Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-03-23
The End OF The ConcIlIntion Policy.

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We suppose that no honest man who
thinks seriously on our national troubles,
has any idea that the authority of the Gov
eminent can be re- established over the Sc
coded States without war. The propositions
for constitutional concessions have no more
bearing on the case, than an offer of the
British Parliament torepeal the stamp duty,
or the tax on tea, would have in recon-
structipg her union with the American
Colonies. Besides, the constitutional changes
which are demanded by the C~rittenden
proposition are already established in the
Confederate Constitution. Suppose the
North ~~e-a to consent to them then what
excuse could it have for refusing to accept
the Confederate Constitution and Govern
ment2
This is the Secession plan, carried out
consistently and sagaciously from the first.
The action Of the Border slave States all
terds that way. The Richmond Enquirer,
before Secession began, declared that when
it did occur the Border slave States would
remain in the Union to protect the seeding
States until they had established a Govern
ment. All the cries of concession and peace
in the North are for the sam purpose; and
soon we shall have the Democratic organs
in the North clamoring for a reconstruction
of the Union by accepting the Confederate
Constitution and Government. This course
wss plainly indicated by Mr.. Breckenridge
in his recent speech in the Senate.
Why should they not? Does any one sup
pose that a Democrat, who like Mr.. Pugh
declared in a public meeting in this city that
what we must do to reconstruct the Union,
is give the slave States the same number
of Senators as the free States in the United
States Senate, would hesitate to submit to
the Confederate Government, a thing not half
go monstrous as the other proposition ? Does
cry ore suppose that the organs and leaders
Of the Democratic Party in Ohio would re-
fuse TO accept the Confederate Government,
or any other, which would restore the AID
ministrEtion patronage to them2
We beg it to be understood, that we be-
lieve that the mass OF the people of all
parties would rally with their lives and for
tunes TO sustain the Government, whenever
a well-directed blow shall be struck for the
re. establishment Of its power or for the pun
isbment of i~nsolonce and rebellion; but no
one who hes observed the movement of the
acting leaders of the Democratic Party dur
ing this rebellion, can doubt that they would
now have the North submit to the Confeder-
ate Government. Soon we shall have them
advocating it as the compromise to restore
the Union. We doubt if any Democratic
journal or prominent politician now can be
induced to declare against il.
To this end all the cry for concession, con-
citation, peace at the cost of any dishonor,
submission, surrender of Government forts,
property and revenue, tends. All these es-
tablish and strengthen the Confederate Gov
eminent and weaken and demoralize the
national Government. To this end the Crit
teDden proposition tends; for when, after
surrendering every thing to the Confeder-
ates, and providing them with a revenue, we
have established their Government and made
ours helpless, we shall have, between that
and the CritteDden proposition, only the
choice between the same proVisions, on the one
hare incorporated into the Confederate Con-
s%titusiOn, justified by our acceptance Of them,
and sustained by an established and strong
Governments and on the other the same
provisions to be Incorporated into the same
Constitution, with a Government democrat
lEeoi helpless and broken down. When the
question reaches this point, which side would
an impartial outside observer take2 Ger
talniy he would decide in favor of that GOV.
eminent which had established and enforced
IT'S authority. That is according to the law
OF nations. And when the eoncession.and-
surrender part of the Secession plot has
broker down the Government to this mint
can we expect that those who have done Il
WIN AK or reeOnslruoling a broken down
"ovs.AMsnh Hhsnthey have one firmly es-
taDhsnea on precisely the same coustitu-
tional principles, and which In addition will
transfer all the Federal ofseas 10 tSsir
hands2
This is what we are coming to by follow.
ing the couTSe eff concession, surrender and
Gripping Of the Government, which ia die
tatsd by The Border States and the Demo
cratic leaders at the North and SO totally
has our system of Goysrnment with its