The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1861-07-04
WHY THERE CAN BE NO COMPRO.
MlRE.

until us cause Is UUuteTateu, aOQ MS rep
etition of the same idea in his speech ut
the St. Andrews dinner, where he added
that, after the termination Of the war,
we shall hear no more of Virginians or
Mississippians, but only of Americans,
was, We have good reason to suppose, an
expression not merely of Mr.. Cameron
individual opinion, but also of TIE opin.
ion Of the President, the unanimous cab
met, and the great body of the northern
people We thank God that, with the
rumors lately put forth of compromise
profered, there was no rumor, whisper,
or even fear of ii compromise listened to,
much less of a compromise accepted. -
The publication of these rumors has at
least served one good purpose; they have
called out general PROTEST against any
mention whatever Of compromise on the
part of the loya, people, who boot its ve-
ry shadow and would trample in derision
on the thing itself. The feeling that has
been elected by these foolish rumors
make this an opportunc occasion for re-
publishing extracts from the speeches
alluded to- In the speech to the Sew
eth N. Y. Regiment, the Secretary of
War said:
"It is not for me to determine when
this struggle Will end But l may say
how it shall end. Sooner or later Il can
hare bit one conclusion, and that uW be
when the disturbing cause which gave rise
to it is utterly oLttterated.
At the St. Andrews dinner, Mr..
Cameron expressed himself much more
fully, and with equal emphasis, as fol.
lows:
"We have patiently forborne the in
science and the tyranny of southern mon
archists for more than a generation. -
The American people will bear it nc
longer. Great applause. Observe tina,
when a Scotchman, or an lrishman, o.
German comes to the United States
he mergos his own nationality into tn,
country that adopts him as son; ane
so, when this revolt is suppressed ant
this war is ended, our beneticent Coy
ernt will no LONGER be perplexed by
doubtful questions. Thee will then b.
no more talk of Virsinians, Maryland.
ers, Pennsylvanians or Mississippians
No, gentlemen, thank God zee shall
then be al americans. [Grea, applause. |
= Then there will be no fea,y but that
to the union aud the Constitution of
the United States no miserable casuis
try about the doctrine of State rights,
and no attempt to incorporate the her,
esy of secession into our system. l will
say nothing Of the administration be-
yvnd this: that, Us was said moment
ago, it has at its head President as
honest and upright man as ever lived
and believe that this wor ,ciH no, end
,cith his consent until there Is no cause tet
for gar" Applause
These sentiments have not onl y tn,
recommendation Of evident sincerity bu
the weight which belongs to the high
station Of the officer who has the imme
date direction of the war, and whose
constant intercourse with the President
enables him to express Mr.. Lincoln S
views as well as his own. The question
may arise, how GcI. Cameron can pro-
nounce so confidently that the war can.
not end till its causc is obliterated, when
it is in The power of the rebels at any
time to withdraw from the contest, dis
bond their army. disperse to their homes,
and find themselves in the same cond;-
ton as before the war. 1t is certain that
the war can end in no such way as this.
1t can never terminate by general dis.
persion Of the insurgents, for tie reason
that every man of them has forfeited his
life to the laws by mourning the guilt,
and becoming obnoxious to the penalty
Of treason. Of course, the government
would never try and bang them all but
as it could select whom i. chose to make
examples of, none of the rebels could feel
safe, and they would all have a common
interest with their leaders in keeping the
field until they could secure, on some
condition, a proclamation OF amnesty
The war then can never terminate except
by some arrangement which will have
the force and effect of a treaty. 1t is
impossible for the rebels to end it b. re-
turning to their allegiance and resuming
their peaceful pursuits, for every man
would retire with halter around his
neck, which the government could at
any time draw, in strict pursuance of the
laws that have long been in force. Gen.
Cameron is therefore fully warranted in
assuming in the positive manner he does,
that the war cannot end except on such
terms as the government approves. And
the administration will be fully sustain,
ed by the people in the determination it
has formed that the war shall not end
until the oblteration of its causes puts
US beyond any danger Of recurrence of
the terrible calamities and financial de-
rangement which the rebels have brought
upon the country.
The tenor of General Cameron's re
marks at the St, Andrews dinner seems
to imply that, in his judgment, the most
gI1o9m9iinsnt am ggs.t the causes that require
that popular theory of State soverei gnty
on which rest the twin pillars of MULTI.
cation and secession, which, in turn, sup.
port the whole edifce of rebellion. We
infer that this was Secretary Cameron S
opinion from his statement that, when
the war is over, there will be no more
talk of virginians or Mississippians in
our political system than there is of Ger
mans, or Scotchmen, or Irishmen that
all will thenceforward acknowledge their
paramount allegiance to common ocun
try. We infer his opinion Of the main
cause of the war as we'll from these state
ments as from his direct dcnuuciation OF