The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-08-03
The Way 10 Son tie Var.

The Way to Stop the War.
The Louisville Denocrat. as sound and
sincere a Union paper as the New York
1rtba,.c or lndauapoli. JouTnol, suggests the
following way 10 stop the wal:
\ part of the North will sreer at the
word compromise Their snecrs will be
ic-echocd by the fanatics South-no COM
promise. But both sides had as well make
up their mind- to the necessity .natis com
iIg-comprou.iar is tie word All GDyein-
iu-utS, c-peciaily all free Governments are
founded or cnIupr, iI.iSs, and this difficulty
must be compromised. IL cant be fruyhI
out II Is hOt worth "!.iic for the North
10 cry out no cOnIprJGIi>e with rebels
The rebels will reply with just ne mu,'t
i-rocIiy, 40 compromise with AboiltIonI- :.
Let t.Irsr rebels and AUoliliUnIs,s rail al
each other, and fight If they chGose; the
more oi them sent TO heaven the better.
They 90 nothing but cy.l in this world and
perhaps will be troublesome in the next
.it al. events are tired OF them here
and viii be glad to get l!d of them No
coinpro!II>e means war, until. one or the
other can impose its own le Irs 10 The.
other, aud We shall never see the end Of
such L war
As long IS Southern men reIrai e a.
their post they had ample means oil self
Proie ton. Upon the slaI esy que est.on- the
South got all -he ever insisted on. except
the la, tiumped up issue lii t Congress
should protect slavery where the people.
Gidu want il; and on this point all the
protection needed Is granted. Acco; ding
10 the Interpretation Of the Supreme Court.
Congress can't abolish s.v-ry in Il Territory:
and III fact, 10y the ld,e territorial till- pro-
hlbI,!1h = gwen ul. - an oi so.eie idea q. Il
a.! propeIi. is alike Protected; no vested
sights 10 be ;.ter!crcd with.
Why not ut In the Constitution guar
antee> that this policy shall be permanent?
Why not Tx III the Constitution what serms
BOW 10 be liked III practice? Or the sub
.lec; oi fugitive slaves tie law las done n!
that law can do; hct as Is execution VIII
ever be unpslatab.e IL soale localities thc
proposition 10 LAY damages 10 the owners
a! slaves - no are rescued Uy mob laC, =
not unreasonable, and oucl,: nov. TO i,e ac
cepted. This, tobetiIer viii. tie amend
ni-nt now before the country. prohibiting
Congress forever from interfering with sli
very IN the States, would allaa, reasonable
and overcome unIca> onubie- alpr.h.l.sioi-
Ia the Souti The Union sen,,n, Mt ia
the Sout!! would do the rest.
Ine>- concessions. frankly made, will be
wo.,ha hundr.d arm!-, itI- idle &c ,iiiui,
Of settling iE.i> matter by mere turcs. iiu
initiation sl!l never Sr endured ly white
men III this county il may be said eysu
cy conservative nIvn North, that all apprt-
tensions are unreasonable, that there is 80
d.>i. Of interfering with tke rights OF
States. All men are not philosophers or
statesmen and even if they were they are
n"; free from apprehension on ,hi> >ul. .ieci;
and the fact that ei i
due 10 the language and conduct OF a part
OF the North With them tEIs Is a war ON
slavery. and its motive is hatred of The
South They don really intenl to ave
the Government ~ il was, or il was pos
s.Ile To save u. They prefer disunicn to
the eHI-tPnce of slavery in the | nion.-
Their languase and sre. chs are published
all over che South aud used 10 excite the
woI>t apprel:en$ion>
We assure the Union meH North, who
desire to save TIE Goveruueui h, r. is the
course Armies are = necessity just how
for the leaders of this cIn'nal movement
in the South belong To the school az 10
compromise. Whip them : bu, eompl omi,e
with the nna>Ses who have no interest in
this war The people North and South
have no interest in carrying this war be-
yond mere defence Let tie ma ity in
Congress propose a compromise and do IL
with good grace, which will show that il
i, honestly intended. Let this be done
without regard to these alinie, mustered IN
Virginia, under the pretsnss of fighting for
Independence. when it is only fighting that
Davis. Cobb. ToomJ., * Co, my hold of.
tcs and over; and then look as the fol
lowing, section iv, art. lst, OF tie Federal
Constitution:
T 4 E l.
ing elections .ur Senators and E-prrsenta-
tIves, shall be presc, ibed in each State by
the Legislature thereof: Lat tanyre,s may.
at aGy timc. mate or alter c"ck p gvhstinS ex-
ccpt as to the plan OF choosing Senators.
Let Congress district every State, and
fix the times and p!aces, and provide the
means for c!.c!Hg nemhers OF Congress.
Western Virgins. and East Tennessee will
respond at once, and other districts in tlie
South. The whole Southern Coniederacy
will soon be dIsinteErated and no sutJu-
ys,ti.n in the case We shall thus precipi-
tate the Cotton States o,st of a revolution.
The last means viii! not be efficient with
out a compromise The people South must
be relieved from the notion 81; ubjuga,iom
They will never be conpct'ef 10 10 what
they even desire to do. They will resist
to the last man, woman and cLiid. This
is now the lever 10y which the rcvo!u,ion-
lists move their States and keep down oIpo
sition. Let the people see that the. come
back by their own free Will and on honor
able terms aud they will come The peO-
pie South love the great republic, il is
SANDER npon their taste and Judgment 10
assert that they do not. Give them tut q
chance and this glorious Union will be pre-.
served and in no part of the country will
the event be hailed with more heartfelt
cxultaticn than ia the Sou,l. Let's have
all the s,,nrow,icr left to burn on every
kill top i'll celebration Of the great echicy.
ment.