Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-06-12
THURSDAY. JUNE IL, 1909.
what viii be the End of it'

The war against rebellion, which is costing
the nation so much blood and treasure, must
have one of three possible results. 1t will
end either in permanent division of the
Union or in a restoration of the slave pow
er to supremacy in our politics, with the GER
tainty of despotsm of the slavery extrem-
lists that will occasion violence and civil war
for half century or in an determination
of both the secession conspiracy and the cause
OF it.
l. A permanent division of the Union is
nowise likely to be effected. Nobody in the
country, but the secession rebels, desires it;
and only a minority of the traitors themselves
actually intended it, at first Most of them
intended only such revolution would
overturn the federal constitution, suppress
president Lincoln, and establish at Washing
ton a despotic revolutionary government with
JEFF. Davis at its head. They thought it
would be easy to do this because they felt sure
of the support of their old partisan allies
at the north; and nothing but the wonderful
uprising of the northern people prevented the
success of this scheme. Now these bafled
traitors undoubtedly desire to succeed in max
ing their 'ssouthern confederacy" a separate
nation, because its failure will pretty surely
involve them in hopeless destruction. And
their success is desired by British toryism and
by all those in Europe who fear and hate free
institutions. Undoubtedly there is among
certain classes in Europe a disposition to in
terfere in our affairs in such way as will Sc
cure their success but we need not fear it, at
present, and nothing else can for a moment
make such a division of the Union seem even
probable.
2. A restoration of the slave power to des-
potic control ofthe government is much more
to be feared. All through the northern states
there are men who earnestly desire it and who
are doing all in their power to bring it about.
They dare not say plainly what they mean,
but they assail, misrepresent, and libel every
measure or suggestion that would harm slave
ry or weaken its power; they study to get up
issues for discussion that may divide the
loyal people of the north, and prepare
some of them to act with the slavery
extremists when ''the time is ripe" they do
all they can to revive and strengthen old par
tizan prejudices in favor of the slave power
By ''the Union as it was" they mean the
Union with the slavery extremists in control
of the government, annihilatng abolition
lists" crucifying every man who speaks against
slavery, trampling underfoot ''yulgar Yankee
majorites,' using the supreme court to con-
firm and register whatever edicts they may
see fit to promulgate, and doing their will I'M
scrupulously in all respects. These northern
abettors of treason are represented in congress
by Vallandigham and his associates, and their
aim is to bring the war to a close in such
manner as will leave the southern conspiracy
itself entirely unframed. A thorough exter-
mination OF that conspiracy would secure the
safety of the Union, but it would forever
blight the political hopes of these northern
friends of the rebels They have been accus-
toned to thrive by it, and they mean to do so
again, if possible, when the war is over.
But if their purpose could succeed, they
would find it a more inscriptions and re-
lentless master than ever before. Thoughtful
men need not open their eyes very wide to
see that the success of these men would de-
stroy the welfare of the republic and bring
upon it calamities and days of violence and
bloodshed more terrible than we have yet i'm
agined. The rebel conspiracy is many years
older than the war. 1t began to assail the
welfare of the Union years before it bonn
barded fort Sumter. This war, which is only
one of its many undertakings, shows the real
character of its Internal enmity to republican
institutions. Could it now return to power in
the Union and make another Buchanan pres
ident, it would without the least scruple take
measures to keep possession of power until
dislodged by another civil war in which it
would have the patriotism of the country at a
great disadvantage. 1t is the first step that
costs, and it has taken that step in the way of
violence. Suppose could by compromises
and concessions hire the secession leaders to
disbapd their armies, repeal their secession
ordinances, and come back into congress and
control of the government, does any sane
man believe that this would give us peace and
security! There can be no safety for us in
any termination of the war that does not ex-
terminate them and make another such race
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3. This bloody struggle with treason should
result in nothing short Of a complete destruc-
ton of both the conspiracy of the rebels, and
OF the baleful cause of it. The loyal people
of the country did not seek this strife. 1t has
been forced upon them. But now that we
have such work in hand, let us do it so
thoroughly as to leave no part of it to the
next generation. 1t is our duty now, not only
to crush out this rebellion, but also to make
the republic safe for those who come at
ter us. 1t is the slave power that has
trained the rebel leaders to hate repub-
lican institutions and made them capa.
bic Of organizing such a conspiracy. 1t is
the slave power that has made for them the
semi-barbarous social system which has given
these traitors such control of the southern
people. This power, which breeds treason
ana Is every way so disastrous to the we'll
being of the nation, must be struck down and
made incapable Of further mischief. And we
oelleve this will be done. No other possible
result OF the war seems so sure. The north
ern politicians to whom, we have referred.
VIII do what they can to revive the dving
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