Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-07-24
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! out, We shall resist all coercive measures
: designed to keep it in. We hope neYel
to live In g Republic whereof one section
is pinned to the residue by bayonets."
On the 18th OF December, 1860, the
ChaDpaqua jurlst, patriot and philan.
thFopist, evihced his acumen by
telling iOhot hs kRelO about the De
, cIdrdeioa Of Independence. He says
ave have repeatedly asked those who
dissent from our view or this matter TO
tell us frankly whether they do not
assent to Mr.. Jefferson 3 statement in the
Declaration of Independence that Gov
ernments "derive their just powers from
the consent of the S0pe1Ysed; and that
whenever any form of government,
becomes destructive Of these ends. II is
the right Of the people 10 abolish 1t. and
to institute a new Government. &c. &c.
We do heartily accept this doctrine. be-
lieving itintrinsically sound, tenefcent.
and one that, universally accepted. Il
calculated to prevent the shedding of
seas OF human blood. And If Il justifed
the secession from tle BSftisR E1rpi,,e or
three millions OF eoi0nists IN I776. ne do
not see sVhy it teottld not jiGstfV the seces-
sion Of five millions Of .SoutheTnere from
the Federal Union IN 1851. II We are.
mistaken on this point, why does not
some one show Us wherein and why ?
For our part, while we deny the right
of shareholders to hold slaves against
the will Of the latter, zoe cannot see ho1D
tiOenty millions Of people can TightJuLly
hold ten, or eUeT1 me, in q detested Union
Nth them, by 1sitRdsy force.
If seven or eight continuous States
shall present themselves authentically
at Washington, saying Z" We hate the
Federal Union; We have Withdrawn
| from it; we give you the choice between
acquiescing in our secession and arrang-
ing amicRbly all incidental questions on
the one hand, and attempting to subdue
US on tina other,"-11e could not stand ltp
for coercion, for sk1jH0dtion, for lce do
not think it lDouid be just. We hold the
right Of government sacred. even
when envoked in behalf Of those who
deny It to others" 70 -- F
Further along in the same article
we may see him Invoking the incom-
ing Administration, TO precipitate
itself against fugitive sEdues,n and
now It is expected by some that he
Will receive the !" negro vote" with
grateful acclamati0n. He SAYS:
- eve fully realize that the dilemma of
the incoming Administration wiH be
critical one. It must endeayor to up
-
against rebellious slave holders as ftt0i.
ttpe slaves. The President must fulfil |
the obligations assumed in his inaugura-
ton oath, but " ever seUe5s or eioh |
States" send agents to Wushingto,1 to san. |
/" We i1Gnt to 90 oISt out Of Le Union," |
90 shall feel cOIistEGined 6V oar depeefoa |
TO hstHdB liberty to sag, Let Ghezr 40 |
And We do not see how we could take |
the other side without coming in direct
conflict wifh7those rights of man which /
We hold paramount to all political ar
rangements, however convenient and
advantageous" .-. ..... ......-....
One week later. December "a, 1860,
Mr.. Greeley poured out his soul with
q philanthropy at which jeff Davis
and his yet unrepentant followers
may clap their hands and hail
brother secessionist. he says:
Most certainly we believe that
Governments are made for peoples, not
peoples for GoYernments-thatths the latter
" derive their just power from the con.
sent of the governed !" and whenever q
portion OF this Union, large enough to
form an independent, self-subsistingI
nation, shall see fit to say, suthentically,
10 the residue, 1--WE want to 60 away
from YOU" we shall say-and we trust
self-respect, IL not regard for the princi-
pies OF sen'government, will constrain
the residue OF the American people to /,
Bay-"GoF" We never yet had 50 poor
IN opinion OF ourselves or our neighbors
IS to wish to hold others in q hated con-
nection with us. But the dissolution of
, Government cannot be effected in the
time required for knocking down a
house Of cards. Let the cotton States.
or saz or more Statos, say, unequivo-
callys we want to get out Of the J
Union" and propose to effect their end
and inoffensively, and we
will do our best<o help them out-not
hat we want them 70 go, but that we
oathe the idea OF compelling them TO
ltay." - b 81
Five days after the Inauguration as
President of the Confederate States.
II that distinguished citizen who was
Iubseque1tly bailed with such alacrity I
~ Mr.. Greeley, the latter in the
Tribune Of February %, 1861, spoke !
hus:
I'VE have repeatedly said, and we
'nce more insist, that the great principle i
I'M bodied by Jefferson in the Declara-
ion Of American Independence, that I
Governments derive their Just powers
rom the consent OF the governed. is
ound and just; and that if the slave :
states, the cotton States, or the Gulf
states only, choose to form an inde- I
'endent nation, they hare q clear
ma moral and to do so. We have
aid, and still maintain, that, pro- T
Iided the cotton States have fully and
made up their minds to 20 by Z
themselves, there IS no need Of fighting z
bout Il for they haYe only TO exercise
easonabie patience, and they will be let
Il IN peace and good will. Whenever il
hau be clear that the great body Of the
'olftherR people are ncLnsiVelV dlie1dted u
rom the UBiOE, and daziouS to eScdDe
rom e, tOe will do our best to forward B
heir Viel0s."
As men and even philosophers, not B
Infrequently peristin opinions which
ppear preposterous to the majority
/ mankind, so our statesman, con- B
inued to repeat his previous declara- :.
ions. In the Tribune Of September d
s, 1862, In q letter to H. McChesney, B
( Troy, n. Y, Mr.. Greeley says: &,
"But shall insist that, if IL bad been .
roTed that the people fthe slave States B
or even Of the cotton States alone
ad already desired to dissolve the d
Jnlon, and peacefully, deliberately and
uthOritatvely expressed that wish, are G
hO1td have assented toit At all events,
should" t-- :.
These extracts show that Greeley 5
right be styled secceSsionsst as well B
8 any Southern 6re-eater OF the 3
sbelliOn. If we contrast him with B
lincoln during this period, It is
hyperion to Satyr. And yet when c
lincoln had been nominated, when B
ertain discontinued Republicans had
ED convention at Cleveland, and b
ominated Fremont and Cochrane, q
Then the fortunes Of the republic z
ere in most critical condition, and
1r patriotic president needed all pos -
bic aid and assistance, this Tribune 3,
eccessionist treacherously and secret B,
7 stabbed Mr. Lincoln by sending c'
ut the following letter as private and d
ia..ss NEW YoRK, Sept, 2, 1864. =
Your ExcELLEHcY: The undersigned b
Ave been requested by body OF influ- b
ltial UniOniss tn communieate with m.
10 loyal Governors, for the purpose or Ps