The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1864-01-09
DECLINE OF sECTIONALIsu.

The cement of this Union is to be tb,
inn,Iai n,, "a respects of the sections" said Wen
"''iipsin his latest New York speech
~ uttered equally true words whvi
hs,,. ~ y. me War as having undecei, &c
oo'h the North and the Soeth in refepeoc.
20 supposed pecuiiari,i.s of each otbsr
"hlic the South has thought of the Eor,h
rs race oil \ ankee trIcks,.rs cl.o.t..nJ
money grutbers the North as lool ed mn.
on the South as only gasconde ami or, NJ -
Vaunt Both sections have learned lei,
Ter. lhe Northerner and the Southcrper
nave met On bloody battlefelds, and he
must be possessed Of strangely bsiscd
'nln'. who, in the light of all the record.
claim Tor one better qualities as ~
Soldler than those exhibited by the other
he fact IL, tlier. is no iso;herm.I theory
no geographical line, that can distinguish
or separate the personal or national char.
acteristics OF Americans. No surveyor,
metes and bounds can mark the l,,itud.
or longitude where the nobility and NAT.
riotism OF American: :citizensi,ip merge. in
TO narrower or baser traits. With local
customs, productions and prejudl cs some
tin!ss widely variant, we are essentially one
people; aud were the North and South
to day declared IndepenIent nationaiiti~.
II would be impcssi Ie for the d.nzeps Of
sach To look upoa those of tie other alto
ge:her as foreigners. Whatever may be the
legal or de fuc:o oden1arcatious, the sections
are identified ard the Cuion cruuot be-
lernanontly b.okon.
1t used TO be a ccmnaon rxrression
among the most violent Ncrthefr partisans
that no SOFT of compromise. direct or in,
direct, proxiniate or ultimate. ,hould b-
or could be tolerated towards rebels 4
arals. Some rad zeal orator has rrcus-
nized but two right. for the traitor: the
legal right 30 b- husg, q nd til. divine right
TO lie damned But this explosive rnd
passionate feeling has subsidized, and more
moderate and practical ideas are taking is
place Mercy may season Justice Th c
principle has found its advocate in no less
= parsonage that the President Of the
| nitcd states, who ia 4 public Ir, claula,
ton has offered an amncsty 10 the m. lori
+ o: rebels IN arms, Oh conditions that,
properly interpreted are MT difficult TO
any. The President has .aI se cauuot
fight always, AMI that. after fighting the
same questions pending wh.n the war
commenced would still be unsettled The
same 'pea ker from whom we quotep at
The be"Inrlng OF this article SAYS
Now all civil wars are ended by com
4
~ h!ch one party 60; clean victory, 10 nay
knowledge, in history. Ia wars between
two nations, il has sometimes. though
rarely, beeI! the case but in a nation d.
yided on its own soil, there never Was a
strife that was not ended Uy compromise
Ours will no. be.
If it IS to ba accepted that peace i. an.
atlaiunL!r on the basis Of ruulsnce by
- her party with all the terms proposed
~ tue other, since history records no
" clean yictoro' nf that sort in civil wars.
must It follow that our war i. TO last for
ever! ON tho other hand let i: be admit
ted thai .'n.r terms besides those u-ual!y
called tne " unconditional must finally
obtain il order 10 put = s."P 10 si'U sra-t
waste, havoc and dc>Cl-ti Sf frs;eInai
conflict, aud We make the :irst step to-
wards peace Ii the cement OF this
Union Is 10 be the mutual E,s-pct 0: the
sections, let u, not, in any plan for the
restoration Of the Government, insist upon
co-d tions the 70: csd acceptance Z: which
would neither satisfy the conservative
Union men OF the South nor mitigate the
enility now entertained for that. .ectIon in
tte North. The arIned nov; che ie
oSiIi5u vIvhvGI. .Uu The srui hem people
al the mercy OF our viCtoIIOu. arms, there
could be ~ mutual respect # we should
exercise authority Ike tyran:s full Of re-
veage, hatred and mo!Ignity. Something
,s due 10 the spirit OF brave but fallen
ioe. f~--ron SUBSIDIES with the occasion
that exc lied it. Let the South. Which has
fought long and well. but Is being borne
down by the Invine!b!e determination
which even those who now oppose II vii!
one day rraise-we say let / e southern
ors abandon their bad ani sinking cause,
and the sense et justice, honor and fair
Ical.rg that yet lives in the American
heart will meet them in mode of concih
alton that shall heal up the wounds of the
past and giye assurance Of lois and pros
porous CAGE.