Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-23

signs OF the leaders OF the rebellion, and are
bezinniDg TO gain an idea OF the means and
instruments whlsh wereto be, and were, en-
ployed for their accomplishment.
The end In view is--we prefer 10 speak IN
tbe present tense, for we hare no knowl-
edge that Il Is NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.; a
revolution which Is not 10 stop until the
present Constitutional Government shall be
destroyed and another, BY force and usur-
patton, fixed in its place.
The means that were employed at the
South we understand. The revolutionary
spirit there was cultivated openly. In the
cotton States the conspirators had little Diff
Guilty IN putting themselves at the head Of
affairs. There vas no opposition party with
force and influence enough TO render It q sub
ject Of apprehension and they had leisure
enough to give their attention TO the man
seement By means Of the existing party
machinery, Of the other parts Of the Union.
In the Border and intervening States, this
wss easily done. They put their creatures
into Office in North Carolina and Tennessee,
IN Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky and Mis-
souri, and had every reason to believe that
at the fret forcible demonstration, these
States would be prOcipitated, and a general
rising Of their people take place, and pour a
food Of armed revolutionists upon the dis
mayed and unprepared North, by every &C.
cessibis avenue.
The result was delayed, ifnot defeated, by
the sudden rising Of the people of the North,
at the call Of the Executive, aided by a de-
lay occasioned by a few days spent in de-
bate upon the Secession Ordinance in the
Virginia Convention. For the former, the
conspirators were not prepared; and, per-
haps, the former was, to some extent, the
cause Of the latter. But for these causes,
the barbarous and Infatuated troops Of the
Cotton States would be, at this moment, en-
gagged in the mission of teaching us the
lesson of obedience to the DEGREES of a
Southern military dictator.
Had these conspirators believed that the
North was capable of an organized opposi-
ton to their advance, bearing any proper
ton to its numerical force and material re-
sources, this thing would not have been
attempted. They did not believe this; they
were fully convinced to the contrary. They
thought that the North was powerless; was
open to their advances, and that they had
nothing TO do but walk in and take pos
session.
How came they to believe this2 They
were told SO by men who professed. to know,
and thought they did-men who were
among us, of US, holding influential posi-.
tons, working our party wires, sitting at the
head of Conventions, guiding their dslibera-
tons and framing their resolutions.
The story was, that the North was 80
divided upon party issues, and the parties SO
heated with mutual hatreds and jealousies,
that the people could not organize and CO.
operate for the common defense; that any
rising Of the friends of the Government
would be the signal for the rising of its enc
mics TO put it down.
They not only represented this to be the
state of things among us, but they promised
that it should be so. They were not merely
corrupt informers, but active and unscru
pulous traitors. They had pledged, not
merely their countenance, but their co.ope-
ration. They had undertaken to see that
the North was divided; and that any demon
~stration for the Government should be met
by a counter demonstration; and intended to
carry their undertaking into effect. They
were only prevented from accomplishing
their designs by causes beyond their control.
Does any body desire to know who these
men are, or how they are to be found2 Let
him look at the proceedings of the Demo-
cratic party bOdies-in Ohio, for example
since the last Presidential election.
Frustrated by the defeat of their favorite
candidate, disheartened and contemplating
~disbsndment, the opportunity was afforded
for a class of men to rise 10 the leadership,
who certainly, from their late connections,
had not been expected to aspire to such q
position. The public saw with surprise the
heads Of an excommunicated faction take
their places in the front rank of the main
body of the party, recall to order its dispers-
ing elements, put forth new and startling
doctrines for its creed, and to all appearance
start it upon a new era of its history. In
every other respect but the ability to measure
an unknown quantity-the latent patriotism
Of the people of the N~orth--these men failed
in nothing. Their knowledge of the ordinary
springs Of human action, and their skill in
moving and directing the movements of the
masses, can not be too highly admired. The
new life and spirit which they infused into
the party may be judged by the startling
and humiliating result of our own last
municipal election.
As advocates of submission to the South
in the name of conservatism and compro'
mise, they took captive the wealthy, the
merchants, the property holders-an whose
interests are identified with the preservation
Of peace, or To- whom a state Of hostility
would bring distress and embarrassment
The compromises had the majority. Tn,
submission party, to appearance, made AMI
declared the public sentiment, Even th,
Republican p~Fess-the newspapers that hat
supported Mr.. Lincoln--yielded, for q time
to the pressure, drifted into the PREVAILING
current and headed in all directions. Tn
anarchy of opinion was complete and the,
who created it, had many reasons to hop
that when the crisis should arrive, this
anarchy would be reflected in the popula
conduct. @ ~
Could this state Of things have continued
these men wOnld have kept their promise
and would now be in receipt Of their reyar
at the hands Of the agents ofsthe oOnfed
erAoy. The gaIlows and the guillOtine Woul
have been performing the work of mission
mies in the holy cause Of restoring an
consolidating the Union-Alternating, PEI
hapa, with the more energetic apostles II
hmppost and the bowie knife. While the
were fraterniziDg with the lambs of Pres