The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-12-22

over which our Democfalc iIooes
had many bud and prolonged hovi-wiii
be opened for the reception OF patients
early in March, 1851.
When the Republicans, 10 Convention at
Chicago last May, reafHrnsd the emph aa
declaration Of Andrew Jackson- ias
Union must and shall be preserved
never Appreciated that they wers taxing
at random or with canting lips. when tney
vent yet further, and foreseeicg the eAac.
state of things now existing. pfociaimea
that they ''he,d in abhorencs all schemes ior
Disunion, GENE from whatever source tney
nav" aud denounced the .threats OF us
unisn in case OF popular overtime" OF
Democratic ascendancy, as denying tue vital
principle of free government, ana az an
avowal of contemplated treason, which IL IS
the imperative duty Of an indignant people
strongly TO ye5uke and foferer silence, we
had no thought ,ha. the Representatives OF
the Republican party in Congress, OF their
leaders elsewhere, would sit quietly by and
sec this Union broken up without q gaiisns
struggle to preserve its integrity. No sucn
expectation was for moment entertained
by the masses of the people who voted Tor
Abraham Lincoln. No countsnanca to
.sconsempla,sd treason,'' no quiet acqules-
euce in conduct universally held IN s'aohor-
renee" by loyal citizens Of the United States,
would have been anticipated, even had their
express pledges been entirely omitted. AND
vet where are the Republican leaders,
What are they doing:
A, the South treason is doing its work.
Public sentiment is becoming SO corrupted
and poisoned, that even sincere Union men
have TO cover in terror before the conspira-
tors. Many manly voices are raised IN
opposition to this madness, yet what for
m,dable manifestation, what decisive act
have we witnessed, in great majority OF
The slaveholding States? Nons-absolutely
none Whatever. The dark and desolating
tide is apparently sabmerging the whole
South, with no efficient attempt, even to
stay its progress.
Have we national Government? If so,
what is III tat doing at this crisis? Our Presi-
dent started off with q purpose-as is man.
ifested from so much of the original printed
copy of his message as has survived the
trimmings three columns iathe asgregate)
to which it was subj ected by the Cabinet
to assume little Jacksonian craftsmanship.
il not some of Old liickory's frmness also,
vet the darling effort has died out into a
mild protesta,ion that virtually invites
nationa! ruin. He is on all sides and no
side at once. He virtually abandons the
field TO the Disunionists, with only faint
shrek of alarm aud dread apprehension.
Look at his Cabinet. Around his Council
Board sit openly avewed traitors One Of
them, holding the purse Of the nation, is
already virtually in the camp of the avowed
enemies Of the nation, who are leagued and
sworn to break up the very Government in
which he continues to hold a most response
BILE official position! Most benign and COM
placens old public functionary! Tie head
of your Treasury Department, and though
less openly, yet presumably (frcm his con-
duc,l the head of your Wdr Department,
are just on the point of casting off their
allegiance, and joining in a most criminal
rebellion against the very power you repre-
sent. Yet you continue to give them every
facility they could desire, ms spies exploring
every resource and secret of the Government
they are about to repudiate and betray.-
You have given them, unreseryedly the ut
most advantage they could ask, even If they
seriously intended to hold on to the main
sinews Of the Government, and, by a coup
d'etat, turn the whole force Of its authority
against its legitimate supporters.
And yet no voico-or only some faint and
facetious one--is raised in either branch of
Congress, as this work of Disunion and
infamous treachery goes on. Is the Repub-
lican party self-annihilated ere it takes
possession of the power which the people
/ L ,ota l.. L..
waited patiently for some ground of better
hope. The propitious time has passed, but
all is not vet lost. Backsliding journalists
have already infinite mischief to account for.
Connivers at Disunion have done much to
corrupt public opinion even in the North.
Silent Republican Congressmen-pa ralyscd,
apparently, by events that they cannot but
have forseen in the clearest manner for
months-have contributedto the growing
evil. Have we no leader, in the National
Capitol, who dares to speak ont plainly,
and to lead off in impeachipg tratorous
Executive, in arraigning avowed traitors,
in maintaining tho sentiments of the North
ern people almost universally by reaffirming
with emphasis-TuE UNION MUST AND SHALL
DE PRESERVED?
Undeuiably. critical times are upon US.
We are disappointed only in the temper and
spirit with which the crisis is met. Wei had
not expected this. Until recently, we had
thought such conduct impossible. few
more days of temporizng, like that we have
seen on all sides for the last week. aud the
worst disasters will be upon US. There is
now imminent danger that treachery on one
side, and weakness on the other. will prove
fatal to the Union. Our aIvices from
Washington already convey the impression
that it may now be too late for decisive
action. Specification" By Congressional
reso 'ution is out Of the question. We ad.
wise all to look the present danger in the
face, and to prepare for the worst Gin
cinnaii Gazette.
THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY. r
Who is responsible for the ousburst of
maiignity and treason now manifested in the
South Who, more than anybody else,
has contributed to it? Who, but those op-
posed to the Republicans in the late cleo
ton? Every Democratic and MIS- called
/" Union" press and speaker were incessant
in misrepresenting the opinions and aims Of
the Republicans, and in insisting upon it