Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-09

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HeHsTsr 4 E @sE hsss been Il re pest
pie were tight or wrong IN imput tinr 70 TIE
Adminisirauon want Of activity, too strong
dispositon,to act only on the defensive
the fact seems now 10 be that the President
and his Cabinet are awake 70 the necessities
Of their position and The requirements Of
the country, They have. caught the inspi-
ration Of the hour, and bavesroused to an
| earnest and vigorous exercise Of the powers
| Ytsed in them for the defense Of the Gov
/ Talk about the defense OF the Capital alone
Is no longer heard. The concentration Of
| troops there has rendered its safety no longer
doubtful. Columns Of troops are said 10 be
moving upon Baltimore In aid Of the lOyal
citizens OF Mary land, and to open straight
path to Washington. The frontier is being
lired with a Gordon Of loyal soldiers not
enemy, but ready TO march forward at the tap
Of The drum, The blockade is extending
Southwaid, and in few weeks every port
Of the Secession States will be sealed from
tie commerce of the seas.
The Mississippi too, will be guarded, 80
that supplies for the enemy will find no in
eress through that channel. The President
has called for forty two thousand additional
volunteers, and twenty- two thousand repu.
The State OF New York alone would furnish
the regiments in a fortnight. In addition to
these, eighteen thousand seamen are de-
manded, and these will be enlisted by the
time the vessels are ready for sea.
With these forces the Government willsbe
provided with the means, as II will have the
disposition TO enforce its sanctions, and crush
out rebellion wherever II may exist. Il eau
render effectual aid to the loyal people of the
Border States, and oyerawe treason and re-
bellion there. 1t can quell the mad spirit
that is making the South desolation, and
scattering anarchy, confusion and suffering,
where, few months ago, all was order, pros
peTity and peace. E
1t IS sad thing to contemplate the ruin
Of States already wrought and the greater
ruin impending over them in consequence
Of the wicked and restless ambition Of bad
men. 1t is a melancholy necessity which
impels this aggregation of armies but a
Government like ours, and a country like
these United States, must be upheld and
supported at every hazard aud at any cost.
The hard alternatives of disintegration, or
war for their preservation, has been presen-
ted and the choice made. 1t has been de-
teImined, in view of duty, of all the obliga-
tons of patriotism with reference to the
security Of the present, the Shope of the
future and the stern requirements of ever
lasting justice and right. The war initiated
is not one of conquest, not one of aggression;
it is not Of our own choosing. It has been
forced upon us in defense Of free institutions,
Al d in The perpetuation of popular rights.
1t involves not alone the destiny of this
country, hut it is to solve the great problem
whether self government, popular freedom,
are smoDg the possibilities Of an enlightened
civilization.
Such are the momentous issues to be set
tied bv the results of this war to the exipen-
cies of which the Administration are now
thoroughly awake. Let them sleep no more.
Let it be prosecuted earnestly, vigorously,
firmly, but humanely, to the end. The
country will sustain them. The popular
sentiment of the world will sustain them.
To hesitate or halt hereafter will be at once
a cruelty and a crime.