The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-12-06
NORTHERN AEGREsSIONs.
IRON the Chicago Tribune.

| Iron the Chicago Tribune.
The scnsitiveness of the national cen.
science on the subject Of Slavery, ut the
time Of the organization Of the govern
ment, is known to every school boy iu
the land. No fact is more indisputable
than that the trainers Of the Constitution
refused to use the word Slavery in that
glorious instrument, supposing that the
system would, under the influence Of
Democratic ideas, come to an end, and
that the fundamental law, when studied
by future generations, would bear no ev-
idcnce that the abomination ever existed
by its sanction. All the public men of
the period "rested in the belief" that
the institution was doomed to speedy ex-
tinction, and that belief entered into and
shaped all their legislative acts. The
evils OF Slavery were universally admit
ted and deplored; aud all men, save a
few in South Carolina, would have been
willing to submit to any sacrifice that
would have speedily, safely, auC efectu.
ally wiped it out, and freed the country
of the curses which followed in its train.
On two points there was no discordan &C
anywhere: Slavery is local, depending
upon the force Of positive law for exist
ence, and for no purpose shall it be ex.
tended. These were The political axiom'
of the period, recognized in the Cabinet.
iu Congress, in the Courts aud by all
parties, aud enforced everywhere by Elk
ecutive action, the laws of the land, the
decisions of the judicial tribunals, tn"
voice of the Clergy, and the unanimous
consent of the people North aud South
That was the condition Of the Saw,
question in 1890, aud for many years
thereafter.
Sixty years have brous ht a marvellous
change The belief of the old time has
disappeared from half the land aud is
weakened everywhere. 1t Is now held
that Slavery is right per SEA just, hu
name, benefcent institution; that il i.
authorized by the Federal Constitution,
hence is not dependent upon local law;
, that it may go everywhere in the nat;on
al domain, guarded and defended by II
the power o: the government in all its
branches; that all attempts to rcstrc,
aud circumscribe it are reasonable; thn'
all lines of policy Itch lead to fu'"r
emanci patton are wrong and unsound !;
that it must not be examined and dis.
cusscd; that freedom of speech and tree
dom of the press shall be destroyed for
its benefit that the Post Office shall b
its miuister; that lynch law, which it
must invoke, must be sanctioned with.
out murmur. no matter what atrocities
it may infict; that religion shall ap-
prove, and all church and philapthropic
organizations shall everywhere uphold
aud defend it, This is fearful dccn
1q" State TT W. is ass n5t Know "a3
We speak the words of truth and sober
ness
While this debauching and corruptin2
work has been going on in the national
mind, great material results have been
attained by the Slave Power 1t has
, subjugated and enslaved vast terri,orie,
upon which an Empire may rise, sn1
which ought to have been devoted to
freedom 1t has wagcd two or three H.
dian wars and one foreign war, the las:
of which cost an hundred i..!sa- d
money, and the lives Of more than sp@4.
ty FIVE thousand men, -oIcIy ,hss "a. A.,
might be extended, and TIA, he sss-eraea,
in the government might he s;'ses zs@att
cd and preserved |, has cyf.;r.sy.s. - :.
ry national Administrsttgo ss-es IseAa:n
went out Of pouer and 9; aes a. ssgs a.rp
to every act Of CpHstIsasss-.s4 .ag-,ssssr.s.n
in all that time Il Lac "a aer*. :. Il.
self all the benefit. " go - es.ssss. ,a,t
has ruled with an !rsa nat. -Ert2s
it has put aud he'd lbs .asrt. Is: go -
sltion Of suppIIans !sr sass al, IA =
have demanded AZ a .Igst !J--agns i.
the years since the gr.sa.za;~.. u 49,
government it has not pad ..zt'. al
account Of its cha,tc!.. inir tie .Ty-.-s.,.r
treasury, though i. ha. draw ,..4.re.
of millions thercfrom tba. i, a4sz.: /,
made more secure. |, us, Ill ts..4 t-,se
, Who will point out ,he item il ah!eL y
err?
Yet if We may believe the cotnpIAin'
which come up to Us from the South, III
North has Oh the mhHe been ayyreastee
| She has given up point after point. re
eeded from position to position, pro;es,
IN a.EaTs and always surreuderine
gui4l II l4si, We find tina. a revolutio
a.uft Frthensive than any hostil
arats a91.a have effected, has been ac
T oo4F..sAei The entire policy Of tn
, government has been reversed. The M
,ional conscience has been thorough
dcbauched, and Slavery instead Of bein
, an accident Of our national life, TO be r.
paired by labor and sacrifice, has becom
its controlling power 1t is the ,naste
Of the Republic, ruling it with the all
ut an autocrat.
1t is difficult to see where in this r
} e,,al of our national recreancy and di
, grace the aggressions of the North an
the losses of slavery come in-upon VIII
the oppression and injustice of whic
the South complains hang. Has 81
been robbed of Territory? Has she bee
denied her voice in the national legisl
.ure? Has she been saddled with uni u
enac.meuts? Has she been the victim
sectional hate? The record tells US VIII;
she has lost and what she has gained
bu. where IN it shall we find the wrong
which are the burden of her ceaseles
complaint We ask those who are Sc
cessionists in the North. or apologist
for contemplated treason in the South t.
take the history as it is, cease their CAB
bling in rencralitles, estimate slavery d