St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-01-10
Mr.. Linooln's Views Of the Crisis
THE UNION-IT MUST BE PRESERVED
From the Springfield lll.) Journal Of Dec. 90
Mr.. Lincolu's Organ.

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From the Springfield (1ll.) Journal Of Dec. 90
Mr.. Lincolu's Organ.
There are not a few who seem to think
that the Union will be dissolved wlenevc,
the South Carolina Secession Convention
passes -reselutionHto that efect::.-1 The
Union cannot be dissolved by the passage
Of resolutions. South Carolina may re.
solve that she is no longer part Of this
Union, She may .7hold Secession meet.
ings, mount Disunion Cockadcs, plant
palmetto trees, make palmetto flags, tram
pie under foot the: glorious flag of our
country, and proclaim from the house
tops her, treason. and her shame, but all
this will not dissolve the Union. She
may compel her citizens to resign official
place held under the federal government,
she may close her courts and post; offices.
and put her own people to great deal Of
Inconvenience and trouble, but she will
still be IN the Union, unmolested. She
cannot get out Of the Union until she
conquers this Government The revenues
must and will be collected at her ports,
and any resistance on her part will lead
to war. At the close of that war we can
tell with, certainty, whether she is in OF
out Of the Uuion. While this government
endures there can be no disunion. If
South Carolina does not obstruct tho col.
lection Of the revenues at her ports, nor
violate any other federal law, there will
be no trouble, and she will not be out of
the Union. IF she violates the laws, then
comes the tug of war. The President Of
the United States, in such an emergency
has plain duty to perform Buchanan
may shirk it. or the emergency may not
exist during his administration. If not,
then the Union will last through his term
Of Office. If the overt act on tue part Of
South Carolina takes place on or after the
18th of March, 1861, then the duty of
executing the laws will devolvc on Mr..
Lincoln. The laws of the Uuited States
must be executed-the President has no
discretionary power on the subject-his
duty is emphatically pronounced in the
Constitution. Mr.. Lincoln will perform
that duty. Disunion, by armed force, is
treason, and treason must and will be put
down at all hazard. This Union is not,
and will not, and cannot be dissolved
until this Government is oycrthrown by
the traitors who have raised the disunion
flag. Can they overthrow it? We think
not. "They may disturb its peace they
may interrupt the course Of its prosperity
they may cloud its reputation for stability
but its tranquility will be restored, its
prosperity will return, and the staia upon
It's national character will be transferred
and remain an eternal blot on the memory
of those who caused the disorder" Lei
the Secessionists understand it, let the
press proclaim it, let it fly on the wings
of tic lightning, and fall like thunder
bolt among those now plotting treason in
convention, that the Republican party
that the North, aided by hundreds q
thousands of patriotic men in the Slave
States, have determined to preserve the
Union-peaceably if they can, forcibly i
they must.