The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1861-01-29

earnestly aS III MS latS Speecu INeTSoH
has grown sedate ana mud. And SO on.
To-day, Polk of Missouri made speech,
and joined in the general refrain. He
deprecated war, and begged for peace
He lnnocenty asked, as they have all,
why not allow them to pull down the
Government, and say nothing about il ?
Why should anybody be so.outrageous as
to apply force to prevent such harmless
pastime They declare the Free State
people must be the most bloody minded
Williams IN the world TO interfere with
this pet project Of the slaveholders.- -
They say they only desire to run their
red not poker through other peoples
bodies, and why on earth should they not
be permitted TO do il?
Mr.. Mason, of Virginia, acting on the
line Of this general idea, to-day intro
duced resolution into the Senate, not
inquiring, but demanding to know of the
Secretary of War what he and Gen
Scott were sbout, in all this moving Of
troops and ships, up and down, and about
the country, and particularly upon the
South. He was anxious to know wha.
it all meant, and if the President would
not tell him, he wanted him to say so.
Mr.. Fessenden veEtured to suggest that
probably the Senator would not be able
10 find out, even if be made his demand,
so he had better put it in the form of
respectful request He fur,herremiuded
the gentle Senator, that when Mr. Clark,
of New Hampshire, sometime ago want
ed 10 get q lItlle information about affairs
in Charleston Harbor. during the reign
Of Secretary Floyd, Mr.. JEFF Davis, a
high authority in military matters, told
the Senate that it was highly improper
inquiry. What was true then upon these
delicate subjects, must be true now,
though lie himself had no objection to
this particular inquiry, il put in the Gus.
tomary form.
There never was seen such set Of ar
rogant and imperious rulers rs the slave
driving captains Of this Republic, since
the world began. Such men cannot be
created except by Slavery. It is the in
slitu,ion that makes them, and nothing
else could do it, Or all men, they most
need the discipline Of reverses and the
humiliation OF defeat, Il is their ins)-
lence Of temper that forbids them to sub
nit to being fairly beaten in Presiden.
tial election. They viii not take the po
silion of q defeated party. They will
rule or they viii ruin. They will govern
the country or they will destroy it, ii
they can. They will remain in control
Of the Government, or they will drag il
down about our ears, and bury all in a
common destruction.
These are certainly amiabe gentlemen
TO compromise with, and coneede to, and
alter tie Constitution for. If there were
any seif.resPect among those of whom
compromises, and concessions, and new
constitutional guarantees are now de-
manded, they would treat all such de-
manls with dignihed silence, or rebuke
them with a just condemnation There
is really but one reply TO make to their
arrogance Gentlemen. you, with us.
live under a common Government and q
common Constitution. We should ell
submi. 70 It's regular and Legitimate ac
ton. We owe this allegiance as honor
able men and good citizens and true pa.
triots. This has been the rule Of all
parties in the country for three quarters
Of century, and it must not be altered
because Of any sudden freak Of pride, or
passion, or political disappointment. II
is right yon should submit to what we
have all submitted to, and YOU must sub
NIT If yoa say you will not, then You
are rebels and traitors, and we must look
upon You As such, and treat you accord
ingly.
Now, il seems to me tha. nothing is
palmer than that this is the only course
of conduct fitted 10 maintain the inter
rity and stability OF the Government, ana
10 preserve the respect either of our own
people or Of foreign nations Ii the
Government cannot stand on this it can
not stand al all Ii it is incapable OF
preserving itself on this basis, il is not
worth preserving. J.sp.