The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-01-19

tin. 10 draw j. sae 81 anything -woa4aa
If We hat-1nowiny people don'' expect 1t,
sri xe couldn't tb.nk OF throwing our
brains aEay % spabs al newspaper sPou-
zs., rAs''- Our friend suddenly walked
awar. We had forgotten that be didn't
gay for oar paper, although be read every
daT, and foqai flg.a .i.A il regularly. We
are always getting 10 scrsPe-ii is our
fats, aa3 y. DON: t:y 70 avoid i: any more.
THE TINE FOR COMPROMISE. II THERE
1870 BE ANY, HAS NOT ARRIVED.
The Nsx York Tunes says truly, lie. the
Government once place Itself 10 az attitude
Of authority and power, the only attitude
which becomes great nation under any
.M.rgency II is affairs and then We can
tax about Cofapt 0Htissz to some purpose.
Ba. uati. tina: is done ali talk If al astments
and COMPROMISES IS idle and useless, because
i. i. premature. Who has authority TO Of
fer, or to accept them? Who has right TO
say what Will ''satisfy' the SQg.h,-0r
whether the North deems it essential to
satisfy the South a: aI' We see that there
are ten or fifteen Disconnected States, but
their degrees Of dlscontent are as various
a. their numbers. No Two of them are act
ing IN concert. Ngi one Of them has made
any specific and ,nteIIisib.e statement Of It's
grsevances,- and We have no reason to be-
hsve that even upon this point any three Of
them could q, once agree. There IS no har
mons Of interests, no unity Of councils, no
concert Of action, among them. The at
temp. TO "compromise" with communities
in SUCH state Of disintcgration, is as idle
as the ea.Fs to compromise With the ln4l-
sidIai members Of u raging mob.
For aay distinct, prac!ica! compromise,
the tame has not armed. The elements for
such 40 al 1s!meni as would bring perma-
men. peace to the country, land neither
section wants any othcr,) do not yet exist.
No man and no body Of men has any power
70 pledge the North, nor is there any au-
thortty clothed with power TO act for the
South. II is not for this Congress to say
whether the Missouri line shall be restored,
nor has anybody tho right to say that If re-
stored, the South would accept il as final
end OF tho "lrrcpress conflict" Al!
these questions, and all Others growing
out Of this emergency, belong 10 the coming
Administration. The people have commit
ted 10 them the direction and control Of
their affairs. They will be responsible for
the peace Of the country,-and for that es-
scntiaI and equal justice 10 every State and
to every scctIoa by which alone peace can
bs secured.
Blu. men say this will be too late. The
South will not wait. The Border States
will be dragged into the maelstrom Of dis
union before TINT time arrives. Those
States may "a we'll understand, that they
have duties to perform in this matter as
we'll as the North. They have quite as
much at stake IA we have. Their interest
in the Union il as real and rs profound as
ours. And they must undertake the con-
troll Of their own conduct, at least to this
extent, If they have the slightest desire for
the preservation Of their interests, in or out
Of tho uuion. The dissolution Of this
Ln.on,-thc overthrow Of this Government.
i. not thing to be accomplished in a day
or ina month. L. is not 10 he the hot
achievement Of mementary wrath, nor the
instant resul. Of vote 10 Conventions or
mass meetings. Tho Southern States may
p,unEc themselves into fearful perjis and
greatly emharrass their own freedom # ac-
ton, by the rash measures they may adopt.
b., thss il NJ least quite as much their al,
fair a. ours, and they have duties 70 perform
in connection with it, quite as imperative Us
anv that dsv0!ve upon ~.
We are in favor Of all Just AMI proper
measures Of compromise made a. the right
time, and On Tia Ga: basis. Bu: We dis
trust the wisdom Of thr0stjn- upon the hot
rage Of tbs active Disaaionist at the present
moment, pr omjses and pied res which We have
no right to give, AMI which they have net
the slightest disposition 10 take. Whatever
i, % DO dome on either side, should be done
VITA dignity and deliberate weighing of
conse laruces. When this controversy is
settled, We wish it to be finally aud dtci.
srsig settled. There never viii be better
time 'or insisting upon such settlement
than now, Th, country srich,-the hearts
OF The people are prepared for ii,-and ali
men Of oil rsrties and all sections desire to
know oncs for all, wha, are to be the per
man ct relations Of Slavery ID the Federal
Government. Bat lsi as have no patch.
wark.-no hassy, crude pgapniag Of the
constitutional fabric. Let u. have nothing
rushed through ia the heat Of panic, to he
aspIarei and execratel By either party when
tie claa4s saad have blown over. What
ever !. doua must he done with elaboration,
after fail studv ot the whole case, and
with clear AMI complete knowledge Of the
pahHo sentiment IN every section Of the
country.
In eur Judgment The present public sen
t:asnt IN nearly all the Seatheru States -
the result Of 40 after miss7prsbensian OF
the principles sad purposes Of the RepubG
saa Party. II has bsea brought about by
The mast steady. relentless and infamous
esu.sis If falsesced that ever iIsgraesd Ghe
History Of aay civilized eoGntTy. Sc .ons
a. that feeling prevails, no compromise csn
% made which viii be worth the rspss 90
waich il is wrlstea. That ntsarprehsnsion
must hs removed. as preliminary step to
snT aijgstsasu. ~hseh will LAST year, OF
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