The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1861-07-05
EERs OF CoMpRoMIsE.

so cNIled conieQerateo Ion-
rtwo, several propositions, to
,asis upon viii h the troubles
existing at the south, could
and state Of peace again
ned 1t was further reported that
pine. refused to consider one ol
.but were entertaing the other. we
o seer, and accordingly cannot prog
ate wha, is in the future, or how
isis at present upon us is to termln-
SIsre we statesman enough to
land what the gov, rnment ought
psech an event, but We claim to
&Is common sense, and that
IA. as 10 the conclusion. that under no
circumstances, whatever should the Fede'
raj Government consent, fora single mo
nens. TO squint at treason BY hearing any
commission IRON the rebel government
unless it is. coupled with pIomise Of
Unconditional submission to the cons'i
tuition and the laws of the United States
The seeded states have invited the con
test-.heir acts have in inaugurated bloody
and an unnatural revolution, they have
torn down the flag OF their country; and
trampled it beneath their feet, and no"
let the merited punishment of treason
rest upon them. Let their blood atone
10 violated law and justice, for their mad
attempts q. disiupling the test govern
ment the world has ever Witnessed.
With us the day of compD omise is past
and VIC believe that large majority OF
the people of the country, feel as We do,
and would say SO in thunder tones. was
an opportunity given them to express an
opinion. To compromise now. would b*
to tear the brightest jewel, from the
crown Of glorv and honor that decks the
I head Of the American Uniou-and to
weave in the bars of the "Rea, White and
Blue." stripe Of black, as a token OF
lis disgrace and shame. Itwould stain
the fair escutcheon of the American peo-
rR, and forever cover her national pride
with the mantle of the deepest shame;
and make her by word and Kissing,
to the nations of the earth.
The glory of the ''stars and stripes
which has been basely insulted by these
q traitors, and which has foated TO the
breezs in every clime-in every sea and
ocean in the world, would be impaired
the charactsr Of the American people
would 30 disgraced; the proud bird, the
E36U.encf the free and brave, the Amer
lean easl le, before whom the British LioI
was made to crouch, would flap bis wings
and take his flight from our midst. tc
hide his shame, on the dizzy heights and
craggy{steeps Of some far off mountain
and lh@ Goddess OF Liberty. enshrined ii
the hehrts of all true Americans. and al
most Worshipped as titular deity, woulc
weep bitter tears at our deep disgrace
anrHer fair brow as and well as upon the
dome of the capitol and upon every
monument that rears its marble head a
boye the earth, commemorating some
glorious national achievement, would b,
irssrihed in burning letters Ichabod
Icifabod Ichabod /! II
DO; we can never now think Of com
pienise and be true to our past nationa
Rrestness-we cannot in safety to tn
pefpetuity of our free Institutions, tax
any other course than that, marked on
before US, viz, to subjugats by force tn
.sevolted states, and bring them to thei
allegiance at the point OF the baycuet.-
The hydra headed monster secession
must in this conflict be slain or else th
temple of American liberty will be tori
sspnder, and her boasted freedom be bu
solemn mockery' Let the masses of th
Orators understand, that there is no bop
for them. but in returning to their allie
seiance; and the leaders know, that thei
end will be accompanied by few feet o
< hemp, ,snd their funeral requiem the creek
ing tjmbers OF the Gibbet, from whicl
they will be suspended. 1T will maxi
the struggle short one. and though Sc
yerersat bloody, it will eulminate in tn
GfSatest good to the people of the Unite
States, and will bind in iron bands, tn
union Of the states. which Jupser's thnnd
erbolts, can never break asunder. No:h
ing but submission, "a hard word "
know it Is for them to learn. but on
they must be made to learn aad feel, viii
satisfy the people whose wrath they hay
evoked.