The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1861-02-20
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he Signs OF tie times are full of dan-
ger; danger bot of disuuson, but of sur
render; danger not from Southern rash
ness, but from EortI ern coward;ce.-
he real hazard of this crisis /. not of
civil war, but Of the naturalization Of
Slavery. The only organization to avert
tins present shame and future ruin. is the
Republican party, and that party totters.
as some OF It's chosen leaders blench and
tremble. Triumphant by the quiet ver-
diet Of the people, it is apparently about
to betray It's trust At the demand of it,
foes. The cities, whence the humbl;ng
mandate proceeds, cast their vote for
Slavery, and were defeated. They now
cIamor for surrender, and because the
voice Of the busy farmers throughout tho
country is unheard, the clamor may he
sble to nulIify the ballot If so, this
prosldential movement will pass away,
and an opportunity such as Heaven but
seldom gives will be lost.
In 1920, the Slavery Power demand
ed reversal Of the old policy of Free
dom, an abandonment Of the old policy
of Freedom, an abandonment of the
ordinance of 81 the monument of the
territorial policy Of our earliest statesmen
in the nobler days oftEe Republic. At
Ter brief, fierce struggle, to maintain
the natona! idea of Freedom. the Free
States, betrayed by few false friends,
succumbed to tho close phalanx to the
Slave Powe|. They yielded, they admit
ted Missouri with Slavery, they guaran-
teed SO far as Congress can, the spread of
Slavery on national soil below a given
line. What harvest forty years has
ripened from the fatal seed of surrender
in 1920! What an immense aggravation
ofthe National Evil, what an expansion
Of the area and consolidation of the pow
er Of Slavery! The Slave Power was q
camorous mendicant in 1920; it is an
imperious armed Dictator to day.
Tho amentabie error of 1920 could on.
" reard the certain march of fate. But
it did repress for generation, the in
destrnctable w.tsess for Freedom aud
justice, made constitutional By God in
the hearts Of men. Forty years of cbul-
Ii ion, agitation, discussion, organization,
and the bruised and buried germ has bro
ken the hard earth again. Why. should
wo repeat the error, vainly fighting
against dcstiny1
Cannot men, though their experience
is brief and they ASSOCIATIONS are with
transient things, yet see from history, and
from the handwriting in their own
bosoms, that the love Of freedom must
rend away the poor wisps of conpromises
Ii surrender nov should give the upper
hand to Slavery again, and keep Free
dom under ban, protesting agitating, for
q few years more, until a now party Of
Liberty shall achieve the mastery now
to be flung away by timid hearts ana
yenal enes in tie hour Of victory, where
will be the gains The conflict will be
intellectually intensified, the wrong and
suffering, as we'll as the decentralization
consequent on Slavery, bearing deadly
fruit meanwhile
Our children viii be born TO = herr
tage Of conflict, fear, snl p.riI instead Of
permanent paaca anI enduring growth.
Now, firmness aad mod STATION ony are
needed, with Freedom for cur guiding
principle in order to save eyerythingtthst
should DO saved. Possibly ss undivided.
certainly united, powerful glorious sns
free eontederacy viii ba ours and our
childreu's for centuries 10 como. Into t
in TIE course Of years, the seeding
States, fsuch there shall be, redeemed,
regeneratcd, lisenhrsllod, wil"gain sue
ces>ivcly rotarn and be joined with us in
an honorable, equal, understandable fra
ternitv, to be torn from rs no more.
To this end nothing is necessary but
Courage and Fidelity. But Courage and
Fidelity are by 10 means So abundant as
they should be in such u crisis Is the
Dresent.-N !. Tribune.