Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-02-14
VOL. XVIII, NO. 971.
FLOR the Herald.
How to Save the, Union.

Among the one thousand and one pro-
jects put forth both in and out of Congress
to save the Union, no one has yet met my
eye which, 10 my judgment, is tangible,
practicable, or Of any utility, If adopted.
If what the South demands we're granted
it would only raise the steam Of opposition
still higher in the North, as the effects pro-
duced by the passage Of the Fugitive Slave
Law, the repeal Of the Missouri Compro-
mise and the fate Of Kansas clearly show.
] No amendments of the Constitution
which look toward the extension Of slavery
or any further protection Of it than it now
contains, will be tolerated for a moment.
! Not one IN ten, if one in twenty, of the
North wishes to interfere with it where it
now exists, without the consent IF the
States which are involved in the fearful
whirlpool which is sooner or later to come.
1t is their own concern, not ours, if like
Sampson, the Sldve to the Philistnes, thew
pull at the pillars of their peculiar institu-
ton till they pull the whole fabric down
upon themselves aud cause one general
crash and ruin. We, Of course, pity their
! blindness, but what we can't cure we must
leave them TO endure.
The only remedy, in the nature of
things, that can possibly save the Union,
is the removal of the cause out of which
all the serious and dangerous contention
and trouble among us has grown-that is
Slavery. You can as soon cure sick man
without removing the cause Of his disease
as save the Union without removing the
cause of discord and contention. You can
as easily prevent the Mississippi from over
flowing its banks without first stopping the
rains and the melting Of SHOWS, as to pre-
vent the present excitement without re-
moving its cause, neither of which can be
done without reversing the laws Of God, as
established in nature and revelation.
The only serious threat ever made of dis
solving the Union has grown out Of this
cause. The admission Of Missouri in 1920 !;
the notification in 1892; the agitation that
gave birth to the odious Fugitive Slave
Law in 1850; the repeal of the Missouri
Compromise in 1854; the murders in
Kansas in 1856, g, u; and the rebellion
and treason of 1860, i, all grew out of
this deadly couse. Compromises have
been tried and proved to be like quack
nostrums on disease; they have not only
failed but left the patient worse off, till the
disease has assumed a fearfully malignant
and putrid form, and all this because the
cause Of the complaint was not first Ie-
moved. This must be done or death must
ensue to the body polite. There is no
half way ground to be occupied Com
promises that do not look toward the final
removal of the cause of our troubles are
only time and labor lost.
The South have violated the provisions
of the Constitution; they have annulled
athe immunities and privileges of citizens
). of other States" and they have suppressed
.the liberty Of speech and Of the press, Z
within their borders; they have robbed the
mails and prevented intercourse between
u friends; they have mal-treated and MUIR
dered peaceable citizens OF the United
States on unfounded suspicious, or because
i they did believe that sthe sum of all vii
Ganiesr were the truths of God. They
have made war upon the Government;
! armed themselves in rebellion and high
treason they have seized upon forts, ar
senals and ships, and have figed upon the
fac of the country. They have forfeited
all claim to further forbeaFance and sub
iected themselves to the highest punish
ments known TO the law; the known cause
/ of all which is the system of slavery,
which must be removed or the Govern
ment cease to exist. This last cannot,
must not, and 994l0Jths Of the people
saw It shall not be. To this the South
must consent, either. peaceably and bepaid
for their slaves reasonable price, or forci-
bly, and without pay. The first would be
cheaper and better for the country than
! the last.
It is useless to talk about the impossi-
bility or impracticability Of the thing; it
can and must be done, or civil dlseord,
"fire brands and DEATH" will be the conse-
ouences. There is no escaping it. The
South demands the naturalization of sla-
very which cannot and willnot be conceded
One or the other must fall, and the South
being the weaker party and having two
fires to meet, the North on one side and
their enraged and reyenging slaves on the
other. mast fall, and with them their odlous
system which has been the cause Of all this
trouble
There are, say, 100000 slaves in all,
old and young, sick and well; Of these one
half are toe Young or too old, OF otherwise
of no value under present prices and cir
cunstances; and in case of a bloody con-
test, in which the slaves are sure to seek
their liberty, if it should be like St. Do
mingo, by the death of their masters,
\ there will be no value attached to any
i slaves. The last report Of sales was only
I S43O head for field hands. Ii we say,
then, $500 a head for one-half or $500
average for the whole, would be SS00,000,-
900; of this, s2o,o0o,0Oo per annum for
40 years, or s4o,0oo,00o for 20 years
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