Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-06-07
POLITICAL.
Too Late to Talk of Compromised

Too Late 20 Talk OF Compromise
A eOrrc.pOuden, writes u. isprecatins 'h'
rre.en, war. and insisting that our sections
difference. should have been peacefully ad
ja.ied ~ Compromise.
We were in favor Of eompromisc until !
became apParsn, that the Cotton State
wanted no eOmprOmise and would listen Il
none. We even went 50 Car as to favor {
,s,,lrment on the basi. Of the Cri,tender
amendment. bot while Congress and th'
country were Proposing and discussing prop
o,ition. for pacihca,ion, the Cotton State
were steadily organizing hostile eoniedsr
asy-were raising troop. and arming then
-vere capturing the federal forts. ar-enal'
anl dock yaris-were seiIins the Uniiel
States Custom Houses and Mints-wer'
robbing the governmen, 'ub'uea'uries-
were stealing the money and munitions OF
war. provided for the troops sen, Souh u
defend the Inhabitants asains, Indian incur
.on.-vcrc committing every specie. oI
oaraes upon northern men m the Sou,h
and conf.cAting their propsrty-were hr'ng
into United State. steamers. and doing every
thing in their power 10 render peaceful
.iia,imcoi impossible, and to plunge the
country INTO the horrors Of a civil war. The
attack UPON For, Sdmter-the erowning
outrage upon the federal Gas-poi an end
g, al hope of reconeilia,iop, and raised
the i-ue whether the Constitution and
Un,on should be o'erihrOvn by violence and
,rcason, or sustained by the sircas arm Of
ihe government. The attitude Of the Bor'
der Slave Stats. iron frs, 10 last, has been
ineon.istsn, with the preservation and in
,egrity Of the Rspublic. They knew the
extreme South could not be coaIsd back,
and they planted themselves on the ground
that they should no, be for>ed back. And
While pArlsyins With the government. there
i. rsA.on to believe they were bu. gaining
tine to prepare for joining the Cotton State.
in their disuniOn movement. Paeifcaiion
or reconstruction. with the fatal bsrr,y Of
the risb, Of peaceful secession, Was ches.
and delu.ion f: for governmen, resting
on .ueh basi, would no. be dsssrvin: the
pAne.
The Lincoln administration, although IL
nay rot have gone 50 far in the pathway OF
eomprOni.e a. many think !; ought to have
done, .,ill IL has done nothing to provoke
hO,tili,iss. and has. on the whole, exhibited
pacific policy, as expressed in the tone oi
seward and Lineoln's unohcial speeches,
.sd IN the lnaug gural Of the la,;sr-as man.
ifes,ed in the abandonment % the doctrine
Of slavery inhibition in the bills Organizing
three territorial governments at the late
sos.ion OF Congrs.s-as evinecd in the vote
Of Congress adopting the Corwin proposi'
ton for An amendment 10 the Constitution
giving fresh guarantees Tor The security OF
slavery in the Statcs-and as shown in the
willingness Of the administration 20 forsgo
tie re-uuiorcsmsut Of Fort sumter, pro-
,ided the Confedera,s Government would
sonsn, 70 4. supply O' the garrison with
provision. 70 ksSp our brave men from star
ya,ion.
Bu, all these advances were met by the
insurgents with renewed audaei;y and vio-
lenee eliminating in the asssul, upon, and
reduction Of For, Sumbr-leaving no al
tentative 70 the Government bot 20 abdicatS
in favor Of the revoluiionisis, or 70 exert IT.
self 10 vind,cate the supremacy OF the con-
.,tu,ion and the law, by f1rso. The gov
,rnment chose the alternative as dictated by
duty AnI pairioiism-ant now call upon the
American people TO stand by the Eepublc
in ,hi. hour Of trial. and defend the Stars
and Stripes. Mos, nobly have the people
responded to thi. call. They will uphold
constitutional liberty and free government
on this continent. or perish IN the attempt
The momentoa. issue. therefore, now BE-
fore tbe American people 10. Shall the Con
.,tutiou and the Union be upheld by the
patriotism Of the country. or shall they b
ovsrihrown aud mi-erably perish At tbs
hands Of the insurgent. and traitors One
eide or the other must triumph, II il b
through rivers ofbloOd. Which shall !, be
I, !. now IDLE % talk about compromise
Shall the Star. and Stripes trail in the dus
and Do forever blotted ou,-Or shall they b,
borne Aloii by at least eighteen millions o.
freemen, until they shall again aoai frou
every fertilization and over every inch o
territory within the liniis Of he Unlon-
with not star obscured nor strip
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