The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1861-05-23

Delivered at Des Moines. May I6, 1861.

fGESrLKnES OF THE SEHATE AND HOUSE OF Rss
I'm REsENTAfivEs: E N
The CONSTITUTIONS requires that sha|
state 70 you the purpose for which yo'
have been convened in Extraordinar,
Session.
When little more than a year ag'
your regular session closed. the who'll
country was in the enjoyment Of peace
and prosperity, At home, life, libert.
aud prosperity we're secure, and abroat
the title of an American citizen wa
claimed with pride and full assuranc,
that it was a sure guaranty Of respec
and protection to all who could max,
good the claim To-day Civil W-r il
upon US, and spread conspirac,
against the general government, which
we now know has been maturing fo
years, has been developed, and the VIII oil
country is filled with the din Of arms. -
On the enc hand, and from one section
Of the country, men who would be loya
citizens, if benefits conferred by gov
eminent should make them loyal to it
are mastering in armed bands with thu
intent to dissolve the Union, and destroy
our government and on the other hanc
partially from the same section, and az
one man from the other, our loyal people
are rallying around our Union and oal
government, and pledging for their mai, .
tenance, what our Fathers so freely per-
illed to secure them, life, fortune and
honor.
ID this emergency Iowa must not anc
does not occupy doubtful position. Fol
the Union as our fathers formed it, ant
for the government they founded so wise
ly, and SO " II, the people Of Iowa are
ready to pledge every fighting man in the
State and every dollar of her money and
credit; and | have called you together
in extraordinary session for the purpose
Of enabling them to make that pledge
formal and effective.
Those who, to crafty their mad ambi-
tion, have brought upon the country this
great evil, seek to disguise their true in.
tent, to cover their true purpose. They
say they do not desire to destroy our
Government, but that it has become hos
tile TO them, and they only wish to peace
fully withdraw themselves from it, which
they claim the right to do whenever in
their judgment their interest or safety
may require such action. Many loyal
men, secured by their professions AID
not p; rcciving that "peaceable secession"
is destructive alike OF the CONSTITUTE,
and Union were unwilling that any cocr-
Give measures should be used to bring
them back to sense of their duty How
are the facts! Our government is based
on these great central controlling ideas.
The people are the only true source #
pow or. In the exercise of their power,
they lave created oar present form of
government, retaining in their own
hards It's management and control. They
have honesty enoug n to desire, and in
te'ligence enough to discern the right,
and it at any time they should, by reason
OF excltement or passion misdrcct the
action OF government and do wrong to
any portion Of themselves their honesty
and intelligence Fan be surely relied upon
to correct such wrongs, These are the
Fundamental ideas of our form of govern
ment, and when any section of our coun
try or any portion of our people alleging
that wrongs have been done them. de-
clare they cannot and will not rely upon
the honesty and intelligence of our PEG
!c to right such wrongs, but will right
their wrongs IN their own way and by
their own hand they strike blow which
if not arrested will crumblo the fabric o.
our government into ruins.
Has the government been hostile tt
them? At the time this unnatural re
bellion commenced there was not on TIL
statute books of the United States a sin
gle law that that had not been dictated
or assented to by their Representatives
TO recent election, of the result Of which
they 80 loudly complain, had placed il
! the Presidential chair a person opposed
to their policy upon one important ques
ton, but had left them in possession o
the other Independent and co ordinat,
branches of the Government so that il
was utterly impossible any injury could
result to them from the election of ;
President who was not their choice. -
Under these circumstances, without wait
ing to see what would be the disposition
of the new ly elected President, without
trusting to Congress and the proceeding
yet under their control without waiting
for an appeal to the honesty and intelli-
gence of the people to right any wrongs
that might be attempted against them,
they rebellcd against the government,
and sought to destroy it by force Of arms
They have seized by force the forts, ar.
scnals, ships and treasure, and have Sc,
at defiance the laws and officers of the
United States, and they have sought t,
set up within the Union another ant
. independent government. They hav,
for mouths past been levying troops
building forts, and gathering II unition
of war, with intent to make war upo,
our government, if it should attempt t.
perform its lawful functions, and afte
months Of preparation have attacke'
with overwhelming numbers and captur
cd the troops of the United States, hold
ing fort of the United States, and hav
, SO far as in them lies dishonored tina
, proud flag, which throughout the worl
is The emblem Of the power, the homo
and the glory Of our nation.
What, in the meantime, has been tn
action OF our government towards thes
misguided men? The history of tn
world cannot show equal moderation an
torbcarancc by any government toward
q norton Of It's pennle In rehellinn anains