Red Wing sentinel., 1861-01-02
COERCION.

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philosophers Of the Greedy stamp, and a
Falstalan army Of windy braggadocios o:
the Goscf lane and Rhett, Keitt and Clay
class, are simple enough to think that
State may 90 out Of this Union whenever
1t gets in pct and wants to 60 out. That
theory makes the government purchased by
30 much blood and suffering, and dedicated
to constitutional liberty by tho patriotic
l~bors Of our revolu tionary fathers, q name
written on tho sand Of the beach to be for
ever oblteratsd by the first wave that
washes over it.
This Government was years in its forma-
ton, and we serve notice as did the valorous
Lane Of Oregon: who "sce seeds with his
native state'' that it will take many more
years to bring about its destruction. That
its overthrow will crimson the land with
blood, and that its peaceful dissolution and
its peaceful reconstruction are fearful delu-
sions. Tho Northwest has an interest in
the South and the East. We furnish the
Mississippi with the water, which not only
by the laws Of nations, bit by the right o,
property We intend to use to carry our team.
ing products to the commercial n:arkets o
the world. We can neither spare the Mis-.
s'ss'pp' nor N'ew York, and the SEQUEL will
prove :hat we will not. We have the physi.
cal ability here il the Northwest to make
this little boast good. We rather admire
the bold talk Of Mr.. Vallandingham, Men,
Der Of Congress from Ohio, on this point
J!e says:
The Rocky Mountains separate us from
the Pacific. Where is to he our outlet :
What are zoe to do when you shall have
broken up and destroyed this Government:
We are seven States now, with fourteen
Senators and fifty-one Representatives, and
a population Of nine millions. We have an
empire equal in area to the third of all Eu.
rope, and we do not mean to be dependency
or province either Of the asst or of the
South; nor yet m inferior or second rate
Power upon this continent; and if we can.
not secure maratime boundary upon othe,
terms, we will cleave our way to the sea
coast with tho sword. A nation Of war.
riors 1--WE may be; a tribe Of shepherds
never"
In common with all, who love internal
peace, as the nurse Of prosperity and the
guarantee of happiness to our people, we
painfully regret the state Of things now fast
being precipitated upon our fair land. We
must however say that the country at every
personal cost must be preserved. We have
hope Of settling Our differences within the
Union, there is no hope whatever outside ot
it. As equal members of the same con(ed-
eracy, we may tolerate few spicy quarrels
among ourselves, but as foreign and hostile
nations, We can not hope tor peace or quiet
until the weaker shall finally succumb to
the stronger. 1t is the teaching of the
worlds history, and our future will add one
other chapter Of proof that it has been cor
rectly written.
Had President Buchanan initiated, for
that is all he could have done, that real
President the patriotic ond noble Jackson,
by firm and bold measures. and put the heel
Of power upon the neck Of secession at the
start there would have been peace in the
country today. The men, who fled like
the towards they are from the small pox,
would have fled still more nimbly from the
hansp1an. We hung John Brown and his
fellow traitors and did the county good
A dozen leading members Of the South
Carolina convention conld have been hung
with still bctter effect. A little healthful
correction Of this kind North and South
could do the country "a power of good, y
and utterly prevented the spread of the Sc
cession and anti-union ianaticisms of the
day. .....