The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-02-02
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1861.

fxe-ares. 2a9 aavgassa, o. incRs-rsen and perhaps
sIsystraae EasA would ssipalass wiia fsseisa na,sOs
for &saaiases aezar 70 itself and .iarioIs to iis
rivals
Il, indeed. i; necessary tia, the Gaioa sasuli
- brken up, wsald De in ;he las; degree Important
that the nnteter4cies IL lie formed should be
ueariy possible equal in s'rensth and power, that
mutual fear and mutual respe-t might inspire them
VITA caution against mutual otrn.e. Bot uch esa.i-
ty eoua lang DC maintained; elCfeieracy would
in the scale a. political iporisCe and the ashers
would thenceor ard ith eavy aud zppsehea-
sion Jealouses ~enli bring 're, an6 retaiis-
tory wars and a these wars peculiar circut-
stances Of oolte ieraeies, wouid have the
and character Of civil pisssoa;aa therefore is,
fo- the people Q. this country. perpetual civil To
mitigate IT, and obtain occasional what else cer'a
they aees bat the system ~ aus,nS The balance Of
power which has oetained IN Eurupe in Which the few
strong nations dictate the very which all the
oilers shall be con,ent live. When this ha,efal
5sen should fa al iasf foreign nations would inter-
vene, ono and then in aid of another;
and thus country, having expelled all European
Powers from the con;nen,, would relapse into sg-
gregated form of IFS eoionial experience and like
Iiay, Turkey India and China become he theaier y;
Transatlantic intervention and rapacity
! II, however, grant to the coniederscies
exemption from complications among each other sni
with foreign States, st there is too much to
believe that not one of them could long maintain
/ republican form Of government Universal suffrage
and the abeence of standing army essential TO tie
republican system The world has yet 10 a single
selt-sus,anng state of that kind or even any coned-
grafton Of such States except Canada leans
on Great Britain unwi!lingly. aud Switzerland i
guaranteed BY interested manschieal States Our
experiment las hls far teen sucoessful because by
he adj Df ths inhr
each the members of tie Union is constantly re-
strained and reduced No one CT course forsteiI
the and manner Of travel but history indicates
with unerrtng certainty the eud which the several
cOnIederacies would reach. Iicentiousness would
| der life intuIerable and they would later
purchase tranquility and domestic safety by the surren
der of liberty aud weld themselves the protection
| Of military desp0tlSm.
Indulge me sir, in twedetails under this head
First ii is only sixtE DAYS since this disunion
ment began; already those who engaged in 1t have
canvased with poreniious freedom the poss ble
binations OF the States when disseverst5d and the
feasible alliances those reconbna,ions with Europe
an nations; alliances a, unnatural, and which would
prove ultimately pesilential society here
! Of the Tascalans with the Spaniards. who promised
them upon their ancient enemies, the Aztecs.
Secondly. The di sunon movement arises partly out
of dispute over the common domain of the United
States. Hitherto the Union has confined this cvntro-
versy within the bounds OF political debate by referring
it, with all other national ones, to the abrament OF
the ballc;bex. Does any one suppose that disunion
would transfer the whole dqmain to either party,
that any other umpire than war would after dssolu
| tioh, be invoked? ..
Thirdly This movement arises in another view, out
Of the relation of African slaves the domestic popu
latien of the country Freeom is to them, to all
mankind the chief object of desire. Hitherto, under
the operation of the Union, they have practically
mainei ignorant OF the controversy, especially OF It's
bearing themselves Can we hope that nagrant civil
shall among ourselves in their very presence,
and yet they will remain stupid and idle spectators?
Does history furnish any satisfactory instruction
upon the honors of civil war among people so brave,
SO skilled in arms in conviction, and So
! intent in purpose are? 1t is mere chimera
which suggests aggravaton Of those beyond
endurance when, on either side there shall occur the
| Intervention Of uprising feroeious African slave
popu! alton Of four, six perhaps twenty millions?
The opinions OF mankind change, and with them the
policies OF nations. One hundred years ago all the
commercial European States engaged transfer
ring negro slaves from Africa to this hemi sphere To-
day all those States firmly set in hostility to the
extension and to the practise Of slavery Opposi
| tion it takes two forms: European, which Is
simple, direct abolition effected il need be, By
pulson; the other American which seefs to the
African slave trade and resist the OF domestic
slavery the Territories where it is yet unknown,
while ii leaves the disposition Of existing slavery 10 the
consderae action Of the States which is retained
II the Union that restricts the opposition to slavery
in this country within these limits. II dissolution
prevail, what guarantee shall there be against the full
development here OF the fearful and uncompromsing
hostility to slavery which elsewhere pervades the
world, and Of which the recent invasion Of virginia
| was illustration?
Mr.. President have designedy dwet so long
the probable effects Of disunion upon the safety OF the
American people leave little time to consider
tire other evils which must follow in its train. But
prac iray the loss OF safety involves other form
OF pub calamity. when the guardian angel has
taken fl yht everything is lost.
Dissolui ion would ouly arrest, but exngrish the
greatness OF country. Even scpcrate confedera
cies could exist and endure, they would severaly pre-
serve no share the common prestige Of the Union II
is be broken the stars whether
scattered widely apart rouped in smaller clusters,
will thenccforh shed forth feeble, gmmerng and In-
rid lights Nor will great aehicv be possible for
the confedersces Dissolution would siguaze its
triumph by acts Of wantcnness that would shock aud
astouud the world. It would provnciaze Mt Vernon
and give this Capitol over to desolstion tic very
/
was to he crowned with the statue of Liberty. After
this tho re would remain for dsunon act Of tupen
dous infamy to be committed. No petty confederacy
that follow the United prolong or
rere thc majestic drama Of national progress. Per-
hans il Is arrested because its sublmity is incspa
bic of Continuance. Let it be So II have indeed
become degenerate After Washington, and the inHex
ibIe Adams Henry, and the peerless Hamilton JeTer-
son. and the majestic Clay, Webster, and the acute
Calhoun Jackson the modest Taylor, and Scott, Sho
rise. in greatness under the burden Of years and
franklin and Fulton am whtney and Morse, have all
| performed their parts, let The curtain fail
while listening to these debates, hato sometimes
forgotten myself in marking their oontrased effects
| upon the Page who customsrily stands upon the dss
before me- the venerable Secretary who sits behind
him. The youth exhibits intense but pleased emotion
in the excitement, while =. every rrevc-ent word that
is uttered against the Union the eyes Of the aged
; are spssascd with tears. Lc. him weep more
Rather rejoice FOR yours has been lot Of felicity
You have seen and par, of all the greatness Of
your country the towering national Greatness Of all the
I world Weep only you and weep with all the bitter
moss OF anguish who just stepping the thresh
hold o, Iife for rerisbes premsurey,
and exists for you me- for any that shall
| come after rs. go.
+, TIE pESiie prosperity how could it survive the
storm 1t. eIeu,cnts industry in the culture Of
every fruit mining Of all the metals; commerce At
/ hume and every material improvement that
knows no oSslacle and has end invention that
ranges throughout the domain Of nature increase Of
kpawieire broad as the human mind explore !;
pertection Of ART high asman genius reach
and social refinement working for The renovation Of the
world. what guarantees viii capital invested for
such purposes have that will outweigh the prsusium
orercd by political and military snbitloas what