Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-11-23
Secession.

Even OeIOre tne eXclCement ana tnteIcst
pending in a long and hardfought Presiden-
tial contest had subsidized, the country has a
new issue presented to it, and one that prom
Uses to be repiete with even enough excite
ment to satisfy Young America. It is Sc
ccssion Rampant One portion of the Con-
federacy, or we should rather say, a small
portion Of a portion, has worked itself up toa
fever heat on account of the election of Hon
est Old Abe, and seem to believe that the
only end his a ADMINISTRATION will have in view
will be thu total annihilatlon Of the peculiar
institution, and consequently the waging of
a relentless war against the best interests
and legal rights of the whole South. Happi
", the larger portion Of the Southsrners, are
not possessed of this extremely, foolish hal
lucination. Those that have taken the trouble
to investigate the past course Of Mr. LINCOLN,
and learn his views, all expressed when he,
nor the people, had no idea that he would
ever be called upon to preside over the Union
as its Chief Magistrate, know that he is EN-.
inently conservative and disposed to deaf
fairly and impartially with all sections Of our
common country; they see that his election
was constitutional in every respect. and that
they have nothing to fear from the result
1t is because that this latter class are largely
in the majority, that the Union is safe. The
ultraists may rave and storm, squirm and
wriggle, and proclaim in very forcible and
blatant terms what they will do and what
they will not. and that is all that it will
amount to. 1t lis very easy thing to talk of
secession, but quite another to accomplish it.
When you touch man in his pocket, you
touch him in sensitive place, and the same
will apply equally as well to community
A State that cannot pay her proportion Of
the expenses of the general government. will
not be apt to tax herself to the tune of mil
lions. especially when cool and careful inves-
tgation fails to show how she is to DC the
gamer by it. Without saying anything Of
the right of State to secedc.-which, by the
way, we do not admit--wc cannot see how any
portion of the South could secede, even
should there be no objection from any source
She is dependent upon the North for support,
even as child is dependent on its parent
Cotton may be king, but it yields ready
and willing obedience to the Almighty Dol
lar, and SO we should get the only staple ar
ticle the South has, just as usual; for manu-
facturers in the Northern States, would pay
Just as much for it, as any others, and as the
cost of transportation always falls upon the
producer, the South would not feel so very
spunky as to cut its own throat by sending
its Cotton across the Ocean, when it could do
Just as well at home. Armies, navies, pub
lie buildings and works, cmbassys, etc. ETC.,
are all necessary components Of a govern
ment, and moreover cost money; and for a
community desperately poor, and with no
prospect OF an inheritance to talk Of estaD-
fishing powerful and Aourishing confedera-
cy, is simply foolish and ridiculous. So let
them have their cry out, and then give them
a little official pap to suck at, and they will
suddenly discover that perhaps, after all, they
had better stay where they are and not &c,
too far from home until they know enough to
take care of themselves. H,E rI
r. 49, I t + t