Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1861-02-20

would be, nc 1'as Since modified the plan ~
proposing tc cut it up. and annex portions OF
it. to adjoining States. DacoAS would BE-
added g Minneso'a, Washh,gts 81 to Oregon,
&c. ThereSHrc, SONG minor features about
the plaR such as ysner cent. OF
the public lands to aid III Constructing rail-
roads, NC: which adds to the good features
Of the project, but which not being serrnain
to The great question at issue, will not
notice further. 'rne great feature of tho
plan is, that it puts an end to the whole
subject OF slavery agitation, and removes it
now and forever from the balls Of Congress,
possess "a.
The objection urged against this plan is
that New Alexico wotId come in under it,
! as slave State. Suppose it does? That
.Yohfll not be Extending slavery, for it ex!
rats there nov. Besides, ; as [ understand
Republican doctrines, we claim the right OF
all new States to come into the Union, With
or without slavery, asths inhabitants there
OF Shall determine avicn .,ornling Meir !Stote
lo1t't"tt(n. That is all we would be
doing in this case. 1t Thus becomes only a
question Of policy or Their
1t is best to admit her thus now, and there
by put an end 10 all orr difiicnlties,I or by
refusing her admission because she comes as
slave State. place ourselves in the same DO.
sti"n as that occupied by the Democracy
IN refusing TO admit Kansas because she
desired to come in ax 4 free State If it is
right for us to do this when We arc in a ma.
']or'ty,'.then it was equally rigf,: for them to
J; DO as they did; and they would be justified
| !" doing so at any time hereafter when they
happen to hay majority: as they will have
IN the next House. This understand to
be the view'takeh by Seward And others in
the Senate. and hy Sherman; Corwi,r dams
and other Republicans in the House .'I.
NJ" nay tolh as much as itev 27ss.e
a'oNtr mo-. c:'1rn!ing-not co'ap,Uaa;s ,,04-
G6cEInj "9aea, md all this sorl At thing, but
lieu Y,H M2 n;ea wAo talk lbs. do not an
derSanl tie fac's III tie cstse ,,or q+alize
TIE reol 3o''g size Dire in. Said a North.
western Republican, Senator to nc today.
"0tr people do not begin to rrealize The dan
gers which surround u.s." Said promin.
cont Republican member from the. same re-
g'on: to me rccentlN., Our people have no
conception o: tho real state Of affairs, nor o!
the real danger which threatens the, stabili-
! ty Of the government. If they could only
he therefor one month, and zee and know
what we see and know, they would not talk
and write a> they, now 81 do to- me-, against
compromise and concession" l give It as
my deliberate opinion, and settled conviction.
th't Here ac'H ie,tiMer a conep,onatse or a
d'ssot"t.on. am am aware that this will
excite q smile Of derision on many faces,
and secure for me NIL sorts Of denunciat;on.
as a dough ,face,'i: y wanting "back- bone,"
being weak in the knees" &C.; but this
docs not c1az1go the. fact. Of tile case, nor will
it divert the danger which threatens. NV
Town opinion iS,I that we, Maly haze q CON-
(7'7un1'se, witilwhich the border States, will
30 'satisfic'l-t hatthen most ,oc the seeding
States will return, leaving South Carolina,
and perhaps one or two others, to fight it
out alone, What the result will be, no ono
can doubt, they ,nlu:t yrld .yz
Whether the policy Of the incomin. ad-
1ninistration will be positive or negative CO.
erclon. l!havc no'1neansi of Knowing, and
therefore shall not attempt to say, though
my .opinionis that,it will he the latter. i
i have Written thus at length, because 1
desire that the people of Minnesota may
know all the facts. In doing so |, have gone
over all the ground Of the controversy. cx-
ccpt the grievances, so called, of the seeding
States. and they arc TOO we'll understood to
need repetition here. We all agree that
they are without foundation or reason, and
~ fSol,I t. a.
statement Of affairs, have purposcly avoid
cd the subject of armed coercion, because,
while admitting fully the power and ability
Of tho North. TO subjugate even the entire
South, sill We may not shut our ewes to the
fact that in the present state Of affairs, any
such attempt would inevitably result in a
civil war such as the world never Witnessed.
A very prominent Minnesota merchant
writes to me that his business has fallen off
ono haf,!:n consequence of our political diff
culties-that, the price Of grain is greatly re-
Iduced. aud but verv,few buyers at that IF
the talk ofa dissolution and war have pro-
ducs1 this result already, what will tho re-
;ality bring? ... -
Who can estimate the destruction Of life,
peace, prosperity, PERSONAL andhSational
wealth, that would result from such war?
And who can tel where, when, and how it
would end? These are questions which mon
ought to consider .sell; before rushing head
long into var. They are questions which
mu't be MT; and ask the people Of Mime
sofa, if they arc ready for it? DO they de-
sire tsuch:a result? Or, would they not
rather prefer, by such a compromise as This
indicated, an avoidance of the dire calamitics
and return OF peace, prosperity, and good
will! There is no question in my mind,
that If Buchanan had acted upon the advice
of General Scott, in his letter Of tho 29th
of October, and garrisoncd the Southern
forts, and arsenals, VIC should never have
heard of this secession movement. There
would have been doubtless two or three
Southern Conventions, and few speeches
by such traitors as Keitt. Yancy, Cobb &
Company, and that would have been the
end oft. But unfortunately for the coun-
try, he did not do it; and now we have to
deal with the disease as we find it, .pcrmcat-
ing the whole Southern system. s.-.,r,.
l have faith that after the present difficul.
ties arc settled, so far as the North and the
border States are concerned, the power and
dignity of the government will be fully
vind'cated, and that whoever attempts to
stand in its way, will be most efFectually