Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-11-27

accession naturally gave TO the Northerns the
,rsenals and dock-yards which were situated
n the Northern Staies, 80 It gave 70 the
3outherns those which are situated in the se.
,edioe States, If the Irish insurrecton OF
1913 had been successful, would not General
Meagher have laughed TO scorn any one VINO
should have reproached him for taking pos,
session of Spike Island, because It was eaieu
by the English British fortf Fort sumter
stands in relation to Charleston IN posltloh
exactly similar to that which is occupied by
Spike Island in relation to Cork, q,
Let it not be supposed, however, snat l
write these pages with view to justify the
Secession When l made a tour in the Soutn-
ern states OF North America, in 1859,
nestly implored my Southern trie" ear
nounce the idea Of separati' Ids to re-
not fail to be disastrous y them os -,GI n Gou,o 90 "a
the whole OF me Republic When / learned
that instead OF endeaVor ing TO obtain rcdrsss
for Their real or Imaginary srievances IoV 5v
peaceful negotiation, the forces of south Car.
ohna hau Ned upon Fort Sumpter. 1 though.
" extremely natural that the inhabitants NJ
the Northern States should meet force by force
in maintenance Of the Union. Mr., il w
Beeeher asked an auditory in London. Inst
week, whether Englshmen would or ought to
tolerate the secession of Kent from the politi-
cal unity which now holds together the sever
al counties of England. l answer without
hesitation that such secession ought to be
prevented by force, whilst Kent enjoys eoual-
ty Of rights with the other inhabitants of
Britain; and though maintain, speaking the
oretically, that South Carolina or Maine en-
lioys right to withdraw from the Union, yet
as practical question, it is not unnatural
| that the other members Of the United States
should endeavor TO prevent by force a seces-
sion which may be injurious to the whole
Union But since after succession of bloody
engagements it has been seen that what ap.
peared at first to be the whim of single
State, is the deliberate resolve OF several mil
lions Of peope-since it has been seen that
though contendng under many difficulties
and disadvantages, the Southern leaders have
displayed more able craftsmanship and more
skillful strategy than have been exhibited by
their edYeTsaFies-- when il Ia manifest that
they possess all the qualifications which rem
der people fitted for self.government-an
attempt to coerce them into enforced subiec
ton becomes nothing less than unjustifabe
and intolerable tyranny. At the time when, in
| 1861, | addressed letter on this subjecl to
Mr., Seward, it was said by the Northerns that
vet now after the lapse of thirty months,
it is doubtful whether Washington is not ex-
posed to greater danger than is to be appre-
hended by Richmond or Charleston and, al
though the Northerns hold military occupa.
ton Of many important posts in the Southern
territory they do not appear to have reoops
ciled to their dominion any important section
of the inhabitants of the revoted States The
question, therefore, recurs which put to Mr..
Seward in lS6l-Assuming that you will
sooner or later conquer the Southern States,
how do you propose to govern them If you
leave TO them the rights of selfgovernment,
which they have hitherto enjoyed, they will
be more dangerous to you as'unwilling asso-
ciates than they could be in the guise OF opeA
enemies. There remains, therefore, no other
policy by which these territories can be gov
erned except that which was formerly adopt,
ed by England toward Irelapd--and which is
now practiced in Poland by Mouravief and
! perg-under the sanction aud approval Of the
tyrant Alexander. This Is the policy of CON
fscation, devastation and Of determination,
: That lean and hungry adventurers should COW
Ut the rich possessions Of the Southern plant
ers, and urge forward system of confsca-
ton and determination which will resemble
/ the plantation of Ulster and the crueties
{ of Cromwell, is extremely natural but, it iq
. a spectacle ppiNtpl and humliatipg to all
lovers Of freedom to lind one Of the repre-.
> sentative men Of the Irish race-himself an
exile and Catholic-vindicating course of
policy similar to that which expelled the ma
: tives Of Ireland from their possession and from
5 their homes
! ] have spent much time in analysing the
{ letter OF General Meagher, because, although
it is addressed to private friend, it was evi-
} IDENTITY written as an appeal to the public Opin-
4 ion OF this pqnntry Though it is overladen
! with cumulative epithets OF declamatQry In
I vective, it is production (which has evidently
S been prepared with care, and deserves de-
] liberate response. In this respect it contrasts
favorably with an election squib recently ad-
+ dressad by Mr.. Meagher to the elector,
e of Ohio IN opposition 70 the claims Of Mr.. Val
n andigham, in whose person all the right
0 which belong to a free citizen have been VIC
i lated Sad indeed, is it to me to find this
l. our comrade, who was once the champion o.
!, human liberty, has enlisted himself as the de
g fender ofevery sort of tyrannicsl usurpatioI
J. Thomas Francies Meagher, the young tri
d bune, once the champion of his country S
F; freedom, has become an advocate Of a system
Q Of government which carries into effect il
f. lpolicy
h BY suspending the writ of Habeas Corpus
d and thereby suspending the personal libertl
e OF every citizen of the United States at tn,
# caprice of a single ruler or of his minions
o hy ooerppg into the ranks of the Fedora
/ army, through the instrumentality ofconscrip
@ ton all who cannot afford to purchase thei
n delivernnce by an enormous ransom and b,
t. driving, under the terror of military exeeu
I, tiQn, ppWilling PonscTipts into fields of battl
o where they perish for Gauge which is no
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