Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1861-04-05
Compromise and Coercion.

Compromise and Coercion
Ithas been very prevalent error among
men of all parties, that there was no al
Tentative for the Government, except either
to coerce the seeding States into obedi-
ence or to buy back their loyalty by con-
cessions and compromises Neither of
these alternative is forced upon us. If
it were so, then would the Union be the
most mutable of all conceivable things,
and its preservation not worth the cost Of
ats maintenance.
Neither of these alternatives is now
available. Had the Douglas branch of the
Democratic party at Charleston yielded to
the demand of the Southern wing, and the
nation had consented to it, it is very
likely that this concession and such CON-
promise would have delayed the secession
movement. Since that time secession has
been the forcgonc conclusion of the ultra
Southrons, and no compromise could have
prevented it. Again, had General Jack
son been President, it is very likely his
frmness would have crushed the outbreak
and prevented its consummation. Now,
however, these are past, and other Union
saving means must be found.
Men and States will be kept in the IN
ion not for fear, and not for brides, but
for the furtherance of their own interests
If it is for the interest of the States to
keep together, or in other words, if their
prosperity and growth is promoted, then
they will be united. If, on the contrary,
their prosperity and growth demand sep
aratioa they will separate and no force
and no compromise can keep them together.
Nor is the preservation of the Union
to be secured by the exercise of patriotic
self denial and the exercise of political
charity. The Union of these States was
not for the affection they bear to each 9TH
or or the love of the people. 1t comes
from the fact that united we are a great
and prosperous nation, while discovered
VIC become petty States, neither prosperous
nor formidable.
When the people of the seeding States
come to see this, and when they find the
burdens of separate government are in
tolerable and the benefit inconsiderable,
they will be sick of their pastime and
anxious to return their relations to the
rest of the Union. @
If they do not sooner or later sec this,
it may be safely determined that the I'm
ion is of no value and had better be broken.
The benefits of union, if there are any, are
mutual, as much to the South as to the
North. Then mutual interests are what
we must rely on. When the fever of Sec
tional rivalry shall have Gained down, and
the honest, patriotic men of all sections
come to see their true interests, there need
be no fears of the ultimate result.
To bring about these results, time and
peace only are required Selfish ambi-
ton and party machinery may hinder it;
the breaking out of conflicts and the
kindling of local jealousies may keep the
minds of the people from their true inter-
ests, but these are and can be only tenn
porary. We can safely rely on the good
sense and integrity of the people of even
the worst seeding States.
This is the policy that favors the sur
render of Fort Sumter, and dictates the
pacific course of the Administration. So
far as such policy can be pursued con-
sistently with the national honor, it is
decidedly the wisest course, and although
very many we'll disposed persons are anx-
ious to give traitors their due, yet the
wisest course is, doubtless, to wait for the
subduing influence of time and the preva-
lencc Of a better reason among the people
of the seeding States.
STEAM SAW MILL.-B B. Hawse, of
Morrisville, is building, in that village, a