Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-02-07
How % Put Down the Rebellion.
Esirsds fpmfh, Speech NJ Hcs 7aoddaD
Seren,. ef Psnn,y'ran,a.

about peace an sixty days are shallow states.
men. when. again ash. ~'ll this war b"
ended can venture To answer that u
will not cnd until the Government sball
more fully compr, bend the magnitude al
the crisis until they have discovered that
this IL an iniernecine var IN which one
party or the other musi be reduced 10 hope.
lee f,ebleness. aud the power Of further
effort shall be utterly annihilatd. This 10
q cad but true alternative. The South can
never he rciuc~d 20 that condition 30 long
o. the var 10 prosecuted IN lie prv-eni p'in'
c,ples. The North. With it, twenty millions
of fre,men. with it, couptlcss wealth, its
indus,r,ou. people. and it, fertile soil. never
can conquer the South until a new mode OF
warfare .. adoptci. You may rai-e lager
armies, you may gain taiile alter hatils !;
you may o,errun much OF their territoty {.
you cannot hold ~ When the WIN
Ter fro.- have ceased to purify the air, and
the Gun pour. down his burning rays. your
arm,es. accustomed - Northern chms'e..
must retreat or perish before the malaria 81
their ric.,. tcl. and dismal swamps. The
enemy will rrposscss their lands the pro
,.c,inr summer will enable them 20 culti.
t,sais their hslds. replepish their rrnnari's,
and raise cotton a. furnish them the s,ne~s
0, war. 81 long as they are let, the means
OF cui,ivatinr their deids through forced Ia.
Dor. YOU may ,Ipcnd the hlood 81 ten. Of
thousands oi !r,cncn and billions OF money,
year after year. allboai beng any n,af,r
the sul, uuioss you reach ~ by your own
submission, the ruin VI the nation. and the
destruction 1T con-,i,u tional irc-siom Their
domestic institutions give them great adj
yanIagss over ths Free State IN time oi war.
They need not ADD 10 not withdraw s,ngle
han! from the cultivation OF the .OL. Their
lreemen never lalor Every ahlr.h,ficd
White man can - spared ior the army
The aged AID The hhTm c.n -u'y Ut hop,
and Oversee the slaves. aud al their Indus
trial rur-uits b. uninterrupted Although
the black man nr,er lifts weapon, be i.
REALLY th- maIn-stay Il the ssr.
The NOTIh. w,,h iseaty isIll,on. ~ irce-
men, cannot spare much over Que iOuIih oi
their able hOdi,i men Tor the VAR The
agricultural, mechanical. and manuiaetur-
ing basinc-s rcquir.s tho re.t - that "
c.unUt lie acnlci thai the weakness II tic
SOuth !. her great -,reagth IN time ct var.
II her enemy i. weak enough 90 permit 10.
The question nov sgain rrcurs. how can the
var be carird on so a. "a cave the Univn
aud constitutional lib,riy! Prejudice may
b. shocked. weak minds .tsrtled, weak
nerves may ,rrmhlc. hu, they must hear and
ad1p,u Thu.- Who now furnish TIC meant.
II var. but who are the rs,ural enemies oi
.l.,.hV!dsr.. must b. made oar allies. Uni.
versa Emancipation must 10 proclaimed To
all n the slave. no longer rsIsyd cotton
and ric~. tobacco aud gram. for the rebels.
th. war would case IN SIX month. IL
oiald no, - maintained. ,vru n the ii''er-
a,ed sla,e. should not hlt hand ag.ias,
their MASTER, Their held. would no longer
produce ~. m~sns Nv shi,h they sustain
the var unclhdi,unsi submission would
b. ih. Iu IN edials sni b-s-sary result. Tie
ympathir~r with treason would false an
outcry ahJu, the horrors ~ s'rSilc insgr
r,rtinn. AMI would pirate leaSneily ahnut
the Constitution. which .. u,us, 20 ~ alb
horrci. . r,b,llpn ol slave h.htinr Tor
their liberty. ur a r,b,lI,on oi irrrmrn 3 ..hi.
~. O. muritr the na'ipn2 Which ,"ym.
O. YOU the mo-, cruel, calling On huni'mrn
o. qa-ll the in.urt~ctirn. ~ .h"oiiug down
their mastrr. 20 elect the same ohrct' You
-sDI forth yuur .ons aud hrOihsr- t. shoot
and .ahcr and bay Onei the iusarscni, but
yon hesitate 90 break the bonds ui their
slave. to reach the same cni. What pueri;c
Inconsistency
Oh, Tor s,I months resurrection IA tie ae.h
II stern old Jacs- GIys him IO~rT. aud
b. would hsntlc TN. rebellion with i'on
gloves lls would .hrl'sh slavery. ~ The
c.u.- and the support II the in.urrrction ;
b. would arm a.. tee T"Opic II color. a. lac
dit 1T Ses Orleans. hc Mould match into
The heart Il .'aVrdnm. rot o. Pick cotton
AMI oI-r pert. Tor tTadc. but 60 pot vclp
on. into eVry lreri man. hands. Treason
would ro.In Lids ~. d,hiui'hei h-sd rc-
brlliun would succumh aud be woull ,nd
tie war nv Wholesale hanging Of ihr lead.
us \ ihryc month. campaign, and one
hundred thau-and .0l5icr.. would suffice
him TOT ItI. when 10 would reign hI-
IHwrr. and the People wonld gladly Eeturn
hi,n On his r,.iing.p place When YOU
,Jsas Of Constitutional power. whence do
you derive the aurhnrity To kiil a." rehsls
IL - given hy no cSpr.- power ~ the ,"u-
situation. You r1.,,.s u Is means u the
granted power O. suprrr. in.utrvction f,
hence aI~p the power u emancipation Even
II the Constitution w.rc 'i-ni Un tAI- pow.
er. ani 10 t"r4ms inevitably ncc---aTy
for the safety % tie people. The dr., las VI
nature would giTe t Ni'w poyub-,he
safety 81 the pcoplr--vJuid hecJme the sd
prcInc las-hlgher than att laws aud all
constitutions Ii ihc-' ~ slJm tbs sale
" /. int-u-,ri are afraid % ii.regari every.
TIM. .l-s hut that higher Jaw. they are unt,
fur ia. ir place What .!ckly LOYALTY md
humanity - that which Sou!i .ilus iss-
lc-' insurgents o. muri.r - hundred thou
slui frccmeu rather than lbrraie an Up.
pressed p-opIe g. prevent - When
llaunib.l w.- az the gate. OF Rome, the
SITUATE nbersed Tho slates. and Incorpor.
atysi them INTO their l,giObs. where they
fought brayely After ihs com monwcalth
was saved. thew offered 20 Jay the masters.
Those noble Romans. with = msenanilniiy
which We 10 Dot espec, IN thee degenerate
day.. refused any compensation. Every
Government allows private property 10 be
taken Tor public u.r when necessity ). im.
per,ti,e.
w hen uftat Dfitalh mahuhlttei hef Ntsl
India slaves. she laid about SIS u head.
But. .urpo.e them worth SEQ apiece, the
sou .000 IN the Statrs not seeded. would co,t
SEQ 900 900. The war i now costing u,
the rate o, $50 0OO. 200 a year, Deduct
che price OF the slaves (SG0 00O ,000) IRON
one year. expense. tSj0o, ON. ooo) and l.
woult leave saving al SiiO. OOO 200. Man.
unit the slaves. and the war would end IN
six months. Leave them io the rebels, and
I doubt u Elk years will end H. SiK year,
with Slavery and debt Of $2.Oc0. 900 600
mann iss,on with peace In s,t months.
Slavery extinct on hi. continent. and q debt
OF SjO0.0O0.OoO These are the alterns.
,i,~. L.tibs taxpayer. and patriot, choose
between them. But even tn. IL not the
met fr,eh,iui part OF the picture. TIL.
var continued thrre yeafs will cust u. NOR,