The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-06-29

or. t,ve achieved for years that the south were ia
earnest IN their demands s1 The recognition OF tAef
rihts sm Without such rsasniians thsy wsatd never
consent to reasu In the uaon under al Admins s!Sn
decidedly hostile To their rights
Such /. the language Of Disunion sheet
in Justification Of the present. rebellion.
Now listen to TIE language OF that Southern
patriot, the Hon. JosEFu LIoLr, Of Kentucky.
In an appeal to the people OF Kentucky to
stop their ears and hearts to the insidious
wiles Of the deadly secession serpent, and
to remain true to the "stars and stripes,
which, Ike angels wings, have 80 long
guarded their homes from erefy oppression
he says: eff Keutueky separates herself
from the Union, it must be upon the basis
that the separation 10 to be final and eternal.
Is there aushs in the organization Of the
Government of the United States to justify
on her part, IN act % solemn and so peril
Gus? Could the wisest Of her lawyers, IL
called upon, find material for an indictment
in any or in all the pages of the history OF
the Republic? Could the most leprous-
tipped Of its calumniafors point 10 a single
State or Territory, community or citizen,
that it has pronged or oppressed! Hwould
be impossible. So far as the slave States
are concerned, their protection has been
complete, and if il has not been, it has been
the fault Of their statesmen, who have had
the control Of the Government since its
foundation" The only Southern rights
now insisted upon (says Mr.. HcLT) is that
Of dismembsrins this Republic! All the
iawless proceedings which have character
lied the Southern rebellion, says Mr.. Hour,
were prompted and directed by men occu-
pying seats in the Capitol, some of whom
were frank enough to declare that they
could not and could not, though in mi.
nority, Hpe under a Government uhieh
they could not control. In this declaration
is found the key which unlocks the whole
OF the complicated machinery Of this revo-
luton. The prodiga,e ambition of public
men in all ages and lands, has been the rock
on which republics have split. Such men
have arisen in our midst men trho, because
unable permanently TO grasp the helm Of
the ship. are niiiing TO destroy it in hope to
command some one Of the rgfls hdi may
float array from The iereck. The effect is
TO degrade us TO a lersl Nth the military
bandits Of Merico and South dmerica, rho, |
uhen beaten at an election, .Hy TO arms,
and seek TO master by the srord what then |
hare been unable TO control by The ballot |
bpr."
Nothing could be more trsthfu than this.
Even in Council Bluffs, the men Who oppose
the eaorts Of the Administration to preserve
Government, belong. without exception, to
the party that has been in poser for the las.
eight years. Defeated last fall, and the relps
OF Government taken from them, thew are
now seeking to erect another form of Gov
erument on the ruins they are now attempting
TO create. The number of such men ho sever,
in these parts, issmall. They claim to be The
ruling class," and act upon the hypothesis,
that Government not administered BY /
them should be summasily kicked without I
the pale Of Nations bandone,i ,oserthrown.
robbed. Thceo men call it wicked, helli.h /
frasieidal war" for the Government to I'M !
destske to make them yield obedience 10 the
Constitution aud the Laws. They belong to
the "sra!ing elsss'-thsy should be allowed
to set the laws at defaaes-trampls the
Constitution under faos--sssai Government
propersy-kill "mud.ills,. with impuuity
Nay, the Government. should protect them
in - doing and, instead Of attempting to
compel them 10 respect the Constitution and
the laws, the Government should descend
t. the level Of these traitors, aud treat "ani-
caaly and sqai,abiyn With them, fsr-wha,f
why, peace,
How strangely this ssrs o. arSumest con-
trasss with the noble language Of Mr.. Heir:
'scosld my voice reach every Dwelling in |
Kentucky, would imp!ore It's innases--if !
they woalano have the rivers Of their pres.
rerisy shrink away, as do anfed streams be. /
meath the Summer heats-to rouse them |
selves frsn their lssharsy, and sy to tho /
rescue Of their country before i. i, ever
lassine,y tee late. Man shssld appeal 10
man, aud neighbarhasd to nssshborhsea.
us.il The slecsric ssss II patriotism shall
cash fssu heart 70 bsas; u ens uss,ckss'