Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-01-21
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THE PosITIoN OF THE NORTu.
A few Candid words Addr.,s.a,,
SPai.I. OF BEOthsrly Kindness TO the
LFF0ta The y. = worId. Iodrp-Dden, panel


some OF the moderate aud loyal journals
Of the South are agprieyed because of The
oarE|nTdneSs Of tue North in moving
toward Cancellation. They are SURPRISED
at what they call our apathy in the face Of
fearful danger Themselves slrnining every
nerve to avert violent measures, and hold
ing out tue prospect of northern conces-
slons, they yet wonder that Ilre body of the
northern people are manifesting so little of
the spirit Of concession.
wen, this matter cannot be too soon
understood. The northern people are not
insensihlr TO thecodntry'S tronhles. They
lament them These truuhles have srome
bone very closely Ito their business and
hosoms.n Gladly would they br quit Of
them. They have 40 TeseHImenfS To srati-
~. They dc.ire none Int friendly relations
with every southern Stale They are
willing to make many allowances for the
mistakes of the South, because they
know that tiI"se mistakes have, in M
small measure. proceeded from false repra-
sentaiions by uuscrupulous pnriisaus and
presses here at the North, and because
they know. too that they have made mis-
takes OF their own. They are willing n
correct every error, aud even where they
have not heen in error they would not he
10th TO relax something, it need bc. of their
1A-aA A4AANAAol Is luL lNtlT sprint
The rcsOluteness which the Nurfh'is now
displaying proceeds from an altogether
different feeling. 1t comes not from any
lack OF liber,liiy, hut FROM n sense that the
conduct of portion of Tie S0nth has rnis-
ed an issue Of immcHsur,bIy more moment
than any which preceded-nn issue uDou
which they feel it morally impossible
tn yield hairs breadth. Il is NO long
a questiOn whether this or that measure
shall be carried Out-wheIher principle
shall he applied or guarantee furnished
In this or thar furm-bul whether tue gov
ernment itself shall or shall not live. The
government is threatened its authority is
deivdi tho most desperate e1pedieuts
have been rcsOrtcd to for its destruction.
This is TREASON. And it is because the
North considers Il treason that its attitude
is 50 determined. Our people are in no
mood to make terms with trsitors. While
they would checrlully do much to rrHssure
the loyal portion of the South, and regain
its confidence. they h We no profTer for
those who deny and srurn their obIiga-
lions to the country. They feel that when
It has come to this, il is high time that the
question should be settled once for all,
whether this government is thing to be
respected and Obcycd or uot-whcthrr it is
reality, or miserable sham.
This resistance to the popular verdict,
on a choice for the head OF the intisn is
new thing in our history, and OF all
things it Is Tie most dang .runs. Il at
lacks our Republican system Just at that
point which gave the greatest concern 10
the framcrs OF our Constitution, aud upon
which republican experiments elsewhere
have most frequently failed. An appeal
TO The ballut-bux ia any South American
Republic is almost sure TO be followed
sooner or later, by AN appeal to arms. II
his always, heretofore been our PROUD dis
tinction tina, the defeated party has SUBJ
mitted peacefully md implicitly to the re-
suits OF the popular vote. Our political
contests have evoked strong passions-
sometimes raging with vehemenre never
known in the electoral canvass of any
other lnnd-bnt they have been invarin-
blv confined within thu pale of the
Constitution. a Revelation TO upset
an election has never been known or
thought Of; and it is this single fact
more perhaps, than any oIher-that has
excited the admiration OF the world, and
been held up as the surest proof of our
capacity for sclf-gOvrrnmeni. The north
ern people have always appreciated the
whole force of this necessity; through
many aud many II bitter political disap-
pointment they have religiOusly acted in
reference tO IL; aud most HSsured'y they
will not let Il come To naught now. Now
that ~ revolt against Presidential cleo
ton fur tho first time shows itself, they in
teud TO treat il so that il shall lac also for
the last time, To make tsras tvith It, 10
buy n cg teih a price, irOuLd SiaYly he 10
encourage It to raise It's head again on srsry
SitHttdr Occasion hsreoffer. Every Prcsi.
dental election would reopen the risk
of civil war. All security would b..
ut N end. Every business interest would
be tortured with the uncertainties of the
election, aud tue yet more dread unCer
tainties that would follow it. The Com
stitntiOn would no longer be the protect
ing safeguard of the land. Force would
ever be ready TO dispute the supremacy
OF the law, and the ultimate sequence
would inevitably be either despoIism or
an anarchy. The northern people are de-
termined to bar this Course of things at
the outset They will permit no such
precedent to get a fooIing for future imi-
tatiOn. They mean to meet it now, and to
put u down mt once and forever They
intend that the Constitution shalt be vim
dieHted, the laws enforced, the Union pre-
serVedi and are prepared to stake their all,
u need he, ia this Infinitely most sucred os
all earthly cause.
Let our loyal Southern friends, then,
rightly Npprehend the Northern temper
Let them not impute TO hatred or churlish-
ness what Oply comes from selr-rcspect
and solemn sense of duty. II is not in
the people of the North to cover before
rebellion, auu no such thing must be ex-
Pectcd. To legal appeals they will yield
much, but not a tiitle TO Intimidation
They mean no trespNss upon Southern
rights and, Notwithstanding the sectional
phases of the canvass which elected him,
they look for Iha brOLdest uatiOnNlitics in
Mr.. Lincoln's administration. In this trust
they calmly abide, and yet would gladly
give all true men Of the South eArneSts nr
It 10 advance. But, We repeat, they will
make no terms with traitors, ami will meet
meuacS only with lisdain
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