The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-04-24

Ii our correspondent, if tho members Of
the Virginia Convention, if the Union mcr,
Of Missouri, Kentucky or Tennessee, sup
pose that the North will ever give them
what they call new Constitutional Guaran-
tics, we can tell them that they are surs to
be disappointed. The Constitution as it is,
the free States will faithfully stand by. AL
the ii ghts it secures will be maintained in
tact Possibly, though not certainly, the
Constitutional amendment respecting slave
ry which was adopted by the late Congress
may DC ratified by sufficient number of
States to insure its incorporation into the
Constitution. But that is the utmost ,chich
the Border States can hope Jor; That il tho
utnsost aehieh the Republican party sciH
erer bmit to-; and if the Border States
want more than that, they must seek it
where they are sure to find it, in the South.
ern Conltderacy ~, Y. Tribune.
Our belief is that public opinion through
ou. the free States is steadily gravilating in
that directlon--agalnst war on the one hand
against compromise OH the other.-N
7. Mdspendeat.
The above paragraphs are cut from the
two newspapers which exercise more con-
troll over the opinions OF the Republican
country. As the eXponents Ut opinions of
a very large class OF that party, therefore,
it is important to understand what they
teach.
They both take the ground against any
compromise to preserve the Union in its i'll.
tegr,ty beyond the adoption of the amend
mcnt Of the Constitution, recommended by
Congress, which PROHIBITS the Federal Gov.
ernment fom intertlring with slavery in
| the States. One of them expressly, and the
other inierentaiy, takes ground against
war. The position ot both is in effect this:
Let the slave States go out of the Union,
if they please, aud let US make no effort,
| either by coercion Or coneiation 10 retain
them"
In other words, the Tribune and Inde-
pendent and the extreme Republicans whom
they represent, are an .tarer Of a dissslutivn
| IF the Union. For they and oil intelligent
men, at this day, known perfectly well, that
without some compromise between the con-
tctinS opinions Of the two sections, the
pr servation Of the Union is impossible.
VIE, then. are tie friends or the Union 2
Those w,no are in favor of such measures
of Cancellation and compromise as will com.
pose strife and hold all the States in the
Uniong Or those who reject all compro-
misses, and thus not only prevent the return
of the seeded States, but also drive the
border States out? The enquiry admits Of
but one answer-the enemies Of cun,pfomiss
arethe enemies Of the Unlon.
We are not prepared to follow such lead
crs as the Tribune and Independent, and
give up the Union and forget all the bene-
fits and blessings which it has conferred in
the past, and forcgo all which it promises in
the future. This government has cost Us
| too much, and it is worth too much to be
sacrificed to the whims and theories Of en-
thusiasts, or to the unholy aspirations Of
demagogues. Our fathers made sacrifices
of interests and cherished opinions to form
the federal CONSTITUENCIES any one who
will read the debates Of the convention and
the history of that day can readily learn
and shall we make no sacrifices to preserve
the legacy which they bequcathed to us!-
Those who refuse to do so are degenerate
sons Of worthy s;res-thcy are disloyal to
the spirit which gave birth to the Constitu-
tion they are the disunionists, upon whose
heads the hot cnrses Of present and suc-
cecding generstions-as they groan under
the evils Of dissolution Of this noble con-
federacy, will rest.-Albany Argus.