Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-28

s. struss'e.
The Prsn'a, of Havana, May 6, has this
editorial:
Will the war between the two great sec
tioDs iuto which the States formerly united
by the Federal bond have nOw divided. be of
long duration2 If we are to Judge from The
excitement Of the parties, and from the or.
ders daily Issued TO increase the number Of
battalions OF organised militia, and to &C.
cumulAte all the elements Of destruction
that can be got together in the respec We
territories, with view to their employment
in the determination Of the enemy, the In
ttstine struggle which has broken out in the
neighbOriDg Republic threatens to be a very
long one. -.t,t ....l
Those who come to this conclusion base
their opinion on the fact that the present
movement is not the effect Of chance, nor of
a feverish agitation of the moment, but that
it-arises from the, deep hatred which has
been Concentrating for many years past be
tween the pro slavery and Abolitionist par.
ties. They add, moreover, that not merely
material interests, but the triumph of prin-
ciple being at stake, the obstinaey of the
contest will be all the greater, and that in.
stead of routes and reVerses causing the par
ties to retire from the struggle, the blood
thus split will Tedouble their ardor, the
rancor OF the strife will grow more bitter,
and neither one side nor the other will con-
sent to pause without having obtained the
ends that each proposes 10 ITSELF . ...e
Those who talk thus are not without rea.
son, for real revolutions never stand still
they always move onward, sweeping along
with irresistible impetus, whatever they
encounter in their way; and in like manner,
as 1t is not within the scope of human power
to turn back the waters TO their bed at will,
SO is it impossible TO suddenly arrest the
disordered passions of men by merely say
ing to them, THUS far shall ye 90, and no
farther" The war set on foot by President
Lincoln has for its aim to reunite what
diversity of principles. and interests has dis
united, as might have been expected, since
those States only whose interests are homo
geneous can keep united under one and the
same Administration.
The. Southern States can, undoubtedly,
keep alive the flame of war, for they know
what they are fighting for, and the precious
interests they defend-interests which con-
stitute the chief elements of their wealth.
But, do the Northern States stand in sim
liar position2 What advantages do they
expect from prolongation of the war2 Has
any one done au9ht against the progress of
their Industry Has any one endeavored to
cripple their means of aggrandiziug their
commerce. and their agricultural Those Of
the South in achieving their separation, in
view of the fact that their interests could
not harmonize with those of the rest of the
Republic, baye done no more than put an
end to that constant agitation on the ros.
trum, in the club and in the newspaper and
periodical press.
Was any other solution possible, consid-
ering the ENHANCEMENT into which things
bad fallen2 Thus, then, certain causes have
led to fixed idea settled and determined
end. There ia no one in that quarter who is
not ready to rush 10 arms; profound con-
viction ferments in the brain and fires the
heart of every individual, and this unity of
sentiment gives concentration to the move
ments of the popular uprising, aud subdues
all fear of that schism which is so easy
where discord and excitement have been
aItifeially created by the turbulent clamor
of q few popular leaders.
Thus no one there lat the South) has hesi-
tated for an instant as to the party he should
join or the course TO be pursued. The gem
eral mass of the citizens are profoundly ex =
cited and determined; the very fear of those
designs against their property which they
in the past attributed TO their adversaries
and which then SO disquieted them, has at
length aroused a most formidable spirit of
retaliation in the minds of precisely those
who have hitherto been the most sincerely
opposed TO disunion,
In the United States Of the North the case
10 uihOAOnts AACACfNhO wal VI IbSlueut
Lincoln has resounded, and it has been fol,
lowed by a CLEAN of enthusiasm; but the
energy there displayed, we should feel our.
selves much mistaken in calling the energy
of weakness. 1t is rather the effect of that
desperation which the impossibility of par
suing a coveted object produces; it is an out
burst of offended pride. Opinion at the
North is divided and even the Republiea1
journals are in disaccord with the measures
of President Lincoln, who finds himself be
set by a. multitude of obstacles that retard
and impede him, and which must necessari y
increase whenever the consequences of 80
ill-advised a war begin to be experienced in
all their magnitude. This is already being
! felt.
We may be mistaken, but if the basis upon
which our opinion rests are such as we have
set them forth, in view of the circumstances
of the two sections who are making war,
the struggle can not be protracted one, and
the result can not be long delayed after the
campaign shall have opened with some i'm
portant and sanguinary collision which will
undoubtedly prove most disastrous TO the
class Of individuals who go to make up the
file Of the belligerent armies.