Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-03-30
shan the B,rdsI slave States Is Rslalnsd in
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Several States have formally dissolved their
connection With the Federal Union. There are
tstiif Union men IN those Ssatea, but they are
evidently in small minority. From the die-
position manifested by the leaders OF the seces-
sien moyoment in. the Cotton States, and by the
leaders Of the nov dominant Republican party
in the North, Il Ianot 70 be expected that any
hsuccessful attempt will be made, at least for
Y years to come, If at all, for reconstruction OF
the Union. The seven States that have gone
out will probably remain out. We have got,
then, to look this fact boldly in the face and &C.
cept It, unpleasant, embarrassing and deswuct-
I i've as it may SEEM
~ A dissolution of the Union, temporary, if
notperpetual, so far as seven States are con-
cerned, is beginning to he looked upon as newt
able. The radical Republicans rejoice over il
! with Aglow Of ofernlsatiOn; the more moderate
men Of that party think the Administration
will be compelled to acknowledge formally, as
il has already done Informally. the indepen-
dence of the Southern Confederacy; and the
! idea is fact taking hold of mems minds Of all
parties that nothing will be done By the exist-
ing Federal Administration or the new Republi.
can Congress to restore the seeded States to
the Union.- ~ -- .s --.~ q,
: Seven States having gone out, there are
twentyseven yet left nominAlly, if not really, in
The Union Ofthese twenty.seven States, eight
are slaveholding, and are now usually spoken
lof as the Border Slave States. These States,
% as we frequently demonstrated during the pen
p dency Of the last Presidential election, have
Ireally greater cause of complaint against the
North than the more Southern States that have
Iseceded. Still in these Border States, the Union
= sentiment is strong, and majority of the people
in most, If not in all of them, would gladly re
e main in the United States, If they could do &c
with a reasonable assurance of safety to theil
I persons, their property and their institutions.
After LMcoLN's election, and after the seces
sion movement in the extreme South had be
= gun, the Union men in the Border Slave State
looked anxiously to Congress in the hope tina
q il would do something for the adjustment o
our national difficulties, 80 that they could will
r. safety and honor still abide in the Union. Whel
bulb pc lhiicu tuChB thCy huthNN shSiA OyOo y
the Peace Conference assembled at Washing
n ton. Some of their leaders went so far as :
= promise that If the propositions Of this Confe,
ence we're not satisfactory, or, If satisfactory
we're not acceded to by the North before the in
? auguration of LINCOLN, they would advocate
separation from the Union, Gf8
g, The propositions of the Peace Conferenc
we're snbmittedIo Congress, and, from the Of
position of Republican MEMBERS could NJ
command sufficient votes to make them Of an
avail: The rejection Of these propositions il
creased, as was to be expected, the secessic
feeling in the Border States. Subsequei
" events, since LISooLN's Inauguration, especiall
the inefficient, do nothing course Of his Admin
istration, have tended still further to augmel
, this feeling, till it is now questionable wheth
in several Of the Border States there is not
majority of the people in favor of immediat
-. secession. -. -..-.- ....----
~ IL seems now quite certain thatif the dom
nant party in the North, speaking and acti
Through the Administration at Washingte
maintains its present indifference to, and disl
Bo gard of, the urgentappeals Of the Border Sta
a for reasonable protection and guarantees, Il
o. will eoon either join the Southern Confedera
or, throwing themselves upon their independ
State sovereignty, assume and maintain an
itude of resistance to, and defiance Of, the F
orsl Government. What will then follow
leave to the Imagination OF our readers. Il
% too sad thought to dwell npon. A-
If anything is going 10 be done to retain
ter Border Slave States in the Union,t must be dc
the quickly. This is the last hope to which,
tive Union men. we can now cling Shall we
ard this ruthessly torn away T. From EasternN
heir ginia, from North Carolina, Arkansas and OF
ap- Northern Slave States, the news comes /
's Of Union men are beginning to give up the ho
rom long cherished, that smoe reasonable concessi
1t rould be made, and to openly advocate sec
the sion. It IS for the people in the North to dec
whether these States shall be retained in
Onion. Ifthey remain, they will be, since Sc
cen Slave States have seeded, In small minor
Sun There is therefore, smore urgent reason
y" their rights should be guaranteed. From
lsss present Administration fnothiDg is to bei
pected. Bot the people Of the North can, II 1
" will only arouse its Importance, take 9
.lN' action as viii convince the Border 'sti
M that, if they remain loyal to the Uni
CIV. CIV they shall have all the guarantees they
~" - reasonably ask Iftbis is not done, we see
- thing that can save the country from gent
-. anarchy and ruin., II the Border States separ
from the onion, there will be for tine-no
r.. can tell how long-an end Of everything
settled government, and as consequence, I
IN yersal disaster and bankruptcy. noH