The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-09-21

resors to arua." Then ue uou!d haye had
our rebellion four years ago insssad of nav.
Establish this precedent, and you may iook
/ for : rebellion every focr wears, The De.
fes,ed party always would appeal 10 arms
/ for uhat they claimed they should have.
The Uuised States would be thus cony cried
into aEother MEXICO on larger scale. Essn
those Who have placed themselves on the
Mahony platform coadesa the Adninis,ra.
tion becauss they cay i Is inbecile, and has
not been ssrone and energetic sae0gA. Tas
administrator has dane its duty. Il Aas
deal, sah those 10 rebellion Is IN iDasleeet
parent would deal with frowafd child.
It has forborn to strike. Il has dealt With
those men mildly, leaiensly, generously. l,
sought 20 eoncil.ate them, but failed! The
time has come, and am glad 70 zee il, whcn
ds6erea. policy 10 10 bs pursued. Thi.
pelicy is fotc.hadowed in the late proclsms-
ten Of Gen. Fremont 10 Missouri. Tire,
mrndoas applause The late Admin,.,ra-
tian had the power u put do~n this moe,
wicked r~b~llloa in ,ss hsg,npius, by q.
siagle effective b!os, bas il sese The oppe.-
tunity pass. The presens Administration
has come TO . point vhcre is is determine
To put down this rebellion by the strong
hand. Il has sought by every means in the,
world TO bring the rebels back to their duty.
| think il has done right. Il was bound TO
exhaust every honorable means OF concliia.
ton before it re.arted to extreme measures.
! do think, viewing the subject from my
stand point, there never vas more cause
less and wicked rebellion. This Govern.
ment has given the South prosperity, secu
rity, peace. 1t did not iDflct . blow until
they became SO arrogant and overbesring
that war became bscessity for national
existence. They had grown ~ no people
ever dad before, cursed u,th such ins,,tu-
tions as they po-.ess. 1t has protected
them, supported them, nourished them!
And beenuse majority have exercised their
right and duty to control and
regulate National affairs, they have declared
that II they could not rule, they would
ruin.
And now nv friends, what is your duty?
II is this: We xusT rur DOWN REBELLION:
Some gentlemen cay ''Psace!" They say,
" You cannot subdue and sutjugats the
South, and have them live psacAbly With
you." They say "the South are deter.
mined to 20, and Why not let them 20 in
pesces" But when you yield that much,
you sign the dsath-wsrrsnt to your govern.
ment! II the Southern Statss may sccrde
to- day, the ,h-weslern States nav to-
morrow. If the South may rebel this year,
then New England may nslt. Establish the
doctrine Of sece.sion anywhere, and you
leave no lie, no vitality in your whole sys-
TEN Of Government. Ii sinks ut once from
the rank Of nat,ons, becomes what Mexico
il, u Kissing and y-word, and lsaves you
no security for life, liberty orpruperty. II
cannot be in..,he nature Vt things. There
are but two ways: You must either Put
the Rebels down, or the rebels will put ,ou
down! You cannot comprum,se With thin.
You cannot conc,l,ate them. Will you have
the mouth Of the Mlss,.sippi river closed
| by Louisiana? Will YOU allow the inhab-
ltants Of the lower Mississippi to toll the
produce OF the Upper Mississlppi
You will not do it You csnuot de il -
Your fathers risked a war to acquire that
River and their cons will fight to maintain
it. [Deafening Applause.l A thousand
plans may be suggested for = peaceful solu-
tion Of this question, and vet you must re-
jet them all. Recognize the Southern Con-
tedsrac,, and YOU cannot keep peace with
them i've years.
There are some strange characteristics in
this contest. Wssre ~ the habit of attri-
buting to our Southern friends honor, cbiv.
airy. highmindrdnes.; and thev attribute to
US avarics, cowardice, yenaHty. And yet,
underlying al. this, there are shown to be
he contrary attributes in each. What 10
the theory Of this rebellion? What under
| lies 1t The very grosssst material; the
theory that no man has any higher motive
to action than the aggrandizeinrpt VI self.
| The South said .'Cot on 10 k,ng!' They
said II War were inaus urated, the pocks.s
Of the North would suffer. They sa,d you
would lose your markets for manufsc uTed
and agricultural products, thA. your factor
les would be closed in the East, shat the
grain 10 your store houses would rot - the
Wet, and that you would thus be Brought
TO terms. All this showed what they be.
lIeved to be the governing principle 10 the
North. How bs. this been mel? H,w have
the people Of the North met this question
when i, was forced upon them? When your
trade was brought low, your marts closed,
and your shipping lying idle 10 the h,rbor-,
| how Was thi, question metz How did you
respond to the call of III. President to rally
around the National Flag. The world has
never seen spectacle such A. has been ex-
hibIted by tho People Of the North in sup
ment OF this War.
| II il shown TO be untrue that Cotton is
King. Pennsylvania might ns well claim
that Coal is King. New York might ~ we'll
claim that Commerce is King. The great
Northwest might equally assume that Corn
is King. But all these claims are untrue,
and it brings Us back again to the Bible
truth. that there il but ane King, the Ever
Living God, and Him only should we serve!
| (Applsuse. We have faith in Him; and it
IL around this faith that our sestmen:s Of
Right, Justice, and Truth will forever clas-
ter! Before that faith Southern Cbivalry
will 60 down. There 10 something io the
North higher than matsriaism. No oppo-
si,lon here or elsewhere can put il down
And tell you, my friends, no Convention
can be gotten up which can smother tha,
| principle. and the men Who seek TO crush IL
out will be ground to powder before IT,
i I[Uproarous aud long continued applause.
You may call Conventions for the purto {
/ Of obstruetipg the path Of this Government.
bat they will fail. let them marshal their
forces under the name Of Democracy OF
what they will. know the force Of that
organization. know as veil as any other
man the power Of the Democratic party,
but tell those Who attempt TO array ih.
masses Of the people against the Adnipis-
ttration, State or Natioual, which 10 endeay-
oripg to prosecute the wsr, that thev can
not succeed. don't care whether they a.
TENT 10 do 30 BY the publication Of issid-
ious falsehoeds in incendisry sheets, by
political conventions.by seeking 10 discredii
the bonds OF the State by the cry that they
are unconstisutional. OF Otherwise. fCheefs
ard cries Of ssgood!"
i Now. my friendsf told you when eem.
m.nced thst had made no preparation fer
an elaborate speech. ] have no order ID
wbat have said bot have tried 70 brips
befnre yea these fsw ideas. 10 the Ars,
place. shas slshoogh the R.pubIicsn Admin.
i.srsfies which cams into power % the
Foor'h ef March last. SURROUNDED By unn.