Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-03-28
The Union Broken !.

Of bunker Presidents FASTENED the dissolu-
ton by surrenderiag aud allowing his cabi-
net to surrender and open the way to trai-
tors. The periodical compromises Of dem
ocrats. assisted Of late BY a few republican,
leaders, embolJened the rebels, who new
only await recognition BY the leading
powers Of the globe to make them ia inde-
pendent nation.
The border States are double dealing for
a blrgain, and stil have the assistance Of
the same men in the north to help them
out of the Union. The cotton States have
rebelled and stolen all the public money
and property ID their Misunderstanding,
eff you coerce US We viii fight" and the
silly northern doughfices have obeyed them
and covered at their threats, like dogs.
II is even called patriotism and union say
ing to try to pacify the rebels BY offers to
concedeand compromise wilhtheln. Great
God, then what is treason if this be not
treason to concede to traitors, as well as
treason 70 levy war against the govern
ment.l
But, we are asked to concede TO the bor-
der slave States, what they call their ICON
stitutional rights" Then what? Why,
they promise to stay in the Union if the
cotton States can be persuaded back; but
The cotton States are not coming back, and
don't care a fig whether the border States
Join them or not. Were the border States
in earnest to save the Union, they would
say "coerce the cotton States" but they
are not in earnest; they are double dealing
and mean to join the cotton confederacy or
else form 4 confederacy Of their own; yet
the northern men have their eyes 50 bcdim-
med BY the Niger that they still hope and
tremble in the fog.
Concessions and compromises cannot
save the Union, even were the degraded
North to grant such compromises; the
whole South united against coercion, the
cotton States can't be coerced; besides, a
large mass of the North opposes coercion,
so that the truth Of dissolution does begin
to be seen and felt. 1t remains to be seen
whether all the border slave States will 90
with the new confederacy. We think they
will. and that in a few months the South
ern Confederacy VII be acknowledged ev
erywhere. Can the two governments,
North and South, live in peace This can
never be. The more than ever anti-slav-
eTyised North viii then have a nbstantial
public opinion--the South doubly inten-
sifed pro-slavery public opinion, and there
viii be neither walls nor sympathies between
the two. The boundaries. thepublic prop
erty, the revenue laws, the morals and
most of all the southern thirst for war and
practice Of stealing the public revenue, and
total disregard of humanity will lead
them to eternal hostilities; while the North
too will prepare FOR defense which will lead
TO war.
What remains Of the democratic party
North,is still apologising for the rebels who
but last year broke up their party and con
vention at Charleston, in view Of breaking
up the Union. The moment this element
secs things as they are, it too will wake up
a doubly intensified anti-slayery segment
and fuse in the common mass Of extreme
aboIitionism. Filimoreism, worse pro-
slavery clement in the North than democrass
cy. will lag in the distance but wake up at
last for liberty. Then the alliance will be
pe,fect and impenetralle.
The next dispute will be over the Capi-
tol, but in all probability this viii fill to
the South. The surrender Of Fort Sumter
must be but short way behind the attack
on the Capitol, IN event that may happen
any day. The calling Of an extra session
ofCongress, unless it be for raising 1907
600 o. more ,nenand $50,00o.o00 Of sup
plies will but hasten secession events. The
cabinet is weak and can only BE strength
enesl by bold Congress, which is not to
he expected. ThesUnion is dissolved, BY
republican dorghisces and democratic
friends Of overy Southern demand, even TO
s sacrifice Of ths Union.
The Union Is spent; America has thus
risen 70 her meridian and passed to Iisso-
luton il less than a century. AS in Greece.
Rome and the Macedonian Empires, slsy
cry has caused our destruction us il caused
theirs. Jefferson foresaw it, and SO did the
great men of lis day, but the machinery
they set to work to cripple the monster has
failed. Tie work Of slave instructions,