Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1861-09-13
EFFECTS OF sUBJUGATIoN.

But if the subjugation Of the South is
desirable or is possible, can the Union
again inclade the Slave States, and the
Constitution once more prove a working
machine? It is, as it seems to US, much
mere difficult to see how this can be, than
to see why, if it is possible, it should &c
sought after at anv cost. But in order to
discuss the point at all, we must take for
granted that the victory of the North in
the battlefield is complete Half measures
and doubtful triumph would necessarily
entail ultimate de1eat, President Lincoln
feels a~d Acknowledges this, He asks for
a supply Jf money and men sufficient to
crush all resistance in the South OF
course he may be mistaken in his calcula-
ton of the relative strength of the South
and North; the South may fight 50 well
that anything Ike suhjugation may be i'm
possible. But if be is right, the North
can and will put DOWN all resistance in the
South and it will then have to hold con-
qucred country. Can this be dong? In
answering this we must take into consid-
Grafton the Immense effect which the con-
sciousness that resistance is hopeless pro
duces on the mind of the diseontented. IF
the South were once convinced that it was
impossible to get out of the Union, and
that to attempt to secede again would be
only wanton sacrifice of property d
life, spirit of acquiescence in an iucvita-
Lle misfortune might begin to display it
self in the South. The natural consequence
would be desire to gain power in the on
" way that would be open to tn m, and as
it is a mode which has so long given them
all they wanted, they might ek once
more to control the Union by gaining
possession Of the authority Of Government.
They would not be like the conquered sub
jects # a conquerlng power that had no
connection with its dependents They
would be once more exposed to a familiar
temptation, and would be lured with tIe
prospects Of office. Since England sue
cceelpd IN convincing Ireland that it was
absolutely impossible that Ireland should
/ be under Il different government iron that
Of England the Irish have learned to put
up patiently with English rule, and have
begun to seek in the artangemeI is tie
I English constitution their best avenue to
I political power, In the same way the
/ South, which can scarcely be more sepa-
rated from the Nor b than the Irish of the
davs OF Emmett were from England, might
be taught by despair. as ireland has been
to take the readiest way of getting a fair
( hearing for its wishes, and might eudeayor
to retrieve in the Council Chamber what it
I had st in the field.
These consl.Iera i,ns may not have u3h
weight in England But they are, w.
think. great enough and ample enough to
account for the energy with watch the
! Government of the North is inclined to
prs secute the war. The e1asperation pro-
/ duced By the manner in which the South
has acted, and the disappointment and hu-
initiation VIII the disruption of the I'm
/ i..n has caused in the breasts of men who
seriously believed that America could fog
tie world" may account for much OF the
4 temporary excitement and enthusiasm that
/ have marked the North since the ian Of
I Fort Surter. But the Presidents mes
sage will convince any impartial man that
there ar serious as well as light reasons,
and noble as well as raltry motives, at
work in the breasts of those who advocate
the policy Of war on the largest pass le
scale As Mr. Lincoln says republican,
ism is on It's trial and is fighting for its ex,
istence; and honest republicans cannot
await the issue with indifference