Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-01-17
Causes and Elects Of the Rebellion In
\ " the Border Etates

causes ana knects Of tho Rebellion In
= the Border statsa
oftbe border STATE. !, may be aid Z" they
have Gown 10 TIE sind ara nov rssrins the
vbisl~ipd." There are sins enoseh lying
at the doors OF the cotton States. every one
knows; yet the completely Of tho border
S,stes In bringing on this rebellion, Ne
think is bu, ,mperfec,ly understood. And
.bsn ~s speak Of the border States. We do
not mean the sscessionists in thc.e States.
bu, the proic~--d Union men. They made
. great and terrible mn'ak. for Themselves.
N. sftcr Lincoln election. they had taken
decided. snms,atahle ground assins, ssccs.
sion and rebellion. there would have been
no REBELLION except in six or seven States.
hot What did they do' They chung TO the
,rainr,. apparently symra,aircd With them.
and during the who'e Of the 81 session 81
the Seth Congress. were foremost IN making
dsmands upon the IRE sA'e. which they
incc never would he complied With. Tn"
led thousand. in the border S'stes to L.
lists something Was wrong: that the South
"a. RICH, and the North in error
Such proportions as the " C'it'snd-n
cpmpromi-s " (.o callei.) we're held ou' %
the people Of the Tree States az - uhimo.
trm,." ami union men in and out Of Con.
rr-.s openly d, elar.d tina, unle.s the" prop
o.iuon. were accepted the Union would h.
dissolved. THIS was MI the traitors could
ask. I, WIS iu.t thu thing they wanted tn
ian secession into Tall flame II had is
effect. and tn border States were driven in.
to the horrible rredicamsnt In which they
now fnd themselves by this clSs Of opera.
tons on the rar, OF the Union men.
The Union men in Congrcs. were actually
made tools OF by the traitors TO do the work
which has been consummA,ei in op.n rebel.
lot. For instance. IL vas well known .,
the time tina, the Cri'tsnden resolutions,
ahout which there has been - much talk,
we're drawn nv Mr.. Breckinridgs. and n,
hi. requcs, odsrcd by Sens,ur Cri',endcn.
Brckinridec !. . traitor nov. and vas one
thin. and At that time sas in full cOmmu.
MON With the JeG Dav,s traitors. planning
and plotting secession.
We have no doubt that mos, q the Union
men we're hrnest IN their attempts n, CON.
promise. They entirely mis'o,k their true
rs,l,cv and found when i, ~. too late 10
repair the evil tia, their cour.e hai done
dreadful work the rebel. had no power to
Do, Had the Union men ~ tie border
State. .e' their face like a a'nt sr,in.' the
howlinss Of traitors not = ,Irel" border
State could have 60, ooi q the Union. ard
there would have hccn ~ war ~ bloroi.hcd
on their .oil The people Of Virginia.
Maryland. Mi-.ouri, and Hsniucty would
all now hsvr hen IN ,hs iull "nnymrn, Of
all tho rich blessing. which the hc.i govern.
men, on carih could hs,io~. Tho war
would have tc~n aSsy down in the cotton
States. ~he'e At really belonged Al the
.sourge. .ith which the Almighty ever If
fictsi sinful mar. APPEAR no~ TO D. .e,il'rg
down like cloud Of death over the border
St-ir.. They have var. r-.,ilsnes .nd
famine their ciiie- are bnrnei their har.
bur. hlpckaIcd and DESTROYED their d~el
lin:. made the hahiiaiion. % the o~l. and
thu bate: their t-autifnl forest. ca, down
and burned their 6rld. dus up Tor in.
rcnchment- ard t,u,ric.: their cattle
.-ii~d and carried "a: their cruy- harvested
BY an enras~i .oldiery. Business Of all
kinds Ia. b-cn destroyed their stores shut
up. want. starvation, and death standing
Ike 80 many grim messengers a, ,h. door 81
slm"., every d~slhng. rhi. !. ~. hitter
harvest che border STATE. ar rrarlng n q
reward tor their inhf,l,y 20 the general
government. What eur-- aud mi.eric.
await then. God only Knows. - TAR "a,
human eye can 80. hurr,hl- ipr'odings shi
~prs, than midnight dars"--- hang over the
iutars Tee, have - 'arH 10 -, rild ard
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