The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1861-07-17

suggest to provoke, insult and inllame,
wc have INDUCED with gusto and eager
ness that cannot be palliated or excused
Does all this Justify them? No, thou
sand times no; but ask, does it not con-
denim us? The temper and spirit mani
tested by the north has led tho south
and with some degree of reason-to sup
pose that all barriers would DO disregard
ed and broken down by them that stood
in the way OF Tho ultimate extinction of
slavery. ' inui .H n L3a'ail
But in the Supremeu Court-=in the
check which they had in the Senate and
House of Representatives, before thoy
withdrawn the pacific assurancesnof
Mr.. Lincoln's inaugural, they must have
seen and known their interests and rights
were safe. Smarting under defeat, and
exasperated by insult and abuse, they
withdrew from Congress and rushed into
rebellion. In that rebellion they have
done what was imperative upon them to
do if they calculated to maintain their
Independence. Not on the people but
their leaders be tho blood. W
And, now fellow-citizens, we have look
cd at some of tho causes which have led
to this unhoy strife. Aside from the
question Of slavery the abuses in the gov
eminent TO which have alluded have
Lad IN indirect, yet powerful influence i'll
producing our present trouble, for though.
| the southern States have been equally
guilty. with ourselves, yet in the goneral
decentralization consequent upon the eXer-
else OF these evils, there has been a weak
ening Of tho love and respect that every
true man should feel for government
like ours. They are abuses lmtentto the
observation of every intelligent eleetor
and should be reformed, some of themby
constitutional amendments, and all of
them by the reformation Of public opin+
ion. This is a government OF public
opinion, but its founders must have con-
templated that its hlo blood, il it was
pure, should be drawn through an intel
lgont and moral public opinion. 1t can
live to-day, desperately as il is diseased,
uponthai, and ii, is to-day a corpse if il
cannot be- found in the land. 1t is in
the land; how shall it BIO exercised (? - IN
the cultivation of II spirit Of peace or n
spirit of blood Let mo. answer by
reading a part Of Mashihgton's farewell
address: ufl f9saE ll fa.t4w bns
"The unity of government which con
stitutes you one people, is also now dear
to you. 1t is Justly so; for il is main
pillar in The edifice of your real indcpen-
dcnce, the support Of your tranquility at
home, your peace abroad; of your safety;
of your prosperity; OF that very liberty
which you so highly prize, But MS it is
easy to foresee, that, from different causes
and different quarters, much pains will be
taken, many articles employed, to weak
eli in your minds the conviction of this
truth; rs this is the point in your politics
al fortress against which tho batteries of
internal and external enemies will be most
constantly and actively (though often COW
ertly and insidiously) directed, il is Of in
finite moment that you should properly
estimate the immense value Of your ma
tioual Union to your collective and indi-
vidual happiness; that you should cher
ish q cordial, habitual and immovnbe at
tachment TO it; accustoming yourselves
TO think and speak of il as Of the Pala-
dunn of your political safety and prosper
ity; watching for its preservation with
Jealous anxiety; discountenancing what
ever may suggest even suspicion, that
il can in any event be abandoned; and
Indignantly frowping upon the first dawn
lug Of every attempt 10 ALLEVIATE any por-
lion of our country from the rest, or TO
enfeeblc the sacred ties which now link
together the various parts .1 .y1t..a.
These are the counsels Of the Father
of his Country, he being dead yet speak
eth. Before commencing the work Of
death let us say TO the South, come and
let lis reason together, and if one of her
sons-one of our sons--ouo of our coun-
try's sons, than whom nobler does not
live but has gone forever; if Orttenden,
the oldest and the best, comes with the
olive branch aud says let us compromise,
do not let us answer with contumely and
scorn, no peace with rebels. In remem-
bering their insult and wrong to our gov
eminent, let us also remember our provo
cation. Let us remember rs n simple
question Of policy, that conquered peace
makes sulon foe, but peace offered in
kindness and good will, with mutual adj
vantages, turns an enemy into friend and
has every element of endurance. We are
strong and can afford to be magnaniuious.
If our magnnnimity is rejected and tram
pied upon, if it is treated with scorn and
defiance, then we will "strke till the last
armed foe expires" and thearbitrament of
steel has made the law respected.-
do not believe it would be rejected. /
think that to-day Crittenden and Sew
ard could, and would if permitted, make
an adjustment of all our troubles, that
would meet the views and wishes of the
conservative portion of the country, and
not only preserve The hoDor aud dignity
of the government, but place it upon a
foun1ofion Suro mud lostin0 Shall tho