The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1859-12-10
MRS. Chill Us TO GOV. wIsE-A sCATnING
LETTER.

| MRS. CHlLDS TO GOV. WISE-A sCAIHAN"
LETTER.
Mrs. LYDIA MARIA CuILDs has written an
other letter to Gov. WISE, in which she tells
His Inaammable Excclency some truths that
ought to be profitable both for doctrine and
reproof. But they will prove neither
They cannot fail to show him, however, on
VIVA. ground he stands, and he may well
exclaim, in the words of Abimelech, "Draw
thy sword and thrust me through lest men
say Il woman slew me.'' Below will be
found some extracts from this spicy letter:
! In your civil but very diplomatic reply to
my letter, you inform me that have con
stt"tional right to visit Virginia, for pence
| full purposes, IN common with every citizen
of the United States. was perfectly well
| aware that such was the theory of constItu
| tional obligation in the slave States but
was also aware of what you pmit to mention.
viz: that the Constitution has, in reality,
been disrrgardeI and Systematically multi
fed whenever it suited the convenience or
the policy of the slave Power
Your constitutional obligation, for which
vou profess SO much respect, has never
proved any protection to citizens Of the free
Srnte- who happened to have black,
brown, or yellow complexion; nor to any
white citizen whom you even suspected of
entertaining opinions opposite to your own,
on question of vast Importance to tbe tenn
poral welfare and moral example of our
common country. This total disregard of
constitutional obligation has been manifest
ed not merely by the Lynch law Of MODS in
the slave States, but by the deliberate ac-
ton Of mag iStrates and legislators. What
regard was paid to C nsttU tional obligation
in South Carolina when Massachusetts sent
the Hon. Mr.. lIoar Their. as an envoy, on ~
purely legal errand? Mr.. Hendrick, Pro-
fc-sOr of Political Economy in the Univcr-
sity Of North CnroIina, had a constitutional
right to reside in that State. What regard
was paid to that right, when he WIS driven
from his home, merely for declaring that he
considered Slavery an impoIitic system, in
furious to the Prosperity Of States? What
respect for constitutional right was mani
tested by Alabama, when Il bookseller in
Mobile WIS compelled to fee for his life, be-
cru>c he had, at the special rcques: of some
of he citizens, imported few copies Of
novel that everybody was curious to read
Your own citizen, Mr.. Underwood had
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II. IL '">"' - ''c e.HC.'o, VI yI'o' WIEN
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res: t""I was sa'u 'Dou, spsI' t ,b Io.s'
e"''0''i "s Wy ru; ~. ~ ~
''"Ne'S ~ ~ ..'.': an III u. a: y. "''
law "''' ''s"'t'' ~ ~ '""' saw "a 40 o"N
purposes o' "ip'e'S'0n'
You accuse Captain John Brown OF
''wI', ting knives Of butchrry for the mo,
thcrs, si>ters, daughters ana babes Of 'Ir-
GINA: and You inform me of the well known
fact that h" is '"rrnlGncd fer the crimes OF
murder. r'hbcry and treHs"n.' | viii not
Stop here To explain why believe that Old
rrH to benO criminal. but martyr to prin-
c."t"S he s0nIht 10 advance by methods
-lnrtionvd ~ his own religious views,
hough nor hy nine. Allowing that Capt.
Brown did a.tcmp: scheme in which muir
d., rybUcrE aud treason were, to his own
e"n~cinG>nr>s involved, | 60 not see how
= u. Wise ctn consistently nrraign him tor
crimes he has inset c'nmenIe1. You
nave threatened 10 trhmpte on toe CONSTR
tuition and break the InInn, If majority OF
W go" to't'S "a '"'S? N"'' 'de' '''u
states "HcN - c't'' ''''"e"' u"'"'o'a-
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NO.
..DD,, O.. Lcrore tj,, r,co,l, If ,ha GRAFT
y.,lloy tL, coro,rs1 n ,i',. ri,h Naxic,n
pr,vinrrs and Won m;,hf IA we'll ,itemntto
-,,,r rho wind Th,s Government ,night
sand i. ,rnnr, lnt ,hor ,nn,I I'm, nv,.r
,hrm Ike \ LerI of huff,io. Let the work
ana, h.,,i, onl I Io NOT kno,, that ,h,.
II,nse.;7, hn,l I,e yorv lonr ,:;va,nn i've
miIInns If drlI.r.. and w,u(d un3.rf,ke
IN i, !; myself. NIthonrb | do NOT know
L.,y,o..,, sin. ,l, .o,,ir,, !, rho f.ld
r,ulI find mn to j, il. Slavery would
,.,pr itself abroad without restraint. and
IN no limit but tn Southern Ocean. The
& ,mlnchcs should 10 longer hold thu riches
Of the mines of Mexico. Every golden image
which had received the profauation of
false Worship should soon he melted down
;r,,,, n,I \,rari,,, o,cIrs | wnuI1 c,u.e
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A. iI!htH -''I /" GLOSS '' MO u'l -'oIte 's
the mules Of Mexico could carry; aye, |
w"n'i make better use OF II. TOO, than any
lazy, bIT"tru pr'cH'h'od unaef bea'eh'
When YOU thus boa-tcd that YOU and your
''hootcd IoafrrS - would overrun the troops
If tn" Cnjtcl States like Il herd of bull.-
10 = if the tioygInmcnt sent them to arrest
vorr invasion Of nci -,hhorinG nation, at
|..,ao w;,h r.. limited States, did vou no:
,,;o1,. ,n,r.rIf "a c,mmi, treason; Was
!, M, hv rho murder Of unofrpndine Next
,.,,, ,h.,, v,r cxnoctcd to advance these
- ,l;,;. N'L,,
hnr,,n,,r b,6 vou for M.yican .mothers
a,'I h.,I,as ;, ,rhn,o vou rr,nns4I to make
nh;lI,s. and f,,hrrIe<s? And for what
,,,rnnya was this wh ,lrso)p massacre to take
\,,tnr;.,ht tn, wronrs of any on.
l,,, ,I,s, no, ~ .ns,oi,, o,Iv ,rent nr,n
- ;,...,, ~ offrao,om. lint uereIv
.,F,,, y. ,,nnr ,tsnIf r,r,b win.
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Even II captain n'""n were ~ o'' q,
YOU pant hiin, >houIu suppose NJ hust