The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1861-04-16

Prom Tie fhiiacflplIa frest.
Whit Is Government ; What does the
word Government metny Does IL not mean
iorcef Does Il not mean coercion Web.
Ster defines IL as
Direction; regulation: control. restraint.
The exercise of authority: direction aud re.
straint exercised over the actions OF men in
communities. societies, or States, executive
power"
None OF our statesmen have been 50 en-
thnsiastic In insisting upon the enforcement
Of the laws n the Southern stAte.men The
lars, IN frrfh tetre the fortress Of their d0mes
nc Institutions When General jackson i.
sued his proclamation in 1891. il no. only
crushed the he vi OF rebellion in South Gro
ina. but il stirred the popular he irt OF all the
Southern States % it. deepest depths. Ii ob
liberated party lines in the Free States. so
fsr a. that act OF the Administration was
concerned. and IL gave TO the Adm nistration
of the General Gov ernmcnt. and the hero at
- head. a moral power that WAS felt 10 the
ut;ermost ENDS of the etrih. - chlracteris
lic Is the attachment OF the Southern people
20 the enforcement OF the Laws. that when
this same General jackson declared IN trtit
aw IN New Orle ms. in 1915. 20 protect that
city from the traitors in it, midst. he WIS de
nouncel by all its pubcsts and statesmen.
md he himself WA rot satisfied ta.t he b al
pro 'eelei legally until N ny yclrs after
when the argument of Hon. Stephen A.
Douglas. IN the House OF Represent ttives OF
the United Ssite' on the bill RENTING the
line imposed on Jackson by Judge Hlll, was
seid TO him. This v,s iS45-i6. IL was 70
save Southern community ffom turbulence.
and 20 protect the b lnot. box. that President
Buchnln ordered out the marines In the
City OF W 1shlngt0n. and directed them 20 fire
upon the mob. an act rapturously applauded
by the people Of the Slave Stles Under
the ccunscls Of Southern slatesmen, troops
we're sent into knsls 10 quell whit VS.
callel domestic rebellion. provoked bv the
acts Of the slaveholding minority in thai Tes-
ritory. IL WIS John Tyler. Southern Pres
dent. who sent troops into Rhode Island 20
pat down what Was callel the "D0rg Rebe-
lion. movement, repre- seating the m jorty
of the people Of thar State. and so enlisting
Tie symp1thies Of the Democratic party that
the National Democratic Convention OF ~
incorporated a resolution IN its platform en-.
dor-ing the rebellion" An,t vet this popu.
lac denomination. proceeding without blood
shed and l,ok NJ 20 the overthrow of an oil.
osd charter. was cru-hei out by the -tron-
h,nd oil - wer. blckei by the biy0nsis anu
the bullet. OF the Uniiei States Army: ar
this act o. PRECEDENT TYLER Wa iou3ls ap
plaudci IN the SOUTH
IL was 10 enforce the execution Of the Fu.
gisive slave law that the Cnitei States
Marshal, Freeman, under President Fill.
more. the fav0rite OF Southern Americans.
was authorized - call cut the troops. aud did
cal them oul aud his prompt conduct on
that occasion. pre- eutei rot. and estab.
lishci the authority OF The Federal Govern.
ment. Wherever the Fugitive Slave Law
IA a. been re-.stesi. iull power has been en-
trusted 20 the officers OF the Genera. Govern
ment 10 call for civil aud milit RS aid The.e
tx amqle- prove two things conciusiveiy: that
tho whole current OF action on the part Of
southern men. has been 10 insist upon the
enforcement OF the authority Of the law bs
military force ag0inst their ocn counfrvmea:
md second. thst il has heen enforced bv the
regular troop, ia rcge tel csses. for The
purpose 81 projecting Their peculiar PROPERTY.
when assaulted bs mobs in the Free Ssates.-
IL will be borne Ia mind that. in every one
Of the instance. quoted. the mil tary Of the
General Government have been clllei out.
not against armed combinations brf azeiaa
unGrmfd mobx
And what = the present attitude 81 the
statesmen who have 50 long been the con
SENATORS OF the public pclce. and the lie
leaders of the authority of the feicra Gov.
srnmcats Iac advocates of coercion
wherever the law has been interlerei with
he eulo-isi- oi ''lorce." wherever thar force
Re been applied % secure the execution OF
he law. Adm ting the r.ehi OF revolution.
shIch they aim. ! il not undeuitbe thar
her revolt has a. .rmcl the Proportions Of
~ attack upon tbe ofAcr States. Of an attack
ZION The Csnfrai Government. Of an effark
.pon The commerce and fle Manufactures Of
istr fes4otc- coanfrEmea and Of an attack NJ
"a fhc property and freasHrs bsioHciao % ne
nfire pe0tlel
hes arc. m ruth. N arms. ia hatiic array. 4
gainsf their own Government No attempt
as been m.ce to coerce them. although the
Ford governments. the derivation OF which
e give from Webster. clearly suggests that
ir- Lincoln AID his Cah.nei would be lust
ei IN reducing them % submission bv the
&c OF arms All. however. that the Cher
ise'strate and hs con stitutionai advisers
ave done. or proposei q DO. i 70 defend tke
abiic praperfy og1iaSf assault Gaf net 70 iai
sfs cird sesr bar 70 prevail 4 by rcscui a. a.
uc potcrr FROM th< reroiufionias q, riHs M
= biza e kesy "a balance 81 AZ rnioa r.
'fheT. We have thought sucb . reference
} tbs nos inspplic.be 20 the presen. conf.
Sn q public afkrs