Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-03-16
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! esfg1d Nuitd Re'rOrsnri No step back
wards--was Hampdeo's motto, and verify, It Is
admirably adapted to these times, when compro-
misses and concessions are talked Of as the onIs
means of saving disruption of the Union
which has been projected upon Us by southern
leaders, anxious only for their elevation to pub.
lie Office. NO step backwards" should preface
the actions Of every Northern man, and love
OF country should inspire courage, but, in many
cases, so sadly has man deteriorated from the
principles of our Puritan fathers that a couces4
sion of principles, compromise with oppress
sion, Is preferred rather than to meet The trus
issue boldly, and forever decide It. The work.
inss Of our federal government have been clor1
ged, and the difficulties aggravated By their real
or supposed connection with Slavery, and al
most uniformly these clogs and difficulties, in.
tead Of heing met, have been pot OF by means
oi compromises only to return again after a
short tine and grown ten times more bulky and
burdensome than before. 1t is from pressat
danger alone that compromise can save ne.
md not from that which is likely to come in tie
future whenever any question touching slavery
is agitated. Besides it Is not a nominal com.
promise that the South wants She demands
compromise embodying a concession of prncL
PIES which the North cannot conscieuiousIy
grant. She demands that the republican, partf
recede from their position, ard submit to the
decisions Of the Supreme court and the fugitive
slave act. She demands that certain charters
of the liberties Of free state citizens shall be res
oil H. 6
not complied WITH she will dissolve the Union!
The republican party cannot grant these with.
out giving up the most vital clement 10 is exis-
tence. The southern leaders well know, aud the
very reason Why they have asked this much. is,
although they have reason to believe that Il
will not be granted. they wish the North to be-
lieve that they are scting 10 good faith, and if
the North should comply with these demands.
they will then have secured all they could hope
for, by establishing a separate government--sslf-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and an universal recognition Of
slavery throughout the United States.
The whole scheme of the secessionists can DO
stated IN few words--either to secure these
important concessions on the part of the North
or to establish new confederacy based upcu
those principles for which they are so rigoroos.
y contending. Nor is this suddenly conceive
ed idea. Ever since the admission of Missouri
as slave state, the people at the south hava-
been undergoing process of education which
eminently fits them to participate In treason
against the government. In 1882, 8. Caroline
Issued her nullifying act, and called upon the
other Southern states to support her. 10 1896.
a leading Southern paper published radical dis
union sentiments, but the people we're not ripe
for it. In 1850, eight Southern states resolved
themselves out of the Union, because CaliFor-
MIA was admitted as a free state. And now
again, in l660-6l, the Sonth 6nds herself much
aZgrieved because republican president has
been elected in a contest fairly begun, fairly
carried on and fairly won.
And now it is proposed, not to maintain tho
dignity and authority of the government by
firm adherence to correct principles, and an I'M
hinching application Of the motto which heads
this artcle-but to purchase the allegiancs Of
the South by such terms as would demoralizo
the government, aud annex firmly to it the very
principle we are trying to get rid of. tits pro.
posed to acknowledge the legitimacy of this
rebellion, and all Others which may come after
it to establish precedent for all defeated miu-
critics; to acknowledge the existence of slavery
10 the greater portion of North America, aud
to establish constitutional slave code, by
amending the Constitution so that it shall re-
cognize slavery as existing where 1t does not
now exist, and in our estimation, cannot legally
exist. Aud all this is proposed as the ouy
means Of preserving an Union, which, at such
cost, is not worth preserving This is the
ultimatum TO q continuing in the Union, Of a
principle that is always the bane of its exis-
tenee Incredible as this may seem, it is de.
sired earnestly sought for and may be obtain
ed although the danger in this direction is not
so imminent as some weeks ago.
There is no end to compromise, if we compr6.
mise now. In few years another important
concession will be demanded which if refused.
will: bring on civil war coupled with scenes a
thousand fold more disgraceful than those whieh
are enacted now. But il the government and
public men at the North stand firm, the end
will soon be reached, the futility of secession
seen, and the seeding states will roturn.to their
former allegiance where they have been shelter.
ed and blessed SO long. ~a
VIII not the men at the North think of this 2
viii they not ask themselves If peace can be
bought by bartering away right Shall Ger.
tain form Of government be maintained at the
expense of a surrender of principles which are
its most vital elements 10 oil probability
measure concerning compromise win not be
submitted to the people, as Mr.. LNooLS is ia
favor ofit If this should be the case, let every
man consider well the result, before be polls his
vote in favor Of any compromise. P.lo d.
B6> The editor of the Norwich (Ct.)
Bulletin has sent Jefferson Davis, the PFssi.
dent of the "Six Nations" pen.holder
made from rafter Of the house in which
Benedict Arnold was born. 10 closing the
letter Of preseutati on, the editor says:
II have taken occasion opresent you this
nan holdar nc a relic Whose agsOciatiOng are