Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-08
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are ClhIuOitbk hvAs
UnIonism in the South.
The Nashville Patriot reviews the Seces-
sion movement, shows il to be mere usur-
patton, which dares not trust its existence to
a vote of the people, and winds up as follows:
"Thus is the act Of Secession followed up
Thus is a government set up over the heads
| of people who have been taught from their
| infancy their right to frame their own or
eanic institutions. Thus do leaders bear
| sway over their masters. When shall the
end Gomez We profess to know something
| of the Southern heart and Southern freedom,
and Southern pluck. They will not much
| longer submit to the usurpation which is
| established over them. They know their
rights as well of personal freedom as fprop-
| erty. Their leaders have gone about as far
| as thew can with safety. The people will be
| heard, and if not in the voice of the ballot,
which is soft and noiseless as the snow. flake,
they will utter it in the echoes of reVolu-
ton which comes with the voice of seven
fold thunder" 4....
Wewould suggest that tho legitimate Gov
ernment is better than a counter revolution,
to put down the Confederate revolution. If
the Union men of the South want the Con-
federates put down, the best thing they can
do is to proclaim their allegiance to the Gov
erpment, and their determination to stand
by it in all means necessary to establish its
authority.
So far the so-called Union men of the
South have played into the hands of the
Secessionists rather more effectually than
they could have done by joining them.
From the start they put the Government in
the attitude of wrong, and demanded that it
should surrender to rebellion. There has
been altogether too much talk about firing
the Southern heart, if an attempt was made
! to enforce the laws, and driving all the
| Border States to the Confederates. The
Government was called upon to alter its
Constitution in the face of rebellion, and sus-
pend its functions until the insurgents choose
to return.
When the history Of this rebellion comes
to be impartialy written, the historian will
find that nothing strengthened it so much as
the Southern Union men, who cried for con-
cessions and new guarantees; who tried to
drive sharp bargain for their own States
out of Secession, which was most injurious
and dangerous to their interests, thus putting
the Government in the attitude of wrong
destroying its moral power, and paralyzing
its authority.
Now if there are any Union men in the
South, instead of weakening the Govern
ment, and talking of counter revolution, lei
them call on the Government to enforce the
laws and maintain the Constitution, and
pledge it their unconditional support. ThC
Northern slave States have held the fate o
Secession in their hands all the time. s.
far they have promoted it in the most efficien
way possible to them, playing out the exac
programme laid down by the Secession con
spirators.
There is but one way that the Confederate
con be put down; that is by force of arms
J No man of common honesty pretends tha
the Confederate States would return to thei
allegiance for any amendment to the Const
l tuition. The Union can only be restored b
the exercise of the power of the GoverDmen
Is the unionism of the Patriot such that
will support the Government in this2 Thi
is a question it may have to meet soor
With the support of the Border States, c
even of the professed Union men of the BoI
der States, the Government would max
short work of Secession. Probably its mora
force alone would be sufficient to put
down. fit is not put down, or if it cos
bloodshed, it will be because the effectul
support Of the Border States has given th
Confederates strength enough to dare to II
sst the power of the Government