Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-06-17
In the Uniop, and Yet ut War WIN the
Government.

Missouri has not seeded from the Union,
nor as Il State, done any act to indicate her
desire to dissolve her connection with the
loyal States; and yet, Missouri, by the act
of her Governor and Legislature, is at war
with the National Government. The recent
proclamation Of her Governor, while pro
Tossing loyalty to the Union, is equivalent
to declaration of war against il; and thus
we have, besides, a state Of active hostilities
with section which has revolutionized an
intestine strife in portion Of that which
nominally remains. ....-.. ......
This war against the Union, in the name
Of the Union, is the most dangerous compile
cation of our national affairs; because it is
the signal and initiative of party strife at
home, whose tendency will be to weaken,
and perhaps to paralyze the power of the
National Government Holding the rela-
tion of foreign enemy, there is nothing
wanted but armies and military power to
dispose of the Confederacy; but here is foe
to be met not only in the field, but in the
balls of legislation-an enemy that by
means of party affiliations and agitations
can make itsef f felt in Congress, to sow dis
sention, excite suspicion, and second the
foreign by the distractions of domestic
contest.
1t is easy to see in several of the journals
Of the Democratic party, disposition to
take sides with the Governor of Missouri
against the Government at Washing
ton. They do not, of course, as yet
sanction, in direct terms, his treachery
and rebellion; but they, nevertheless,
make the same issue that he does, and
by which he seeks to justify his conduct
that the agreement which he made with
General Harney has not been observed by
the Administration. 1t is assumed that
through the agency of that officer the Gov.
ernment conveyed away its paramount au
thority over the State of Missouri and that
in disregarding his contract, it is guilty of
an unconstitutional act of oppression and
| tyranny.
1t will not take long-if Claiborne F.
Jackson is not captured and hanged, in the
mean time-to transform him, in party par
! lance, into a true friend of the Union, in
which case the Government will stand for
its enemy. His prosecution will be es-
teemed persecution and the fact will stand
among others to make up sum total of
charges against the Administration, upon
the strength of which it will be easy, if not
to array reason, to excite prejudice.
1t is through instrumentalities like these
| .Lot tls ob;ofs of 4ha Nanfadaracv ara ahle
still to play party game in the loyal States,
and keep alive the hope to tie the hands Of
the Government through its subjects while
they make war against it as enemies. The
people of the loyal States are not all loyal
We have a class of party journals among us
which find that every thing done by the
Administration is either contemplate OF
tyrannical. They profess, of course, great
loyalty; but thousand open enemies are
not half so dangerous as their friendship,
TIE extent of their influence it is impossible
to measure, but it is not difficult to be seen.
1t is felt as deadening moral atmosphere in
the community, demoralizing one in the
camp, and it may be source of division and
defeat in the army. In short our Govern
ment is in imminent danger of a party " fire
| in the rear" more ominous to its cause than
| all the enemies that stand before it.
Its true course for the Government in this
exigency is to go forward to follow the ad
vice of the Irishman at Dsnnybrook, and
"strike wherever it sees head" For every
enemy stricken down in the field, traitor
will expire at home. "Put on all the power,
and make short work, should be the motto.
There is nothing that the secret enemies
dread so much as the killing of the open ones.
Dispose of Mr.. jefferson Davis and his con-
federates there will in few hours deny that
they ever heard of him.