Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-04-17
- From ForneY's Press.l
IRTTER FROM -oceAsIoNALe

~. LETTER FROM OCCASIONAL 2
fes WAsHrseIoS. April 4. 1855.
The Republican party can Be tk'
party Of the soAols eOHntsy. row th6s tn
| DemocracY has fallen into the hands Q
1.-THE Breckinridge leaders. il the Wis
! and weighty .counsels Of such men a
w. PITT FesseDden, Of Msine. and Johl
Shermaa, OF Ohio, are beeded and scss,
kep;i lssy of the Whole country, unles
We acknowledge the justice Of Secession
BY recognizing the theory that the re
volted States are. By the compelled &C
tion of a dominant minority. out sflh,
Union forever; in which case, tbetV oil
Secession domain would reFert tesh
Federal Government, sad The sess %
ject of the war. the restoration Of the
Union, be postponed or defeated. In.
deed, immediate peace, whether honor
able or not, must follow upon the heels
of any such idea as the recognition oI
Secession. by the passage Of law sub
ordinating the seeded States into Ter
ritories. This much, at all events,
seems to be certain: The Republican
party has been most successfully vindi-
Gated against the charge of sectionslism
since Mr.. Lincoln's election to the Pres
idency. Chosen by the Northern
States, his very first act was to prove
his obligations to the whole Union, and
bis friends in Congress have proceeded
upon the same idea. Why should this
vantage ground be lost? The Breckin-
ridge leaders, anxious to recover power,
charge that Mr.. Lincoln and the Re-
publicans do not wish to see the Union
restored. Under this allegation. and
in the midst of loyal professions, they
hide their sympsthies with the traitors
in arms. and awaken partisan prejudices.
The common sense duty is to defeat
this crafty scheme. Remember. il is
not only the highest craftsmanship to
dissipste prejudices against the Repub-
licans in the South, but 10 hold secure
possession Of the confidence OF the North
and Northwest. Divided in the latter.
the Breckinridge organization would
rush in between the contending Repub-
lican factions and reassume its tyranni-
cal and intolerant aseendency. It.msy
be years before the cotton States can be
fairly sealed to the Union; and during
that interval the Republicans should
have all their intelleets and experience
about them, so as to lose nothing when
the time of reunion has arrived.
The passage Of the bill by the SEN
ate, Yesterday evening. to abolish slave
~ in the District OF Columbia, is the
great event Of the session. You must
not be misled by the fact that, because
none but Republicans voted for 1t, there
fore it is obnoxious to those who did
not go for it on the 6nsl vote. With
about four exceptions, nearly all the
favored emancipation here in
some shape. This is certainly true of
Senator Wright of Indiana, Senator
of California. Senator Hen
derson Of Missouri, and Senator Wiley
of Virginia. The colonization policy,
with the able Senator, Mr..
Doolittle, OF Wisconsin. was engrafted
on the bill BY decisive vote-an
that viii be most satisfac-
tory to the President, who is known to
favor this course, having suggested it
in his annual message. The fate Of the
bill in the House is easy to predict, but
the sooner it is passed into law the
better for all concerned. The effect Of
this great act of deliverance will be
most healthy in this country and in the
Old World. 1t shows that the states
men Of our day are not afraid to meet
The issue Of the political campaign, and
the war campaigns; and also that, while
there is every determination to strike at
slavery wherever this can be done,
here is no purpose to exercise doubtful
powers, or TO ignore the constitutional
rights of any portion Of the people.
OccAsl oNAL.