Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1861-01-24

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a Chief Magistrate otherwise designated than by
such election. ara hat sorsn of choice Is vel
eFegs four vears
Does am cite Sen l.s.ssss - c.ss.,,s 4.e lapas
OF appointing tie Chef y agistratel No: elec-
ton by universal suffrage. as modified by the
Con ti''t.en. lie ewn croxnilg franchise Of
the American people. To save Il. they uou.l
defy the world
/ Is il apprehcnded H. the new President w.u
asurP desIot'c power' No: while lie i OF al
men the most ambitions. he IS hy the par,i.lspc
cess OF those who opposed his election, subjected
to such restraints that he can not, without their
consent, appoint minister, or even police
agent, negotiate treaty, or procure the passage
of law, and can hardly draw muskcs from the
public arsenals to defend his own person.
A DIFFERENCE or OPINION THR TRUE GROUND
OF THE SECESSION Moya...n.
what, then, Is the ground Of disccntent' II
Is that the disunionists did not accept "a conclu-
sive the arguments which we're urged in behalf of
the successful candidate in the cansass. This i
aH Were their own arguments against him more
satisfactory to his supporters OF course they
were not They could rot be. Does the Consti
tuition, in letter or spirit. require or imply that
the arguments OF one party shall be satisfactory
to another. No; that is impossible.
hat Is the constitutional remedy for this II
evitable dissatisfaction Renewed debate and
ultimate rehearsal in subsequent election
Have The now successful majority perverted pow
er 10 purposes of oppression. No; they have
never jefore held power
ouR cwN ~ UNeRs srEFUL COUNTRY
Alas, how prone We are to underyalue priyi-
leses aud blessings How gladly. how proudly,
would the people o: any nation ia Europe scceps,
on such terms as We enjoy it, the boon Of elect
ing Chief Magistrate every four years, by free,
equal and universal suffrage. How thsnkfrlly
would shcy cast aside all their own systems
of Government, and accept this Republic ofours.
with all its shortcomings and dsappoiss snents.
maintain it with their arms and cherish it in their
hearts. Is it not the very boon for which they
sappiicate God without ceasing, and even wage
war wth intermissions only resulting from e1-
hauston'
ITALY An EXENPLAR FOR AMERICA
How strange the times in which we live
The coming spring season, on one side of the
Atlantic, will open general conflict waged
to obtain, through whatever indirection, just
such system ours, and on this sise c, the
Atlantic, within the same parallels of latitude, it
viii open fraternal war, wagcd in = moment Of
frenz:ed discomfort, to overthrow and annihilate
the same institutions. Do men. indeed, live caiy
for themselves, TO revenge their own wrongs, or
to justify their own ambition Rather, do men
not live least Of all for themselves, and chiefly
for posterity and for their fellow men,
DISSOLUTION ROBBERY TO PosTERITY
Have the American people then become all ofa
sudden unnatural well as unpatriotic. And
viii they disinhert their children of the precious
estate held only in trust for them, and deprive the
world of the best hopes it has enjoyed since the
human race began its slow and painful. vet need.
ful and wisely appointed progressl
ALLEGED SOUTHERN GRIEVANCES
Here | might close sry Plea for the "A, cricap
Union; but il is necessary, if not to exhaust the
argument, at least to exhibit the whole case
The disunionists, consciously unable to stand er
their mere disappointment in the recent election,
have attempted to enlarge their grounds. For
more than thirty years there has existed con
siderable, though not formidable mass Of
citizens in certain States, situated near or around
the delta Of the Mississippi, who believe that the
Union is less conducive to the welfare and great
hess of those States than smaller confodcracy.
embracing only Slave States, would be. This
csass 1al ayaied itself of the discontents result
ing from the election TO put into operation the
machinery Of dissolution, long ago prepared and
waiting on'y for an occasion. In other States
there is soreness, because of the want of
sympathy in the Free States with the efforts of
slav vehoders for The recapture of fugitiyes FROM
service In all the Slave States there is a
restyeness resulting from the resistance which
has been so determinedly made within the last
few years in the Free States to the extension of
Slavery in the common Territories Of the United
States.
THE REP sIy CANS DENIED HEARING
The Republican party, which cast its votes
for the successful Presidential candidate on the
ground of that policy, has beer allowed prae-
ticaily no representation, no utterance BY spe,ci
or through the press. in the Slave States; while
its policy. principles and sc-s<ments. and even
its temper, have been misreprcscnted a 10 cx-
cite apprehension that it dcties important con.
-,itutioual obligations, and even aims at in,e.
authorities or Intervention Of the J e,ral Govern.
ment. Considerable masses, .ven in the Free
States, interested in the snceess Of these mis-
representations means Of pariizan strategy.
have lent their sympathy 10 the party claiming
20 lie aggrieyed, while the result OF tho election
brings sae Republican party necessarily into tho
foreground Ia resisting dsunion.
TIN RkPUBncASs alsREPRESExrED ASH
NaAtDED.
Tie f~eIadiccs against thsm, which harr
aescribed have depfisel them Of the CO opera
ton Of mans good and patriotic citizens On
complex issue betseen the Republicans and the
Dsuuiosists. although il insoises ,he dires.
national ca'amities, tie result might be doubtful.
Tor the Repubilcan party j weak.ih a large part
Of the Union: bat on a direct issue, ~ith all ho
cherish the Un;on on one side, and all who desire
is dissolution by force the ether. "a. verde:
wonid be prompt and almost raanimous. /
Gcs're thus 10 simplify the issue. ars for thai
P..pose 70 separate fror !, "a col
lateral oe.rsiioas, asd relieve 4
Of al partisan tas sphs and lrs5adices
\ COTTON AxD SOUTHERN .c0NFEDERACy
! | consider the idea ot the aithdrawal OF tie
calf states, and their permanent re organiza tion
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