Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-06-29
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General SC 9tI,s Views.

From the National Int ligencer, January ID, ie8i
Some allusion having been made to the an
nexed paper, both in the public prints and IN
public speeches, and some misapprehensons Of
its character having thereby got abroad, we have
obtained copy Of IL for publication. 10 order
that our readers may see what tits. They will
find il fresh evidence of the veteran General'e
devotion TO his country as citizen, and OF bis
forecast as o soldier:
Views suggested by the imminent danger zoo.
/ tober 90, 1867 Of disruption Of the Union
by the secession Of one or more OF the South
ern States. l.... f',,-.,..,
/ "To save time, the right Of secession may be
conceded. and instantly balanced by the cor
relative right, on the part of the Federal Gov
eminent, against an inierior State or States, TO
re establish by force, if necessary, its former
continuity!of territory - Paley's Moral and 70
htieal Philosophy, last chapter !, n. .sst
But break this glorious Union by whatever
line or lines that political madness may con
trive, and there would be no hope OF reunitipg
the fragments except by the laceration and des-
potlsm of the sword. To effect such result the
intestine wars Of our Mexican neighbors would
in comparison with ours, sink into mere child's
play. -. ... ~, .- I'D ...5-.i y
A smaller evil would be to allow the frag
ments of the great Republic to form themselves
into new confederacies, probably four. ..-
= All the lines Ofdemarkation between the new
Unions can not be accurately drawn In advance
but many Of them approximately may. Thus
looking to natural boundaries and commercial
afinities, some Of the following frontiers, aftei
many waverings and conflicts, might perhaps
become acknowledged and fixed: ,. s .t
l. The Potomac River and the Chesapeake
Bay to the Atlantic. g. From Maryland, along
the crest Of the Allegheny (perhaps to the Blue
Ridge) range of mountains, to some point on
the coast of Florida. g. The line from say the
| head Of the Potomac to the west or northwest
which it will be most difficult to settle. The
crest Of the Rocky Mountains.
The Southeast Confederacy would in all hu-
man probability, in less than five years after the
rupture, find itself bounded by the first and Sec
ond lines indicated above, the Atlantic and the
gulf of Mexico, with its capital at say Colum-
bia, South Carolina. The country between the
second, third and fourth Of those lines would, be-
yond doubt, In about the same time, constitute
another confederacy, with its capital at proba-
bly, Alton or Quincy, Illinois. The boundaries
of the Pacific Union are the most definite of all
and the remaining States would constitute the
North. east Confederacy, with its capital Alba
ny, ...-r
It, at the fret thought, will be considered
strange that seven slaveholding States and
parts of Virginia and Florida should be placed
(above) in new Confederacy with Ohio, Indi-
ana, Illinois, ETC., but when the overwhelming
weight of the great Northwest is taken in con
nection with the laws of trade, contiguity Of ter
ritory, and the comparative indifference to free
soil doctrines on the part Of Western Virginia
Kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri, it is evi
dent that but little if any coercion, beyond NOR
al force, would be needed to embrace them; ant
have admitted the temptation Of the unvastet
public lands which would fall entire to thil
Confederacy-an appanage (well husbanded.
sufficient for many generations. As to Missouri
Arkansas and Mississippi, they would not stant
1 out a month"; Louisiana would coalesce with.
tuut much solicitation, and Alabama, with w ea
Florida, would be conquered the first winte
from the absolute need of Pensacola for Q nava
depot. = nfai3seA = Ls4a a7-eIlI 7
If I might presume to address the South, ant
particularly dear Yirginia-being "nstive her,
and to the manor born''-I would affectionately
ask, will not your slaves be less. secure, ant
| their labor less profitable under the new ordel
OF things than under the old1 Could you en-
ploy proftabiy two hundred slaves in all Ne
braska, or FIVE hundred in all New Mexico
The right, then, to take them thither would b'
barren right. And is 1t not wise TO 80
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