The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-04-10
where are we, And why are ~s shsror

where are sses And why are ss shsfov
This qrestion may be answered by lock-
ing 1t the Republican papers as rsad'ly ae
in almost any other way. In that way, u
is easy to see that the Republican leaders
are rapidly acquiescing In the policy Of rs'
cognizing the separate existencs Of thC
Contsderated States Of the South. SO the
responsible official heads at Washingtcn
feel, however now and then II may be given
out tina. they are for supporting the Union
''at all ha1arda," and that is the PotHe t.
rhiM us are all now drifting. It Il idle 70
deny it. The man who honestly denies is
to-day, will six months hence feel foolish 70
think how poor a prophet he has turned ovt
And why are We theres The answer "
Just as plain a. the fact We have just stated
The Republicon leaders, laboring under tbs
most unfortunate delusion, that there sss
nothing of consequence in this sudden
movemcn mt, refcsed all compliances. twas
the same spirit of incredulity which they
manifested before the election. The 7,I-
June before that event, prophesicd that
every thing would go on smoothly md DC.
lightfuIly after Lincors election. It said
that people would be astonishcd to see how
pleasantly even South Carolina would SUBJ
nit to that dispcnsation. Such, also, was
the language of an affiliated press, the 81,
Louis Democrat. Tha. paper was certain
that there would not be the least trouble.
Under these delus;ons, the Republican load.
ers let things drift or rather drive on
South Carolina went out. Oh said theT,
when she went out, "let her 60, she will be
Glad to como back" ''Shv was always .
nuisance" or they said, swell wIp her
back. Then another and still another State
followed and still they did nothing or next
to nothing. Friends Of Onion, moderate
men, who cared nothing for party, inpiored
their Republicans to do what it Was indis-
L-pensabia should be done, join to some paci.
South Carolina was fairly out. fGey tssa! eea:
tinued and continued, pressing the ncccs.
sty and urgency Of it upon the Repabli-
cans. They pointed the Republicans TO the
state Of things at the South. They entyea.
ed them to look at the attitude of stici. truo
Union men a. Alexander Stephens. battling
against the pure Secessionists, asking for
something upon which they might go before
their people and battle successfully against
the unconditional foes Of the Union. What
was the answer they get, 1t is needless ia
say. Republicans stubbornly refused
They voted down Crittcnden's resolutions
and Douglas resolutions. They Irst drew
line North Of which slavery ~ss forever
prohibited, and asked that it be recognized
below, but as to new acquisition Of territory
only on condition which would have made
it impossible to farce slavery upon tlsoss
acquisitions. Douglas proposed to teave it
open. They were told that such measures
would .pacify. But no, they did not believs
it; did not believe that the seeded States
would form respectable government; be-
lieved that they would and could be put
down; and so laboring through the slough
of dclusion, following ignis int 1, they kept
| on, and now wnat do we see 7 Seven States
are out and they have formed new Gov.
ernmcnt. Over the territory it governs, the
| Government Of the United States Is nearly
powerless. 1t has surrendered one OF its
| strongho,ds; and will soon surrender others:
As we have said, the independence OF the
| Confederated States, and peaceful separa-
ton from them, are now getting to be radi.
cal ideas with the Republican leaders. The
| Dcmocrat quotes from Washington letter,
| which, und,r the hea,, disruption OF the
Union probable, say that a growing ind.f:
ference in the possibility Of restoration OF
the Union" prevails among the leading
Republican minds now gathered here
.'The idea of disintegration into two Con.
federacics, upon the basis Of a strict divisi-
on of the two antagonistic labor systems of
the country, is becoming more and more
familiar to them, and many Of the wiscst
consider its realization a question Of time.
I renture to sag, md kaoso ,chat affirm.
that 1t has crept into the C,tbiaet, and has
t,co, if not three repres ntatires, sohose coun-
sels ,ceigh most uith the President in that
Joay.'
The "no compromise" cry has done its
work. The delusons and obstinacy Of the
Republicans are the source of our present
evils. "No compromise" so firmly utter
ed by Wade ten weeks ago, and caught up
by the presses of his party, has brought us
to our present condition. The responsible
Republicans assumed that this Government
could be carried on in spirit different from
that in which it originated, aud from that
under the guidance of which it had been
| carried forward to this point. They were
cntreated not to persist III this delusion.-
They were warned Of the consequences.
But they were proof against entreaty and
warning.-St L"uis Republican,.