, 1861-04-10
Cbiraat' Gribttttt,
TnE ONLY SOLUTION.

WEDNESDAY,. APRIL 10, 1861.
THE ONLY SOLUTION.
Wa hare repeatedly called attention to
the fact that war is not to be avoided, in the
present crisis Of American affairs, by any
such dastardly dodge as "peaeeable seces-
sion" II there be any advantage to be
gained by Il mutual separation, it is only
the advantage Of enabling each section to
fight a foreign enemy instead Of q domes-
tic one. This presumption Is based on the,
belief that jeff zDayis's government will
set up claim to al American territory
south of Kansas and Utah, including proba-
bly, a full half Of California-that they will
demand half of the navy, and probably the
whole Of the city of Washington, including
the archives and the public buildings-'hat
they will insist upon re-enactment
of the fugitive slave law by treaty
that they will require q guarantee Of the
fright Of transit and sojourn" in the
North with their slaves-that they will set
up an exclusive jurisdiction over the lower
Mississippi-that they will ultimately seek
to reopen the African Slave trade-andf final
II that they will continue to exercise their
inalienable right 10 tar and feather, impriE-
On, f1agellate, or hang every Northern
man who may fall under the ban Of their
prowling Vigilance Committees, We as
scrt thata war Of twenty years duration is
preferable to the yielding Of single one
of these demands, and if this be the com
plexion Of the crisis we care not how soon
the war begins. If We Of the North have
rot to make these concessions we can afford
to do it after being sounily whipped, but
not before If they of the South require
US 10 pay SO great q premium for their
treason, let them in the name Of God, col
lect it at the cannon's mouth! They will
never collect it in any other way.
As the case now stands, secession can
only bp accomplished by oyerthrowing the
Constitution, and the government organ
lied under its provisions If the Constitu-
ton has lost its vitality the govern
1nent has turned itself into Woman's
Rights Convention-then may we expect
to sec ME. Wcbster's prediction talsided-
the fountains of the great deep broken up
without rufHing the surface-the laws Of
the solar system suspended without pro-
ducins general chaos-the American Union
dissolved without al armed collision be-
tween its defenders and assailants. Other
wise, mott! The evidence is accumu1atins
that the Constitution has not lost its pris-
tine vigor, that the government is no longer
In tie hands Of traitors and cripples, that
brave men can Jet claim glorious heri-
tage III the stars and stripes. Thank God
that it is SO! Thank God that our rulers
have mastered the philosophy Of the stu.
a:ion-which is that either freedom OF
slavery must be the dominant power On
the continent there cannot be two
Presidents in the United States at the
same time.
It matters not when or where the firsi
blood is split, except that the sooner the
clinch comes the better The question!
which have kept the country in prolong
ed spasm during the past four month";
must be fought out. The argument is ex
hausted, and nought remains but to se'
whether tie traitors or the loyal citiZen'
are the stronger party. There. can be 1T
peace until one or the other is conquered
History affords no parallel either to tn
wickedncss Of this slave holders rebellion
or the forbearance Of the governmen
against which they have reyolted. Histor,
ean furnish no parallel to the debasing ant
deplorable picture Of nineteen millions o
fEecmen yielding the principles Of thei
fathers 10 the dictation Of half millio1
Of slave drivers, without struggle. II th
battle is postponed this year, it must com
on next year. If the Union is permitted
to be dissolved to-day, The very question
now aggrayatiug the country must b
settled by blows tomorrow, or on
section must yield. The question
is asked, "When will these thing
end! Once insugufated, where will th
bloodshed cease? : We reply, it will ceas
at the precise point where one party It
nounces its principles, or the other abate
from its intolerable demands. twill ceas
nowhere else, and it ought 10 cease n
sooner. There can be no such thing q
stability, no such Thing as security or pc,
-manenee IN business, honor at home, or 1e
spect abroad, until this conclusion i
reached. People may as well make u
their minds to it first as last. There is II
peaceable way out Of the crisis e5
cept the voluntary abandonment Of thci
position, and lowering Of their demands
by the traitors. We do not expect ther
to do either until they are compelled to.