The Shasta courier., 1863-01-03
Coercion vs.. Liberty.

return to their alfegienee to the Constitution
We often hear those - conservatives wht
sympathize with the rebellion answer thi.
question in the negative But let rs see how
the facts stand, and what will be the conse-
quences provided the South is not ssbdued.
The pretense for rebellion as stated by its
leaders, is based upon the fact that the South
did not succeed in electing John C. Breckin.
ridge, the Southern candidate for President
in 1860. Did they not have all their consti.
tutional rights throughout every State in the
Union in that election? We answer they did;
and having failed, they were solemnly bound
to abide by the result. Now we ask, who
commenced the work of coercion? The an
swer is indisputable the South seized Gov
ernment property unlawfullv, and their trea
son and rebellion eliminated in the bonn
| bardment of Fort Sumter. Now these acts
were direct attack upon the rights and lib
critics of every citizen of the United States,
wherever he might be. His rights of proper
ty and liberty of person were put in jeopardy
and his life rendered insecure, as has been
proven by the millions of property destroyed
and the blood that has been shed in m ain
tanning the laws.
Again, what is admitted to be the corner
stone of the so called Southern Confederacy,
by the leaders of this rebellion? The an
swer is, that slavery might be perpetuated to
all time in the States where it existed, with
the right to extend the institution into all the
territories belonging TO the Government
They claimed these principles as their right,
and sought to enforce these questions.upon
the Government by the sword. The only
question left to be decided is, shall the slave
oligarehy be permitted to subdueIiberty, and
establish slavery fundamental principle
of the General Government, or shall that bas
tard aristocracy that have obtained their pow.
er over the free laborers of the South, bv
buying and selling their own blood in the
market, be subdued, and coerced into obedi-
ence to the laws that have heretofore govern
ed them? But no, you can't sabdue the
chivalrous South Out upon such nonsense.
Either they must be subdued, or all the in
habitants of the free States must become the
crouching slaves of the slave holder, sur
render all their rights of self government to
the dictaton of Southern politicians, and
this great people, throL Oh all time to come,
must bow the knee to the slave owner and
driver. 1t is monstrous to think Of We
have had too much experience of Southern
politicians not to know what they will do if
they get the power, and the time has now
come to teach them that there is yet patriot
ism enough left in the nation to compel them
to submit to the laws.
Do we need instances to prove the power
of the Government to coerce the rebels into
submission, we may instance their subms-
sion to Butler at New Orleans, which city is
better governed now than it ever was under
the old rule, as admitted by the secessonists
themselves to johnson, at Nashville to
Stanly, in North Carolina; and we might
mention many other places, where the rebel
lion has been conquered, and all wei dis
posed persons arc permitted, as their right.
to pursue their usual avocations.
Neither is the Government responsible for
the destruction # slavery, as the result of
this war; and the rebels will have the NOR
tifying reflection that they, by their own
acts, have destroyed that which they fanatic
ally desired to perpetuate and extend
through all time. Notwithstanding the
mourning that is scattered through our once
happy land, when this war is ended and the
wise men of the world look over the field of
strife, and behold what has been accomplish
ed, they will exclaim that the results are
worthy of the sacrifices made by great peo-
pie.
"OMIxous Under this CAPTION the Bos-
ton Daily Advertiser, of April Is, 1882, pub.
fishes an extract from Richmond paper.
which, after lapse of thirty years, possesses
strange interest for the men of this genera.
ton. 1t seems prophetic, and is now almost
literally fulfilled:
The Richmond Wing publishes a letter
from correspondent in Gochland county,
who relates a curious circumstance of a negro
bow. who saw two bald headed eagles fight
ing fercely at a great hight in the air, and
descend to the ground, So much engaged in
the conflict as to allow him to attack them
when they rose a second time an newed
the fight, falling again with their talons in
| terocked in each other's flesh, when Cuffee
stepped in between them a second time, ia
| king them for wild geese, and wrung their
heads off. The correspondent continues:
The fact is incontestable. and. If doubted,
can be proved by the evidence of at least fif.
| ty persons. In these days of moralizing, the
feat has te,n considered omnibus of the sound
republic of which this noble bird is the en-
blem. The battle in the air is the strife des.
tired to take place between the two great
sections of the Union. Cutfee represents his
own ebony race, slipping in upon Us while
engaged in mortal combat. and wiring the
necks of both. What think you. gentleman
and what would an old Roman have thought? {?
II is surprising how many persons drew the
same augury. who had no opportunity of
eoai, other