The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-12-19
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 1880.
River Falls, Pierce County. Wisconsin
PAN TO PRESERVE THE
UNION.

APlAN TO PRESE RIVE THE
UNION.
In the present distracted state of our ma
tional poltics,-with the imminent dan.
ger of disunion and the quite possible
contingency of civil war with all its at.
tendant horrors, it becomes he duty q
every citizen of our common country,
seriously to consider what action should
be taken in tho case,--what measures
adopted to avert the impending calam-
ty. Among the states that have sinned
most grievoously against our patriarch
al Southern brethren, and therefore con-
trbuted most largely to the present
troubled and disjointei state of affairs,
Wisconsin stands prominent, if not fore
| most.
For instance, it cannot DO denied that
as state and as citizens of a state, we
have failed to exhibit that alacrity in rem
dering up ''fugitives from labor" las ran
away niggcrs are sometimes felicitously
termeD that is so 'eninently pleasing
and conciliatory to their owners. 1t
must be confessed also that we have not
used that dsferential tone of language
That is 80 becoming toward our superiors
and so proper among the members of a
family. In other words we have indulg-
ed too much in freedom of thought and
speech.
: Having sinned deeply, and deliberate
ly, we should repent promptly and pro.
foundry and by our actions show that we
are in earnest.
We beg leave deferentiaIly 10 sus gest
that
F;rst;;-All petty prsjudicos agains.
the little domestic pcculisrities of our
chivalrous Southern brethren must be
conquered.
Secsnd;-A special statute should be
promptly enacted suppressirg the use of
such odious phrases as "human cattle
Dealers" 'souldrivers" set i'd genus
omne" rs applied to those of our unfor-
tunate fellow citizens holding slaves.
7Hird;;-L' t cur legislature at once
repeal all personal liberty bills and sub
stituts therefor law making it obliga-
tory upon the State to pay over 70 tho
owners, the cash value of all negroes that
shall accrue to us by way of theft, under
ground railroads, or any other means
whatever.
In what way can we so forcibly exhib-
it our brotherly love! How can we more
cmphatically express our grief for sins
committedi What means so etfectual to
sooth outraged feelings and redress griey-
GUS wror gs as value received in good
free state drafts.
We can thus Mt once regain the conf
dsnco of our estrangcd brsihren, Mt the
same time Tint We initiate their collapsed
wallets.
Parsimonious people may object to
thus converting our State into market
for decrepit and WORKOUT negrocs,-an
ASYLUM for unsuitable slaves. We scorn
the insinuation. Our Southern brethren
are too honorable, high-minded and chiv
alrous to take any unfair advantages.
Connoisssurs in the odoriferons quail
ties of human flesh will doubtless turn
up their noses in advance, in auticipa-
ton of the frequent and unpleasant con-
tiguity of "niggers." But to these and
all other doubters, we have only to say !;
at will 10 nothing after you get used
to it.
By pursuing such course as we have
here indicated, our Infatuated brethren
at the South may be persuaded to get
down from those altitudinal stills on
WHICH they propose to walk out of the
Union, and return to ouI fraternal en-
brace. We shall thus by master stroke
of policy, as it were, preserve our repu-
tation as philanthropists, give peace to
our troubled country and invite emigra-
ton to the State.
1t spossible that some enthusiasts who
are foolishly tenacious Of principle, will
object to such action az we have here
pointed out, but their clamors will, of
course. be UNDECIDED by patriots.
1890. Congress-.