Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-06


lyn, N. Y, we take these extracts:
no MORE NEGOTIATION.
But why not negotiate with those persons
who have set the national authority at def.
anee, treat with them, accept their embassa-
dors, yield to their demands, and thus settle
the difficulty without resorting to the sword2
This may to some seem very wise method
yet to me it seems very unwise, especially as
matters now stand. The time, If there ever
were time for such business, is now past.
Moreover, the thing they ask, and which
must be yielded as the condition of peace, is
the destruction of this Union, the dismem.
beTment of nation bound together by so
many necessities of nature and Providence
and this is the very thing which / am not
prepared to grant. The thing they want to
have done, | believe to be the very worst
thing that can be done for the interests of
this land, for the interests of this world, and
for the interests of unborn generations. And
if | understand the pulse of national loyalty
now beating in the bosoms Of nineteen mill
ions of people, the attempt forcibly to dis
solve the Union will be found no childs
play. am glad to know that there is q
backbone in this Government. The priuci-
pie at stake is one of national authority and
constitutional liberty against anarchy and
treason. And shall this principle be tamely
surrendered. without striking a. single blow
for its salvation u
Hence am for no patch work in the matter.
If the issue must be nale between anarchy
and law, then let history have fair oppor-
tunity to test which is the stronger power:
a system of civilization based on liberty, or
one that is embarrassed and cursed with
slavery-which is the most powerful in all
the arts and elements of peace, and for this
very reason the most formidable in the
dreadful arbitrations of war. Let me tell
you that have no idea of backing down
from the dignity and duties of freeman and
patriot at this appalling and resposble mo-
ment. mean to stand by the flag of my
country at all hazards, and there you mean
to stand.
TIE GOVERNMENT BOUND TO USE ITS POWER.
But once more, do you really think that
the Government in thus struggle will be
able to conquer peace, suppress rebellion,
and cause its authority to be respected
throughout the land2 May not the Gov
eminent, after all, fail; and would it not,
therefore, be best to consent to the dismem-
berment of the nation, and yield the point
at ouce2
The theory of this argument is this: II
you can put down q rebellion, put il down
but if you can not, then let it go. How will
you know whether you can put it down or
not? You surely will not have the Govern
ment set out with the assumption that it has
no power, or not sufficient power to main
tain its authority. This question of strength
can be determined only by the trial OF
strength between those who are the friends
and those who are the enemies of the Gov
erDment; and this trial must be made, or
the doctrine of constitutional law and order
is mere sham, practically not worth the
paper on which it is written. At such a
moment government has no right to take
ffo ho5 .iohk ff,
assume its own insufficiency. 1t is morally
bound to use all the power it has, and hence
if the sword be drawn for its destruction,
then government must draw the sword for
its salvation. Government can never change
this attitude till rebellion, by the naked
force of strength, becomes revolution, so
accomplished as to set all successful resist
ance at defiance. ANY other attitude is the
death of law and order in every form ol
civil society.
THE GOVERNMENT MUST TRIUMPH.
Let me add that while am not any more
competent than you are to calculate the
| chances of success or failure in this greai
| struggf~I iSSS-sery decided reasons for be-
| Heving that tho 0UverumvuJ will De Lrf-
umphant. Its cause is one of law and order;
and this is one ground for hope. | can not
its side, and there is another ground foI
hope. Our national prestige is with it. The
Navy is at its hands,. As l hope, wise, pru'
dent and energetic men, equal to the hour,
are in charge of its interests. 1t is sus,
tanned and will be sustained by the hearty
cooperation of at least nineteen millions o
its loyal subjects more unanimous on this
point than they ever were on any other
Subjects, too, who have given every evi
dence that an enlightened, earnest and pa
triotic people can give, that they are pre-
| Darad IN OnDr forth their frnpeura and thpiI
blood to maintain the integrity and perpe
| tuity of this Union