St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-08-30

There is your dissolution of the
Union. The Southern States cannot
desire it, for it would defeat the very
objects for which it might bc under
taken they cannot attempt it, for
slavery would lay them helpless at
the feet of the North Slavery, which
makes it uncomfortable to stay in the
Union, makes it impossible for them
to go out of it. What then will the
South do, in case of Republican vic
tory? l answer that question with
another one what ran the South do
in case of a Republican victory? Will
there be disturbance The people
of the South themselves will have to
put it down. viii they submit
Not to Northern dictation, but to
their own good sense. They have
considered us their enemies as long
rs they ruled us; they will find out
that we are their friends as soon as
we cease to be their subjects. They
have dreamed so long of the blessings
of slavery; they will discover that
they are not conquered but liberated.
Will slavery die out As surely as
freedom will not die ont.
Shareholders of America, appeal
TO you. Are you really in earnest
when you speak Of pcrpctuating
slavery? Shall it never cease? New
cry Stop and consider, where You
are and in what days you live.
This is the nineteenth century.
Never since mankind has a rccollcc-
ton Of times gone by, has the human
mind disclosed such wonderful pow
crs. The hidden forces of nature we
have torn from their mysterious con-
cealment and yoked them into the har
ness Of usefulness they carry our
thoughts over slender wires to dis
tant nations they draw our wagons
over the highways of trade they set
in motion the iron fingers of our ma
ehinery ; they will soon pillow our
fields and gather our crops. The
labor Of the brain has exalted to a
mere bridling and controlling of natu-
raj forces, the labor of the hand-and
you think you can pcrpetuate a sys-
TEN which reduces man, however de-
graded, yet capable of development, !
to the level of q soulless machine?
This is the world of the nineteenth
century. The last remnants of feudal-
ism in the old world are fast disap-
pearing. The Gar of Russia, in the
fullness of his imperial power, is
forced to yield to the irresistible
march of human progress, and abol-
ishes scrfdom. Even the sultan of
Turkey can no longer maintain the
barbarous customs of the Moslcm
against the pressure of the century,
and slavery disappears. And you,
citizens of Republic, you think you
can arrest the wheel of progress with
your bred Scott decisions and Demo.
cratic platforms :? Cheers.
Look around you, and see how lone.
some you arc in this wide world of
ours. AS far as modern civilization
throws its rays, what people, what
class of society is there like you !?
Cry out into the world your wild and
guilty fantasy of property in man,
and every echo responds with cry
of horror or contempt; every breeze.
from whatever point Of the compass
it may come, brings you verdict of
condemnation. There is no human
heart that sympathizes with your
cause, unless 1t sympathizes with the
cause OF despotism in every form.
There is no human voice to cheer you
on in your struggle there is no hu-
man eye that has tear for your re-
verses; no link of sympathy between
the common cause of the great human
brotherhood and you You hear of
emancipation in Russia, and wish il
would fail. Iou hear of Italy rising,
and fear the spirit of liberty should
become contagious. Where ali man
kind rcjoices you tremble Where all
mankind love you hate. Where all
mankind curses you sympathize.
And in this appalling solitude, you
stand alone against q powerful world,
alone against a great century fight
ing, hopeless as the struggle of the
Indians against the onward march of
civilization. Use all the devices which |
the inventive genius of dcspotism may
suggest, and yet how can you resist ?
In every little village school house
the little children who learn to read
and write, are plotting against you
IN every laboratory of science, in
every machine shop, the human mind
Is working the destruction of your
idol. You cannot make an attempt
to keep pace with the general pro-
gress Of mankind, without plotting
against yourselves. Every steam
whistle, every putting locomotive is
sounding the shrek Of liberty into our
ears. From the noblcst instincts of
our hearts down to sordid greedincss
of gain, every impulse of human ma
ture is engaged in this universal con
spiracy. How can you resist Where
are your friends in tue North? Your
ever ready supporters are scattered
to the winds as by cnchantment, never
to be seen again. Hear them trying
to save their own fortunes, swear
with trcacherous eagerness that they
have nothing in common with you.
And your opponents ? Your boasts
have lost their charm your threats
have lost their terror upon them. The
attempt is idle to cloak the sores Of
Lazarus with the lion skin of Hcrcu-
les. We know you. Every one of
your boasts is understood as a dis
Suised moan Of wcakness-cvery
shout Of defiance as q disguised cry
for mercy. That game is played out.
Do not deceive yourselves This
means not only the destruction Of
q party-this means the defect of a
cause. Be shrewder than the shire wd-
est, Drawer than the bravest-it is all
in vain your cause is doomed.
And in the face of all this you in
sist upon hugging, with logged stub
hornness, your fatal infatuation
Why not, with manly boldness, swing
around into the grand march of pro-
gressive humanity? You say it can
not be done to-day Can it be done
tomorrow? Will it be easier twenty.
fifty years hence, when the fearful in