The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-11-14
DisunfOn.

ASAouAhOhs
In our issue of to-day we give variou
articles showing the tenor of Southern feel
ing since the election of Mr.. Lincoln. Tn
language used is 1--WE hope) the first rasl
blow-off of an excited people. Mr.. Lin
coin has not harmed anybody yet and i
guided by the conservatism which has here
tofore distinguished all our Presidents h,
will be careful to so I'll the office that hi.
name will not 60 down to posterity as the
destroyer of this great Government, now
TIL. envy and soon to become the mistress
Of the world. We fear more from the crazy
men north and south than we do from thu
President elect and those who will possibly
be his immediate advisers The talk dur
ing the canvas has been very rough towards
the south, but may we not hope that vic
tory of such unanimous force in the north
will teach our people forbearance and turn
their minds to the importance of allayine
this demon of scctionalism which is doing
us daily harm and which, if resulting in
separation, will precipitate our present hap.
py people in trouble unimag,nable
1t is possible however that secession will
take place and we cannot shut our eyes to
the fact that there are hosts of men who
seem anxious to force it on the SOUTH
Among these there are no more promincn,
ones than Wentworth of Chicago. Below
will be found an article from his paper. II
written by an obscure man north, it would
not matter, but Mr.. Wentworth is the Re
publican Mayor Of one Of the greatest com
mercial cities Of the Union; he is distin
guished ex-member of Congress; his nam,
is favorably mentioned as U. S. Senator ana
in connection with the incoming Admins
taation; his paper is one of the oldes
Dailies in the west. The Chicago Demo
cras and the Chicago Press Dc Tribune NOR,
than any two papers in the Union stant
related to Mr.. Lincoln as organs. Wher
all these things are considered, the tone o
this article is not only insulting but it i.
dangerously incendiary in character and M
people either north or south can rea,
patiently such menaces. Let the smalles
man of us be spit upon by GIANT an,
though Death stare us in the face we viii
resent the insult. .,... 49, a..., r. ~.
May God Almighty save our countr,
from the guidance of such Statesmen (s) a,
Mayor Wentworth: ...< .-'s... -
From the Chicago Democrat, Nov. stb.
The election is over and Lincoln is elect
ed, by larger majority of the popular yot,
than was anticipated, and by the electora
vote of every free State.
| Thus not only has the consummatior
which the tire-eaters of the South have fo
years proclaimed as the inevitable prelud,
to disunion been attained, but the lob ha
been done SO effectually, completely ant
emphatically, as to leave no doubt that tn,
free people of the North meant they Shout,
be understood. When eighteen millions O
freemen speak as they spoke on Tuesday
they make noise that even the most stunt,
secessionists cannot fail to hear.
| Thus the people of the free North saw I,
the slave oligarchy, 1--WE can endure
your insolcnce, suffer your tyranny, bea
with your assumption, no longer! w,
have listened to your threats, as insulting Al
they were cowardly, of what you would d,
if we dared to carry out our convictions q
right, at the ballot box, and elect ma,
who would not bow the knee to Won nm,
who would place your accursed institution
Of slavery where the public mind woul,
rest in the belief that it would become final
ly extinct. a.a sI-1 :
You have sworn that if we dared I,
elect such man you would dissolve tn
Union. We have elected him, and now "
want you to try your little game of seces
sion. Do it, if you dare So long as yo
remain inithe Union, peaceably and decent
~. you shall enjoy your constitutions
rights. But every man of you who al
tempts to subvert this Union, which W
prize so dearly, will be hung as high a
Haman. We will have no foolng abou
the matter BY THE ETERNAL! THE UNIo
MUST BE PRESERVED
| Such is the lecture read by the people {
the North to their Southern brethren o
Tuesday. And now what will the chiyalr
do about it? s
! Will they eat dirt9 Will they take bac
all they have said about disunion, a South
ern confederacy, the rights of the South
the blood of our enemies, and all that so,
of thing? What will the Yanceys, til
Rhetts, the Keiths, the jeff. Davises, an
all that noble army of traitors do? 7
what dodge will Wise, the doughty chan
pion of the Hay Stack war, resort, in ord,
to cover his inglorious retreat? Where
the army with which he was to march q
Washington, and seize the Federal CITY
II The chivalry wiW eat dirt. They vi
back out. They never had any spunk an,
how. The best they could do was to bull
! and brag and buster. John Brown AMI h
g seventeen men were enough to alright Il
! whole mighty commonwealth of Virgin
: out of its propriety, and to hold it as
conquered province until recaptured by Il
federal troops, and to this day John Brown
ghost is more terrible than an army wi
;. banners, in the eyes of every southern ca
. alier. These knights of the Sunny Sou
u are just such heroes as Sancho Panza Wa
They are wonderful hands at Dragging al
I, telling fantastical lies, but when it com
!, to action, count them out.
!, AS If to add the last cap-stone to this a
70 surdity Of disunion buster, the telegra
Yesterday brought us the news that |
lie Legislature Of South Carolina on Tuesd
:. elected her Presidential electors, and Il
they had concluded to postpone arming I
3 State until they had ascertained that I.
a coin was really elected Poor devils T
4, smallest kind of a knot hole will be suf]
a ent for them to crawl through now.
,e Returns.
In last weeks Times we requested {
!. friends to send US the returns as fast
!. possible. Several of them have obliged
= and we take this occasion to thank them
~ We have to request now that they wo
send any more; we have got enough
a. last us year. We would like to know