Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-31

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IN The course Of . lengthy article re,,
Say some people here, why should not the
Southern States secede3 And, seeding, why
not take their share OF the National prop
erty2 Where Is their crime7
The crime Is as hakrant as any treason
Justice requires rs 70 be careful In impunng
the treason only to those who are guilty.
No States hare seceded; no eonptnites-ao
masses Of popHtdtioR; bat only a gang Of reUo-
luhonists 0ssbwing 10 represent a community
to sshofs they dare not appeal II Il had been
really an affair Of States, or communities, or
mssses of people,, they would have made
their complaint in good time; they would
have declared their intention; they would
have appealed to Congress- or TO acOnven-
ton, and the Federal Courts TO restore 10
them their concessions of rights, and 10 APP
portion the national property. If the Con-
s~titution did not provide for Secession, 1t did
provide guardianship for the natieual prop
erty. That guardianship has been betrayed;
the property has been not only seized, as In
the case Of forts and arsenals recently taken,
but embezzled, gradually, OF the largest
scale, and for a considerable length Of time.
II is now intimated that the refusal Of the
United States Government TO join the Euro
pean Powers, five years since, in ~extinguish-
ing privateering was grounded on plans Of
Secession already entertained. II 10 very
natural that those who are unaware Of the
baTbsrism induced in q slRyeholding society
by a long course of rude and cruel wars,
like those 10 Mexico and in Florida, and Of
flihustering expeditions like those Of Lopez
and Walker, should seek excuses for the
ConfedeTacy, and believe, in spite Of evil
denee, that there must be some ground Of
right in the aggressive party. But the more
the case is examined, the more clearly it
will be seen that he Secessionists are wholly
and absolutely in the wrong; that they are
guilty of treason, carried on by conspiracy
Of the basest sort and for aims which are
incompatible with the peace of the world.
They have made no attempt to retire on
fair terms of separation, and with q legal
award of their share of property. They
have absconded from the Union, with all the
cash they could bride the servants to help
them to; and they have since assaulted the
Government with which they had pillaged.
This is the plain state of the case; and It is
not to the credit of our knowledge that
there should be any among us who attempt
to defend or excuse the course Of action,
more or lees. 1t can be only through ig-
norance that any Englishman can do 80.
We see in every batch of newspapers
tidings from one quarter or another Of op-
position to Secession orders. In Missouri
the Wntingent win be furnished to President
Lincoln, in spite of the Governors refusal.
In Virginia there is no hope Of managing the
Union Party in certain districts. In several
OF the States there is q split as decided as in
the Union itself. If it is so in the first ex.
citing hours of triumph Of the marauding
section, before the North has had time to act,
we may well believe that as soon as every.
body can speak Out, we shall find that the
so called Secession is the work of q faction
which first bred and fostered bad passions in
a predisposed society of shareholders, paupers
and slaves, and then made their own profit