The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-02-02
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their properly when it eseapes:a There
may Be much Of fsree and significance 10
this query Of our opponents, bot for the
life Of Us. We caanot discover il. We have
~ word to sag 10 favor of the '-psrsona al
Liberty bills" 50 -cailed-neishsr do We feel
called upon, BY the present attitude OF
politically defeated sectional party, to urge
the repeal Of such Laws. We are totally
opposed to acseding TO terms dictated q the
poin. Of the bayores. South Csrolins and
several other States, hare, With great
show Of military pr0Wess, candsscsnded ~
10 dictate - the Government the terms oil
eapi,ulation. They have attempted
military coercion Of the FeGsrd! Gorern-
rsent info concessions ,rhieh reason and
argumen. hare yfqifed TO commend" In
this movement. they are aided and a5esied
by large proportion Of the politically
defeated panty 10 the North!
All this special pleading INDUCED BY
Northern politicians and presses, OF the
Democratic doughface school, is sheer
"poppy .cock"-the meres: fus'ian of lot
Of sore head. Of the " rule or ruin" party.
The repeal Of the personal liberty bills
would not have the lsas. efec. towards
stopping OF. even checking the secession
movement. The Cotton States ara not sueh
niunies a. to undertake q" secession " on
account Of certain Northern States placing
upon their statute books laws to interfere
With the rendition of fugi,ives from justice
Northern politicians who have no more sense
than to say tia: nothing stands in the wag
of an adjustment Of the present difficulties,
bot the personal liberty bills" of some Of
the Northern States, are jus. the men who
declare willingness TO help South Carolina
destroy the Union. They are of class Of
men you can depend upon any time, to
Sustain and defend any iniquity or outrage
perps.ra:ed By any official belonging to their
party. Their. Is nothing more certain than
this.
Here 10 wha. Southern politicians demand,
and what Northern doughfaces, (who were
defeated a. the polls last Nov. are wiling to
concedc thrift may follow fawning:"
First, the unconditia dissolution of the
Republican party; second, recognition of
property in man by the constitution third,
a slave code for the Territories, protecting
and sustaining human bondage; fourth, the
right of transit and sojouru with slaves in
oil the free States; fifth, compensation for
fusi,iveslsyes which may escape. These are
among tts essentials necessary to "ssve the
Union.'
The hypocrisy Of the Dem ocratie party, in
its appeal, to the Republican party to "save
tho "Union," is too apparent, to meet with .
much success. Some few weak kneed sisters |
may be guled into the pro slavery trap 90
deztEously set by Mr.. Critteudsn, but their
numbers will be very few indeed. Senator
BAKER Of Oregon, did good service in the
Senate the other day, in exposing this
hypocrisy of the Democratic party. Senator
lUNrgR, of Virginia. had been making
bitter and threatening speech, in which he
placed the preservation Of the Union on the
adoption Of certain amendments to the
Constitution. When he got through, the
Oregon Senator asked him whether, if the
proper steps were taken by Congress toward
20 amending the Constitution, he would aid in
maintaining the Union and laws as they now
are until the people had a chance to vote on
such amendments. This very simple and
pertinent inquiry, Hunter at first attempted
to evadc, and when pressed to the wall,
positively refused TO anSwer. The legitimate
Inference from this Is, that the secessionists
sided by at least majority Of the ''rule
or ruin" party at the North-are determined
to break Up the Government at all hazards, !
now tha. it has been demonstrated that they |
can 70 longer control it; and, that even
compromise on the part Of Congress Nth
their owa terms, will not STAY their
sreachcrous schemes. The fact is indispu- |
table, that what they mos. Want is, protect
fer disuaion, and such they are bound to
have, let TIE North do 'cFat they may!
By the way, We shsuld ike to hear OF |
some of our Democratic friends proposing
some am endment.o the Constitution, with a
view to the protection Of free white citizens /
Of the North in the Southern States. in the |
inalienable rights, CT life, liberty and the /
pnrsui. Of happiness: In this work they
would be much better employed, we believe, |
than they low ARE in lending aid and comfort
to Southern conspirasor., who are seeking
solely the overthrow of this government.
GOSSIP ABOUT THE PRESIDENT ELECT
A correspondent of the Cincinnati I'd
-etie, in late letter from the home of the
President elect, says the impression is con-
tiuually gaming ground that peaceful
solution Of the present imbroglio will GER
tain,v be found. ''It is impossible to be for
any time in Mr.. Lincaln's presence and not
feel new hope in ths fortunes of the coun-
try, whea they are committed TO his charge.
"While there is no man more thoroughly
welded to his own conviction. Of right and
Justice, there is no politician Of the pressc.
day so vide in bic generalizations, or go