East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-06-27

Slayc Law, loyal y enforced by the Cow
esnment, and it is this law, effective in It's
power OF rccapthre, bat inbhitly more 10.
tent in its. ihsgal agency in preventing
the escape OF SAVES, that alone saves that
institution in the Border States from ut
ter extinction. She cannot carry this law
with her iato the new Coniederacy. She
win Virtually have Canada brought to her
doors in the forip of Free States, whose
population, relieved ofNah moral and con-
stitational obligations to deliver up fugi
tive slaves, will stand with open arms in
yitiug and welcoming them, and derend-
ing them, if need be, lat the point Of tie
hayonet. Under such influences, slavery
viii perish rapidly away in Kentucky, as
bali Of snow would melt in Summers
sun,
Civil war, under all instances, Is
terrible calamity, and yet, from the
selfish ambition and wiekedness Of men,
the best govetnmcntshaye not been able
to escape il. In regarding. that which
has been forced upon the Government Of
the United States, kentucky Should not
look so much at the means which may
be necessarily employed inits prosecution
as at The Vaccinations by which this ma
, tjonal tragedy has been brought upon us.
f, When look upon this bright land, a
A., few months Since 50 prosperous, so tran
gull, and so free, and nov behold it des-
olated by war, and the hresides of its
thirty millions OF people darkcnea, and
. their bosoms wrGng with anguish, and
know, as ! do, that all this IS the work
/ of score or two Of men, who, over all
this national ruin and despair, are pre-
pairing to carve with the sword their
way to scas5 Of permanent power ] can
not but feel that they arc accumulating
upon their souls an amount Of guilt hard
ly equalled in all the atocities Of treason
and Of homicide that have degraded the
annals Of our race from the foundations
o. the world. Kentucky may rest well
assured that this conflict, which is one OF
self.dercnce, will be pursued on the part
of the Government in the paternal spirit
in which q father seeks to reclaim Bis
crrng offspring. No conquest, no cffu-
sion OF blood, Is sought. In sorrow, not
in anger, the prayer of all is that the
end may be reached without loss of life
or waste of property. Among the most
powerful Observation-Disclosures relied on for
re-establishing the authority of the Gov
eminent, is that Of the Union sentiment
of the South, sustained by liberated
press. II is now troddcn to the earth
under a reign Of terrorism which has nc
parallel but in the worst days Of the
French Revolution. The presence OF
the Government will enable it to rebound
and look its opprcssors in the face. Al
present we are assured that in the seccdeC
States no man expresses an opinion op
posed to the revolution but at the haz
ard of his life and property The only
llight which is admitted into political dis.
cusaiqnis that which flashes from tht
sword or CLEANS from glisteuing bayo
nets. \ few days since ono OF the Unitct
States Senators from Virginia published
manifesto in which he announces, witt
oracular solemnity and severity, that al
citizens who would not vote for secession
, but were in favor of the Union - no
should or ought to-.but "MusT leave IN,
Il State These words have in tlrem dc
, ciledly the crack of the oversccrS whip
The Senator evidently treats Virginia a
, a great negro quarter IN which the las'
is tho appropriate emblem Of authority
, and the only argument he viii condo
scend to use. However the freemen 0
other parts Of The State NAV abase them
, selves under the exercise of this insolen
, and proscriptive tyranny, should tn
Senator, with this scourge Of slaves, en-
deavor to drive the people of Wester'
: Virginia from their homes, I will onl
say, in the language Of the narrative o
r Gilpin's ride 90 '. '"' b o.
''sfny l lie there to see" aaH..D '-'
! It would certainly prove deeply inter
, csting spectacle. 'i" 'i f'
81 It is true that before this deliveranc
5 of the popular mind of the South from
A 1.-The thyeatenings and alarm which hav
subdued it, can bc accomplished, the re
r morseless agtators who have made thi
e revolution, aud now hold its reins, mus
: be discarded alike from the public conf
+ dcnce and the public service The conn
{ try in its agony is feeling their power
!. and we we'll understand how difficult Wi
/ be the task of overthrownG the ascend
/ ancy they have secured. But the aUnio
o men of the South--believer to be in, tn
I. majority in every seeded State, except
|, perhaps, South Carolina-aidedilb by TIA
c presence of the Government, will be full
!, equal 20 the emergency. Let these sgi
I tators perish, politically, ifneed be, b
: scores ;dH.g tEs 81. g5!Ia us7GiIefo 4c
i "a breath can unmaSe them as breath has made,
q but destroy this Republic and bss
: "Whcre is that Prornelhean heat a.. "a
q fEHl That can its light relumoW roy ai.
0 Once entombed, when will the AngC
e Of the Resurrection descend to the pol
d tails of its sepulcme?, There is not
. voice which comes to us from the GENE
4 try of nations that does not answer -
, "Never, ncvertn, Amid the torments {
: perturbed existence, we may have glimT
e SEES of rest and of freedom, as the mania
has glimpses Of reason between the pal
{ oxysms of his madness, but we shall a.
Y tain TO neither national dignity nor ma
: tional reposc. We shall be mass {
!. Earring, warning, fragnentary States, er
= feebled and demoralized, without powc
c at home, or responsibility abroad, anS