Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-01-03

he his oourss, can only be known through
,oIulhi1 inausEHg In keeping hlseSn counsel
10 himself be has pursued a discreet and
slat,snianlis6 eonlse for he reason shht he Is
not Jet acting President We are perfectly
safs6ed IN our mind what be win probably
10. aad what IS can Do. Our reasons ior
athipeing What he via do, are basel upon the
knowledge we have Of the man, OF his being
sa.a1ala lover Of his oanntry,, aud Of the Union
OF his having 6rm but humane disposition,
We are satisfied that he will stand by ths
principles Of the Chicago Platform. The is
4spes OF theFscant campaign were clearly ana
universally stated throughout the country
The 3s6pio s7efs thoroughly informed as to
the principles upon which tho different Pres-
DENTAL candidates were nominated. In no
lormer Presidential campaign were 40 many
political documents distributed, 50 many
slispesehes delivered and so many pOliticAl
neelings hsia. The result has been, the
people have decided in a fair ana eonstit9-
toprl papPer ia favor Of the principles -
iaid down By the great Chicago Convention.
Il was 50 decided BY eighteen out of thirty
three States If Kansas lad been admitted
as State, as she should have been, she
would have given her vote with the eighteen,
l4 .bus making nineteen ont OF thirty- our
Stildss These nineteen States Gncluding
Kansas) have q white population of 2O,OO0,-
00o against 1000, 600 whites at the South.
and cast l79 Electoral votes for Lincoln,
against Ia that were divided amongst the
threeoppasitioaoandid twill be seen that
after sacb an overwhelming expression Of
the people in favor Of the principles Of the
Republican party, AR Lincoln cannot do
otherwise than to carry out their wishes
ssssll Hence, no compromise viii be proposed BY
him looking to the establishment Of slavery
Rtsrritory now free, or that viii interfere in
any way With the principles of the platform
sa7.1 upon. .Shlohshe WAS elected
We have not the isast doubt that Mr..
Lincoln win enforce The Federal laws in All
sections Of the country, let it bear wherever
~ itrvill; consequently, he win oppose disun-
ionisn with an the power. of the General Gov
eminent backed by the entire North, and a
great P6rtioa Of the So4ll He viii enforce
the laws in the would-be seeding States,
oost ghai Il .piH OF course, he will do all
in his power to avoid the shedding of blood.
u Should hostility commence, it win be By the
acts of the seeding States alone and not by
The Government. The frst blood IN that
eas, ,si4 Be ske5 By The Southern traitors.
s Iazonr estimation, it will be matter Of
very little difficulty to bring the South to q
ssf3 sense of their obligation to the laws and TO
the Union The eight cotton States. are 50
dependent upon their great staple for all the
supplies Of life that it would be the greatest
calamity that could be inflicted upon them to
cause any serious interruption in the transpor-
otation Of cotton to market We believe that
Nr. Linooln viii pursue the policy Of allow
fae the Would-be seeding States to ssesds on
paper as much as they please but be viii
station rsEents cutters at the different ports
and collect the Custom House dues the same
-a.-.i-4--s----- - i-''s ''sel
made II they viii notallow him to control
the mail service and appoint POstmasters
ffs Of course the postal service VIII be abolished
~ IN .sboss stAtsi, and Ehe PeoPlS will then
have the priEiIegs Of giving UP their cores
,7 poudencs and nobody viii suffer but thsui
selves and the railroad companies, who de-
Qri4e bahdsoms pay for carrying the mails
If any resistance should be made to the col
lection Of the revenues, then the Administra-
ton will order every port TO be blOckaded by
the naval force Of the Government and effect
as- aaIly bring the business of those States TO a
sFa8z Uomplsts stand stiI In that case, Cotton
viii become drug on account Of It being
shut up in the country Planters win have
no means to buy supplies for their large fam
lilies Of 100 to 900 negroes, for they DO not
raise any food themselves. Railroads viii
have to cease running for want Of freight
tn and passengers, unless it be rebel troopsarms
EAYi and naunitfons Of war, and in that case, the
roads are liable to be oonfscated by the Gen
eral Government foT giving aid and comfort
to the traitors. -
If, under all these circumstances, the Sc
ceding States should hold out and finally at
alaS tack the Onion States by force Of arms, then
B3A0ue last argument known amongst Govern
nlehts to enforce their authority, viii have to
$50 gbe Teaorted to- The President will be obliged
to call out the military strength of the
country torepei the attacks Of the disunion
States. he viii be justified by the whole
country, and the civilized world, in pursuing
this course The country viii then have on
It's hands civil war with all its horrors. The
battlefield viii be on Southern soil. There
viii be serEile instructions, AID rumors Of
insurrections amongst the Slaves. The Reb-
els viii soon End that they have counted be
yond their power. They viii fnd theirpOrts
iaHa biockaded; their negroes reduced in value to
mere nominal price; their railroads will
have ceased rupningi theirpOstal service win
besuspended, and TO cap the climax, the whole
populati6n viii be living in a complete reign
OF terroB-steTror caused by fear Of the slaves
rising 70 assert their freedom.
saea win be the effect of the "last argu-
mem" and we trust for the sake of humani-
" and civilization, for the sake of the South,
and for the sake of the slaves, that the recent
so,D de n1aiaof Major Anderson viii have a
tendency to bring the Southern mad caps
Eol 70 sense of the peril they are rapidly bring
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