The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-05-11
rHE REASON 70. xEcrsA,oy.

Some OF our friends abroad are amazing
" puzzled to know the cause Of this reyo-
luton now upon us. A few words will
] serve 20 show how the matter stands. When
the sun arose 90 the 9th of November lss.,
h !, shone upon 50 States in anion, containing
a population of $4,000, 900. the most happy
! AID prosperous people On the face of The
! earth. According 10 eaastisafionaireqaire-
meats. the people of every State fsave enel
came together, and cast their votes for q
Chief Magistrate. The result showed that
I Abraham Lincoln was legally chosen Presi-
/ dent for scur years. No one disputed <the
legality OF his election; but thousands 10
this city. and elsewhere, regretted it. The
people OF this city voted against him strong
This we had right TO do; but not one of
/ our respectable citizens regarded his elec-
;ion rs a just cause nf revolution. Even
Mr.. Stephens, NOW Vice President of the
! Confederate States, declared il was no good
cause. South Carolina thought she had a
cause, and speedily, wisheu VI waiiin. for any
overt aes--indeed. long before the inaugG-
ration OF Mr.. L,ncoln took p.aee-met in
convention, and voted herself cut of the
uaion. Public confidence began to be dis
tosoed, and speedy downfall Of business
followed. The other cotton States tied
themselvest to the tail of South Car raIina, and
acts of seizure and violence of the most
disgracefnl character were sanctioned BY The
State authorities; and even our Federal
government allowed itself to be driven out
of Charleston harbor by the booming of its
own cannon in the hands of the State au-
thorities. The insult was borne with pa
tience-insu,t was added TO iajury-untii
'''orbesrance ceased to be yi,,ue.' The
South having lost an election which they
wen: into, and imagining some great wrong,
commenced to defy the government which
had never injured them in the slightest de-
gree. when, 10 and behold, civil war is upon
us because we refuse longer TO be kicked
and cuffed about by them, and are aot will
ling to give up all cur forts, and even the
Federal Capital itself, from which they se-
ceded. Jefferson Davis, who has been plot
ting the overthrow of tho Government for
years, would be perfectly satisfied il We
would give up everything, and submit to the
degradation Of allowing the President OF
the United States TO SET up his government
on a drum head. The North cannot and
will not. submit to tins ; and those who have
done most, and worked hardest for the
South, are FIRST and foremost in arminc for
the war. In the Sixth Ward Of this city,
where Jefferson Davis had thousands of
friends. a powerful regiment is formed, and
now. while we write, are on their way to re
sist his further encroachments on the rights
of the North. We are no politicians, and
have never done or said aught against our
Southern brethren. Wewish them no harm
aud we kindly ask them to pause and think
the matter over cnolly and calmly. without
passion aud without prejudice. We war
no. against them for the sake of blood; but
We war against them for the maintenance
Of the best government that ever existed
for the time honored flag Of our country-a
Gag tha, was loved by Washington, Madison
Jackson. Clay. Webster and every other
troe patriot in the land, as the gorgeous
ensign Of the Repnhlc."
TIE entire North is aroused, fnd should
j. cost her a hundred thousand human lives,
and n hundred millions Of dollars. the gov.
ernment will be sustained Scientific Amer
iran.