St. Mary's beacon., 1861-10-10
esms Reasons Why We Ought to Oppose
the PreMen: War.

ribls necessity, not to be rssorsed to until
oil amicable means Of settling national
difficulties have been exhausted.
II 10 we'll kuowA that ever since the
election Of Mr.. Lincoln, the Republican
p.rty has resisted every practical suggss-
tion 10 favor of peace that has been offered
Toward the close of the las. session of
Congress. when final effort was made in
the Senate on behalf Of the Cri.tenden res
olutions. the motion was defeated, one Of
the Senators, think his name is Hale.
saying: 1--WE have more important bust
ness on hand-we have Tariff to PASS"
SecoHd Because it is civil war, of
oil wars the most cruel and exhausting
and the most ropugnant to the sentiments
ofthe present age.
TAisd-Becsuse. If successful, it must
be over tho ruins Of the Republic We
sksll hsse government. but it will NO,
be the government Of The United States.
Il ID at abuse Of terms to speak Of a
Union on compulsion. "a Union of equals
consisting Of conquerore aud conquered;
besides, government asserted By force
must be- maiutsined BY force; and the pow.
-se-aeeSgsns3 70 hold 10 subsection hsf OF
he sss1nsry 10 . standing menace to the
Liberties Of the remainder.
ESatA-Bccause it cannot succeed.
Eight millions Of free people. inhabiting
such country as shey possess. accustomed
to the use Of arms, fighting. as they verify
believe. for their lives and for all tha,
makes life precious, cannot be conquered
FrGh-Because we enter upon it with
out the moral support Of the great Chris
,isn nations Of the earth; aud in prosecut-
ing il are very likely to embroil ourselves
with them.
SrtA-Bccause war will not settle our
difficulties; it will only aggravate them.
We shall have to negotiate sooner or
later, sud hsd better do 80 at the thres-
hold Of bitter war than at its close.
.Ssre~fk-Because of the spirit of law
lessness and ferocity it is creating. The
hssd, on The dial seems to have gone three
centuries Backward since this war COM
nsaced.
EYqhtA-Because of the conditions on
which it is wsged-sabmission or extsrmi-
nation.
NiimM-Becanss it will promote the
unfrisndly desigus of our great foreign
rival iv trsde and power.
7emth-Because il will prove ruinous
10 our great cities and highly injurious to
thSeounary st large. 1t will load the
country with heavy national debt; with
drsw the strcngth Of our population from
the pursuifs of peacsful industry to life
of high excitemeE,s and Irregularities;
drive our esmmerce from tho seas. or
send il skulking anSer convoy; the health
full channeis.o .of enterprise and profit will
10 choka up; the capital Of tho country
viii Be boarded or absorbed by the gov
esnmsnt Tor wsrlike uses; consumers ani
idlers viii be mnltiplisd, produoers will
be disaisished: property will dcprcciats in
vslue; the hard earned credit and wealth
of years will vanish away; there will be =
general bankruptcy; al classes will suffer !;
end The poor aud vicious viii be greatly
ina.essed. Such Or. some of the follow
ssa In The, train Of this var. How greatly
viii tkSss evils BE- multiplied and aggrs-
waited, IN csse ths wxr should fail Of it's
object.
E5ssesaA 81 Because Of its tendency to
Ssaloralise the government, and make it
pps stapeudous jobbing concern for the
ten&6t of contractors and their eoufcde-
rstss.. " Ee...
Trazfik-Becauss the Declaration Of
IaAeaandsnee asserts the right of peo-
pie .'to dissolve the political bonds.
-k:nh k>~> ~es,,sorAos1 them viti, another
aud q, assume among the powers Of the
ssrsh No sspsssss aud equal station to
which tie lsxs' of nature and of natures
God snkiile thsn." That governments
sSs.iaslihaAod amsus men. deriving their
lust rewcgs l'ltaa, the consent Of the
govef1s1.. thss whsnsser any form Of
.soxsin,nllt hecoqaSs destructive Of the
rnds e. uhish Il was instituted, it is the
right aEehS tsp1l6 20 alter and abolish it,
and soi1btitkte 'waew government, laying
i,s founass;es inssehWineiPle' and organis-
Hg its power in such for~s as shall sscm