The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-02-02

VIII a-ia urk sreEea bis dvsfstaS Let the rSoness
ssck nse der.cr settlements; fer the rail-
Rad the past-sSa and tie felcgr. advarsc ~, cae
tgrl9as farther into the wilderness With s;aad.Es
ar1aies e,sasns The substance Of pcesie Ga tae
land aa eur Navy and oar postal steamers w.,hraxn
trUm the ecean. was Will protect respect viii
evea know sy name sar pegsy oaatcieraciess Tie
American man-af-~sr Is noess slectsele. I have
seen it eater az ancient roTtla the Asaiterraasn All
the ~srsa wondered IL and talked q Salsas Of
artillery frsa, aud >aipaas IN the Aarber salu,ea
.ts dag Princes at pinoesses and merchants paid il
homage and all The people blessed il harsinse- Of
hope fer their o~n nitirnsse freedom Imagine now
the same nOsse az enierin The same haven
The Gag thirtythrce and ,h,-tecn stripes has
been hauled down and in It's place signal IS ren u
which aaunts the device Of lone star palmetto
Nea ask sswhe is The ;lst thus steais
into =. faa anSveE e9n;ehap uop>lr gwen
i, .'She frus OF tae obscure republics II
North America. Lei her pass en-.
Lastly public Iieerty, ourewn peculiar liberty, mcs,
ianSuish for time. and then cease to live And such
liberty free movement eyegyw here through eur own
throashoa, the world; free speech press
free suffrage; the freedom Of every subject TO vote
every law, and against every ascnt who pounds
administers executes. Unstable and jealous eos-
teterscirs, constantly sparehedng assaults without
ard treason wtha formidable only 10 each sther and
ooutempble 10 ali beside; how long VIII II he before,
on the plea Of public safety, they will surrender all
incsiiRable and uneqaale liberty and accept the hate
ful and iniolerable espionage Of military despotsn
And low, Mr.. President what is the cause for this
sudden and eternal sacrifice of much safety greatness
happiness sn! frecdom2 Have foreign nations ccH,-
hined, and are they coming in rage upon uss No So
far from being enemies, there is no. nation earth
that is not an interested, adm ing fiend Even the
London Tt.ses, by no means partial TO US, says:
cit quite possible that the problem Of democratic
republic be solved BY 1s overthrow In few days
spirit of folly seiasbaess, and shortsig htedGess
Has the Federal Government become tyrannieal or
oppressive, or even rigorous or unseunds Has the
Constitution LOST it's spirit and all collapsed
lifeess !eiter9 No; the Federal Government smiles
more hengnaniIy, aud works to-day hcnchcently
than ever The Constitution is the chosen model
for the organization OF III. rewiy rising oonfeeacies
The occasion Is the eiect.on Of President OF the
United States, who is unacceptable t, portion of the
people. state the accurately. There no
ement of disunon before the ballots which express
ed that thoce were cast. Dsunoa began the
result announced. The justification it ASS gned
was that Abraham Linooln had been elected while the
success Of either of three other candidates would
have been acquiesced in Was the election illegal
No; it is unmpeachahe. Is the candidate personally
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and smiabie manners. Is au election of President
unfrequent extraordinary Transaction No; we
never had Chief Magistrate Otherwise designated
than by such election, and that form of choice is re-
Moved every four years Does ewes propose 10
change the mode of appointing the Chief Masistrate2
Mo- election by universal suffrage, modified by tie
Constitution is the one crownns franchise OF the
smcrican people To they would defy the world
Is il apprehende that the Pres ident v i'll usurp
dcspotic powers No; while he is Of all men the
upambtous, he is by the partial OF husc
who epposci his election subjected 10 such restraints
that he cannCt withou their consent appoint inls-
ter even police agent nesetlste treaty, proesre
the of law, and can hardly draw uskc
! the public arsenas TO defend his own person.
What, then, is the ground Of dsconcni2 1t is that
the dsuniossts did not accept conclusive the argu-
mcnts which urged in behalf Of the successful
candidate in the canvass This isall. Were their own
arguments ins him mere satisfactory his support
ers? or course they were not they could not be-
Does the Constitution, in letter spirit require
imply that the arguments of party shall be satis
factory to the othets No; that Is impossible what
is the Constitutional remedy for this inevitable dssa:
isacion? Renewed debate and ultimate rchearing In
a subsequent election. Have the successful ma
jorty perverted power to purposes Of oppression9 MOI
they have never before held power Alas how prone
We to undervLue Triveigcs and blessings. How
gladly how proudly would the people of any nation in
Europe accept, such terms enjoy it, the on
of elccting Chief Magistrate every four years by free
equal, and univ ersal suffrage? How thankfully would
they cast aside all their Of govcrnme n and
accept this Republic OF ours with all its shortcomings
and Its disspponiments, maintain IL with their arms
and cherish it in their hearts Is II the very boon
for which they supplCae God without ceasIng even
wage war, with iaermissions only resulting from
haus, ion2 How strange are the times in which we
live! The coming spring season, side Of the
Atlantic will open a general conflict, wagcd 10 OBJ
tain through whatever direction just such system
and on this side Of the Atlantic, within the
same parallels Of latitude, will open fraterns
war, waged in Of frenzied discomfort
throw and annihi'at the Institutions Do men,
indeed, live only fr Themselves to revenge their
wrongs. or to crafty their ambitions Rather do
live least of all for themselves and chiefly
posteri'y and for their fcllow-meu Have the Ame l.
people, then become all of sudden unnatural
well unrariotic? and will thes disinherit their
children Of the precious estate held only in trust for
them and deprive the world of the best hopes has
jnyed since the human began its slow and painful
yet neediul aud wisely appointed progress?
Here might close my plea for tho American Union
but it is necessary If exhaust the argument,
scousiy unable stand on their mere disappointment
in the recent election have attempted to enlarge their
ground. More than thirty years there has existed
cnsderabe-though not heretofore formiJsblefIass
Of citizens in certain States situate around the
dc lfa Of the Mississippi who believe the Union s less
conducive to the welfare and greatness Of h,se States
States would be. This class has avaiIcd Itself Of the
ascontcn,s resulting from the election put ope
ration the machinery of dissolution long ago prepared
and waiting only for oeeason In other States there is
because of the want Of sympathy in the free
states with the Efforts OF Shareholders recapture
Of fugtives from scrvice In all tho slave Ssts there
restveness resulting from the resisanoe which has
been de- ermineily msde within the last few years
in the free States. TO ss extension Of slavery the
common Territories Of the United States. The Repub
lcan party which Its for the pre
Dental eanlda,e the ground Of that policy, nave
hen allowed practically. no representation, utter
snce by speech through the press in the slave States
while its policy principles and sentiments, and
its temper, have been misrepresenei 10 excite
apprehensions that IL denies important constitutional
obligations and aims al interference with slavery
and its overthrow by state authorities
the FEDERAL Government Considerable masses eveo
in the tree States. interested in the success Of these
n,srepresentations as means Of partisan strategy,
have lent their sympathy to the party claiming
assrievei While the result Of the election bring. the
party necessarily into The foreground in
ss,ing disunion the prejsdiees against them which
have described have deprived them Of the ee-opersio
Of many good ard patriotic citizens On scmpieS tissue
between the Repabiiesa party aa tie dsuioaiss al
though i; involves the airess national caIaraes the
result nigh, be a9ahsful for the Republican party
~eaf in large PARTON Of the rHion Bu. diree,
ISSUE With all who cherish the Uno1 side sud
Al. .ao desire is a.sseiriien by force the ether the
verde. would be yrcsps and almost ahsaimsas De.