The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-04-12

separating hhn before Can eNene Z.
make treaties easier than friends can
make Jaws Can treaties Be more fifth
fully enforced between aliens than laws I
among friends Suppose you 90 to war,
you cRnnst Eight always, aud when, amer
much loss on both sides aud no gain on .
either, you cease sighting, the old identi- 4
cal questions os 10 terms Of Intercourse
arc again rpon you"
But il may be said that we cannot gov.
sru a conquered poople--that it's against
tho spirit Of our institutions to do co.
But J say that all history proves that con-
qusred people are governed. The spirit ]
Of our Institutions l. that a majority Of
the people shall govern. The secession /
States deny the right Of the majority to I
rule. IL We once admit that minorities
may rcvolutionizs at every defeat In an
election, the government Of tho people /
is at an end. Anarchy aud despotism
I will prevail five enforce tho laws, the |
secession States will soon return cordial.
1 " as a part OF the Union. Shay's re-
bcllion Of 1887 was put down b. force,
yet Massachusetts did not continue hos.
tile 60 the Union Tho "Whiskey Re
bollisn" Of Pennsylvania was crushed
out by coercion; but the keystone State
Is loyal 10 tho Union. In ls32 South
] CorolinR Notification was monaeod with
coercion, but that State until recently
lived pcaceably In the Union. The Dorr
T rebellion OF 1898 vac put down by force
by President Tyler by advice Of John c.
Calhoun, yet her people do not contRuc
y. hos,ilo 10 the Union. And 40 Il would
he if we conquer secession. Men are
governed by their interests, aud with the
\ Union sentiment OF the Sputh--with the
sympathie5 Of the world against Disun-
ion, with the blessings which the Union
has sonforred, and will confer, a tempe
rary compulsory submission will soon be-
, come cordial aud lraterlRl. ...,
But whom Il Ia demonstrated that no
e Reasonable tim viii, 2 store atsrnal re-
, lotions, thon and not TIL then should wo
[, abandon the hope Of Union.
In such contest success could not be
. doubtful. The seven secession States
q have a white population or three mill
d ions, and thsremoining States twent-dyo
millions With this vast prepondcrapes
1. Of numbers, war could neither be pro-
! longod nor terrible, Upon this question
p the North muat be practically united In
opinion, There could be at least no re.
sistNncc here TO tho vernmept. The
war oCindopondonoo and the war OF 1912
were successful, though largo miEcr,ties
% and even States wero opposed TO both
I The South is by no means united. Un.
s der tho banner Of the Union wo couli
3 march TO certain victory, and a united
{ people would again shout
Forever Goat that standard sheet
Where brChthes the foe but falls before us
) With Freedoms soil beneath our feet,
, And Freedom, banner streaming o'rl
I, US !"
= No nation has ever existed without force
Government is an institution Of God, Rnt
, must be maintained.
- Nor can we, amer just forbearauee
I with Reasonable guarantees for existing
. Constitutional rights, even while we
: sur, ,rendor no principle, approhsnd re-
! sis unce or further secession In tho SlavS
States which yet acknowledge allegiance
10 the Union. IL all the Slave States
p were united, their eight millions Of peo-
% pie cannot desire war in view Of the dan.
r gerous presence Of four millions ofslayes
- Their policy, and ours, is peace, fraterni.
c ty, protection. Senator Johnson, oi
o Tennessee, only few days since, said
I that he could GO to the people Of that
j'-tq with tho recent acts Of Congress
: in mn hi, hand, hands, ifaid s,Sif BY Republican
Congress, organizing the t6riiGts,ss t,s'Ss SsaS, -,
T, Colorado, Nevada, and Docotah, with no
restrictions therein against slavery, and
he could guarantee the aid OF Tennessee
: In behalf Of the Constitute tho Union,
and the Enforcement Of the L,ws. But
/ do not apprehcnd a war Of land forces.
p The necessity for il viii never rise -
Aud ifpublic opinion would never in any
= event justify or sustlin coercion, as
: measure Of last resort, then only would
d | yield TO the fatal necessity Of consent
! ing to dissolve the Union.
p | appeal to Northern Democrats to
know il they will sympathise with Sc
] cession, or consent TO dissolution. The
Democratic party was a united, powerful
Z Organization. In 1850 that great party
| held its National Convention at Charles
ton TO nominate a candidate for the Pres
idoncy. Northern Democrats demanded
Douglas and Popular Sovereignty. Rath-
er than yield to this, the 'fre-eaters' ssee-
ded from the Convention, destroyed the
Democratic party, defeated Douglas aud
humiliOtod tho Northern Democratic
81 itlt, I know you will not iulther hu.
initiate yourselves BY giving aid aud
comfort t1 treason.
The South demanded the Missouri
Compromise Of 1920; the Nullihcation
Compromise Of 1888; tho war with Mex
icoi the Compromise Measures Of 1850;
the repeal Of the Missouri Compromise
in 1854; and the North freely gave them.
But we cannot consent to dissolve the
i Union.
There is but one safe poliry-tho will
I Of the people expressed In the Constitu-
uonal form must prevail, or the rule Of
minority becomes tyranny. The success
Of any political party is no cause for
dissolving the Union. Douglas declared
tn e in his Norfolk speech, and reeaRtly
repeated Il In tho Senate.
This is a vital principle Of free govern.
ment. We enjoy our political privileges
on condition that we permit Others 10 do
the same. -Four years hence, IL the peo-
pie should elect Douglas, il will be the
duty Of Republicans TO submit. and II
necessary, to fight for his Inauguration,
and to maintain the Suthority Of HE Ad.
ministratiOn. For one, / am ready 10 DO
50; and this is the duty Of every patriot.
But Il may be said we should consent
to a division Of the Union 10 avoid war.
II this be so, we must consent to every
formidable demand for future division fIr
tho same reason.
But dissolution viii not bring peace
II we maintain the Union and conquer
/ a peace, then we have peace and Union
forever But dissolve the Union peaeea-