Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-23
ANEW BhsIahd view Of the Present Crisii
The Boston Mass. y Journal observes:


The manner in which Present Lincoln
meets the crisis must CRAFTY every lover Of
his country In the reply made to the Vir-
ginia delegation, the sentiments Of the In
angural are restated with emphatic force,
a0d with a aclearntss that leaves no ground
for misapprehension. Bis determination to
maintain the Tightful supremacy OF, the Gov
eminent Is explicit-and his purpose not to
exceed his powers in any particular is
equally explicit. The people of Virginia
and OF the other border States have now the
policy OF the Governmsnt plainly mapped
out before them. They can not gainsay its
legality and strict justice; and, in view Of
the assault already opened by the traitors,
they can not deny that this policy must be
put into vigorous action, if we are to have
any Government, any Union, any country
left. They must choose their attitude
quickly--and we trust they need no more
time for debate.
The Presidents proclamation is the me-
eessary sequal of his declared position, and
the prOmptness with which il is issued is an
inspiring indication of his fitness for the
crisis This, too, is as plain as any docu-
ment could well be. The President tells the
people, as his "rightful masters" just who
the authors Of the present national dangers
are, how many troops he wants to repel
their attacks now begun, and in what man.
ner they will be used. He appeals to all
loyal citizens to aid him in the great duties
OF the crisis, comprehending the redress, as
he well says, of "wropgs already long
endured" While declaring his purpose to
use his authority as fOrbearingly and hu-
namely as possible, he properly commands
the participants in reasonable combinations
to withdraw from their guilty pursuits
within a specified time. All sections and
elements of our people are thus addressed in
fitting terms, and invoked to the perform
ance of their national duties. Congress is
summoned, with signal appropriateness to
meet Oh the 4th Of July next that the asso-
Citations of our birth as a nation may inspire
toward its deliYerance from menaeed de-
struction. ...f. ~.
So far as we can Judge from the signs
brought to the surface by the present in
tense excitement, the country responds to
the President in the full spirit of his request.
| Troops are already offered, and it is proba-
| BILE that much more than the desired quota
| will be rendered as soon as the forms can be
complied with. The masses of all parties
coincide with Mr.. Douglas and Governor
Sprague in rallying to the energetic support
of the Government. The commercial inter
ests, the latest to cling to peace, are now the
most united on that patriotic course of ac-
tion by which alone permanent peace and
order can be restored. So far, the voice o.
Maryland is for the Union; and notwith.
standing the noise of the Secession nest al
Richmond, the Virginia Convention seems
not to be shaken from its propriety. There
is, in fact, more TO be hoped for than dreaded
from the Border States as body, because
the guilt of the Secessionists is now obtru.
sively before the world, and because the
glorious unanimity which now throbs be-
tween the Government and the people is 81
| hao NhrT nd I'd rtrwl1N al "a
not well be resisted by every man who car
| ries an American heart in his hnsnm