East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-09-17

of traitors. TO that class neither term
nor offers have been made Ii is tina
the country may be the better prepares
to deal sternly with traitors, that we hav
urged, and do most emphaticslly urge
that the position Of Union men in th
southern States be considered. III ou
dissenting friends have taken care to rea,
us correctly they will have found ths
this journal was neither slow to antici
pate the treason of the Gulf States, no
equivocal in its denunciations Of traitors
In an early and adequate appreciation o
tho magnitude Of the evil, we suggested
course calculated to place the friends o
the Union upon high vantage ground -
Apprchending that we should be called
uron to test the strength Of this govern.
ment,' we saw what is even more apparent
now, that the conflict would tax all its
faculties and strain all its energies. =
Hence the desire, before the trial came,
to make up record that would challenge
the worlds approval. This was due, not
less to ourselves, than to the Union men
of southern States, who, with equal patri-
otism and more Of sacrifice, were, amid
the pitiless peltings' of the disunion
storm, like the dove sent from the ark
seekinga dry spot upon which they can
set their feet gaiH9'
II is not that we hope or care for any
change of views or course, from disunion-
lists, that we ask Cancellation, but that by
uniting and strengthening Union men,
we may be the better enabled to resist
and punish treason. And is not such
union and strength needed? Why, but
that the right spirit is not aroused, arc
traitors allowed to stalk through the Ma
tional Capital? Why, but that the pub
lie sensibility is dullsd, do traitors come
and go with immunity? Why, but that
the government is cankered, are not men
who openly advise the seizure Of fortif-
cations, dealt with as traitors? AL this
results from failure to adjust differences
between those who might be and ought
to be friends. When Congrsssis brought
to an agreement upon some one of the
various pending propositions, the whole
question will assume brighter aspects.
"In the border slave States there are
.ens of thousands of anxious, devoted
Union men who ask only that we should
throw them plank which promises
chance of safety. In standing by the
Union they do and dare much more than
S required of us. Maryland has been,
md is now, withheld from the whirling
vortex of disunion, by the firmness and
idelity of its Governor. If Virginia
loes not plunge in recklessly, it viii be
rom the restraining influences of her
Governor. Tennessee implores the North
% throw out an anchor to which she can
make fast" rali sr@ - III III
From the Evening Journal, February 8.
"The Union hangs upon singh thread.
That severed, we rush into civil war, or
vield to the sway Of usurpers. The 7ri5.
me labors for one--ws know not which,
--of these alternatives. Nor arc we quite
ure which is the worst. At present we
re not inclined to surrender the govern
nent, even il il cost rivers Of blood to |
lefend the Capitol. While, however,
reason and conspiracy stalk forth, threat
,ning and undermining the constitution,
'tatesmen chatter about platforms, and
ournalss labor to aggrayate rather than
'ooth the passions which seek to over.
vhelm tho government. --s .,.a err
"We have said, and now repeat that
he duty of patriot hsrmonizcs with the
principles of republicanism. How can il
20 otherwise? DO not republicans love
no Union, the constitution, the, country? |
Md are not States and traitors seeking
o destroy all that our Fathers establish
d. We are proving ourselves republi.
ans by making the constitution our
'hibboleth. If il were otherwise, il our
arty leads in any other direction, IF
louds must be made between party and
ountry, we differ so widely from il as to
refer the Uniou to 'ffty parties.' ;"
Meanwhile, defending ourself as we'll as
70 could, (strange that love Of the Union
hould be an offence! the question came
p in Congress, where various PROPOSE
ions of an adjustment were pending
We urged, with modification, the adop-
ion Of the ""Border State Proposition"
hat, and all others, were finally rejected,
hen tho correspondent of the New York
Iscniy Post made the following an-
ouncement:
From the regular cor. Of tho Evening Post
Compromise is dying daily. All out
de influences and appeals thus far have
cen wasted, aud Mr.. Weed, who has
cen here day OF two, returns without
nding any republican to agree with
i'm" "bgca oa 1870 sso.lniui l 8l8H q.
To which we replied :rroilasssi es5
"lf the chances of an adjustment by
,eans Of which tho Union men Of the
order States may be encouraged and for
fed, are dying daily wo have only to
xpress our renewed regrets. OF the dis
lclination of republicans in Congress to
ntertain propositions Of adjustment,
bere is sufficient evidence in the reports
{ their proceedings. Lightly, however,
$ outside appeals may be regarded, we
cnture to express the opinion that, in
tead Of standing, as the republican side
{ Congress has done, for five weeks, par.
ying propositions, there would have been
'isdom in assuming an affirmative atti-
idc. The importance Of the questions
,volvcd, the magnitude Of the interests
stake, the fearfulness of the conflict