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.. carrying On the Government, in this crisif
in our national: affairs, without the adyice
:: and assistance of the Constitutional Repre-
=. sentatives of tie: people. :,War> mpends
&c cannot move an inch toward the fulfill
mcnt of4he obligations Of his of1cial,Datb
r.:trex1eute tic laws ii the seceding Statea
:: :withont bringing: down upon his lead NE
hostilities that have so long been; threat:
enea: He cannot shirk the duty to execute
thelaWph aGbaae9sa1es as well as all 9th
ers, without incurrins guilt, which ::hrwill
9; = not willingly assume He must rein
force Fort Sumter ut all hazards and
at any cost. The will Of the nation
!: will demand that. The gallant An
de1son and his men must not be left
to starve, cooped Up ii that fortress,
= nor must they be suffered to remain unas-
sisted where, by and .by, they will full q
prey to the men WHO thirst for their blood.
Fort Pickens, nowt threatened with attack,
must be held md strongly reinforced.
'. Lieut.. Slemmer Is no aeass gallant and de-
sergingsthan Anderson; and his case will
demand instant: attention: Peace is now
maintained only by submission to insult
and wrongg- an exercise Of patience
that viii soon be- worn out--by nesation
: Of governmental functions, and the contin-
ued :eueroachment upon national honor.
This condition cannot last. The spell
: must be dissolved. Tie power Of tile trail:
tors must be broken !: The national
honor must be Findicated, and the
laws firmly but kindly enforced Nj. Lin
=. coin cannot initiate Buchanan, and stand
still sliyering with fear. He cannot re-
!, cede, and admit The legality of secession
and: the powerlessness Of The Government:
honor, duty and truth forbid that. He
must 60 forward; and in his way stand Oh
stacles which will require the aid Of Con-
gress TO overcome. :: .;>:,:: -:
But this is> not all; II secession contin-
ues, rs it will, the commercial and indus
trial interests Of the country must be cared
for. The Southern market for Northern
manufactures viii, in a great measure, be
cut of. = Admit. Southern willingness to
buy the products Of our forges, workshops
and looms, and their ability to pay is not
proved. Trade in the far South will be
paralyzed by the alarms Of war, if not de-
stroyed by actual clash Of arms. New
England, especially, but no more earnestly
than Pennsylvania and New York, will |
demand q market. for. what they pro-
-duee; and the West, depending more
upon the Atlantic States than upon
Europe for the sale Of her surplus, will |
second the demand. They will ask Recip-
rocal Free Tfadewith all the tropical coun-
tries on this continent, and the inaugura-
ton Of new commercial policy. Mexico
now with, we hope, q stable, certainly with
liberal government, hating the North no
longer since our assurances, in the election
OF. Lincoln: that fillibustering will be
squelchcd, Will unquestionably express her
willingness to enter into treaty by which |
she Will be opened to our manufactures,
sending US her products in return. Brazil,
always looking at rs with a jealous eye,
be induced to break. down the
barriers which laye made Northern
commerce with her but q trife.
The Spanish Government once offered
free trade With CUBA concession that
cannot be too highly valued for its money |
;, worth. The shareholders of the South |
never let the proposition see the light
The state paper containing it has been
stolen from the archives in the State De-
ment Convinced now: that We have no |
desire to seize nor. reyolutionize her colo
.niez, Spain may be willing as bond of |
continued peace to renew the offer. To
put afoot The great plans which are behind
the arrangements at which we have merely
limited, and to direct the events which the
first month Of Lfncoln's administration
will precipitatc, the presence Of Congress-
ut Washington is Indispensable Again,
the mouth Of the Mississippi being closed
and its channel being obstructed ty the
efforts Of 4 rrebellious md hostile popula-
tion, acw outlet for the trade Of the Val
lev Of the Miss;ssinni md. for all that i'm
uense country 4,on5erinr IN the Missouri
must be provided. The imnnovenent of
the Illinois River -snd thu nneninp of ,
steamboat channel on tbe linn of tho mi.
nois a and Michigan Canal are the natural
exoedients To which i resort will he de.
mandei1 1,v all The. Middle s,a+oo and Tho
cities of The Atlantic aeahoard Ana these
great works cannot he delayed :. The;r