The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-02-23
WHOLE NO. 900.
AEoCr SECESSION.

able article easitied Z Piasf5as Cnum, in
the February uumbsr Of the Atlantic
Monthly:
/ The country is weary Of hein. cheated
With plays upon words. The Cn,ted Sta,es
are a sa,ien, and no, mass meeting there
/ Is government, and hot a caucus.-a gov.
ernmrat th4, was meani TO be capable, and
/ - capable. Of something more than tho
helpless Please 6oa of u village constable:
/ they have executive aud adm ni,tratiye oil.
Gers that are not mere parpe' figures to go
| through the matioaS nf AN uhiaciIess avtIy-
iv, bat arms and hands that become .unris
10 'in the will of the peapie as >aon as ,aas
vii beeom, canscseaS and uviines ITS nur.
pose. IL i> ume ,hs, We turned up our
! aehul,i"us va some murr uu>,war,i.y dc.
! iiuntry Than that of avua ed It uulautsts Is AMI
| iheir mure dangerous. because more tiu,id
Hcchmptiec>. Rehcihun sme!ls ~, swse,er
hectesc u II called seces>un. nor does order
/ .o'c IT'S u'Niss irec' d,H H'e la human al .uS
hrcau.e "A Snase may nickname u Coercion,
ces>i"n mran> eiiaas. aus! ruerrlua the ,x.
rict." of legitimate authority. You cannot
dignity the one nor degrade the either Inv
'any verbal charlaGanI>m. TAr best trs,i,
h'"ny ta the virlue Of coercion II the fact
thatna wrong -inCr ever thought well of il,
/ ae "a ef in ;aii, the mob, eader IN the hsnds
oi th" police, aud the murderer on the arnp
Mil he Iranimuus III favor If TIN, uew her.
e>v "f The npenu.iitatiunaiity "f Cunstliu-
tons, withlt~ Nrwgate Calendar If coufe.-
sians, martyrs, aud SAINTS. Faisiaif's
tam rus re.imrnt would have volunteered TO
nan Tor nS propagation or ITS dIyucc.
ilrHretorth let every unsuccessful higant
have the right tn pronounce the veraci If a
It r. t.z.+ 4, A
a"d retain the rr"peft, IN controversy bv
seeding from the churI-rDu,u. Lee tho
planning II heap he made penal, bceIuSe Il
spn'ni, toward corrc,on. Why, the frt
gr'at sec s>ton',t would dhuhtle>s have rre-
ferret - dn,!. Heaven peuerahlv, wuu.d
have been w,i,ng to send Cnmmi,s,aurr..
must have thought Mchau's proceedings
ujni'el"">, and could probably even now
demonstrate the ii.egaluv of hri fire To any
hvs-y"ar- nii IMP Vt av~rage education and
,nt, lHs'ncr. What u fla. world We sh .uld
have, II We cimid "nl, ctin" quictly together
IN cnnvent,ou. and declare tv unarlmou,
r"so atoms, "r even l'v u twu-ihir,l,' vote.
lhnt Cd .r-'u"ls should hereafter cut rytry-
hoiy's hngsrs hut hrs that played with
them, that, when iva mrn rdt On ans
h"rsc, the hIndmn>t >h al ulways 1T IN front,
and that. when man trIc, to thrust bis
partner cut Ut bed aud IT'S kicsc cd out hun
self, he shtl! be deemed To have established
ht~ title To an "quItali" ,llvi>,"n. and II shu.
he tn uceiurth h,> ", rtght. without Diet
rinant TO the "sher privilege ON The tI"or
II secession be right, then the moment
ni ITS cx"rctSc l. whnIiy optional with lhnso
possessing It. Suppose, On the eve Of a
war with England. Mc mn should vo,s
het-eIt on, "f III. Un,pn aud declare herself
annexed I" Canada: what kind Of n rrcep-
hoh "ohid her COMMITS. toner's BE- likely TO
meet IN Washington, and what scruples
sh"nid We ieei about cprrcton? Or. to
TAX" II case precisely parallel T. that Of
S"hto Car"'in' suppose that Utah, after
getting herself admitted To the Union, should
resume her sovereignty, as IT ls pleasantly
called, and hl'ca our path to the Pacific,
under thr pr',enca that she did not consider
her n'iiiutIuns sale while the other Statcs
en'rr'nthc! such scrrp'ural rrcindrces
against her special wcakne.s in the pntri-
archal line? l. the only result nf our ad.
mItins II Territory on Monday to be tho
living 1t right TO steal itself aud 90 out on
Tuesday? Or Jh oniy the original thirteen
States po,srss ihIS precnutinu- privilege Of
>u,ciGr? We shall need something like y
Fugitive Slave Law for runaway rrpub ,c.,
and must ret provision inserted IN our
help Us catch any delinquent VIII" may take
refuse with them, ~ South Carolina has
hcen trying 10 do with Hng land aud France.
II does not matter IL ihr Argument, except
so Tar rs the good taste "f ihe proceedings
~ concerned, at what particular time State
nny max her territory foreign. thu. open.
ing one g1i" Of nur NATIONAL derrncrs and
offering "A ids, to invasion. The i niger
"t the thIn. - ~ her making her territory
foreign umti'r any circumstances: and IL is
u danger which the Glvernmrut must pre-
vent. II only f"r srfpr,srvatinn. Within
the limits of the Constitution Two suver.
ri-n'irs c,nnnt co-rxi-t and vet what prac
teal odds doe. il make. # IA State bee ines
sovereign hv simply declaring herself sol
| he IeSitim,'e c'n-"qurnce ai secession -.
not that a State be ,m"s sovereign, but
that. far ~ the General G,vrrnnnnt is
concerned. she has out lawcd hcrself. mil
ih"d her o"n .xrs'rucr us "A State. and be-
com an aggregate If ri tnus men Who resist
the execution 1T the laws.