1ny troops, volunteers OF regulars, as art
n::-sssry for the quick doing Of the jo''
.;irr,ld bc sent ut once to the scat Of war
:1l thc-c, without time wasted in nc5otia
1l,,a which will prove fruitlcss in the end
:':c firing Of hot SHOT should begin, ant
continue until the supremacy Of Tic Law
N | the inyiolab:lity Of the National prop
cit; arc admitted, not in words but i'll re
suits as well. VIC say that it is vain Il
:.o.,c tslet he will do this thing, or that IL,
. Arsenal, now in possession ol Charles
;,n moa-thc sclfcoustitu.cl guardians q
1900 stand Of government muskcts-wl]
/ ay:in be occupied by United Statcs troop:
: saough to get them in it, it may be necc;
t :a7y 10 anchor two or three frigatcs in Il.
= ia .'or, aa'l shot and shell the cit
, into submission. Hc is, il not q traitor, Il,
I :::eoH,pl:cc Of tra*ors; and will perm
, t:c.:soa to do its wor*> Eut all men {
: :ensc see ti,at lnca5a.c5, Il. vigorous as cvc
, :...csc, would be justiiablc; nav, that the
= :sc necessary, not as the rcsorn Of "coc
c ;-:oa,' but as tho obvious methods Of q
0 :.=iins the supremacy Of Federal ar&hol
= = over S:atc cnactncnts, and the powtr
: the government to punish those who wou
c oTerlhrow and destroy it. They would,
= carried out with rigor, be hut the cnfore
d a,eat Of the law. Without that, Cover
is n,cat is farce, and authority useless ba
&c BIC in the hands which hold it. Let us he
g 70 more, then, Of the danger and ilnpo}i
j, c: coercion" and the impossibility
Or "coaqacr;ns" the South; but let all N
Ii ,.:,:tc i'll u?!4old:ns the authority ofthc Ia
" a7d this Secession business will soon DIV
&c lie to ridiculous proportions. It has be
:.e :s11::,:ti:a, temporarily, by tic unfound
r. assumptions Of sovereignty and cqa 'lity
It. ,:!,;cll the seeding States nave indu}g
H. ,Tc show that its true footing is rebclli
hc ra:nst the law; and tEat its true rcme
CT i such necessary measures as would bc
OF ::,::cd, perhaps on a lesser scale, if ano;l
l. Jo..n brown should invade Virginia, Q
lr ::.:o5 should attempt the rescue OLA fus;t
IN lave ft.m tic hands Of a Marshal. So
IN ::.ri,c1 il is easily compreliended and II
; .. s,n,.narily dealt with, if no: now, W?
r.: .,ntr:o:ism ins:ca'l Of treason tas the Ct
M ..ac: q national affairs.