The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1862-07-30

never to live in republic whereof one
section is pinned to another by bayonets
-Neio York Tribune, Nov 9, 1860.
eff the cotton States unitedly and earn
estly wish to withdraw peacefully from
the Union, we think they should and would
be allowed to do so. Any attempt to COM
pei them by force to remain would be con-
trary to the principles enunciated in the
immortal Declaration of Independence,
contrary to the fundamental ideas on
which human liberty is based. .''-NeU
York Tribune, November 26, 1860.
eff it 1.-THE Declaration of Indepen-
dence] justified the secession from the
British Empire of three million colonists
in 1776, we do not see why it would not
Justify the secession of five million south
erns from the Union in 1861 ~. York
Tribune, Dec. II, 1860.
,"We have repeatedly said, and we once
more insist, that the great principle en-
bodied by Jefferson in the Declaration of
American Independence, that Govern
ments derive their just power from the
consent of the governed, is sound and just;
and that, if the slave States, the cotton
States, or the Gulf States only, choose to
form an independent nation, they have a
clear moral right to do so.'
"Whenever it shall be clear that the great
body of the southern people have become
conclusively alienated from the Union,
and anxious to escape from it, we will do
our best to forward their views. .'-Ne,o
York Tribune, Feb. 23, 1861.
Views similar to these were entertained
and advocated by the State Journal and
Cincinnati Commercial, leading RepubG-
can papers in my own State; and when the
Tribune, i'll February, 1861, declared that
''we will do our best to forward their the
secessionists views we here day, in
view OF the measures advocated by that
Journal, and passed and sought to be
passed by this Congress, can say that the
best has been done by them '.to forward
the views y of the rebels that could be
done under the circumstances. -
| desire to make one other extract from
the speech of my colleague, Mr.. EDaER-
/ TON, I and then / close with his disserta-
4 ton on the Democratic address:
"Who knows the exultation and the
Ny with which this Democratic, address
was read in the camps of the seeessionists?
Who can describe the thrill of delight
which ran through the ranks Of the fol-
! lowers of JEFF Davis when they read that
4 address, and found, while there was no
4 condemnation of the rebellion, there was
I better denunciation of the true men OF
the North and of Mr.. Lincoln's admins
!, tration? Who can tell how that address
animated the hearts and strengthened the
arms of the rebels to strike another and
: more deadly blow at the hearts of ou,
!, brothers and sons? Who can deny that
the whole tenor and effect of this address
instead of striking at the traitors, is te
bolster up their cause, and to strengthen
their hands against the Government
, The gentleman. has drawn upon his i'm
5 agination for number of questions, t(
I which he has youchsafed no answers, wei
knowing he, could give none satisfactory
' to- himself without gathering them from
the same fruitful source-his Imagination
could say, with much more truth ant
q force, that in that address the leaders o
! the rebels see the downfall of their MAJ
. and wicked schemes, for it says to all thei
q deluded followers, as well as to all the peo
pie, North and South, there is party il
T the country who desire the restoration 0
!, the Union as it was, and the maintenance
i, of the Constitution as it is; who say s'tha
) this war is not to be waged on the part o
: the Government in any spirit of oppres
: sion, nor for any purpose OF conquest o
: subjugation, nor for the purpose of over
= throwing or. interfering with the rights o
: established. institutions of the States, bu
to defend and maintain the supremacy 0
d q the Constitution, and to preserve the Uniol
y ! with all the dignity, equality, and right
= of the several States unimpaired, and tha
, as soon as these objects are accomplishe
the war ought to cease. When the mas
:. ses OF, the southern people become salts
y fed that these are the objects of the wa
: and of the northern people, then, indeed
l may jeff Davis and the leaders of th
rebellion tremble; then will his delude
d followers hurl from power their wicke
% leaders, and return to their allegiance be
! meath the ample fold of the stars an
N stripes. a.. Bssvs8 $780,
j Sin, let me propound few interrogatt
is fies. ssWho knows the exultation and jo
- with which abolition speeches are g .rea
- int the camps ofthe secessionists," enablin
N their leaders to say to the soldiery, sshel
!, issforeshadowed the policy to be pursue
- by the Republican partya' "Who can de
:. cribe the thrill of delight which rul
le through" the hearts of jeff Davis and h
> rebelcongress when they hear ofour ema1
: cipation acts and say, this is but the b
J, ginning of that general emancipation whit
10 Iegitimately follows Republican rule
Who can tell how the declaration of r
ii publican members, that either slocery or &
RI Union must perish, y s'animates the hear
u and strengthens the arms of the rebels
- strike another and more deadly blow at Il
e hearts of our brothers and sons?'" WI
!, can deny that the whole tenor and effe
" of" our Legislation, ''instead of striking
the traitors, is to bolster up their cause al
IT. strengthen their hands against the Cover
he ment," by enabling them to say, sin this
I'm that speech or resolution or bill or law,
be it boldly claimed that we of the South a
'r- to be utterly subiugated, held and go
= erned as conquered provinces, the lives
ny all our male citizens sacrificed upon t