The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1861-05-24

apparent preparations FOR mischief, and
had beard threats of hostile disposition
in one portion Of the countrvagain4 an
oti.er portion. but eigh. yesrspf growth
and prospertYsAad so fastsnedupon. the
minds of the s,eople the i.iea ofperfnanen
ey ard strength, tIai it vas impossible I'd
conceive of a se,ioas, deliberate intent I'd
destroy the Union 81 s. q 81
/ Thcfseble coioniesofresolutionsry DAYS
had grown into great States, many OF
which in population equal.ed. and in wealth
excee led the population and wealth OF the
whole thirteen at the close of our first
great struggle. An increase in population
sof about :bree 70 thirty three millions OF
finen, women and children, and an in
crease in wealth, of .shousansis-upen thou.
sands of millions of dollars, hou!d ,be-our
sufficient warrant, for assuming tbat, the
government under which we have lived,
and under which our fathers lived, and
under which the pos;eritv of this grea,
/ people ought 10 live in peace, Was and is
of some value, and that it ought not for
slight causes to be disturbed. la ssrzf
The election OF a man to the Presidency
of the United States, according to the
usual mode. strictly i'll cpn rormiiy with the
Constitution of the United States, Without
force or violence, is the ;,reiext upon
which what is called Secession is now at
tempted. just all The Presidents but one
have been elected to the highest executive
ciiice on his continent. SO Abraham Lin
coin was elected President Of tie United
States. go. FL. .-.-.f ~ .s.s.. ..s.-
There is no preteuce anywhere that the
election vas not legal aid constitutional
lis installation however, was the OCCASION
of resistance to The constitG ed authorities.
and State after State has b en- madly IRE
cipilated into a revolutiun. To make
more severe the trials of The country in
this exigency, some high in position as
cabinet ministers, and as administrative
officers, had been covertly and treacller
ousi y using the " hole power lntrnaed to
them, 10 destroy the force and efficiency
Of the machinery Of the government. On
tie 4th of March last, the new incumbent
found the treasury of he nation empty,
and lis credit exhausted; its army scatter
cd in sInal, bands 10 extreme points, go
that it could not be concentrated within
any reasonable time; It's ships disrnantled
and disabled, or in foreign and far distant
ports, and its arms dout y secured bv be-
ing deposited in the will ng hand. of trail
tors, and every diurna! revolution brought
fresh anxieties, as the treachely and faith
lessress Of multitude of civil, military
and naval officers became manifest. The
very magnitude Of tie crimes that have
been committed against the government,
appalled, the stoutest, and stealing the
moneys from the public treasury, the plum
der Of aims from the arsenaIs, and other
public crimes, w-re SO majestic and impo-
sing in their extent, that by their side,
the dignity and lusre of the boldest con,
spiracies and robberies Of which history
makes record are dim and shadowy il
their httlene.s and meapEess. e'r
1t is easy TO conceive, Al such time
and under such embarrassment as those.
how much labor must have been perform
ed TO bring Lack the government even to
the point it has now reached, and it's also
clearly TO be perceived how much the
States themselves must be relied upon to
furnish efficient aid to restore the country
TO health and strength and prosperity.-
The Federal Government, being theoreti
caily one Of law and not Of force, cannot
act with that celebrity incident TO despot-
ic one, whose strength is in great armies.
ready at the trumpet's call to engage in
conflict. 1t must work slowly, but it will
move with power, We must approve Of
whatever it has done, and be prepared fer
further exhibitions of energy. such as the
pubic exigeucies may demand But the
states must be prepared to aid the Govern
ment by supplies Of men, and if necessary
BY the loan Of means. Each State c,n
muster its quota of soldiers quicker than
the Government can muster the quota Of
each State, aud 50 each State can arm
uniform and equip It's quota quicker than
the government can arm, equip and uui-
form them all
There ia necessity of giving immediate
attention to the country directly contigu
Gus to the line between the law, abiding
and seeding States, and those that still
may be forced into secession The Uhion
men Of he seeding States, and particular
~ OF the Border States, must in some
way be sustained. The ferceness of this
wicked rebellion is to exhibit itself thro'
the last named section Of country more
than anywhere else From Pittsburgh
and Cincinnati to the mouth of the Ohio
on the northern side of the Ohio. the
country is almost entirely defenceless
against an armed enemy At the prcsen,
time, Cincinnati and numerous smaller
towns on the river could be utterly de
stroyed and the contiguous country laid
waste without the means Of resistance.
1t is matter of absolute necessity not ONLY
for the North Border States, but for tile
Northeastern States, to be able to control
the business and commerce of the Ohio
river, and the upper Mississippi, in order
to reach vital part Of this rebellion. They
must be able to cut Off from the seeding
states, all supplies of breads,uffs, and also
20 stop the transit aud transportation of
arms or munitions OF war.