New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1861-05-24

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how long and how faithfully they have
endured, how much Of assault and con-
tumely they have withstood, what in.
terests, political, social, and material
they have sacrificed, how long and how
faithfully they have buffeted the angry
waves which have beat around them!
They have loved and cherished the
Union, and have clung with death
like tenacity to the pillars of the Con.
stitution, to uphold and sustain it, and
may God bless them. Let US remem Der
them in this, the evil day Of our com,
mon country, and do nothing to cast
impediments in the way of their patri-
otic progress and endurance.
The action of our own noble State
may be potential in this gloomy crisis.
She has power, and must interpose it;
wealth, and must proAer it; men, and
must rally them to duty, and should
employ her mighty energies to silence
this accursed din of arms, and tumult
and murder, at an early moment, in the
name of the Constitution and the Un-
ion, of justice, forbearance, humanity,
and peace.
IT'S not tho whole Of life to live,
Nor all of death to die'
And this commercial emporium Of the
Western hemisphere, the offspring Of
free government and unrestricted en-
terprise, under glorious Union! where
they concentre and are diffused. Great
in natural advantages and material
wealth, great in architectural magnifi
cence and commercial renowa, great in
an active and enterprising population:
IN the arts and sciences, in her institu.
tions Of religion, charity and learning;
but greater in her mighty moral ener-
gies for good, when the waves Of mad
ness heave mountain high, and threaten
universal destruction. She can, in the
plenitudc of her power, speaking with
united voice, do much to silence the
war-whoops which Christian civilization
has borrowed in this day Of light from
savage barbarism. She can 10 much
to roll back and calm the agitation of
the waters with the stern commands of
peace. Then let her stretch forth her
strong arm in support of the Constitu-
tion and the Union. Let her sustain
the Government in it's lawful authority,
in upholdinginviolate our glorious Flag
emblem of a more glorious Union, i'll
defending its territory, in preserving
that Union, If possible, from further
disruption and destruction, and in re-
claiming, by its measures of justice
and wisdom, every disaifected State to
the Union it once loved, aad cherished,
and adorned. And if, when all efforts
at Cancellation have failed, the surges
olinternal passion shall run more mad.
ly still, and armc d forces must meetfor
destruction upon the field Of battle.
when it is covered with the dead and
dying, and the shrieks of the wounded
are ascending to heauen, let us be able
to exclaim with Caesar, when he saw
the field of Pharsalia strewn with his
fallen countrymen, They would have
it so!' The States of the South al
legged common grievances against the
Free States, and suggested the necss-
sity Of further guarantees.
There was large and powerful party
in the Fire: States in sympathy with
them in this demand, and if all the
Southern States had moved with sol.
emn deliberation, and in concert, it is
obvious that satisfactory guarantees
would have been provided, or that il
not, peaceful separation could have
been secured, andciyilization and Chris
tianity and freedom have been spared
the disgrace which must disfgure the
page Of history: SO long as ink shall
stand a faithful sentinel on paper, and
darken the dreary shadows Of tradition
when history shall have faded away
But some rushed hastily to pass ordi
nances Of secession without waiting fol