The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1861-07-16

not al in al Ia D.,
friends now adyersaries. in the contest
Rnt i 90 nrch be,ta, Tho roaeon Wi,
the Government which has conferred smell
bnnsfls IN b,lh thcn AMI ne sLonI1 ~,
be broken an. Whoever in any section
nurnoses to abandon sncb n Goyarnmon,
would do we'll 10 consider n Difference
to what principle il is that he does it
what better he Is likely ~ rnt IN is
stead whether he substitute viii give.
or be intended TO give. 50 much Of GOOD
10 the peonlo.
There are some forsshaLowings on this
subject. Our alyorsaries have adopted
some declarations of independence in
which, unlike the GOOD old one penned
by Jefferson. they omit the words. call
men are created equal, WHY? Thew
have adopted a temporary National Con.
s,itu.ion in the preamble Of which. un.
like our good old one signed by Wash
inrton, they omit g. we, tho people" and
substitute . we, the Deputies of the Sow
ereign and Independent States" Why ?
Why this deliberate pressing out OF
view the rights of men and the authority
OF the people: This Is essentially a p O.
pies contest. On the side of the Union
II Is struggle for maintaining in the
world that form and substance of Gov
eminent whose leading object Is to ele.
Ha'e me cohulilon OF men TO hit artlh-
c'al "e,s"ts rom an shouiuers' TO cieal
Tue pans oi i"uuao!e pursuit loF all &c
"noFa al an uh'e''eFtu s'art ana IAN
c 9. III the race OF me- yleIding TO par
.ial ana temporary departures nom ne
ceSSty'
ANS Is inc leading oolect OF the UoV-
eminent Tor whose existence we con
'e"u' "Hi most happy TO beiieve that
tne pam people understand and appre-
cI"te 'nlS. 1t Is worthy OF note that,
WINE III thiS' the Government hour OF
u'a'' iar9e numbers OF those IN the az
any ""n navy VINO nave oeeh favored
W." o'nGc' nave ,eStSheo' ana proved
i"lee - '"e ""Np "!!ch pahlPefed them,
Piol 0h0 common 3oiuler or common sa!!.-
" " ..nown to nave deserted his flag.
Great honor is due to those officers who
remained true, despite the example Of
their !reacherous associates (; but the
greatest honor, and the most important
fact of all, is the unanimous tirmness of
the common soldiers and common sail
ors
10 the last man, so far as known, they
have successfully resisted the traiorous
efforts of those whose commands, but An
hour before. they obeyed as absolute
law This Is the natriotic instinct of
nlain people. They understand without
an ARGUMENT that the destroying the
Government which was made by Wash
inoton means no Good 10 Them Our
nunuIar Government has often been cali
ed an experiment. Two points in it our
people have settled the successful estab
lshina and the successful administra-
fine If il. One still remains. I,s suc-
cessfu| maintenance AGAINST \ f,rn;Ja-
ble internal attempt 70 overthrow it. It
;s NOW for Them to demonstrato 70 tLa
world ,h,t those Who "a, f.irlv carrv an
eIoc,ion can also eunnross = roLolI;on
that ballots are the rii1btfuI and neacanuI
s,cooseore Of hullats a,d tha, NAV b.I
1ote bavo fai,1v aud cons,itr,;o,.II,. do.
cidel there can be no successful annea,
hack 70 bnIlars tlot ,bare can he No r si i,
cessrpi arneal excent to ballots ,bam
eolves a. succeeding o1cclinns Sn1h
viii be Great lesson Of ueace tearbIng
men ,hat what they cannot take nv an
alaciiun neither can thav tal,a i br,wor
Tnachinp all the folly Of heing The he.
dinners Of war.
Lest there be some un4a.;nAss in flo
minds Of candid men as to what IS +, be
La conrse If the Government ya.d ia
Soutbern Sta,es after tho rebellion sball
have been SUPPRESSED the Eyccntiyo
deems il proper 10 saw il viii be his mn.
nose tben, as ever. to be Guided bv The
CONSTITUTION and lhe laws and HAT ha
nrobablv will have no different nnlsr.
standing of the powers and duties Of the
F4dera Government relatively - ia
T.icbts Of The S,ales and tho noc,Io n.Jar
the Constitution dian tba, rxnrassa1 -
tho Tnauoural Address lie desires r.
nreserye the Government HAT i NAV be
a1minis,eral far all &c !, y..s aI,,;n;s.
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