Daily national Democrat., 1861-02-24
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The Express says the DEnooRAr is "a fun
ny institution" The Express, however, is
entitled to a degree or two above us, it is "a
f,unicr" one still in fact, we may say, the
funniest Of all the institutions that we know
Of AZ its article, Of yesterday, We laried,
and lar(ed, and larGed. 1t says we are funny,
because we take it up for "sympathizing
with an "uniustGable" action, to-wit: Seces-
sion And, it then, (which is funuier still,)
tries TO get out Of its predicamcnt, by assert
ing that it does not symrathiae with Seces
sion but only with those persons who are en-
gagged in Secession. Well, thisis shaving the
line pretty closely but we are willing to give
the Express the benefit of even that eXpana-
tion. Here it is, in its own language:
"rhe DEMocRAT that pink Of honesty and
farncss-pretends to understand us as SYM
palhizing with secession. We said we sym
pathized with the people because they nave
been wronged, and the Democrat wishes III
pure spirit of Gun TO make 1t appear tnau
we thereby Justify secession. wen, just lor
amusement let us see how that would work
when otherwise applied. Suppose "A good
woman should have mean, drunken and un~
faithful husband, by whose acts the woman
was driven TO despair and she attempts to
commit slicide. The editor of the DEMo-
GRAFT, commenting on the ailir expresses his
sympathy for the unhappy woman: accord
ing TO his own logic he would be sympathl-
zing with and justifyng suicide, would he
not? Suppose we should come out the next
1 iftfit 4It
would We not be laughed at by yerybody as
being either drunk or crazy? or course we
would. Well the DEMocRAr is guilty Of pre-
cisely the same folly and therefore renders
itself ridiculous in the eyes Of all sensible
people, unless indeed it was intended as a
mere jest"
Comparing the act Of secession to suicide j,
a happy figure, on the part Of the Express
and we think it exceedingly appropriate
Secession is suicide, and the Secessionist5 vii
so find it. But, the Express does not put tho
case in a light to make out proper parallel
in all respects. We agree with it, that, II
sympathizng with those who are guilty o
secession, it sympathizes with suicide. But
how does it sympathize with them? 1t sym
pathizes with the very act Of suicide itscIi
That is why we do not recognize the justice
of the distinctions which the Express has
been making. 1t first denied that it justified
secession, 1t simply sympathized; and when
we proved that it was rather illogical to
eympathize with an unjustiiable action, ii
fell back upon the nicely of words and de-
clared that it only sympathzed with the
DerSouS who were engaged in secession move
ments, not with secession itself. Now, we
have shown how this sympathy has beer
demonstrated We have charged, and We
think correctly-because we desire to b'
Just hat this sympathy has been of such +
character as to forbid any word of condemna.
ton for the high-handed acts of South Caro-
lima or the acts of any of the States whicI
followed in her lead. II is a sympathy whicl
opposed the enforcement of the laws of the
Union, at the very beginning Of the Difficult
ties, and opposes it now, on the ground that
there is no power of coercion, in case of sucl
resistance to the federal authorily-a grouno
which is the very basis of the doctrine of Sc
cession. This kind of sympathy, we contend
is more properly defined, as sympathy
with Secession itself, than by any other form
of expression. To give the Express an OPP
portunily of demonstrating to the contrary
and to show ("pink of honesty and fairness
as we are) that we do not desire in any man.
ner to misrepresent the views of our neigh
Tor, we ask the Express in so many words
Do you think that the States which have
passed Secession ordinances have done right?