Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-02-01
Disanion Boldly Proclaimed.


and comment, last evening, in the political cir
cles Of this city.
The Csu.msrcieI. which at all times acts IN
harmony with the views and opinions OF Gov.
CHasr; Is at the head Of the LINCOLN press OF
Ohio. and the article has Significance ard
bearing, reaching far beyond the mere opinions
of the editor Of that paper.
1. sets out with the declaration that the SEN
timent of the North, which but short time
aimee vesl 90 unanimous "for the preservation
of the Federal Union" 'exists no longer
That "a revolution in the public sentiment Of
tue free States has been accomplished within
si ixty days" and that it is not nO'o 'he settled
op;nioa Of ths people of the NOrh, thai our Ftds.
raj Union must be preserved at all haEards."-
Il declares that the disunion sentiment OF the
Gulf States, and the universal endorsement IN
the Border States "of the inadmissible demands
upon the North.' and the action of Virginia
and Kentucky, and their pledge to resist all Ex'
ecu.ive efforts to preserve the integrity and the
honor Of the Union, "have not fred the North
ern heart, but have chilled it." The. Commercial
then says:
We say to the gentlemen Of the border slave
States, that they mistake US, If they suppose
We hold union with the dsunionlsts to be more
desirable than the preservation OF our own man
hood, Gentlemen, your doctrine OF contingent
disunion, as thrust upon US, is worse than dis
union per &c. Political capital enough has been
mode out of the Union sentiment of the North,
koa cd in furfhqr If the
union OF the sections can only be preserved by
the submission OF the majority 10 the minority
section, II the Union is to be forever contingent
upon thepolitical subjugation OF the whole coun-
srv n the master class of the South; II the Oon-
stitution is to be first interpreted and then
amended at the call Of the politicians OF Sec
tion - according 70 their abstract theories
and insane psssons - all that is excellent
about the Union is at an end, and the
sooner we recognize the fact the better. Gen.
tlemen of Virginia and Kentucky, there will be
no coercion. Set aside all fears on that point.
We could and would readily sacrifice men and
money by thousands and millions, to put down
factions, to vindicate the Government against
mobs; but we do not want to conquer people,
and We viii not try to do it. The magnificent
outlines Of the American Republic have been
contemplated by US with pride-but We would
We would stand by the Union still, if you would
permit rs. We would observe every stpula-
tion of the compact our fathers made, wherein
Won have guarantees that it were lunacy for
Won 10 sacrifce, IL you would do the same. But
If you will have it so-the Union must be dis
solvcd.
The Grittenden Compromise is an impossi-
bility,f and those who insist upon IL as the only
escape from disunon, are annihilatng the last
hone Of saving the Union. The Republican
party is on the eve Of becoming the Administra-
ton party. The necessity that 1t should take
an Affirmative and conciliatory position ia rec.
ognized by all It's statesman-like leaders and
reasoning masses. The nearly two million
votes cast for its candidate for the Presi'
dency, meant precisely this: That the General
Gepernment shoHh no loaser be The implement Of
the sausry pYopogandists, and employed to increase
their politieal poioer. This is simply what the
election of Mr.. Lincoln means. Those who
voted for Mr.. Lincoln cannot consent that
his election shall be made a pretext for
the amendment of the Constitution, so as
&, defeat the very purpose they had in vo-
tinR for shIm. The Crittenden Compromise
pledRse tho protection Of slavery in the
only territory where there is possibility of its
existenee, and in all territory to be acquired
South. Il would therefore inaugurate system
Of flibustering for the extension of slavery,
and hold the Government bound by the Its Or
eanie law to protect slavery in all conquered
territory. Let il be understood at once in the
slave siates--those on the border as well as
those on the gulf-that the North never will
consent 10 this-never. II Virginia, and Ken
tucky, and all the rest Of the slave States, are
only waiting to see whether the Crittenden pro-
position will be accepted by the North, We as.
sure them there is no chance whatever OF its ac-
eeptance. II is an impossibility, and they might
- well make that fact q stand point now. IL
this is dsunion--we have only tolsayIwe are pro-
foundly sensible of the solemnity Of the fact
and intensely sorry for it, but cannot help 1t.
There will be no coercion and therecau be no
compromise, according to the Commercial, and
therefore "the Union must be dissolved" We
have in this article of the leading LINCOLN pa.
per Of the North West, o true index to thesen-
timsuts, views and wishes Of the chief Repub
ilcal managers, in all the Northern States
mot, however, the result Of revolution In their
opinions brought about in the last sixty days.
but that which they have been secretly, though
diligently laboring for, from the day their party
was frst organized until the present hour.
They are now and have been heretofore, dis
unionIsts, per %, although unwilling to honestly
and eapdidIy admit the fact. The ruling men
in that party, are as ardent disunionists as
RHkrr and YAncT, and all that school Of ex-
tseme Southern politicians, and they only seek
the occasion which they pretend 10 find in the
ahticn Of the Border States, all os whom desire
70 preserve the government, by some terms of
honorable compromise, asa pretext for aban--
aoning the Union, and declaring in favor Of its
diisolution. The Commercial in the article re-
fsrrsd to. hypocriticslly says:
The question ecmes--it Is asked every hour
ana is pertinent every bour-what would the
Republicans do TO save the Union7 what would
everybody In the North do to preserve or restore
the integrity Of the Union? We answer, all things
that would become men. Party ties are nothing
In spch crisis. Perish all parties and all those
missrable platforms, which are but expressions
Of the cunning Of the class of professional poll.
ticIins who operate 10 conventions. Bot there
ere instinctsof manhood that cannot and must
m.t be put down. y ~ ~ ~ &s
The idea Of the Republican party abandoning
principles d well calculated to create a smile.
What principles has Il to abandon2 Are they
70 be fopnd nthe Chicago platform. and If SO,
what ars hey. Or what are tho principles or
plasfens Of any party, when compared TO the
unlon, aod the unity Of che States IN ono Cen
srsl 7overnnsnt I This idea Of abandoning
princlpIes and the instincts o. manhood. Il sheer
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