Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-01-14

Ssey iIulti mining OF all the metals. eomn,erce a.
knows no obstacle and i'm M -, tha
ranges thronghout the domain ~ ,n,
vi as broad as the human nina can IS
can feach and social refinement n oresn ge ~
renovation the world. How could ~, "5 ~ ny
Pfosecu,e ''iese nopie objects in the midst Of brutal
izng ciFll conilict! What guarantees Will ean;sal
invested TOR such purposes have that will onf ~ Il ~
the premium offered BY political aud military
non what leisure viii the citizen find for study
or invention, or ant, under tie ieign OF copscfIn,
ton! nay, what interest in them will society ieel
when fear aud hate shall have taken possession d
the national mindg
Let the miner IN California take heed. for Il,
golden wealth will become the prize Of the marion
-thal can command the most iron. Let the borderel
take carei for the Indian will again lurk around Lis
DWELLING Let the pioneer come back into ouI
uenser settlements; for the railroad, the post-road
and INC telegraph advance not one turlong further
into .nc WILDERNESS; With standing armies consum-
ing the substance of our people the land and oui
navy and our postal steamers withdrawn from the
ocean, who will protect or respect, or who will ever
Knew Dy name our petty coniederacies2
Inc American man-of-War is q noble spectacle.
nave seen Il enter an ancient port in the Meditean
can. All the world wondered at IT, and talked Of
y, Saiscs OF artillery, from forts and shipping in
inc hafDor, saiuted It's flag Princes and p1ncesees
and merchants paid its homage, and all the people
blessed 1t as harbinger OF hope for their own uit
mate freedom imagine nov the same noble yes.
SCI again entering the same haven. The flag o. thir.
ty-thfee stars and thirteen stripes has been hauled
down, ana in its place signal is run up Which
naunfs the device OF lone STAR or palmetto tree
Men ask, Who is the stranger that thus steals into
our waiers!" The answer contemptuc usly given is
"She comes from one of the obscure republics 81
North America. Let herpass onD
Lastly, public liberty, our own peculiar liberty.
must aguish for time and then cease to live. And
such is liberty free movement everywhere through
our own land and throughout the world flee
suffrage; the freedom of every subject TO vote on
every law and for or against every agent who ex-
pounds, administers, or executes. Unstable aud
Jealous coniederacies, constantly applehending as
1rtt1
to each other and contemplate to all beside: how
long will it be before, on the plea of public safety
they VIII surrender all this nestmabea and unequal.
eq liberty and accept the hateful and iutolerabe es-
pionage OF military despotism!
And now MIR. President, what is the cause for this
sudden and eternal sacrifice Of SO much safety,
greatness, happiness, and freedom? Have foreign
nations combined, and are they coming to rage
upon us! No. So far from being enemies, there is
admiiing friend. Even the London Times, by 10
lneans partial TO us, says:
1T is quite possible that the problem of demo-
cratic republic may be solved by its overthrow in
lew days, in spirit OF folly selfishness, and short
sightedness."
Has the federal government become tyrannical or
oppressive or even rigorous or unsound1 Has the
constitution LOST its spirit and a at once collapsed
into lieless letter. No; the federal government
SMILES more beiiignantiy, and works to-day more
benecently than ever. Tile constitution Is even fhe
chosen model Tor the Organization Of the newly ris
ing coniederacies.
The occasion is the election of president of the
unacceptable
the people. state the case accurately. There was
no movement of disunion before the ballots which
expressed that choice were cast. Disunion began
as soon as the result was announced The iustilca-
non u assigned was that Abraham Lincoln had been
elected, while the success OF either Of the three
other candidates would have been acauiesced in.
" Us as tne eecilon Illegal! No; it is unnpeachabe.
Is the candidate personally offensive. No; he is
man OF ulblemsiied virtue and amiable manners
Is an election of president unfleQuent or extra
ordinary transaction! No; we never had chief
Otherwise In hp sraf, ola
ton, and the torn of choice is renewed every four
years
Does any one even propose to change the mode of
appointing the chief magistTates No; election by
universal suffrage as modified by Tie constitution,
is tie one 81 owning franchise OF the American peo-
pie 10 save it they would defy the world, Is it
appfehended that the new president will surD des-
potic powersg MOI while lie is OF all men the most
unambilious he is BY the partial success OF those
who opposed his election, subjected to such re-
straints that he cannot without their CONSENT an
point a minister or even police agent Negotiate a
treaty, or procure the passage OF law and can
hardly draw musket from the public aIsenals 10
What, then, * the ground oil discontents 1t is
that the disunionists did not accept as conclus-
I'VE the arguments which were urged behalf of the
successful candidate in the canvass This is nil
Were their own arguments against him moro satjs-
factory to his supporters? Ofconrge they were not;
they could not he. Does the constitution in letter
or splil require or imply that the arguments OF one
party shall be satisfactory to the other! MOI that is
impossible. What is the constitutional remedy for
this inevitable dissatisfaction Renewed debate and
ultimate rehear1ng in a subsequent election. Have
The now successful majority perverted power to pur-
poses OF oppression? MOI they have never before
held power
Alas how prone We are to undervalue privileges
and blessings. How gladly, how proudly would
the people OF any nation in Europe accept on such
terms as we enjoy it, the boon Of elecffng Chief
magstrate every our years by free, equal and uni
se:sal ~. age: How Inankiully would they cast
Iepdblfc Of ois, with ali its shoii6
and its disappontlnents, maintain it with their
arms. and cherish it in their hearts, Is it not the
very boon for which they suppcate sod without
ceasng and even wage war, with inteffnissons only
resulting from exhaustion,
How Strange are the times in which we live, The
coming spring season, on. side of the Atlantic,
VIII open on general conflict, waged to obtain,
through whatever Induction, just such system as
ours; and on this side of the Atlantic, within the
same parallels OF latitude, it will open on iraterBal
war, waged IN moment Of frenzied discomfort to
ovel throw and annhilate the same institutions Do
men, indeed, live only for themselves, to revenge
their own wrongs, orto crafty their own ambition
Rather do not men live least of all Tor themselves,
and chiefly for poseriy and for their fellow men
Have tie American people then become all OF q sud-
den unnatural as well as uupatiotic! and will they
disihhellt their children OF the precious estate held
only in trust tor them, and deprive tile wcrd Of the
best hopes it has enjoyed snce the human race be-
gan us slow and painful, set needMl and wisely
appointed progress! tt
Union; but IL is necessary, il not exhaust the ar
gument, at least 10 exhibit the whole casa. The dis
unionists, consciously unable TO stand their mere
disappointment III the recent election have atiemp-
ed to enlarge their ground. More than thirty years
there has existed acousideFabe-though not hereto
fore acknowledgements OF citizens in certain states.
situated near or around the delta OF the Mississippi.
who believe that the Union is less conducive to the
welfare and greatness OF those states than smaller
confederacy, embracing only slave states, would be-
his Class mas asaleu Itself of the discontenie
sulting from the election TO put in operation the
cmnery OF dissolution long ago prepared aud wait
ing only for occasion.
In nfh thno Is rtf,..
want Of sympathy in the free states with the efforts
OF Shareholders Tor the recapture OF fugitises IRON
service In all the slave states there is iestiyeness
resulting from the resistance which has been so de-
terninedy made within the last few years, IN the
free states to the existence OF slavery in the common
territories Of the United States. rhe republican
party, which cast its votes for the successful pres
dental candidate on the ground Of that policy, has
been allowed. practically, Lo representation. no ut
terahce BY speech or through the press i'll the slave
states While Its policy, principles, aud sentiments
aud even its temper have been 80 msre presented us
TO excite appreensons that ii denies important con-
obligations, and aims at interference
with slavery and its overthrow by state authorities
oflntcrvention OF federal government.
considerable masses even in the free states. inter-
ested in the success OF these Misrepresentation
means oil parizan strategy, have lent their synpa-
thy 10 the party claiming to be aggrieved. While
the result OF the election brings the republican party
necessarily Into the foreground nressing olsui0u,
Inc preJholces against them which have described
have deprived them of OF the cooperation vi many
good and patriotic citizens On complex issue be-
tween the republican party and the disunonists, al
though it involves the difest national calames the
result might be doubtful for the republican party
is weak ia large part tthe Union. hut on direct
issus, with all who cherish the Union on one side
and all who desiie its dissolution by force on the
other, the verdict would be prompt and almost
unanimous. desire thus to simplify the ISSUE and
for that purpose TO separate nom 1t all collateral
questions, and releyeit OF all pariizan passions and
consider the idea of the withdrawal of the Gulf
states, and their permanent reorganization with
n n
of advantage to themselves, certainly unwise and
so obviously impossible of execution when the puf-
pose is understood, that dismiss it with the discus
sion that have already incidentally bestowed upon
1t. VA %
The case is different, however, in regard to the
other subjects which have brought in this connec-