The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1864-02-10

ard did on thIt day mammoth pGttlou
from the merchants and business msn OF !
New York, pray ing the eduption OF meas
ures that woaid avert the impending civil
war, and like hun had made it the occa-
Sion for speech, IN which he should have
declared that petition or that character,
signed by m&n a, such sterling worth ana
weight OF intiuenne. would have determin-
ed the question VI Peace or War in Eng
land, in rrau q, IN lreruany aud in Russia,
Intimltlus tn4t II it were narrowed down
to question between tho preservation OF
the onion All tlo abandonment Of the !
objectionable feature in their party plat !
form, think you that the Southern jour
nails in the interest Of Jackson would |
have said of Clay's speech, as the New
York Tribune said Of Stewards speech, |
that IN ais avowdl Of a willingness 20
abandon the platform on which jackson
was elected he differed totally from the
party and the President elect; that they
regarded these principles as sacred, and
would not abandon them at the bddin,;
of the insolent Northern nullifers, and
that If the issue were made between an
abandonment Of these principles and u
! consent OF disruption of the American
| Union, rather than acceds to such an
abandonment they would let fifty Unions
such as the one chat had given US rcnown
and prosperity as a nation, be shattered
| in'o atoms?
No! jackson would have sounded the
key note, and straightwAy his followers
would have declared: This Government
can not be maintained alone 10y the coer-
Give power con6ded to it by the Constitu
ton oil the Unlted States; the people must
be- conciliated-they must be made feel
secure in the assurance the Constitution
gives them, that their persons, their rights
and their feelings are sacred that the
Government dare not lay hands upon eth
er." This is wnat JsoKson and his fol-
lowers would have doue had tiey been put
into the position that Lincoln was put
into in 1ojl, aud surrounded by the clr-
! cumStances sucn as he was surrounded by.
| Inc nation would have been saved from
this bloody, this disastrous war.
War, no Hevor is on our hands. Never,
since God spake the world into beng out
or chaos, WI, there sacn a war, aad let no
one offer suoh protanatton, as To say that
the blood that has been shed, that the lives
i that have bsen offered up upon brsveiy
contested battle -hslda, that the suffering
in camp and oy the dsar oucs left at hone,
is In acceptable sacrluce to Him who ra-
leth on high. FIRE aud ssord and water,
under the old dispensatou, were used TO
puffy the world, Dul wlthoat avail; and,
therefore, in the councils ot the tod head,
the Son, co-cIuei with the father, elected
to take upon hilnself the form OF human
lty that he mi ssht IN person c'tao.Isa and
ordan the doctrene OF pcico and good
wtli 10 man, HeIvea laws had bs2h Vi
ulateI sII treatei with cohtu utly; min
was In open revo.t eg,In't the majesty oi
uc4voi; tuc, nJt wt,hstan'iln.- all this,
i it was es steelned no Gishonor--no iowerln. :.
OF the majesty of iisavan --ioT ore OF tho
uoj .Ie.d 10 daSsca1 t. earth AMI seek 20
c5ncilate aud roci4IIa rHosilIous ulan.--
" therefore, then, Is Ii dcrooatorJ to the
h.sh chlTlc:er o. y GJrcrnuisnt llko ours
-ths otf4prius OF consultation AID COM
pro.u.se---to seek to cenciiAton aud re-
oi .in t. the UnIon those who have array
:, III t.c,useiy1s il reos!!ion against the
: Glvernmaa:? For this av>msl purpose
we havo Prosecu:ol, and a.s no" prose-
eu - { S3r ~ IA: most e glnti3 aRi
+ cosby ScatS- L. Luo th4oh Ac Hoifti "a
! this-all this e12end.tura-sll this log
of !ife-.ll this manning and misery -iz
il not worth tho price Of conciiiaslon aud
' co.npru.n.se? When tho war is cv<r-Ad-
hitting that orr armies hIve oyerrau thJ
: Soutk--can ws dis ban our ar2i.ci uht
! bring holnc to or he4rtLotouss anI ta
a our arms, our i.,tners, oar Husbands, ou'
= br1thors aud our sone? VIA not soruo
thing mere be wanting? Will not tha
pospie have to bs pSo.ici, ash how ell
+ you pacify tho;n ex >ss.e lhtoue;A cJa-:..;s
. ton an compromlse? The fact is AZ tru'
>, to day as it was on ths d,y tha; Jacksoi
r invested it with language in his Farewell
\ idre<s, that this Govarn.Icnt Can no
! be maintaiuel alone by tho oosrcive powe
+ eoaGdcd to the General Government b,
:, the Constitution Of tbs United States
!. It was dlS:gncl by tins fathers OF th'
Union that it should be founded upon thu
!, affections Of the people. Lct us driv
e out Of power, through tho agency Of tn
ballot-box, the Abolitionists and thel
, sym pathEers-and '-wc can stand agains
y the world In arns.