The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1861-05-02

forgiveness. His regrets are ~ in.o-
len'ly rejected, >, his appeals for toler-
alton in his own opinions. Where then
are the men Of the North to 90? What
il the duty of all our people: Clearly
to stand ty the Gorert.n,ent.
President Lincoln and his Cabinet.
having waited to see If there is any
chance or prospect Of peaceable ad
.jnstment Of the strife that has lost US
seven States Of the Union, are now
forced to rescnc the Government itself
from dissolution. 1t is not whether VIC
shall recall the Cotton States, or hold in
the Border States, or maintain the Cap
ital at Washington, but whether we
shall have ves'ige Of country p
,, Whether our civilization is fraud p
Our prosperity sham? Our public
credit a counterfeit? Our liberty lie
If Abraham Lincoln were not pledged
to do right in regard to common inter
ests, the gravity and Importance Of the
obligations now resting upon him, and
demanding action--instant, rcsolute
and perscvering would convert
him INTO hero. or, If not fulfilled, COW
er him with an ignominv more lasting
even than that which has settled like
an incurahle plague upon the character
OF his immediate predecessor, which
has blasted him living. and will make
him immor,ally infamous, even when
death hides his form from the gaze of
men. and removes linn from nation he
has ruined
What is the evidence of our daily
senses? Disunion, and Reputation,
and Secession, having become formida-
Die in the South, are t.areli'ny Ike an
.pie'ea,ic iato the free .Stntes! The idea
that Southern treason may be extended
into the very States it seeks to cover
with lasting bankruptcy, is not only ac-
c"r'el, but advocated, aud | have no
doubt that even in Philadelphia, as in
New York, secret associations are
formed dedicated to the crime of COW
ering secession with the shadow of
great names, and looking directly to
the betrayal Of the North into..the hands
Of JEFF. Davis and his followers The
! mock philanthropy that excuses the
Cotton State in their revolt, is in hap
py accordance With the formation Of
midnight associations to make the re-
volt natural The easy casuistry that
defends reputation and robbery is ap-
prerriately Sc. OFF by that which tells
Penn. >ivaEia how much more happy
She wonld be if welded to the States
guilty Of this di>honor. Is it not no
torion> that the Democratic organiza-
tion Of Pennsylvania is at this. day IN
the hands OF men who act in conc ert
wi Il those who have aefaced our flag.
expelled our citizens, and rlunicred
our treasury, i'll The South ? What are
the calumnies nron all who are for the
execution Of the laws, as they fall from
the lips Of our recent Breckinlidge lead
ers, but SO many preparations for the
universal downfall OF our liberties p
Even now the agents Of the Southern
Confederacy are at work all over the
Free States, and especially in Pennsyl
vania, New Jersey, Ohio, Illinois and
Indiana, to secure popular vote, di-
rectly or indirectly, justifying Secession
or declaring the experiment Of the
Southern Confederacy worthy Of the
| imitation Of the people who livein these
States.
Behold the entertainment to which
we are invited; and which the party
leaders who dislocated the Dem ocracy
At Charleston and Baltimore are now
gloating over rs if it were feast Of the
gods. We are asked to take part in,
Or to sanction b. law, Government
founded upon slavery alore-impovcr-
ished by All ariSto,racv as naughty AS
any the world has ever seen-torn away
from the parent tree with murderous
hands, as if to. kill both trunk and
branch-despised cvea by the nations
that may be compelled to trade with it,
and only capable Of = temporary exist
ence by shrouding the whole laid with
sorrow, and by converting the capital
Of the county into \ Golgotha, run
ming red and hot with blood" In this
emergency, l call upon AL good men
and true to take sides with the Govern
nent in the perils before it and our
whole people If blood shall flow, our
hearts will not accuse us, and God will
forgive us, because we arc contendine
for Union and a Government better
and freer, and happier, than any thai
has ever hourishcd since He created the
world.