Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-11-12
VOL 9---NO. 49.

I'siHv Tor l iai- And AGAIN. II, l,;s .,,,-,
( OF November, 1893. hc saw:
- his WAN, Of troops, 10 give res,sona-
Die security 10 our citizens in distant set
'l1IneniS, nclu',ing cIni9Ts.n,s on the plains.
( can ~s',Ic.-ly be too strongly stated. hut
! VIII only add, that "a Cfen ~ we havc
been Obliged i' Withdraw troops from one
frontier GO reinforce another. ;I.. y-,.,ls,,,I
points l.tyr h-cn instantly attacked ~,
Threatened with Formidable iuya,i,,-,
These - views" OF General scott aybi-
blt ihe crude notions then prevailing even
among Intelligent and patriotic men on
tins subject oi secession In the .ir>r S..,,-
tence the General. whilst STATING ti,,t
" TO SAY time the right of secession may,
"n conceded, yet Immediately savs .-tllis
l. Instantly balanced bv tie oorr-la,iy.
right ON the part uf the Federal Govern
nieiii against sn interior State or Slafes Ia
re-esii'bilsh hy force. II necessary. III for
mer continuity q territory For tbis
he clios, "Pley's Moral and Political
i'liil1~uPhy. la~t chapter If NAV l.,
there, Lut | have been unable 10 ind II
" ini~s Il Il difficult 10 ascertain his pre-
ci~e meaning IN this passage. he r.nd.rs
what he did not mean quite cleaI. in his
supplementary views In tbes, ba
SAYS: - II viii bc seen tl.atthe s.yi,,-.-,
oniv apply 10 "a case uf' secession rI,,t
makes a gap In thc present Union. Tn.
failing of >;'v OF Texas. OF Of an The Al
lantic Siate-. from the Potomac Soprb
ilGe very ,hin- which has occurred. 7 was
nri within the scope of General S,ott's
provisional remedies that Is 10 say. to
establish 10y force, II necessary. tll, con-
timuiiy of our territory In hi< views,
.c also states a. follows: but br,,aI,
this glorious Union bv whatever line or
lines that political madness may contrive.
;Dmd There would br no hope OF recr,Iilina
the fragments cxcep. bv the i;,. r,,tioT,
and de>poti>In of the sword. To effect
such q. result the intestine ,v5lr, of ,,,r
Mexican ncighbor> would. IN comp,rison
10 oUr-, SiIik into mere clild's pl-v.~ In
the Generals opinion. "a smaller evil
ltlian these intestine wars would H.. 70
allow the fragments OF the .Iya, Reyrblic.
TO form themselves into new ConE.Jare-
csr>, probably four H then r.,iu,S c,,.
what ought To i, the boundaries I,etve,,,
the nrw Unions and n the end Of each
-"2~ - far a even 10 Indicate tie cities
which ought 10 be capitals uf' the thr.e
first on this side of the Rocky Mountains
10 Wit. 'ColWmbia. South Carolina =
- Alton or Quincy, Illinois, and Alh1-
nv, New \ ORR" excluding WASHINGTON
CITY altogether. This Indication of c-,n;-
tai contained I'm ihe original BOW in my
possession, l. cJrgiallS,v emitted In the
version published in the National IntalIi-
@cncvr- IL deSi2nates no capital for the
fourth mon on gh- Pacific Tn. r.,d-r
viii jUl-e what encouragement th..-e
view, proceeding from 20 distinguished :,
source must lislye afforded 10 the Secsss-
ionisi> o: the Cotton States.
| t-rst | have SAID enough and NOR.
than enough 70 convince every mind why
| did np:. with Il force Of five conpapirs.
attempt 10 reinforce Forts jackson and
81 Philip, or the Mississippi Fort Nor
can. below Mobile. Forts Pickens and
NlcCr-c, IN Pensacola Iiarbor. Fort Pu-
lsssNi, below Savannah Forts AIo,,ltr;e
:lnl Sump;er. Charleston HarI,or. ana
For, Monroe, in Virginia,
Thraa -.yieyv~.'' both original and SIM
Elementary, were published lev General
a.Nel
uary IS. 1861, NJ the In0>i important
ami critical period of the Administration.
Their publication. NJ that time. could do
m7 pa>Sibc good. and II might 20 much
harm. 10 have published them without
Ile Presidents knawl-lEe and consent
WAS a~ much in violation OF The Sacred
con:i.' .'eace which ought 10 prevail b.
tween tine commanding General of the
army and the Commander-in-cliief as II
would have been for the Secretary o. War
to publish tise same document without t;s
autharity.-Nha hat Is of more importance,
their publication was calculated iniur7ouslv
"a affect the compromise measures then
pending before CongI1->z and iLe country,
and To encourage the Sece~SioIi>is In their
mad and wicked atteInI,; 10 shatier the
Union into fragments. For the great re-
STect which | then entertained for The
General. passed II over IN silence
II l. worthy of remark that soon after
the Presidential election representations
OF what thes views ''vi,,vS'' contained. of
more or less correctness, were unfortun
ately circulated. especially throughout the
Sonth. The editors of the - National In
teliieoncer' IN ASSIGNING a reason for tkeir
publication, state that both in public
prints and in public speeches illusions had
been made TO them, and some misappre-
bcil~ions Of their character had GOT abroad
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