The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1861-01-30
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which to day browns all others. Trea-
son ifs its brawIing voice in the Tenn
PIE Of our liberty, our flag is insuited, and
many believe that the hour Of National
dissolution has come.
For ourseIf, we believe no such thing.
We read the sensation speeches of the
fire-eating senators and orators--the rid
icuious ordinances of Seeding States
the startling news flashed over the land
by the telegraph, and amid it all, we
! cherish tho comfortable con, teton that
/ the foundations of our Government stand
firm, aud that the day ofour deIiverance
! from the insolcnt domination Of the
Slave Power draweth near.
We know that that is cheap bravery
which denies the existence Of danger, and
the fellow who when the Deluge opened
It's torrents, sneeringly observed ''there
wouldn't be much of 4 shower after all"
showed moro spunk than sense, yet at the
ri k Of earning similar reputation, we
express our beIiefthat the present shower
will not be very damaging or dcStruc-
tive one after all. We believe,
l. There will be no compromise MADE
ho d.scoutentei States.
2. LINCOLN will be inausarated Pres
iIcnt on the Fourth Of March, and will
be President of the whole United States,
the Sovereign State ofSouth Carolina
ineiu,leI
3. There will be no general civil war.
/. There will be no COMPROMISED
We say this known tic pressure that
is brought to bear in favor Of oac--know
ing that Senator CAMERON anI some 9th
er Republicans have !iellol-knowing
that Senator SEWARD recently presented
petition twelve hundred feet long COW
ere with the names Of mon urging some
CO nPromise. Bat none will be made, for
comp.o Misc would lie cowardly, and
would fail OF attaining the desired result.
The North has nothing TO compromise
except the remainder Of its self respect
The Republican party laid down a pat
form-the people endorsed its principles
! and elected its nominee to the Prcsiden-
cy. Every th;ng has been done fairly,
constitutioualIy. Now what does COM
promise mean? Why simply that con-
stitu.ionaily elected President cannot be
inaugarated until tho permission of a fac
ioua minority is graciously begged and
brought. We are Gale! upon to give
something for the privilege eff exercising
our undouJtcd right. VIII the free
North thus stoop TO shame? Naval
Tie bare demand has stirred her inlig
nation, and sooner than descend TO such
disgrace and put on the chains Of such a
seryitude, her broad eypanse will witness
. tie mastering men, AMI tie sword viii
/ be chosen arbiter Of the strife. The North
his learned that the fruit Of compromise
! IS not peace, but contempt and encroach-
/ in.nt.
Bat suppose ". were a'ject cncngh
to L"y what sc already rosoess-to PR
chase the right to Office Of legally elect
ed President what price shall we pay !
Repeal our Personal Liberty Bills. The
Dsunionists DO you not ask this. Shall
we more s'liugontIy enforce the Fugitive
/ Save LAW? Il IS only Northern Dem
ocra;s yio comp!ain Of stolen negroes,
and Senator TooMDs declares it is I'M
constitutional. Shall we adopt the
/ CRIrrENpEN~ resolutions. The leading
disuniou Senators refused to vote for
them. The ,nly compromise which can
placate tie wrath e The rebel States is
to abolish the very spirit Of the ayc-to
cease all opposition, by word or deed, to
the growth and extension of the institution
of Slayery--to place slave property UNI
der the protection Of the Federal Gov
eminent, SO that it may be held unds-
puted wherever that power is paramount
TO entertain such proposition is base
ness; % submit would he infany. We
repeat there will be no compromise.
.. LINCOLN will be President of the
whole country. He will be President
because Law ana Order demand 1.-THE
affirmation Of National existence aud Ma
tional unity demand it-aud the People
have wiIed it. Those who oppose his
inauguration have been defeated at the
, ballot box, aud they now question the
; right of the majority to govern. Their
. quarrel is not with the Republican party,
but with the theory Of Democracy" Ii
: there is any power in our Government
any vitality in our free institutions--any
Of the old, heroic virtue in the people,
. the interests ofLaw and Order, depend
t cnt ON the inauguration of Mr.. LINCOLN,
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