The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-10-26

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t:-shey had scattered the armies of ,h,
ConfedsracT through the State; Virgins
soldiers were there; South Carolina troop.
were there: Alabamians we're there: ane
all were permitted to vofai And while thu:
voting in mnckery and derision themselves.
they kept, BY violence aud outrage, ani
threats, our peaceabie and order loving ci,-
izens from the polls. And yet whenever
we, the advocates of the Union. could "a
into such counties as We ceuid reaca, the
vote against the ordinance Of secession was
almost unaBImeus,-at ieas. four cut oil
every five voted With Us. And this too in
Counties where We found ourselves threat
Tened and outraged TO such an extent tha;
when We stood up to speak we had to an
Deunee TO the bullies and bragadocios pres
ent that if there was any lighting 50 be one
during the meeting We would prefer to at
tend to that first, and do the speaking af-
forwards.
But they roted us OUT! And evenafterwaras
| We sent To them commissioners, saying to
! them, our people do not desire 10 separate
from the Union and leave the Constitution
of our fathers: If you insist upon going,
act for yourselves, and go; but in Gods
name We ask Of you 10 let US alone To
this, what was the reply2 Armed men i
We appealed to them get again in like
terms. What was the answer from Mont
gomery? Their edralry! Yes; while yet
beseechtng them to ae, on their own doc
trine, and let US alone, the hoofs of their
cavalry were indenting our plains, and tn.
tramp Of their troops was about our homes.
And yet there are those who set up the pu
ling cry--'let there be no coercionr What!
secessionist declaring against coercion !
Why, God bless you, friends, they never
got anything except by coercion. They co.
creed Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and
Virginia out of the Uoion. They attempted
1t 10 Maryiand-the Government stopped
it they are now attempting il in Kentucky,
and there the People will stop iti Their
whole career has been one of coercion, of
outrage, insult, blasphemy and crime. De-
tatchments of their myrmidons, who are
sent, as they said, sto protect Us from the
despotism of Abe Lincoln, ~ would pass
through our county, in Tennessee, on the
r'itroad. As they went they saw the flag
of our country, the glorious old Stripes and
Stars, floating from the gable OF an humble
school house, where the little boys hid
placed it as sn emblem of their pure and
dawning love for the Union. What did
those miscreants do? They stopped their
train, aud with hooting and ribildry, with
/, menaees, and execratipns and blasphemy.
| they tore It from the children and trampled
/ it in the mire They would enter private
houses, and under pretease of seeking for
| ammunition, would rummage drawers and
| desks, rohbing the family Of the money.
1 and the females Of their jewels and heir
looms. They would orderssAs meals and
their lodging in tones of insttsnce and in
terms of assault. They wosAe, feed Their
horses with wastefuness. and -scatter tbs
| the food recklessly on the grounds, And af-
| ter eating to the I'll Of their insatiate app
| iites, and rintng and rummagipg, they
| would mount, and, with oaths ank.ebscen-
ity, would tell the family to charge it all 20
JEFF. Davis. And this, my friends, is So
| eessian! s5-s@a.a ssgs
| Heretofore the condition Of the country
| has been such that when we divided into
parties we did it in the spirit Of concord
and amity. Our party strife was then
mostly TO demonstrate which was the most
devoted to the Union of the States and the
perpetuity of the Government. On acca
slons of our conventions all parties, Wing.
Democratic, Republican, would place their
flags upon their stands, and carry them ai
the head Of PROFESSIONS but they were al
| WAYS aud everywhere the same .fag.-the
"Stars and Stripes,' embiema,lc of our
National Union. So also the subj cts and
issues upon which we divided were various.
the tariff, the sub. Treasury, the Pablo
Land, Internal Improvements, &C., but in
| the advocacy and discussion Of them all,
the effort OF each was, still, to show their
policy best for promoting and strengthen
ing the Union. Who ever heard, amid
them all. measures advocated to destroy
the Government Never was such meas
ure admitted; but even the thought and
tendency were discountenanced and disa-
vowed. This was our course, and suct our
policy, mr. friends, IN times past.
| Butuow n new issue is muds. The clear, +,
naked question now made is-shall the
Union of States be d .ruptedf Shall this
Government, under which we have lived so
long and done so we'll, and By which We
have made progress 10 prosperity beyond
any other nation on the globe, be overturn-
ed and dessroyed2
la b, only as long ago as the last au-
tumn, during the canvass for the Presden-
siai election. no party had ayowed any DIFF.
fereut views from those of old. MIR. Lin
coin, Mf. Bell. Air. Breckenridge, and Mr.
Douglas all advocated the Union Of The
States. In this canvass | had a part, and
advocated The candidate OF nv choice be-
cause deemed him the best to secure the
Union for which ali seemed to be contend.
ing. come not here, my friends, to speak
With forked tongue: | have nothing ID
conceal. | have been all mE hfe n Demo-
csas.--a Democrat in the proper aceepia-
t,on of that word, the central itea Of which
is mans capabilifg Of sell -gorernnseaf il
il this funaamentas prinslpie that ! have
ever he'd as cardinal tenet in my political
creed az a Democrat. As far back as the
year 's3. when Gen. jackson vas President,
With whom many differed as to policy, but
whom all cancsds to have been, Patriot,
4 Soldier. and Statesman, when was but
q Young man engaged IN ms shop, when tbs
Old Her3's proclamation was sssaed 10 thai
struggle with Calhoun to put dowa the mon
sser uusIffcanon, whieh was the parent of
this great monster, Secession, then nv mind
imhibed the dastrlne of that Proclamation
On that took my stand as Democrat
and have ever since TO this day held the same
doctrine in relation to the Unien OF tbs
States.
4 Daring that ssruggle With nasiiacasion al
The prominent Statesmen OF the nation,
Webster, Clay and others, rallied 10 tbs
support nf Gen. JACKSON, who did not hesi'
tate to use bath the army and the navy te
pus ds~o that opening rsee!lion against ths
Gsvernmen,. And shal we now continue
divided? Shall We stop % ask whether To-
Administrations or the President i Nhig
tnr gepuhiisan, or Democrasf Nhnso-
ever Is for preserving tAss gsseEnnens a
| banded down TO Us from oar fathers vii
ralir to tha support Of the President ras
~ All patriot @asssraen Of every party raj
lied 20 The support Of the President 10 1853
I AIS is the aaly usy 10 pre-srse sa'. 0yv,
erumsn;. Let the Government aFst be ss
cared then xs may again divide, IN friend
~ way, upon parry issues - before. ba