The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1861-01-31
thursday Morning, Jan. 81, 1851.
Conecssion and Cancellation.


the necessity of Cancellation and concession, fol
the sake of the Union. We are of those who
believe that the American Union, its Constitu-
ton and its free institutions, should be para
mount to all mere personal or partizan c0nsid-
eratiops We do not believe that the States,
once disunited and at war with each other, could
ever be reunited, or that the Union, once dis
solved could ever be reconstructed on the same
model that has stood now, almost a century,
with peaceable run Of spenty that has
never been known by any other government
With such views Of the value of the Union, i;
viii of course be expected that we should be
willing and anxious to sacrifice and concede
much for its preservation. Well, we are. We
are willing to compromise--we are willing to
concede-we are willing TO concede-eVe-
ythng save the Free Principle which gives
value to the Union which we would preserve.
| Northern Democrats and Democrats of the
border States are making frantic appeals TO the
Republican Party to come forward and compro-
mise and concilate the South 10 keep it in the
| Union. While this frantic adJnration has been
Republican Party in particular, the extreme
! Southern States, which they would have US
conciiate have spit on concession, spurned all
attempts at compromise, and derided and scoffed
at Cancellation, and to show their contempt of
either and all of them have resolved themselves
or Of the Union. Not only that, but they have
actually commenced war upon the United
States. And still we are burdened with ap
Deals to our patriotism and love of country to
compromise and cOncede.
The Democrats Of the North are especially
earnest and importunate in their demands for
concessions and compromises, but their demands
are all upon the Republican party, and upon
! the Northern states. We have yet to see the
first appeal to the South from a Democratic
source, to pause in its demoniacal and suicidal
course, for concession and compromise. On
| the contrary every reasonable and insurrec-
tionary movement of the South has been APP
plauded and justified by the Northern Demo
cratic press, as further proof Of the danger Of
Republican principles. If compromise and con-
citation are Of any use in the present exigency
its advocates had better turn their attention to
the traitors and rebels in their own party, and
beg them to pause and listen to their pleadings
for concession. The Republican Party is in the
Union, and we propose to stay in it, and we
shall be here, years hence, cool and reasonable
ready at all times to listen to any overtures for
concession, and TO dispassionatey consider any
proposition for compromise, and fit is reason
able and just, to fall in with it. But the Repub
iican Party is not going to follow the secession
lists out of the Union, on its knees, and ahiectl y
beg them to come back.
There is another consideration even if the
Republican party Tor the North rathef) were
willing 80 concede much, to sacrifice much in
compromise with Slavery and Freedom We
presume our Democratic brethren are aware Of
it. That is, the seeding States, land all the
slaveholding States have again and again de
! cared that they were bound to follow the Cot
+ ton States in case Of dissolution of the Tn
ion,) do not ask; and will not accept conccS
sion. They demand submission, and nothing
less. They have repeatedly declared that they
would agree to no compromises that did not in
cude an entire surrender of our principles an
consclences on the subject of slavery Ant
hey have made their declarations good by vo
ling themselves out of the Union and common
cling war upon the Federal Government. Tn
der such circumstances, what folly it is, TO con
5 tnue to importune as to coacede and compro
u mise When the South returns to It's ale
giance-delivers up its traitors and rebels t.
d be tried and punished by the United State
= Government, it will be time enough to discus
measures Of compromise. One party alon,
, cannot compromise. The very term iuvolv e
the action of two parties. Nor can there b
+, compromise at the point of the bayonet.
then beco submission if anything We sa
! to northern clamorers for concession and com
j promise; induce your southern confederates t.
d lay aside their arms, and meet us OIL equa
y terms, and you will find us open to the de
+ mands of patriotism AID reason-long- suffering
: and self sacrificing. Can you ask more?
All this for the Union But when we COM
= down to the truth of the matter-to the demand
OF justice as between man and man-state ant
q state, equal in all the essentials of manhoo
and soyereignty-why or what should we con
!. cede, The Republican party has been guilt
j. OF no wrong, no oppression, no invasion Of tn
h Constitutional rights or privileges Of any sec
u ton For years they have been in the minori
q ty with nothing but the justice of their cause
It the righteousness Of their principles to Civ
= them promise of success. With firm adhe
sion to their declared principles, among whic
was always kept prominent-Non-Int interference
with any Of the institutions of other states, an,
especially, no interference with slavery in tn
states where it already exists, CIR with constitu
tional rights and privileges of Shareholders
. the Republican party has grown from a mer
d handful to be the great and governing party O
!, the nation. This has been the result Of no de
{ ception, no arts or trickery, was brought abou
r by no bribery, no extensive patronage of DOW
d er and place--nothing but the inherent vitalit
e and accrctive power of the principles of Re
y publicanism has brought us to our present pos
A. ton. Shall we be frightened from cur positio
Is because our political adversaries are unwillin
u to submit to the majorityl We say not.
= We have coustitutionally aud fairly electe
1t President, and We will inaugurate him on tn
IS 4th of March next No compromise or conces
y sion shall have our consent, that contemplate
10 yielding of single right or franchise of Free
Of men under the Constitution as tits!
q INyEsTIGATinN.-In the House of Repr,
h sentatives ON Saturday last, Mr.. Grow of Penn
sylvania offered Resolutions that the Selee
Committee Of five, appointed on the 9TH inst
be instructed to enquire whether anx secre