, 1861-04-13

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FoHNET ON CIVIL wAB. i,
He Hhorss the Pennsylvantzns ID
saand by tbs 9ayernlnaeftt. !: ~:
:%.-.::' wAsatk6zo April :, 1sst,
At LAST a distinct Issue Ii 70 .ba presented to
the American psopls-=at last; . bread lima h
to bo drawn bafWeau the hiend& and TN fo4s
hY the county The End uay b. uaf, bstsss: bsts n
so4 4eM k.zttaRe I'd. EaF f1z46 2:5 II tha Cor
ernment u to per1ah tn my oaaA aE E1kAzt 16tzf t
tgo down Nithoat::sn eftor* to pFs<srrt 4
that the appeals. of znan n. my position; have
been in vain, though a1l6wered; d you VIII per.
celve. BY tho Lat ipeeah q: Judge :1aougle1fn III
which he showed that he RepubH 81 Con;
gress had conceded Sveryt thing that the Sonth
had any right to de1nzud Il is not only that
these appeals haveEbeen in vain, % addressed
to tbs southaru eonspl lrators. bat the fact that
they have been made has given en- courage
Ill offers It Cancellation as evidence 81 COW
ardice, have, during such nagnanlmous 1zaagi-
fe5tatinnB of the: 1dmfnistIation and tie ftee
Statee, been increasing their preparatians
to destroy the Union, and to ruin hundreds
OF thousands Of men. While Douglas gal:
1antly testides to the fact that thereis no prac-
:tical eau5efor secession thlt everything that
has been demanded By the South has been
yielded by the Republicans, and approved
BY q Republican President q
Border: state lender, who processes to favor
the Union, rtjects the counsels OF bepattiotic
Senator from Illinois, Eneers at the wholesome
legialation Of the last Congress, insists upon
misconstruIng President Lfncoln's inaugural,
and demands neW guarantees if he and his Dis
Union confederates are to return to or to re-
main In the Union! And what say the Dis.
:unionists- Of the Cotton States 7? While de-:
noancing Lincoln and Douglas In the sau q
breath-cfasslng them together .as aiike biz.
loyal treacherous aud hostlle-Aaey Tg1ilw 70
aecepe The aatinatuxa ef their ou1 1Ditling candi,
date for President last year, and declare Themselves
.foasuer ont Of the Uaionf rive will never
come bach to the uninn,' says Howell Cobb.
says Davis. 1--WE can have no connection
with the free states,'' says slidell and this
chorus Of contempt for the North md the
Northwest is f1tting1y followed by the Charles
ton Mercury, which not only repndiates the
free States as 50 many nests Of ffoes, but insults
the Border States for daring to think Of re!
.Maining in tbs Unioni
peace are scouted by the Disunionists in both
sections ofthe South. But there is blacker
page in this record. The Cotton States insist
upon capturing forts and stealing the property
Of the whole people-and doing this, too, by
force Of arms, and following 1t By military
preparations Of the greatest magnitude; aud
meanwhile, they demand that the Border
States shall insist that the Federal Govern
ment, so despfsed aad harassed By tho Djsun.
ion!sts, shall not protect itself from annihila-
ton; shall not even enforce the laws made
by the. Cotton States themselves, but shall pa
tiently stand by and see the work Of devastar
ttiFoHf and decay going on, without raising a
hand to save our unhappy country. In oiher
words, the seeeders ask, nay demand, hat the
Border States shall hold As Goyy7ufaeat, soAil<
then are cutting oa4 it, heart and nauHlaiju0 i{s
limb! :'.ss'
luis game has been played long enough;
The men who have apologized to- those who
should have apologized to theu-who have
allowed themselves to be put in the attitude
Of offenders by traitors with arms in thei1
hands-and whose earnest efforts to solye the
national troubles peacefully have al been
lau he'd at By these traitors have now q duty
to perform to their country and to their Gov.
eminent.
There iB not q sympathizer with Secession in
the free States who is not regarded as an enc
my by the conspira.ors, unless he breaks uI
his home, and goes over to them to aid In the
destruction Of the Republic A Douglas
Democrat Is in their eyes worse than an Abo+
ltionist, and Republican Is put beyond the
pale alike Of penitence or Of forgiveness. His
regrets are as insoleutly rejected, as his an
pea!s for toleTotion in his own opinions
Where then are the men Of the North to 70 :
What Is the duty Of all:our people? C2ea,7,
to stand 6y the Gone7nnaem1.
President Lincoln and his Cabinet having
waited to see 1t there is any chance Or pros
pect Of peaceable adjustment of the Etrtfe
that has lost Us seven States ofthe Union. are
now forced to rescue the Government itseI
from dissolution It is not whether we shall
recall the Cotton States, or hold in the Border
States, or maintain the Capital at Washington
but whether We shall have q vestIge of a coun
try? Whether our civilization is fraud
Our prosperity a'sham !? Our public credit :
counterfeit? Our liberty q lie? If fAbsahau
to common interests, the gravity and import
ance Of the obligations now resting upon him
and demanding action-instaut, resoiute anG
persevering action-wonld convert him into {
hero, or, If not fulfilled, cover him with an ig
nominy more lasting even than that which hat
settled like an incuTab1e plague upon the char
acter Of his immediate predecessor, which has
tally Infamous, even when death hides hif
form from the gaze of men, and removes hin
from nation be has ruined!
What is the evidence Of our daily senses
Disunion, and Reputation, and Secession
having become formidable in the South, ar
travelling ike an epidemic INTO The free States
The idea that Som nern treason may be extend
I'd into the very States 1t seeks to cover will
lasting bankruptcy, is not only accepted, bu1
advocated, and have no doubt that even il
Philadelphia, as in New York, secret associa
tions are formed dedicated to the crime 0
covering secession with the shadow Of area
names, and looking directly to ths betrayal G
the North into the hands Of JEFF Davis and hi.
followers. The mock philanthropy that ex-us
es the Cotton stn' es- in their revolt, is in hap
py accordance with the formation OF midnigh
associations to make that revolt national, Th,
easy casuistry that d fends +. pudiatfon apt
robbery is appro riately set of by that whicl
tells Pennsy lyania how much more happy stt
would be if welded to the States gullty Of thi,
dishonor. Is 1t not notorious that the Demo
cratic organization Of Pennsylvania is at thi
with those who have defaced our flag, expelet
onr citizens, and pIundered our treasury, /,
the South? What are the esiumpie6 upon 81
who are for the execution Of the laws, as the,
fall from the lips of Jour recent Breckenridg'
leaders, but SO many preparations foF the uni
versa1 downfall Of our nberleAe Even nov
the agents Of the Southern ConfederaeY are. q
in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, illinois
aud indiana, to secure q popular vote, directl,
or Indirectly, justify q Secession, Or declaring
the experiment Of tue Southern Gonfederac,
worthy Of the imitation Of the people who Iv'
In these States!
Behold the entertainment to which we ar
invited; and which the party leaders who dis
located the Democracy at Charleston and Bal
timore are now glontiug over as II 1t were
feast Of the gods! We are asked to take par'
in, or to sanction by Law, a Government found
ed upon slavery a1one-improviBed by an urls
tocracy as naughty as any the world has eve
seen-torn away from the, parent tree will
murderous hands, as if to kill both trunk AMI
branch --despised even By the nations tha
may be compelled to trade with it, and onl,
capable Of q temporary. existence By earoud
ing the whole land with SC rrow, and by con
1efting the capital of the country into Col
gotha, stunning red and hot with blood.
In this e1nergency,1 GAIL upon all good mel
and true to take sid.s with the Government Ii
the peri1s before 1t and our whole people, i
blood shall flow our hearts will not arcuse ua
and God will forgive rs, because. We are con
tending for Union and Government better
and freer, and happier, than any that has eve
ffourished Since He created the world
Il. THE NEFARI0Us PLOT.
Partial Exposure of the Plan to A.
sasstnate NIX. Lincoln.
The following from the Albany Eua,snq Jour
.aM. ie. we have no doubt, IN authorized state