The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1860-11-22
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rampant with the wild notion of secess-
ION. The United States Circuit Judge
District Attorney and Marshal, for the
District Of South Carolinia, have re-
signed their respective Offices. Senator
Hammond Of South Carolina and
Toombs Of Georgia have also resigned
their seats in the United States Senate.
Other officers avow their determination
to resign as soon as Lincoln is inaurur-
atcd. Their excuse and prctcnse is,
they will not submit. to 4 Republican
Administration. They have not as yet
committed any overt acts of treason,
but deal most extensively III loud dis
union threats, speeches and meetings.
They dare not seize any Of the United
States property or directly interfere
with the enforcement of our federal laws
for revolutionary purposes, for this
would be reasonable and bring them
in direct conflict with United States
troops, provided J. 3. would do his
duty. They immagine themselves a
mighty people. Much superior to any
oftheir ncighbor> and that their voice
should lie the voice Of the nation. To
their sorrow and ehagrin the result OF
the late campaign has shown them that
the North at last will demand her rights
and that her voice shall be heard and
respected in the councils Of our nation.
Al dis She rails, kicks, stamps, swears
and troths with her characteristic fire
eating dispositions She is going to cut
the strings and Ut the Union slide She
is going to found another Confelcracy,
another Kingdom whose King shall BE-
cotton. She will not submit to be ruled
b. = Northern man whose almisistra-
'ianbids fair to be one OF the most moral.
= sareet and .indiciens that we have
had since the days Of Jackson. She
snccomb to the voice Of the majority:
No indeed, Not she. She shall set up
q Kingdom BY herself, worship her own
Idols. make and break her own niggers,
extend iier own niggcri>m on unpolutcl
soil, anl rome dare modest or make
afraid. Yet this size shall do with per-
feet impunity to all laws Of the United
States, prora1sa, always that obtruding
hs1n,a.,1,o VII ,ona,,1.-l -
But seriously, what will her blow and
blister amount to? Just nothing at
all; nothing but a complete backing
down with shame from theunwarantablc
position she has assumed. Secession
except by revolution is both impractical
bic and impossible. South Carolina,
Georgia and Mississippi are as vet the
only States that have got their brussels
MP. What could they do in a revolu-
ton? Why, with equal advantages,
our young State Of Iowa, would wipe
ont the whole Of South Carolina rs cas-
lily and nicely as General Jackson did
the British at New Orleans. Illinois
could serve up both the other States in
the same style, while thousands and
tens q thousands Of true patriotic men
in all the other Northern States, standing
ready Tor the call oftheir country, would
regret exceedingly that it took so few
to do up that Southern chore. No
doubt this secession movement has
many sympathiscrs in all the cotton
growing States; and suppose before
committing any overt acts Of treason
they should perfect their plans for a
secession by revolution, how much
force would be necessary to overcome
them: Certainly not more than could
be raised in the Northwestern States !;
TOR they have a population equal to the
white population Of the whole fifteen
Slave states, and it is only a part Of the
latter that proposes to sccede. But
these speeulations Of calling out force to
conquer them, are probably useless, for
they know just about how far to carry
this excitement with safety to them
selves.
All this farore grows out Of the OBJ
~stinancy ofthe slave workers and breed
crs, against the will Of the majority
They are all Democrats. This we
know no, only from the fact that there
exists in those States no Republican
party, but because they have sympa-
thisers among the Democracy in our
midst. VIZ ask them now to consider
their loyalty tothe Union Of (which they
boasted so loud and long before election.
We ask them to point out a single act
which the Republicans have done, that
they should be charged with the re.
sponsibility Of this secession movement.
They cannot find n md mil thew dn