The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-10-20

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| Ssarealy had tbs rsssis q tbs recent
lslsesisss d Pss,syivasia, Isdiass and Ohio,
flashed alsag he tslsgraphis wires south
vsrd. srs there sans yelling up, IN concert,
from the Southern Sssses, Denseratie hsvls
Of Disssiss! This il the trump cord, sev
With that party in the South, and the game
Of sbiuf" has commenced in real earnest.
Southern papers are new full Of iasinuated
threats Of disunion and consequent blood
shed. OF course, there il much Of method
in their madness. By this SANE style OF
argument, they ha.s often frightened the
North out Of it, fidelity to principle, and
info measures sabyer.ive Of its best interests.
Bet the game il about played cut. The
Republicans propose - accomplish Con-
stisusionai end BY Constitutional means, and
10 threats Of disanion viii prevent them
from mainsaining their rights. Those who
hon<stis suppose tina. the South will at once,
upon the election Of Mr.. LINCOLN, appeal to
the God Of Battles, pay very small eompli-
ment, either to the discretion or patriotism,
Of our Southern brethren. Indeed, the
savehoiding section Of the confederacy
needs one defeat, to establish It's fidelity to
/ the Constitution. The election OF MIR.
LINCOLN, will do more than anything else,
towards showing tina. our Southern neigh
bors are patriotic and Union-loving men, as
mass. The election Of LiScoLs, will re-
move from the South the stigma Of disunIon
For - mspy ycars have Southern bravadoes
msnaeed the North With threats Of disunion
and secession, that there are not few hon
est and simple minded people this side Of
Mason ( Dixon's Line, whs really and hon
estly believe, tina. the whole body OF the
people Of the South are disuniouists and
traitors and in favor Of resisting by force
o! arms tho Inauguration Of President
elected in the mode prescribed by that bond
Of Union, the Constitution Of the United
States.
The covert threats Of Secession and Dis
union, now yelling up from Democratic
presses, and Democratic throats, in the
South, are looked upon by every reasoning
man in the North, save and except q few
dickering politicians, place. hunters, and
!ogy fossils, us the idies, and most senseless
Of all latter dag ga.gonaaing. On this
point, the following from the n. Y. Times,
is conclusive and meets our views exactly
"Ths simple truth is,nobody is frightened
because there is nothing tie be frightened at.
|, is the most natural thing in the world
that Southern men should threaten disunion,
for they have something to gain by it. The
Richmond Enquirer said some weeks since
that If they could only make the North be-
here they Intended disunion, they could
defeat the Republicans and that il really
what they are trying to do. 1t does not
that they should succeed with any consid
cradle number OF our people. When the
House OF Representatives was trying TO elect
Republican Speaker last Winter, we heard
tho same threats, jus. US Loud, jus. as gen.
eral, and just rs alarming as they are now.
The moment the Republicans succeeded, the
storm ceased, the bowling was husbed, the
loudest of the alarmists took their places,
with quiet resignation, on tho Committees |
to which they had been appointed, and the !
whole enginery Of terror was laid aside
until it should be wanted again. SO j. was
when Banks was elected,-so it was after
the John Brown invasion,-so it was in
1856, and So it will be regularly and uni
forml until the game ceases to be profitable. |
When it is discovered finally and conclu- |
sivelv, that the North is not made up of
children, to be afraid of bugaboos, the |
South will not parade them on the eve OF |
every election. The sooner this lesson is |
incuicated, the sooner we shall be delivered |
from these periodical soundings of the Dis
union gong. The Chinese were formidable |
warriors SO long as they met no foes but !
such wero afraid of noise. Against !
English tympanums aud bayone,s they stood |
avery poor chance.
''We do not mean in these remarks. to |
imply that none Of the threats Of Disunlon |
are genuine. We have DO doubt there are |
men at the South who have on foot a rsgu- |
lar conspiracy for secession. And they |
have an appearance of very considerable |
strength, just now. because it is the inter-
est Of the whole South that their threats |
should carry as much terror as possible 10 |
the Northern mind. But tho moment the |
thing is over, very different class Of
interests will come into active play, and |
very different course Of action will be |
taken.'