Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-07-17
An Cdd Character.
OLIYER's MUS. Wis, J
July 8, 1861.

DIVERS Mills, Wls.,
July 8, 1861.
Nh. CoyER:-You know that | am
neither latter day democrat, modern
republican, pious abolitonist nor a fire
eating seceder, bit the very last old whig
in The land You know also that | am
for the Union, the whole Union and moth
ing but the Union, yet may differ with
you and many others, whom | esteem as
friends and brothers, in the measures to be
pursued to restore the Union and preserve
the government.
tear that il this fratricidal war is con-
tirued, total destruction of our govern
ment will be the end thereof would
therefore have Congress enact an amend
meat to the I'd clause Of the Sd section q
the 4th article OF the Constitution, adding
thereto, "or as to give Congress any power
to legislate for territories, except as pro-
,idei for in the 10th clause OF the 9Th
section of the lst article" This amend
ment, which in my view does not change
the Constitution whit, would be adopted
think by the requisite number of States,
4 ,tle the slavery question forever and re-
store US to peace and harmony. see by
the last Herald that You aid Brother
Jones have pitched into each other pretty
smartly. All | have to say about it Is, |
hope you viii both remain good Union
men, as you profess to be, Notwithstanding
your differences Of opinion.
SETH MAKTa
REMARKs.-We are pleased to hear
from our old friend MAKER and glad that
he is the asst seed of race so near extinct
as the old wing party-a party whose
men were the best in point Of character
and patriotism during its day, but deficient
in numbers and holding principles which
lacked univ ersalty and solidity-principles
such as they were, which are now out Of
date and never 10 be reviyed-saYe by this
solitary MAKER, or rather compromises at
present. You, friend MAKER, propose a
compromise which is TO "nct change the
Constitution whit" and which you
promise will save the Union, stop the war,
restore harmony, &c. Mistaken sir the
question is beyond compromise, for SC
many reasons that we cannot enumerate
them; few we offer: the South is not to
blame if slavery is right; if wrong, then
there is no halfway place and consequently
no ground for compromise. Our position
is, that slavery is wrong-theirs, that it is
right, and the conflict is therefore ire
pressible, except BY one party conquering
the other: then only can peace come.
The naked truth is, slavery demands all
these SACRIFICES which it asks of us in order
! to keep it alive; it demands the exercise OF
/ tyranny to start on, and tyranny begets
idleness; idleness begets Ignorance and
crime, and crime leads to disloyalty ard
war. Freedom demands the reverse of all
this, for it begets industry; industry pro-
duces intelligence, peace, patriotism. You
are an example,: having been brought up
to industry, you became intelligent and
patriotic Had you been raised in idle
ness and with whip in your hands, this
day you would be tyrant, swearing rebel
and secessiopist-pry vided you lived in a
slave State. Thus, freedom begets good
men as a general rule; slavery begels dev-
lis. Were you as well read in the worlds
history as you are in the current politics
of the age in which you live, you need not
be told that slavery in all ages has ruined
its people and country by breeding idle
ness, ignorance, crime, disIoyalty, war and
destruction; "it destroyed Greece and
Rome,' says Gibbon, ''and it carried Bah
ylon into captivity, there being none but
slaves to detena it, and these prefered the
invading enemy to their masters. "--just
like the slaves Of the south, who are now
about the only friends we have there and
the worst enemies to their masters and
homes. Yet, with the South you would
compromise, all history past (which points
out our future path,l showing that rebels
SO begotten can only be reclaimed by ans
/ IllHlidi0H+ LIS is nara uOcblIHe, Dul 80
your bible teaches, as in the case of Pha-
raoh-so teaches every page of history
where the relation of helot and master is
discussed. We too hoped to reclaim the
South by mild means, such as gradual or
even Immediate emancipation and colonial
ton OF the blacks to some country by
themselves. The old whig party stood in
the way and the democratic party was
niorsgaged soul and body TO those who
held the whip over it; the abolition howl
was raised and that natural prejudice of
race which ali possess was reused, and 50
the negro was condemned as only fit for q
slaye-thus, sinking our design to free the
country from this curse by the usual dem
agogue cry that we wished to establish ne
gro equality, amalgamation, DC. Worse
than al, you are seeking and kissing the
very mountain which has covered your
shame by invoking another of the very
same sort of compromises which are al
ready working the countrys ruin! In
kindness, dear frien d MAKER, we close by
urging YOU and al! compromisers to ask for