, 1861-02-07
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HOW IT WAS DONE.
If the Sccessiopists should finally suc-
coed in carryine out either one Of their
PURPOSES final severance Of the Union.
or such a compromise as will entirely:
change the character Of tho government,
the future historian will attribute their sue
cess TO two canses The first. in point Of
time, will be The iact that tho head Of the
Federal Administration had neither the re-
solution: nor the patriotism requisite to en-
force the laws and put down rebellion taa
its first appearance, and that nearly all t}lc
Departments Of the Gorernment were &C.
occupied BY traitors, who, under the very
eyes Of the President, and without Let III
hindrance from that fi.nctionary, cooper:'t-
ed with the rebels, sanding tue regular
troops to distant posts, the Navy 10 1orelEn
Stations and transferring tue paoAc arms
and munitions Of war to the msurgent
N''a''e ~ NC s'tf,4o ~ u ' NV so'ein
men' maj o"neo enena' lnat val oe 1i'e
nrs' cause ass'gnen' ano a oatA ana oa1na-
1ns s"1'Apiet IL Will w III oul history, settiNS
down TO 1mocclllty and Hresolutlon What
ever may mol be justly attributed to treacil-
cry and downright treason. 1t will lie
placed frst, not only IN order Of time, but
IN degree of iniatny also, because it wss
the sworn duty OF lie head Of tie goVera-
ment to defend it from internal as well rs
external Toes, TO preserve its integrity, and
to execute the laws under any and al cir
cumstanccs; and the duty in this respec:
was no more plain than the resources f''r
efficiently executing it were abundant and
entirely within. reach OF the executive.
While no government, since the first ins'i-
tuition Of civil society, has been so rich in
the means at its command to preserve its
integrity, none has ever crumbled to pieces
with go little effort to prevent its, dcstruc-
ton, none has ever closed its career SO in
glorio11sly.
The second cause to which the historian
will attribute the SUCCESS of the movement
to destroy the government or radically
change its character, will be the want OF
tlrnness, Of courage and of fidelity to prin-
ciple which have characterized those who
professed loyalty to it. This will include
not only Republicans but the Douglas De.
mocracy, and the so-called Constitutional
Union party also. All these parties agreed
upon the one vital point, that the Consti!1,-
ton did not and ought not to establish and
protect slaveryin IN the Territories belong gin:;
to the United States. Against them and
against this fundamental principle were ar-
rayed the Brcckinridce Democracy, They
alone. of all the parties in the field
held that property in man was placed up
on the same footing with property in horses,
houses and lands, and that tie Federal
Government was bound to protect it cvc-
rywhere within its jurisdiction. In the
election which closed the canvass, the 14t-
ter we're in a minority Of {. .O84. 1852 in tn:
popular vote, and received the electoral
vote of only eleven OF tic thirty-threc
States. ID. The Original secessionists wers
confined to the supporters Of Breckinridcc.
Outside of that party there was not ono
to lie found in either the gulf or the border
slave States and without doubt resiDef.t :
able portion Of the organization were Univ,
men. Ali that was necessary after thc;r
defeat to .orevent them from carryinr
either of their purposes into effect. WAS
q firm and manly stani an the mart q;
their opponents. But unfortunately that
stand was not taken, In the Gulf State;
the Douglas and the Bell men were driven
by the reign Of terror that was at once
established. into the rnnks of the sccessio,,.
ists. In the 1,orf,er s,avc statea they 1,,v,,
not so unanimously accented If seces.;o.,
but thev apree tn e1a far # If tba cbaroc,.r
Of the covernn,cnt ia mt f,,ndanen,,u,.
chanred in REGARD tn slavery Hera ws.
the first bnck-down--the f;rst civ;nr nm q,
princinle It was followed 1,v a cl,nnee n;
lone IN tha nar+ of manv of the 1e,de1s =,
the nouo,sa nc,r,ao,r,rv - = n. 80 st,t,.
They audden1r occo5ad n tha ;net;oo or ;,
nr;nc;n,e which Int a few montha ,ofarc
they Ind suffered IN d;aru,+ .ha;r n,,s ,
rather than accent They asserted tn,,
the South mnst bave faaora1 ,,ro+cct;,n e.,
lis slaves in ihe Territories or he nor,n;tte,]
tn wit},draw f,on +1a rore,n,o mt - ,,o,cc
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do;uedn ;tso1f o,t - 49, ~. .a;.na 49,,
forts araena1. mnn;t;ona ~ ,rar s.N c,,e.a,n t,u
honsee .nd otbor n-o,,ar+1 ,,o,,~ . ~ a..
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nerted wh;1a n.n,, - ~ ~.o,1. ana 81
If 1he non51as nsna~ra.r - st;,1 % aoa.;aan: ,,. -:
finn deTn.,d;nc .h.+ .tha 1a,z,
ahon1a he enforced and rs,s,1;on ~ s,,,,
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