The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1861-11-21
CHEERING PROGRcss.
The object of the present war is to
subdue The Southern rebellion. From
the outset of the contest rejecting minds

play an Important part in the struggle to
suppress it. The observation and OK
pcrlence gathered during quarter of a
century in which slavery had LARGELY
mingled IN every controversy that agita-
ted the American people, taught US how
dltflcut subject 1t was to handle al
considerate men therefore feared that il
might prove to be ''the rock of offensc.'
over which the success of the North in
this war would stumble and tall. But .unon
calm survey of the f>II Of opinion at
the present stage Of the contest, We find
the concurrence of sentiment, among the
loyal masses Of the Free States. uoon
this vexed question, 4, Surprising rs it
is cheering. We now see men like Dan.
icl $ Dickinson and Gcrrit Smith. who
have heretofore stood 1T the antinodcs Of
this controversy, aud classes like Hard
Shell Democrats and Garrisonian Adolf.
tionists, who have represented the most
antaSonlstlc opinions in regard to it, tax
ing substantially the same view of the
part which Slavery ought to play in this
sangulnary drama. OF course. we cx.
cept from the scope Of this remark those
sour blgots who, like the Bourbons, never
learn anything and never forget anything,
and those semi SeccssioniSts. who regard
the claims of party as superior to the
calls OF patriotism, and those o!d.tilne
euloelsts of the traitors, who gloss over
their sympathy with the rebellion by a
c Iatn Il a.
Union.
With these exceptions, the great body
of the people of the loyal States, of all
parties and creeds, agree in the opinion
that the war was not commenced, and
ought not to be carried on, either to nut
down Slavery or to uphold Slavery, but
to restore and maintain the supremacy
of the Federal Government over cyery
part Of the Republic: that in the accom-.
pllshmcnt of this end the Government is
bound to employ all the means within its
reach which are sanctioned bv the usaocs
of war and that if Slavery can be made
an instrument to secure this object, then
1t is the duty of the Government to seize
it and WELD it against the enemy with
the same promptness and efficiency that
1t would any other means which the ext
gencles of the conflict had placed at its
disposal.
So, far, We doubt not, the loyal scnti
mcnt of the country has advanced And
the evidences throng upon US that the
masses OF our people, with the exceptions
already noted, are eager to adopt and act
upon the legitimate deductions from these
premises to the effect that, inasmuch as
the rebellion is daily becoming more and
more formidable, and proves to be far
more dlihcut to suppress than was orig
lnaly antici pated, therefore, to save the
life of the nation, it will be necessary, to
a greater or less extent, to cnlis, Slavery
among the other explosive clements now
being employed to crush the Great Con-
spracy for the destruction of the most
bcncticcnt Government on earth
We thinh we do not oycrratc the rapid
march of public sentiment in this dircc-
ton. Cautious and conservative men
are going forward faster than they i'm,
1gine. For example: it would be diff
cult to find person, net at heart Sc
,cssionlst, who would not say: - either
Slavery or the Union must fall, then let
Slavery instantly pcrish.' Md the
lumber Cf those who believe that this
alternative is close upon us is now multi
,udinous, and increases with every re-
verse of our arms, and with every day
hat postpones decisive victory Of our
forces.
The act Of Congress of August last dis
charges from "iabor or servicc' every
slave who has been used by the rebels,
directly or indirectly, in carrying on the
war. 10 other words, it sets him free.
When this act was passed it produced
great trepidation in timd and conserya-
tive quarters. 1t was denounced as an
'Aboition plot" The President even
hesltatcd to s Gu it, Weeks rolled on;
our arms encountered rcycrscs the re
oelllon assumed gigantic proportions -
At length Fremonts Proclamation ap- !
'eared. After a little breathing spell.
md when the President resolved to mod
fy 1t so as to make it conform exactly to
he act of Congress, these timid and con,
ervative classes, who had stiyuatizcl
his law as an Abolition scheme, rushed
o the defense of the President aud Gu,
oGized the act of Congress as wise
measure, precisely adapted to the exjycn-
y. This is progress. FIR this law has
orevor delivered from Slavery at least
hlrd of million of negroes, the very
zone and slnew of the system, who are
Infused all through the South, and hold
IS perfect tenure to liberty as the Chief ,
Justice Of the United States.
All will recollect how cautiously the
people received, and how singerly the !
Administration handled, the contra ,
'and' proposition which Gen Butler let
" at public opinion from Fortress Mon I
oe. The War Department, after much )
painful cogitation aud despite not few
nisgivings in conservative circles, re- "
trlcted the application Of this novel doc. G
rlne exclusively to the slaves of rebels ,
Who voluntarily sought shelter within f
he walls of the fort. aud who were then
o be set to work on y in pacific employ
nents. But we now find the Depart
net applauded in all quarters while in
tructing commanders invading the South
lot only to receive all slaves that come
within our lines, but to lure them to cur
ervice, and arm them in companies, to ,
i'd in crushing rebellion-in word, to
convert them into military auxiIiarics -
This rule is to be applied not to the |