Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-02-12

The border Slave States profess a great
love for the Union, but they have an import
ant reservation. They viii stay in the Union,
IT, certain things are done; if the Re
pubIioans viii throw overheard that deelara-
zion Of principle known Is tie Chicago Plat
form. and accept newborn bsrmaPhOdits
platform. composed IN part Of Douglas Squat
ter so7ersigutY, and in part ofBreckinridgs's
nationality Of slavery, as snbsttute if
slaveholders be allowed to carry their slaves
into and through free States; if the CUnsti-
tuition be 50 amended as to forever protect
ra SlsTery, wherever it itchOosesto gof If the free
y s.atts viii seres % f0rego their State rights
and repeal laws against kidnapping, known as
Personal Liberty Bills; and if the doctrine
Of secession $50 far acknowledged that the
new Administration viii not attempt to CO
spee -a6sIli6us States, tEen the border States
viii gsaa0ssly consent 70 stay in the Union.
otherWius, they win Ink their destiny with
the cotton staissi
What sort Of Union loving feeling does all
this deaets7a We hear OF vehement expres-
rions Of love for the Union by these border
States. but with some noble examples, they
aFs all accompanied Eith half dozen such
s7h" and wind Up with threats to join the
cotton States Il the North does not aecede 70
their modest requests. - l-.,-,I
Such conditional love for the Union is not
70 Be relied upon. Had The border States
dropped all their 'ffs" and voluntarily Ods1ed
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to stand by tie onion, and submit to the
verdict which he people gave upon EOyeu-
Der 9Th, 1850 IS did tie North to the verdict
ofEOvember, 1856, and joined heartily inp6t-
ting down rebellion, then We should feel more
like meeting them in the spisia of concession
rseommsndsd by::some compromising Reppb-
Icana But e it is, the Republicans cannot
aHSrd % by ta,ig wsy mo p6yst FHich is
tbeirs by fairly earned possessiOn) By sue
eumbing 70 auGh An array Ofs;ifs," backed nR
b 2 thfpat W q .'f
The eompFomise which we are asked to
subscribe o. is svidsngy . joint sHOrt Of the
Breckinridgs ana p0agaa heii6ns Of the
Democracy. They have dove tailed thsir
platforms togsfher-the one being rePTesspJI-
ed By the legslizing Of slavery IL 81 Terri
tory south Of thiFty-aiE thirty, and the 9th
srb by giving The people uPOn both sides Of
that line the privilege Of coming in g slave
or frss states as they shall determine. And
this ugly monster they declare tbs- RePpsl-
cans shan adopt before they shaa be allowed
% come into power.
Now = # not Just possible that The bor-
der States ars bang used IS q caitlplV By The
rebels, 70 haui the Rep6bh6ahf aorer the
eoals,n and on 70 ths pro slsgsfF, platform 2
That the cotton States look g airsc5nstruc-
tion,' and that tssy ste. using 'ths border
States Is an agency 70 bring the dominant
parst into tconcassioas7 for the bensat q
these same cotton States whenever tn y think
It for their interest to rssurRs to als Union
Il 50, arr the RspublissRss PFeB'red -5O=bs
taken IN by spchs blinan nsndatQ rePs9iati
the principles under which they eafred ths
late Presidential election, for the herEsabhFo-
dits platform Khsph Is theaOEitl6hdsh, BoE-
.arl der Stats, or Kellogg Compromises II they
s'i sFs, then the sooner the party Is dilbsRdsd,