East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-06-23
EAST SAGINAW COURIER.
VIOLENCE.

VIOLENCE.
The first notion which presents it.alr D. q PARTY.
az well as m individual, whom il has acquired
cOnsCousuess or ii- own strength, is violence. Tho
notion Of persuasion arises az Inter period, and is
only derived nom cal ericrcc-ie IOc.uerrls.
Whoever reads tho above paragraph,
from tho pen Of the most intelligent,
unparalleled and far seeing foreigner
who has over written upon American
affairs, must be STRUCK with the truth
of the remark, which, though general
in its character, applies with peculiar
appropriateness to both parties and in
dividuals, in this land OF boosted liberty
Before tho breaking out Of our un.
natural rebellion, when The South, eXas
peratcd at the election of an admins.
traton whom they considered pledged
10y the doctrines Of tho "highcr law
"irrcpressiJlo conflict" and other e!ec.
tioneering dogmas, TO DO violence to
their rights under tho constitution, were
medtating the gigantic crime Of scces.
sion, conservative men Of al sections
hoped for some compromise whereby
the threatened evils might be ayertod
and the nation, purified 10y the Intense
excitement through winch it had passed,
be brought, by forco Of reason rather
than arms, back 10 is woutyl condition
Of unity aud prosperity. Tho wi5cst
and best men Of all shades Of opinion,
labored earnestly AMI with an anxiety
which is apparent in all tJfir acts and
sayings, to bring about this most desi.
rable result; but the new and untriel
men, the ruling spirits Of new AMI I'm
tried party, clamorcl necessarily, in
season anil out Of season, in Congress,
on the stump and through the press,
"no compromise; ;" and at such u time,
when the fate Of the nation was hanging
in the balance, tho atrooious saying Of
Senator Chandler WAS promulgated -
The Union is not worth a rash, with.
ont little blood letting.' Later when
the Democratic party iucorscd at
the want of good faith exhibited 10y the
Administration in yielding to the radi.
cal pressure, and adopting a policy d.
rectly antagonisic to that pledged 10y
vote in congress IN July, 166l protested
against such a course as disastrous to
the cause of the Union, the clap-trap
cry Of "secosh' was raised, presses
muzzlol, citizens arrested without
shallow Of authority, AMI acts Of tyrau.
ny which would put to shame the most
fragrant oGtragcs Of absolute power,
perpctrated by scores. Violence was
alike the remedy for armed rebellion and
loyal difference Of opinion violence
was the means AMI the only means pro-
posed to bring about an entire unity of
sentiment at the North, AMI in this unity
by means of violence was to be found
the strength which would crush out the
rebellion at the South. The cxhibi
tions Of this violence, which it is unnoc
ossary TO enumeratc, constitute record
of shame which will forever disgrace
the pages Of American history.
When, if ever, that "later period men
toned by the writer, occurs, when the
emotion Of persuasion arises" and the
zealots WHO now run riot in the madness
Of power, discover that reason rather
than terrorism is the means by which to
bring about the unity SO much desired,
we may reasonably hope for arcstoration
of the Nation to the proud position of
former days, and more perfect I'm
ion," upon the only basis which any
great nation can ever exist, that of con
citation and compromise.
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