, 1861-01-23

this time they confidently believed that NORTH
ern cities would be in the hands Of raycnous
mobs shouting sblood or bread" Starvation
Of the laborera and destruction Of I'll business
were sure and hoped-1or consequences Of
Southern secession. But the pit they dug for
Others they bare fallen intosthemselyes. The
poor in the free States are wtntefins comforta-
b]y; business is brisk, money plenty, and
times good; while in thar own section, dis
tress, misery and ataggnation brood like pes
thence over the. rebcls. Great, reliance vas
placed on the anticipated Northern assistance
and sympathy. The Southern mob were made
to believe that the Democracy In the free
States would rise up with arms in their hands
md put neutrality-suspicious. and perhaps forco
Lincoln and Hamlin to resigu, and let Breek-
inrIdge aud Jolane reign in their stead. It was
drmly believed that New York city would Sc
cede from the State, declare herself a Tree port
aud ralse All army Of 80 000 men to sail to the
assistance Of the secesslonists. Wall street, it
wns believed beyond doubt, would cash South
ern bonda to an unlimited amount. and the
commercial marine of the city would b. placcd
at their disposal Peunsylyauia and New Jer-
| sey were expected to be equally devoted to
"5onthern rights" for the sake Of Southern
trade. But asas, these beautiful castlcs In the
| I1E uutE f3Elsue0 llhG i a1Ck uau q AFeAlU.
There Was no substance to them. The in:ur
reclionfsts are brought down from the clouds
to face the stern realities Of m unfeeling world
[ England and France have also cIuded their
fond embrace, and instead OF captl Eating smiles
froru dnrkly upon them, muttering, return
to Sour duty md al1eeianea,-hopc for no aid
from ua." The spectacle fills them with dis.
may. The fall Of this miserable rebellion will
| be as sudden "a its rise--if The people Of the
| free Statea will only stand firm and united.
| Tie great ground swell OF public opinion in
| behalf of Vifginia's measure Of resistance to
| the insurrecfion, Is felt here at Washington
] like the beaving Of 8 spring tide, or the rnm~-
| Of compromises and concessions. Let no irco~
man talk OF euccumbipg 10 the uurighteous
| demands Of the o1igaTchT. Concessions under
3 menace will demoraiize the government and
| lead to the lrretfieveahle ruin Of the Confed-
eracy. Il the shareholders have any just griey.
ances they must first return to their allegiance,
| and give up their doctrine of1he constitution
| II right Of secession; then tAcir wron.s, If
| they baye ans, will By considered and amply
| redrcssed But tlcis present citempt to
cocrce the Government, and not only that, but
| to destroy it must 10 resisted at a1I hoz-
ards. Now il the appointed time to ascertain
| whether We have a government. That Is tho
| urst question in order. All things arc ripe
| fora decisive settlement Of the question wEc-
| ther the Mexican system Of rebellion ahaal be
| introduced into the United States, whereby q
! party beaten. .nt the polls shall resurt to arms
| to retain their offices, aud bold POSSESSION Of
| the Government after the people have routed
them out The matter can be nowpermanent-
" settled.
[ Every Northern man who takes sides with
| the insurgents in this crisis should BIZ treated
as public enemy. When one is heard CAB
bling against '.coerc:ng, q state,' set him
I down ~ dsunionist In Disguise, as an enemy
| in your midst. The Government acts On the
defensive It has been assailed, Its authority
| dehed, its forts and arsenaIs seized; its nof-
| dters beseige0; its vessels eanuonaded; its
constitution trampled under foot, aud Its rev.
| enues ptundcrrd. All tEis has been done by
rebels who arc seeking to shelter their acts 81
| treason behind State iaws. But As States have
no more right to attack the Federal Govern
| ment than individuals, tho quiet OF the rebels
Is neither diminished nor palllatel and all
| such pretended ea3ctlon is null and void. Tho
Constitution creates direct relations between
the Government End the citizen; md no man
remaining within the geographical! limits Of
| the confedeEacy can absolve himself from bis
| allegiance to the Constitution and his obeai-
| encc to the laws made in pursuance Of it. Nor
b.. State The leest Particle Of rightfal power
| The talk therefore about coercIDg State Is
knavery. And the man who allsgcs that the
Government proposes to coerce !" State lies,
| aud should b. ted 81 In every instance he Is
caught utterng the falsehood- But the truth
! il, the rebels haye seized upon the Govern,
ment ot several States and are employing their
machinery 10 ca5rs the FedcEnl Government,
and diesever the Union They are The" Coer.
| ercionists;" they are wagipS war against The
/ Union, and eTerY Northern man taxing their
part Is guilty Of misprision OF treason, II not
treason ITSELF
In heavens name, let there be no f:lltcring
| now; no eurrendefinS Under meuace by pusI:
/
long run make things tenfold worse. Let men
BE- patriots today, and equal to the emergency.
The Union can not be permanert1y saTcd by
conceding Northern rights to Southern traitors.
Its salvation cousists: In maintaining its
authority and enforcing obedience ta its Laws.
will only seryc to hurry 1t to death from
| which there is no resurrection. All such
| sehemea for changing tic Constitution to give
Slavery new guarantees, as proposed BY Crit.
tenden, Powell, Dougias, or Blsier, would be
administering poison, more deadly In its eli.
sic acid to tho body physical. IL tho North
ready 70 commit political suicidcl
The disuniou movement is sticking fust. like
wagon deep In mud hale; and it is causod
by the belief beginning to pcsrads the minds
Of the South, thst tbs vast Northern 1nasse.
urc resolved not to bacs down orsuecnmb
under dlsunion menace, or r.cg9nt=a or 9erasia
ILcirrcsistabief frce States-luuubsTi.,e ncenr1i.
| inv to thn CENSUS, oyer nisxtacn uaUiioa*-w;i,
fgAt to maintain tic Union iu ali iis seoe,aph.
ical integrity, which Is now CAUSING th9 reac
tion TINT has laSen place In fhe ,slaye S:atas.
Here comes uews that the 1uost the secee.
Eloui*ts Of Arkansas were able to get the l.es
islaturc to do, WAS to submit tho Couvcption
question to rote Of the people on Feb. 18th,
and in case majority vote In the Affirmative,
the Governor fa to appolnt future day for an
| which simply mesus that sccession ;s r,iarei
out in Arksnsas. and the state viii l.rraa;n in
| the UuIon with 1he Coustitut,on aa NJ t.
North Carolina refuses to budce an inch :
refuses to appropriate money to purchaser arms.
3leetlngs are being daily held to denounce
South Carolina aud secession, md to declare
| unchanged And Virginia, ct,or1nick
and his henchlnan, 4cComas, to the cpntrarY
| lis taking the sober. second thought. befnrS
I making tGt plunge that will eprulnR her. 0:,s
Ie po.nc 10 seu1 co,nuIssionert to thu re-
Staies ,u;ttopt ultimatum9 to talk over the ones
lions of dIfferance. Seua3b;e conclnsSon. Ersfv
dsy the Union sentiment il growing stronger,
/ giving heed Il thr wbisnsrfnF If the snatr
I .ffend ~ snnth 6arnlinai who E tenntinr ".
INA to eat Of the tiisnnino fr,;ft ~ ~ ~.
malt, tres. assnrinv I,rr -that r. fhe ~ .rs
rafeth thcreof ahe Ti,l be- EEe H. rods oas
| fn~rond and cFiI e>''~-' ->%'o"-
Observation-Disclosures ca11ad ,ho boa.t ~ ~.
union' nod bIsss her. ststis lands u i solid 70 hes tns
fnValty A. the oyariastinr h}1ta dcsnsrstc ~
onsct Vas a. ma made on her psopls 10 pluapr Ill.,
oosine Up 20 End ~
Of mad men and wicked aetnasoencs, .Ehose
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