Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-01-23
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I that ranges JDrOugnOuE bD0 OOL1dlh
of nature; increase Of knowledge &s
broad as the zhamaa mind can exc
Iplore; Perfection Of art57as5 highoas2
/ human genius can reach and social
refinement working Cor. the renoys--
ton of the world. --''
! How could our successors prose-
cute these noble, objects in the midst5
/ of brutalizing civil conflict What
guarantees will capital invested for
such purposes have, that. viii outlay
I the premium Offered By political and
4 military ambitionl 81 What leisure
viii the citizens End for study, or ain-i
ventiol-or art, under the reign OF
eonscription; nay, what interest IN
them will society feel when fear aud
hate shall have taken possession Of
/ the national mindY let the miner
/ in California take heed, for its golden
wealth will become the prize Of ths-
nation that commands the most IRON.
Let the borderer take care; for the
Indian will again lurk around bis
dwelling. Let the pioneer como back
/ into the denser settlemets; for the
railroad, the post road and the tels-
! graph, advance not one furlon1 fur
I ther into the wilderness. With
standing armies consuming the SUBJ
stance OF our people on the hand, ansfl
our navy and onr postal steamers
! Withdrawn from the ocean, who will
| protect or respect, or who win svsn
know by name our petty eonfederx-
cies The American man-of-wax isal
noble spectacle 1 have seen it en-
! ter an ancient port in the Mediterre-
| an. All the world wondered at il,
and talked of it. Salvos of artillery,
I from forts and shippings in the har-F
( Dor, saluteG its hags Princes and
princesses and merchants paid it hom-
age, and all the people blessed i So
a harbinger of hope for their own nj
innate freedom. / Imagine now the
same noble vessel again entering the
same noble haven. The flag of thir-i
ty-three stars and thirteen strips has
been hauled down, and in its place 3,
signal is run up, which haunts the
device ofa lone star or 3 palmetto
tree. Men ask who is tho stranger
that thus steals into our waters ~
The answer eontemptnouslY given is,
/" she comes from the obscure repub--
lies Of North America. Let her pass
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Lastly, public liberty, aour. own pssa
culiar liberty, must languish for .
time, and then cease to 1.-Two. And
such q liberty free movement eve
rywhere through our own. land, and
throughout the world free speech,
free press, free Suffrage; the freeaonli
of every subject to vote on every law
and for or against every agent who.
expounds, administers, or executeA-
Unstable and jealous eonfederacies.
constantly apprshending assaults
without and treason within, formidS-o
bly, only to each other and contempt
IDLE to all beside; how long will it bs..
before, on the plea of publie safety
they will surrender all this inestima-
bic and unequalled liberty, and ac-
eept the hateful and intoIerable es-
pionage Of military despotism,
And now, Mr.. President, what 10
the cause for this sudden and sser-
nal sacrifice ofso much safety, great
ness, happiness and ireedoml Have
foreign nations combined, and are
they coming in rage upon Us 7 No,
so far from being enemies, there ID
not nation on earth that is not an
admiring friend Even the
London Times, by no means partial
to us, says: ~ 1.ar ealt1-si
alt is quite possible that the prob
lem ola Democratic Republic may be
solved by its overthrow in few days
in spirit of folly, sel6shness and
hOrt-sightedness. % lE
Has the Federal Government be-
come tyranieal or oppressive, or even
rigorous or unsound2 Has the Con-
stitution lost its spirit, and all at once
into lifeless letter Mel
The Federal Government smiles more,
DsnignantIy, and works to-day more
than ever. The CoDsti-
.ution is even the chosen model fog
he organization of the newly rising
The occasion is the election Of =
President OF the United States, who
5 unacceptable to portion Of ths
people. state the caso accurately.
There was no movement Of disunioR
before the ballots which EXPIRE ssed
hat choice were cast. Disunion be-
gan as soon as the result was announ-
ed The justification it assigned
vas that Abraham Lincoln had been
elected, while the success of either
me of the three other candidates
would have been acquissed in. Was
he election illegalz No; it is ua-
npeachabIe. Is the candidate per-
onaAy offensive? No; he is man
f unblemished virtue and amiSbls
manners. Is an eleetion.of a Pres-
lent an unfrequent. or extraordina-
y transaction? No; we never had
Chief Magistrate otherwise dssigna-
ed than by such election, and that
1rm of choic is renewed every four
ears. Does ever any one propose -
hange the modo of appointing the
'hief Magistrate ? No; election By
niversal suffrage, as modified by She
is the one browning
OF the American peo-
10. To save it they would defy the
Torld. Is it apprehendsd that the
ew President will usurp despotia
overs, No; while he is Of all mon
be most unambitiou, be, is, by the
artiaI success of those who opposed
is election, subject to such restraints
lat he cannot, without their conseRS
ppoint minister, or even police
gent, negotiate treaty, or procure
he passage ofa law, and can hardly
raw a muSket from the public ars0-
Al to defend his own person.
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