The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-09-15
NUMBER Ia.

yact; bu reason, jus dee and humani.
" Will gladly aceeptitas one of those
cheering evidences that Providence
Is working good to the creatures of
earth through the process of events.
A rigid analysis of American pat
r1otlsm discovers but little gold.-
The enthusiasm of the masses for the
Union Is more or less ficticious. The
Union has been apOtheosized by poll
iticianS for their own selfish aggrand-
iZement. It has been made their
ralIying cry until the unthinking
had become to invest 1t with certain
degree of sacFedneSSs But truth has
reached the popular heart end intel
ilgence the popular mind, and the
masses STE that the natural giant
strength of physical America and the
measure of freedom enjoyed by our
people under the Constitution prop
erly directed, have made us what
we are in spite of the Union.
Then why should the free men de-
plore the, loss OF the Union? 11
So much for the Ohio State Journal;
now for other Radical sheets:
| From the Cincinnati Gazette of March
80 II, 1S61.J s-
1t is not to be doubted, however,
/
while greatly diminishing, If not en- =
tirely removing, the danger of civil
| war, would accomplish more than
any policy that could be adopted to
weaken the strength of the Sccessions
lists in the Border States, and to
strengthen the Union feeling through
out the entire South. However,
much our feelings on the subject
might lead US to desire a different
kind of treatment for the South Gar.
elina rebels, we are not prepared to
dispute the wisdom of the Admins.
tration in 8 measure looking to the
continuance OF Peace and an ultimate
peaceful adjustment of our National
troubles. -,---
From the Cincinnati Commercial of Janu-
ary 81, 1861. -
Gentlemen of Virginia and Ken
lucky, there will be no coercion
SET ASIDE ALL FEARS on THAT
POINT. We could and would readily
7 sacrifice men and money by thou
sands and millions to put down fac
tions, to vindicate the Government
, against mObs; but we do not want
to conquer a people, and WE WILL
NOT TRY TO DO 1T. If there are any
unconditional Union men in the
South, THEY MUST FIGHT THE Bat
TIE IN THEIR OWN WAY. THE
, NORTH WILL NOT INTERPOSE
: ITS MILITARY PO WEIR BE-
, TWEEN THE SOUTH AND THE
l ESTABLISHMENT -OE ANY
: GOVERNMENT THATMAY BE
, THE PLEARUKE, OF. ITS PEo-
. PIE. =. -.-- ,.-.-. ~. -'.--.l., 49,,
From the Cincinnati Commercial of March
I 1 r... .-- -r r ze---.-
! When it became apparent that q
2 coerciVe policy meant not cauterizing
1 a local irritation, but the conquest by
: fire and sword, of the country from
!. the Ohio river to the Cult of Mexico
4 | and from The Potomac to the Rio
/ Grand-We advocated peaeeable sep
n ration, and gave manyIof what we
q considered good and substantial rea-
2. sons for SO dOlng.r = -, a
We are not in favor of bloekadinp
+ the Southern coast. We are not in
o favor of retaking by force the prop
& eTty of the United States now in pos
session Of the seceders.- We would
!. recognize the existence OF q Govern.
# ment formed of the 81 holding
l. States, and attempt to cultivate am.
q icabIe relations with it. 5rrs -s.
The New York Tribune, of Dec. 10
q 1860, said, in terms most emphatic
that sit would be most unWlse to re
h resist secession by force.o! Y ,t-J
,e In reviewing the speech of Hon
,e Alexander Long, on the 11th o
y March. 1864, the New York I5-i6ufl
h said that the seceSsionists could hav
81 had a peaceable dissolution of tn
t. Union mad they really desired it
"a that
u y $50 we told them at the time: s
n most of the leading Republican jour
,e mails told them-alt in absolute goo
" faith President Lincoln, ,Governo
Morgan, aDd nearly all of US, openl,
favored convention of the States
which \ n %-% G. would have ha
authority and power to decree
g- peaceful dissolution of the Union.
These extracts form a fine looking
- glass, wherein the ''truly loyaP' ed
% % tors of the papers Of the Radical part
- can see themselves as others sc
- them. --- -.,l c..s q. .-- .---. 4-.,Ft q.