The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1861-07-18

for that purpose--subiect. of course. 90 the
ratification of Congress. This was one Of |
those cases Ia which public innctionary
must rise above The mere forms Of law. and
acs mp TO the stern necessities oil the occasion.
IL he had waited for Congress 20 be ronven.
ed. be would have been without the neoes
sary army 10 defend the Capitol and that
mas have hscn taken. and the Government
finally oyerihrown. When Mr. Jefferson was
President he made treaty for the purchase
Of Louisiana, when be did not consider that
the Constitution gave him the power But
II was necessary l., have IL. and he said il
would not 10 TO nat ell the Constitution
could be amended. Mr. Lincoln did not 20
so far lie has only accepted the ensistments
subject 70 the ratification Of Congress IL
| Congress should fail 90 raiify the act, they
would moi be s0lders-snd that j. all there i
about il.
Being now IN the war. thus begun by the
seceded States, the great question il, what Is
the duty of the Government and that of all
loyal citizens, To his mind il Is perfectly
plain that the authority of the Government
must be maintained throughout the whole
Union. and that il Is the duty Of every one
OF us 10 sustain Mr.. Lincoln ia doing So
whether We voted for him or not. lie Is
| President of the United States. and the Gov
ernment he il upholding is not his, but be
longs to "a ali Ii L. the inheritance
ceiyei from our fathers, and il We are true
to ourselves we viii make il an Inheritance
for our children. The plain question Is. shall
the Government be continued, car shall il be
destroyedy Ii those who are seeking to de
stroy Il are. a. they claim, citizens OF a eoun
try foreign to ours. then they are alien enc
mics and deserve chastisement for insulting
and firing upon our flag. IL they are citizens
] -. -.
deserve TO be dealt with as such
We hear great deal said about sympathy
for the Soutll-peace and compromise. No
body. said Col. T.. has more sympathy for
the South than he Nobody would do more
than he to restore the two sections 10 peace
and harmony again. Nobody had gone far
Their for compromise than he had. He was
born in Virginia aud loved the State far bet
ter than those who had consented 10 let re
! bell Gus army march within her borders, %
lay waste her fields and invite the invasion
, OF her soil, while the States which begun the
war were far removed from the scenes of
desolation Bat much a. he loved Virginia
he loved the Union more. and as Virginia
had raised her arm 10 strike at the flag
which waved over her own heroes of the rev
| olution, aud TO break asunder the bond of
1 union which their labors consecrated, she
4 Hih-t 0upuiit W tiit consequences VI htA OWN
folly and wickedness. He did not believe
that a majority of the people were for break
a ing up the Union, but thought they would hail
' the oh fag at lis approach as still the national
ensign. They were as brave as any people
upon the earth, hut the sight of that flag will
, unnerve many an arm in every Southern
+ State for there is set, in all these States, rs
4 true band of patriots as ever lived. They
y are kept down by bristling bayoncts.
n Col L. said he wanted peace, and was
h ready 10 compromise 30 as 10 remove. any
) existing grievance, ,cheneoer The rebels rouid
4 lay dorm their arms and return 10 their ale
/ glance. They can bring about peace if they
= will-but they desire il upon one condition
Y only, which IL. that we shall recognize hei'
n independence. That he was not ready TO do
q for he was not ready TO destroy the Union
o They will consent 20 nothing else. Mr.. JEFF
& ferson Davis, their President, in his message
/ to their Congress, said distinctly. that the,
= had no compromises 10 make nth the Union
IF that all they wanted was TO be let alone: tina
= is. to be graciously permitted 20 destroy the
&c government and the Union. They curse the
D. Union and hate Il with bitter hatred. anC
is swear they have compromises 10 MAKE
l. with IT, But still we now and then hear o
st those who, protesting loyalty 10 the Union
TO are so sympathetic towards treason that the,
,r would have the government 60 down upon il
I. knees and beg the traitors to compromise
T. Who is there to compromise with until the,
0, return to their loyaltyy If YOU propose L
$ compromise with them "a citizens of IN,
"a United States. they spurn it and say they are
of not citizens Of the United States. Conse
ly quently, before YOU can compromise Will
il them, they must realize that they are citizen
ut of the United States And il this can b,
Df done in no other way. it must he left to Gen
ID Scott and our brave volunteers. They vii
is soon prove themselves TO be excellent teach
.. ers. And yet, at the same time, Col. I. sal,
~ he most fervently PRAYED that they might Sc
rs the folly of their rebellion before things wer
I'd carried 10 this extremity for il made hi
es heart bleed To thina Of the horrors OF such
a. war.
is Look at the frivolous pretexts they set u
v 10 justify their wickedness and folly, and il
i easy to see that no compromise can satisf
Id them. In the Declaration of lndepen
tie dence" put forth by South Carolina it is as
he signed as the cause of secession. that all tn
IF Northern States. including Indiana and III
~ nois have violated the compact of Union b
up passing laws TO prevent the arrest of fugitiv
n, slaves. Now, 10 say nothing about the othe
of States. we know that a. 10 these two, thi
c, statement is positively false. No such law
r were ever passed, and Yet these State
re have separated from as and declared that W
q are their enemies under this false and vciou
= prctext. This only shows that they intende
r. to 90 out Of the Union at all hazards, an
ID that no compromise will satisfy them
e From the beginning they did not intend b
ut compromise. and Mr. Douglas was right whe
IN he said that if they had been given blan
s. piece of paper 10 write what they desire
H. upon. they could not have done il. Whe
IN they realize that the Government can main
ne tain its Just authority all over the Union
pr they NAV be more reasonable, and the
4, there will DO no difficulty in adjusting al
4 questions of difference between the sections
Ii We stop short of that point wa shall hav
er acknowledged the imbecility of our Govern
le ment before the world. and have Iocogn re
" secession a remedy TO be resortcd l.
r whenever State shall become dissatisfied
n. What do those who are opposed 10 the wa
ii desire IN do Stop i. for the sake OF pc zee
ID suppose the Government should disband il
n troops now. have they considered the effect
d 1t would simply be n recognition by th
Government that the Union was dissolve
er aad that secession a rightful remedy =
ir And vet those who advocate this policy "a
y they are Union men Strange Ulion men
3 when their policy puts an end TO it forever.
n But they say il i an Abolition war got u
10 TO abolish slavery. This implies that III
~ President began il, which Is not true. Blu
Pr when asked for the evidence that IL l. sue
" war. they point 10 something that som
to Northern fanatic has said about negroes. a
% il that were the way ~ ascertain what III
= L. ~ IL n