The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1861-01-30

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of the conservative and restraining p,w r
O. moral prime pe-if there is majority
in the +, bclious States, made up of poll
ticians SO ambitious, and Il p'lu acc so
ignorant nnl infatuated, as 10 overlook
all no1lcr considerations, there is ono
which they cannot be SO blind as TO fail
to perceive; the cost in blood and treasure
of such war, and the fixed certainty of
utter, ignomn;mious defeat.
/ 1t is not ncces$aryto 90 into statistics
to prove this. Every school boy ur.der-
stands tue relative resources and power
of the Slaveholding and Mons avcholdng
states, and the disparity is so great that
an appeal to arms, would be madness,
while the strong arm of the North would
be nerved by the conviction that it was
raised in the defence of Law, and Order,
and t hopes Of Freedom every where.
The Sbuth has no trusr fr,enl than
DR.. o. w. HOLMES. He has paid clio
quent tribute to its chivalrv and its so.
cill virtues, and yet i'll that Song of the
loyal North" whose musical caLences are
now ringing through the land, he notes
her comparative weakness, and says:
"GoIhelp them ifHc tempest sw,ngs
Tn pine against The paIn'
"The wolf does not come to the mas
tiff for mutton" Whit the belIigerent
States need to know TO, day, is that the
"loyal North" will fight in the defence Of
the Government and with that knowl
edge all danger of a collision would cease
And this fact is rapidly being learned.
1t is becoming manifest that the North
is not vet drilled into abje,t submission
that her devotion to trade and the indus
t"ies and arts Of peace have not unncrv-
ed her hand for the weapons of war
that she understands that the source Of
all prosperity is in Government firmly
based upon the foundation Of just Au-
thority, and that she Is resolved TINT that
foundation shaH not be Destroyed
In view of this spirit, we arprchend
no danger from the present revolt. The
incoming Administration, we doubt not,
will be equal to the emergency
in which it will be placed. 1t will assert
and maintain the authority of the Fe1er-
al Government in all the States of this
Republic, and will claim and obtain, by
force if need be, all forts and other prop
erty belonging to the United County,
In carrying out this policy, there may be
recourse to arms but it will be brief
and exceptional, and we have no fears
that general civil war will ensuc.
In the present state of affairs, we see
nothing but encouragement for those
! who effected the election of Mr.. LINCOLN.
/ Slavery and Freedom may exist together
| for time, but both cannot be paramount.
/ Ia the past, by system Of willy tactics
and bullying threats, tic Slave Power
! has controlled the Government, but is
! power is gone. It's banners that have
. ioatcd in triumph are furlcd forever.
The present uproar which fills the land
is not the voice of conscious power, but
the clamor Of felt and appreciated weak
ness. 1t presages moi the death Of the
Republic, but the doom Of a system
which las been its bane. We are now
passing throueha crisis from which will
date brighter era. We may now safe,
Z " pronounce Freedom National, Slave
! ~ Sectional" And Will, the Republ-
can party does not propos, to interfere
with Slavery in the State where it exists,
it may congratulate itself on fastening
/ forward the time when this cause of our
! d:scord-this incubus OH our prosperity
this blot on our fame this stain on
civilzation-this disgrace to our christi
anity, will Leput in course of ultimate
extinction.