The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-02-20

Peace. .... ........s .....
The Representatives of the Peace Society
of the United States have written . strong
appeal to the country to preserve peace,
and if separation must come to settle it
without the bloody arbitratmcnt Of the
sword.
Hon. Chas Francis Adams, son Of John
@. Adams, and now representing Massa-
chusetts district in Congress, has recently
delivered one Of the noblest speeches Of the
session. It is marked by scholarship,
craftsmanship and patriotic moderation; in
the course Of it he says:
But if the border Slave States unite in
secession, COERCION will be out Of the 9ues-
ton. The id "a of border warfare, along
the whole frontier from the Atlantic to
Kansas, and the marching of invading ar
mics from the North into the South, to re.
drce them into subsection, is not to be en-
tertaincd, even if the result might be sub.
mission. If the Union cannot be preserved
but by war Of determination, it is far bet
ter that it should be dissolved.
For myself I can only interpose against
what seems to me like the madness of the
moon, the barrier Of single feeble remon-
STRANGE. But in any event, it shall never
be said Of my share in the action Of this
hour Of danger, that it has been guided by
vindictive passions, or narrow considera-
tons Of personal or party advantage.
we'll know what hazard among many
whose good opinion has ever been part of
the sunlight Of my existence, in following
what hold to be a highc, duty.
The Boston Post talks as follows:
Well does Governor Morgan say that the
,ye of history will be upon every step in
the onward progress of the creates, polti-
Cal event Of either ancient or modern time
the disruption Of this confcderacy What
do We see within our midst? What is the
great fact that so lifts it's awful head? Just
this: Discomfort in eight or ten millions Of
people who live under this government
What, prior to the jostling out of the most
precious jewel that adorned the British
crown, :hundered Chatham in just such
dogged ears as We have to-day? "7h- dis
content Of tuo m,llions Of people Mould be
treated candidly, and its foundation re-.
moc.d." And, pray, is not this true Of the
discomfort of our eight millions? Every
patriot of the North should see to it, for
himself and posterity, that the pen Of his
tory does not put as pointed condemna-
ton on an ultra position Of the North-we
mean by this the position of old Ben Wade,
and Loveioy, and Phillips, and their asso-
ciates, for every inch Of the Chicago plat
form--as history puts on the Lord Norths
Of former days The fanatical men who
halloo for ere,y inch Of the Chicago platform
who say, mo concession, no compro-
mise, no back down-let us see whether
we have a government first" &C., &c.-be-
yond a question are the Lord Norths Of
this day. On them has got to fall the deep
damnation--if ruin comes--of running this
republic; for their Chicago platform is a
wretched batch of unconstitutioal positions.
Will the North, while it feels power, so far
forget right as to attempt to force that plat
form by the edge Of the sword? Seward
and Cameron say no; a host Of Republicans
follow them; but the small men in power
say yes. Let considerate men read history
even now, and see what this terrible YES
means. An able British editorial has hit
so near the truth Of our politics as to put
the question thus: "A very serious respon-
sihility has been cast upon the Federal Exec
utive. 1t is asserted by the extreme sec
Lincoln's election that the act Of South
Carolians is simply treason and must be
put down by force of arms that is to say.
that in this nineteenth century the most
practical upon earth are to enter on con-
test like that which distinguished the mid
die ages Of English history, and men of the
same country and of the same race are to
slaughter each other, and to peril the very
existence Of great commercial community
by the horrors Of a civil war.
4 Il
Thank God! insulted American patriot
ism is now stirred to its very depths, and it
is asking the most searching question of the
mad leaders who have brought the country
to the present pass. 1t is doing more--it
is slowly, but certainly, and with giants
power, rising up against the abolition ele-
ment, and the diSunion per Sc element For
proof Of this look at Kentucky and Virginia,
and Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New
York. Look at the attitude Of the expo
nents of these States, of Cameron, Seward
anu OFltlelloetl, ana oi Dell, UOuSiaS ana
Breckinridge. This power is declaring for
concession, for conciliation, for PEACE; for
the old willing Union of the Fathers; for
the Union that recognizes the rights of all
and that protects the interests of all; for
the Union that makes q proud national
power.
1t is such a recognition Of rights as this,
and this only, that can save our nation in
its extremity. The sooner every patriotic
man comes to this conclusion, the sooner
will he be prepared to discharge the grave
duties which he owes to himself his family,
and to posterity.
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