Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-01-05

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Tie Enquirer wants to know if we "a n
people have come tothe humHiating condi- J
ton that President has got to be inSugu-
rated by force Of arms, ia case Of auy At
tempt or ascertained purpose, to seize the
Capital TO prevent i2 ~
Well, let the Enquirer answer the ques-
ton. Shall the people submit to have the
inauguration Of the President elect defeated
by conspirators, or shall they insist on his
Inauguration by whatever means the case
may demand7 Let us hear the Enquirer on
this head. Shall the Government be pre-
served, OF shall we quail before conspiracy
and submit to anarchy
These are no fancy questions. The time
is near when they have got to be tried, and
when there win be no party lines but that
between faithfulness to the Constitution and
treason; between the support of law, and
rebellion. If the purposes, which are now
openly declared, to seize the Capitol and sub
vert the Government are put in operation,
the time is at hand when the "aid and COM
fort which is given to treason by journals
in this city will come so near the legal deh-
milton of treason that it will excite an un-
easy sensation in the throat .F rr.
There is no use in being mealy-mouthed
about it. When conspiracy shows its head,
even in the Administration, and openly
threatens the subversion of the Government,
and when the nation is being disarmed by
treason at the Capital, it is time for the peo-
pie to speak out in words Of truth and So
berness. If the Government is to exist af-
ter the. 4th of March, Mr.. Lincoln must
he inaugurated. And at whatever cost, he
will be inaugurated. This is the sentiment OF
the people of the great Middle States, both
north and south Of Mason and Dixon's line.
And it might as well be understood, too,
that unless the Administration has changed
its front and stopped its tampering with
treason, and shall take decisive measures to
defend the Government against conspiracy,
the people will have to rise and inaugurate
Mr.. Lincoln by force of arms.
1t is not the first time that a determined
attitude on the part Of the people has beer
| required 70 enforce constitutional election
| of President. 1t was required at the election
of Jefferson. That election went to the
House, which balloted some weeks without
making q choice; and Jefferson declared
that nothing but the determined declarations
/ of his friends, that the people of the Middle
States would arm and march on Washington
prevented an intention on the part Of tht
| Federalists to defeat any election in tht
House, and allow the Senate to appoint
President.
If the people then would have armed b
prevent their expressed will from being de
feated, even though technically within tn
Constitution, have their descendants de
generated SO rapidly that they will nos
allow armed conspiracy to overthrow thei
Government This Government is going T.
be maintained. The Union is going TO b
preserved; not by pulling down the Consti
tuition to the demands of rebels. but by main
tanning it in its integrity. The people arr
not going to submit to see this Government
overthrown, and treason established at tn
Capital to dictate its terms Of concession
The preservation of the Government de
mands the Inauguration of Lincoln. N
matter how man voted, this is now tn
test of faithfulness to the Constitution. An
the people might as well prepare their mind
for such sacrifices as free people will max
to preserve their liberties; and they ha
better at once assume an attitude which wi
convince conspiracy and insurrection that
will meet swift vengeance if it dares attemI
what it threatens.