The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1861-02-07

We were not only very u'u'"
ed, but greatly grieved,to ind our hv'gh-
Dor of the Democratic Union, OF lhis
place, taking his position in the ranks OF
the disunionists and th,ir sympath'sers,
in an article that appeared in his last is
sue. In speaking of the resolutions OF
the late Democratic Conyent'on,he he holds
forth as follews:4s s=a5 a
1--WE believe tie resolutions OF the
Convention will meet with the arproha
non of four ffths Of the peofr.' who
can object 10 The one on coere'o"f IT
simply says until the North does right
and fu!6lls the Constituhon itself, we
will not even consider ,he question OF
forcing the South by coercion 10 do the
same" f.3
Now, neighbor. will you be kind en-
ough to point toa single act on the part
of the North that will justify the inhabi-
tants of any section OF this country in
bidding defiance to the laws Of the coun.
try. repudiating the constitution and
lsvying war against the general govern
ment. Will you point to single wrong
that the South has sustained at the hands
Of the North that cannot be redressed
under the Constitution and Unicn as it
is? Can you name single thing that
has been done by the north that will JUS
tify the South in revolution, which is on.
II another name for secession? We say
you cannot.
And yet you intimate that you are
unwilling to have the laws Of your coun
try enforced against men who are in open
rebellion and who are now engaged in
the dissolution Of this Union. You say
to them. gentlemen. we people OF the
North have been disloyal to our Consti-
tutional obligations-we have wronged
you, grossly wronged you--and although
you are guilty of treason against your
government in resisting its laws. you
shall not be forced to yield obedience to
them. No. this Union shall be dissolved
and our beloved country hathed in frater.
nal blood. ere we will do aught to pre-
vent i! by sustaining our government in
enforcing the laws and. maintaining the
Union.' -z.
We understand you to justify the
Southcrners in their reasonable acts and
designs; because if you do not. you woe
certainly not hesitate to support the gov :
eminent Of your country in the, execu~
ton of the laws, which is all that there
is in the word coercion that you have mag
ni6ed into such wonderful bug -belr.-
The enforcement of the laws does not
contemplate the raising Of an army and
going into the southern states to subdue
them. They may pass as many paper
ordinances as they please; they may e.
lect as many officers and establish as
many forms Of government as they
please, and they may refuse TO send a
representation to Congress, but as long
as they do not come in conf1ic. with or
resist the execution Of the laws Of the
general govern ment, there will be nc
collision there will be no necessity 70,
coercion. When they do this. however
when they attempt to resist the exc
cution Of the laws. it will be the duty oi
the general government, whose officers
have solemnly sworn to support the Con,
s,itution and laws Of the United States,
to enforce obedience to those laws, and
the man who will not support that gov
ernment in the performance OF lie duties
is disloyal citizen, We care not whether
he lives north or south.
Secession is but another term for revo
lution-there can be no peaceable disso-
luton Of the Union. ii done at all il
must be done by revolution refusal on
the part Of portion ofthe people to sub
init to the government of their tcountry;
and when body Of men revolt agains,
the government under which they live,
the only question to be decided is, which
is the most powerful. the revoutionists OF
the. government against which they have
reyoted.
1t is true that the south has consider
ed herself wronged BY some things thai
have transpired in the north and it is al
SO true that the north has felt herself /.
gr'eved by many things that have oc-
Cured in the south, but we are not will.
ing to concede the right to either section
to dissolve this Union 10 conseo ucuce OF
the petty wrongs that each may have
sunered at the hands Of the other. We
are willing to make concessions under
the constitution. if needs be: we are bre-
pared to compromise any differences tha,
may exist with loyal and law.abidipo
citizen who will meet us upon reasona.
BILE grounds, in the Union; but we are no
prepared TO get upon our bellies in tn,
dust and beg for terms from armed me,
who are in open rebellion against th
government Of our country.
But do these disunionists desire com