The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-08-25

be protected 10 the pVssession OF tneii
slaves.
/ say, therefore, that slavery eanno. be
protected IN general without being protected
IN detail. But how can you protect 1t in
d-tail ? cy guarding fifteen hundred mile.
of frontier aud two thousand miles Of coast
against an enemy who 10 perfectly free IN
hi- movements and aided by an extensive
rsii,aad system always readyso concentrate
his forces wherever he pleases j. is in-
possible thu dullest understanding sees il.
IL mas be said tha, II will not be necessary;
indeed, for the free States il would not
they may, in order TO Concentrate theis
forces, expose their territory ; for the
damage dune ty an invasion is easily re-
paired. The retreating invader cannot
carry the liberties OF the invaded cJuntry
away with him. Cheers. Not so with
slavery. 4 northern anti-slavery armv, OF
even a small flying corps invading SLAVE.
holding State, would not. perhaps, system
aticaly llhrra,e the slaves, but at ali events
il would hardly squapdsr much time and
heailh, IN catching the runaway. The prob
ability, therefore, -, that wherever north
ern army appears, the states disappear
ard slavery with th.m-at lenst for the
I time being. lnvade free State, and the
/ restoration of liberty, after the attack is
repu!,ed, requires only the presence OF free
men. But the restoration 1T slavery will
require capita! tha, capital consisted prisn-
/ eiplIly IN the slaves the slaves have ran
away, and with them the capital necessary
/ for the restoration Of slavery.
/ The slave States, therefore, cannot expose
their territory without leaving unprotected
/ the institution, for the protection OF which
/ the war WIS undertaken. They have Il
cover thousands aud thousands nf vulnera-
/ hle points, for every plantation IS an open
wound. and every nrgrp CABIN sore
/ Every border or seat Oard slave State vii
need her own soldiers, aud more too, for
/ her own protection and wheSe will be ihc
maierjul for the Concentrated army Scat
tered over thousands of miles without The
! possibility Of Concentration.
| Besides. the slave State. harhor danger
| nus enemy w!IhIn their own boundaries, and
that il slavery itself. Imagine they are al
war with an anti slavery people, whom they
have Pxasperatrd hy their own hostiIi'y.-
What wis be the eiirct upon the slaves =
The question is not whether the Nofth VIII
Iiu-tIgnte u slave rebellion, tor suppose
they viii not the question -. whether thes
can prevent II, and | thnk they canhot.-
Eut the mere untlciputinn CT II negro Insur-
rection (uud the heated Imagination af The
Shareholder will discover the symptoms 81
rebellion. spirit IN every tridr) will para
I'VE the whole South. Doyou r,memb : the
effect of John Browns attempt! The ST.
rerest blow that he struck At the sInv"
POKER was no, that he disturbed II town and
killed several citizens, but TINT he revenird
the weakness Of ,he whole South. LIT Gnv-
ernor WISE, Of Virginia, carry out his
threatened INVASION of the free States. not
with twenty three. but with twenty three
hundred followers nt his heeIs-what Will
be the result? As long aS they behave
themselves we shall let III IN alone hut III
soon us they create any dI>turharc iheI
will he rut INTO the station house ;and 'he
next d ~ we shall read in the newspapers OF
some northern cE.v. among the reports OF
the police court: Henry \. Wise and others,
for di.ordrrIy cnn'lucr, fined 50; 'oud
( Laughter and applause. or. II he has made
/ n attempt on ANY mans lfe, or against our
/ institutions, I've will most certainly ma II
northern jury proud enough TO acqu;t him
+ on the ground Of incorrjglbie mental de-
raugrmenr. IContInued laughter and ap-
Z plnu~el Oar pictorial prints Will have ma
trrlnl for caricatures FOR two ISSUES, and
/ u burst of laughter VII ring to the skies
/ from Maine tr California. And there IS the
end of it. But behold John Brown with
twenty-lhrce men, raising II row Mt liarpPr's :
Frrrv the whole South frantic with ter
rnr the VIII ,Is State of Virginia IN arms !;
troops m ,rchins and counter marching as
# the battle of Au,terirz WAS to he fought
III hpt a n d.
thirsty invaders, and even the evening song
of the peaceful whip-poor wills mistaken
for the battle cry OF rebellion Incessanr
lnughter.l and these are the men, who VIII
expose themsclve. to the chnnces OF war
with m nn,I-slaverv people VIII they
not look upon every captain hs John
Brown. and every sergeant and private as u
Coppic or Stephens /? They ",i not have
men enough to quiet their fears Mt h0m" :
what will they have to oppose To the enemy:
Every township Will want Its home reEI
mcnf. every plantation It's garrison and
what will lie left for the trtd army No
snOner will movement OF concentration be
attempted than the mcrest panic Will nnd"
and frusttnte il forever. ThCnstuGles might
say that Greece was on his ships; French
general might say that the Republic WAS IN
hi. camp: but slavery wall be neither on
the ships nor in the camp : 1t will 5e spread
Hrfencrlrss over thousands Of square miles.
Thi. will lie their sirua,lon Elther they
concentrate their forces and slavery will be
exposed every where or they do not con-
centrute tkerr, and their strength Wi! be
nowhere. They want war? Let them try
It Thry wrl!try ii but once. And thu
it turns out. that the very snmc thinG that
would be the cause Of the war, wouId at once
d sable them to carry on the war. The
sam institutian that wants protection, will
NJ the rama time dI-arr1l ~ protectors. Yes,
slavery, which can no longer be defended
with arguments, can no longer Le defended
with arms.
There j. your dissolution Of the Union
The Southern States cannot desire II, for 1t
would drfeat the very objects Tor which
1t might be und. rtaksu they cannot at
tempt 1t. far slavery would Jay thin help
less ut the feet Of the North. SiavrrT,
which mases it tuncomr0rtahle TO stay IN the
Union. makes it impossible Tor them 20 90
OUT Of it. What then Will the South d., IN
case Of a Republican victory WA there
be n disturbance? The people OF the South
xs}l have to put 1t down themselves. VIII
thew snimlt2 Mt 10 Northern dc aton,
bu, to their own good sense. They have
considered as their enemies as long rs my
have ruled a.: they will find ont that weate
their Trieuis as soan as we cease tn he their
<uhiec.. They have dreamed so long of
the blessings of slavery; they will open
their ewes again 20 the blessings Of liberty.
They will ti-cnver that they are not CON
auered bat hnprated. viii slavery die out?
As surely as freedom will not die cut.
Shareholders Of America. | appeal to
vau. Are YOU r. alv IN earnes, when you
speak of perpetuating slavery Shall 1t
never cease Never? Stop and CONSIDER
where you are, and in what days you live.
Tbs j, the nineteenth century. NeTer
since mankind has a recollection Of time
soae by. has the human mind disclosed such
wonderful powers. Tie hidden forces OF
nature We have torn from their mysterious
concealmens and yoked them into the har-
ness Of usefulness they carry our thoughts