Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-25

The peoDle OF at least Two or three OF lue
S,ates will remove themselves from under
the care and protection of the Federal Gov
vernment: and If we are to believe the |
Southern press, a majority Of the people OF
slave States are 10 faveF ofa like, course, If
,bey are TO be taken as truthful ekponents of 4
Southern sentimentsT then, indeed, the con-
fiict is irrepressible. In view Of this alleged
ce, tainty of things TO come, we can only say,
after mature deliberation and a careful esti-
male of the probable or possible consequences
of the future, that, if these or any other
States that may have q settled desire or pur-
nose TO share the fortunes of the Cotton
J States,p in the name of bad faith, Jet them
! 20, and go at once.
We of the free States who, IS body,
have always been faitbfal to our obligations
| under the Constitution, are getting about
tired of this continual aud infamous threat
of disunion, which has been sprung upon us
by ipsolent and arrogant dictators and
craven hearted partisans, during each re-
curing Presidential campaign. If the theory
of this Government has no other exempli6-
cation than that of "heads, | win; tails, you
lose;" we had better cease calling it a
government of the people, and at once es-
tablish, and quietly submit to- an olgarchy.
If It is true that bitterness and disafection
extend throughout the slave States, and
areshared by a majority of their inhabitants,
then let us at once separate. Let us then
form that which. will be in theory sndin taet
free and independent nation. Let US fairly
determine the problem as to whether nearly
twenty millions of free people are capable o
governing themselves. On the other hand
let us see what will be the fate of South.
ern Confederacy," wherein human bondage
will constitute the predominating interest
We desire to see that experiment entered
upon in the noon of the nineteenth century
If it does not fall beneath the contempt ant
r execration of the civilized world, then VIZ
are erievously mistaken in our estimate o
, its manhood, honesty, and virtue.
= From the foundation of this Government
freedom has been compounding with slavery
and has thereby seriously impaired tn,
: foundation upon which it has been sought Il
rear superstruoture dedicated to LIBERTY
r The cent-per-cent. upon freedom which VI
r have been paying as tribute to slavery, ha
: been exacted from us from year to year, un
' til at last it is proposed TO swallow up tn
= principal; and now, that we have assertet
e our manhood, and have emphstically pro
It tested, through the ballot box, against sucI
: usury, they straightway proceed to put il
D execution their oft-repeated threat of dis
Q solving the Union. They have commenced
3 the double game of playing upon our fear
D and our cupidity and it remains TO be deter
9 mined whether they will win or lose. o
s one thing we feel we'll assured; the people o
9 the free States will coneede nothing, as
: peace offering, to the present attitude Of
e portion of the South. In response to tn
t. reasonable requirements Of the necessities Q
o Slavery, they will cheerfully grant all tina
t may be consistent with their self respect an
IS the maintainence of the vital principle {
y this Government. If constitutional ms
d jority of the people can no longer be permit
d ted to govern these United Strtes, tbs abor
s time for them to be dissolved. If its cor
7, tinuance is to be at the option Of a captiol
o and clustering minority, then, we repeat,
a the language of another: Let it slide"-
n saying no longer commented upon
Southern prints and Northern Democrat
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