East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-09-17
From the Albany Evening Journal.
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announced their intention to divide th
Union. In this movement all the slsv
States were invited and most of them Q,
pected, to participate. The rebellion
for it assumed that phase, early--was I
be more or less formidable, according {
/ the number of States it embraced.
had, besides experienced and oapabl
Senator's and Representatives in Con
lgress, the cooperation Of the Secretarie
OF the Treasury, War and Interior De
partments of the government. A wicket
or weak President as was moulded Il
their purposes. The army and munition,
Of the governments were stealthily trans
ferred to southern arsenals. The nava
force was stealthily employed in distant
oceans. All the influence, circumstance.
and conditions of the government and
country, conspired to favor rebellion.
The rebellion, though as yot unds
clared, was as certain as fate or DOOM
Eyes that did not perceive, or minds that
failed to realize it wero practically use.
less. The only open, real question was,
how many Slave States can be withheld
from the vortex Of disunion? The Gull
States, moved by ambition, cupidity and
hatred, were hopelessly welded to their
idol. The Border States faltered. In
all Of these States the Union had numer-
Gus and staunch supporters. In these
States interest and safety counseled
against secession. The Gulf States went
out--the Border States hesitated. And
while in "high debate" among them
selves, this journal, with what will now
be acknowledged just conception of the
magnitude of the war in which we were
to be engaged, suggested the Importance
Of concentrating and cherishing the
Union sentiment of Border Slave States.
We believed then, what we know now,
that while secession had influential advo-
Gates in those States, a Union sentiment
existed, which, wisely developed and sus-
tained, would keep them in the Union.--
We say we know this, because, without
such "aid and comfort" Western Vir-
ginia and Eastern Tennessee yet stand
by the stars and stripes; Delaware and
Maryland lin spite Of the city of Bslti-
more) are loyal; and the gallant sons of
Missouri and Kentucky are sealing their
devotion to the Union with their blood.
At that conjuncture, and with such
views, wo ventnred, in December, 1860,
to say:
Assuming the possibility of coming to-
gether in fraternal spirit for the pur.
pose Of effecting a moro perfect union
among the States, we are not without
hopes that the result may prove auspi.
cious. With . mutual desire to harmo.
nizs differences, let US suppose that in the
place Of . rtndietire fugitive slave lava
law repugnant to manhood and honor
one should be enacted which arms the
Federal authorities with all needful power
for its execution, together with . pro-
vision making counties where fugitivss
are rescued by violence, from officers
having them in charge, liable for the
value Of the slaves so rescued.
"And in regard to the other vexed
question, viz: the right Of going into the
territories with slaves, why not restore
tho Missouri Compromise Line? That
secured to tho South all territory adapt.
ed, by soil and climate, to its peculiar
institutions u sr.-rr q ,s er-
These suggestions aroused storm Of
Indignation. Tho republican press, in
and out Of this State, responsive to the
New York Tribune, denounced, protested
and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES in anger and
some in sorrow-all, however, concurring
in one view, viz that our suggestions
were unwise il not perfidious. In several
journals by which we had been always
Judged charitably, we were denounced as
a betrayer of the republican cause. From
old and influential political friends we
received letters Of remonstrance or 70.
proof. Republican members of Con-
gress, when we visited Washington,
gave us the cold shoulder. The idea that
the "Chicago platform" could, for mo.
ment, be overlooked; or that, if needs
be, the Union claimed forgetfulness Of
party, was secuted. In q word, this
journal, in having made the suggestions
above quoted, was tabooed. We repro.
duce extracts from some milder articles
to show what the feeling was: ,tl
From tho Rochester Daily Democrat
"This brief article has been read by
political friends and foes with consider.
able amszement. IL seems to shadow
forth proposition for compromise, in
some respects impracticable, and in other
respects, as it seems to US, uncalled for, |
and not likely to do the least good. II
is seized upon with cage,ness by Demo.
cratic journals as an evidence of the in
sincerity Of the Republican party, and as
a sort Of admission that in the long s:rug-
gle.t overthrow the power of slavery in |
the general government, we have been in
the wrong, and our adversaries pretty
nearly in the right"
From the Syracuse Daily Journal
"The Albany Eseni,y Journal speaks
for a great many republicans when its
utterancs sccords with their convictions.
Tho measures it psoposes are not fair,
they will not be generally responded to
in the free States, they will not be re-
ceived with favor nor even patience by
the most devoted friends of that paper. |
In fact, we know Of nothing that would
sooner disrupt the Union than a persist
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