East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-08-01
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peace it will be very easy 10 obtain II.
We arc hearing almost every day that
slavery must be wipsd ont before we can
have permanent peace. This is nonsense
and criminal nonsense. We have no right
to wpie out slavery and in this nine.
teenth century we cannot conquer and
subdue six or seven or ten millions of peo-
pie, by openly proclaiming the abroga-
tion of their rights. We can never OBJ
tain peace under such war cry. Indeed
the nations of Europe would not consent
to have MS make war upon the South, for
a single hour, on any other pretense than
we were quelling rebellion. To proclaim
our intention to subjuate southern States,
or rob them Of any rights which they en-
! joyed before the war commenced, would
not only rob us of European sympathy
in this case based upon European interest
but would instantly divide tho North,
and at once render vigorous prosecution
of tho war impossible. Plainly enough,
we must stick to our original purpose, of
sustaining the Constitution, the Union,
and the enforcement of the laws-of ex-
tending protection to those who need il,
and preserving the Government as our
fathers established it,-or we must mako
a failure of this effort. Subjugation is out
Of the question.
We must also, and we certainly shall
very soon, cease to underate the strength
of our enemies. The Southern Confcder-
acy has at loast two hundred and fifty
thousand men under arms, and win soon
have four or five hundred thousand. We
are told that they have no money and no
credit. But we are foolish to believe it.
They could not have done SO much with
out money. We have no doubt that they
can carry on war for three years, without
going out Of their own country for a dol.
lar They are, at present, evidently bent
upon independence and while we mean
to demonstrate and shall certainly demon
strate that independence is not the best
thing for them, we shall assuredly learn
that they cannot easily be conquered
They ale by far, under the circumstan-
ces, the most powerful enemy which our
Government has encountered. 1t is best
to understand this at once, and not to try
to laugh the plain truth out of sight.
And the South will. learn, if 1t has not
already learned, that secessionism is some
thing more than good a joke-that the
course of disunion, like the course Of true
love, does not run smooth. The Confed
crate States will realize, must be made to
realize that our Government is not mere
ly parchment scroll, to be torn in pieces
by anybody disposed to lay hands upon
Iit.-They must learn that they have been
badly cheated by ambitions politicians
that we really have not meant to harm
them, but we ment and do mean to stand
by our old flag; that they would be
worse off out Of the Union than in il; and
finally, that they cannot get fairly out, no
matter how long they contend for this re.
suit.
When the parties to the quarrel have
earnt all this, and have pretty well ex-
hausted their resources; when tho South
has come to its senses, and the North has
realized the desireableness ofpcace, then
will come an end Of the quarrel. 1t may
be onc-it may be three or FIVE years
hence. But that VIC shall again unite in
peace, we have no more doubt than wo
have of our existence. We cannot 1.-Two
separately. We cannot be forever unrea-
sonable. We shall all open our eyes, by
and by. Instead of fighting, we shall talk.
The Union will be restored. And we shall
again become prosperous and happy
pcople--a great and powerful nation
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