St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1861-05-16
NUMBER 20.

now, throw off all DISCUSSES, and de-
clare, that, for more than thirty years,
they have been steadily at this work.
The tariff was its pretcxt, in 1880.
Then, thank God, there was Il man at
the helm. Gen jackson was there to
put it down by coercion. He placed,
in due time, a regiment in castle Pinck-
ncy. Though quclled by him then, it
was only for time. lie saw, with
prophets eye, that it would still live.
Its prctcxt thcn,' said he, "was
the tariff question, its next prctcxs
will be the slavery question" Chal-
houn found that he could never unite
the South for disunion upon the tariff
question, for Louisiana would have Il
tariff upon sugar, and therefore, true
to his fell purpose but changing his
prctext, he said, 1--WE must force the
issue upon the slavery question"
For that purpose, and to force that
issue, he gave uttcrance in the Senate
to that new idea which undcrlcs the
Southern revolution which we now
witness, and which threatens to rend
and destroy everything in its way,
even the government itself.
That new idea is that slavery is the
common law of the Constitution-the
natural and best relation of capital
and labor-thc most safe and stable
basis for free Institutions in the world.
This Calhounism, entering into and
taking possession Of his followers, in-
spircd them with the widest fanati-
cism. Claiming slavery to be a posi-
tive good, it became, Of necessity, ag-
grcssivc.
1t demanded at once a reversal of
the teachings of the Southern pulpit,
and they were reversed.
1t demanded q reversal of the
teachings of their public schools, and
it was done.
4 reversal of doctrines of the press,
and of the crccds Of political parties,
and it was done.
Upon the same demand it has re-
vcrscd the decisions Of their Courts
the acts and resolutions of their leg
islative bodies.
1t admits Of no question. 1t tolcr-
atcs no other opinion. 1t rcigns su-
premc, dcspotic and intocrant as the
Spanish inquisition in the seeding
States, and controls the leading poll
ticians in all the Slave States.
Not content, however, with con-
trolling State action, and all domestic,
it also demanded the control Of every
department Of uhc Federal Govern
ment, of Congress, of the President,
and Of the Supreme Court
1t demanded Of Congress the repeal
of the Missouri Compromise, and it
was repealed.
1t demanded the invasion and sub
Ijugaton of Kansas by five thousand
men in arms, and it was done.
1t demanded the enforcement of the
bloody Border Rutlian Code, and it
was enforced.
1t demanded the admission Of Kan
sas under the Lccompton Constitution,
though it came, covered all over, and
rocking with fraud and perjury, and,
rs all the world knows, voted down by
almost ten thousand majority. Inthat,
however, for the first time, it failed
and, thank God Kansas is free.
1t demanded the bred Scott decision,
reversing all the decisions of the Su-
prcme Court, and Of every State Court,
North and South, and of every admin
istration, from Washington to Polk,
and that decision was made.
Last winter. made still bolder by
this decision, it demanded recon-
struction Of the government itself 4
new Constitution, by the express pro-
visions of which, this Calhoun idea
should be adopted, and the institution
Of human slavery spread all over the
free territories Of Mexico and Central
America, just as fast as we should ac-
quire them. And what was worse
than all else, it declared that if even
this last demand were granted to save
the Union, there was to be no Union,
after all for it would spurn with con-
/, tempt the idea that the Constitution
gives TO the Federal Government any
power to enforce its laws in any scccd-
ing State.
But all these acts and usurpations,
the natural precursors of what We
now see belong to the past They are
now swallowed up in the fact that,
with arms in their hands, these con
spirators have seized our forts and ar
scnals, robbed our treasury, insulted
, and fired upon our flag, and to crown
the whole catalogue Of their crimes,
, they have inaugurated actual war
5 against the government and threaten
: to advance upon and seize the Federal
| Capital itself.
Great God Almighty, shall just ven-
: gcance sleep forever?
Q That point, beyond which forbear.
Y ance ceases to be virtue, has been
, reached and passed long ago, already
! | would be as forbearing as any.
: have hoped and prayed that this dread
t tul cup might pass but if it must be
t drunk, Gods will be done.
= l would hope and pray and labor
S still for peaceful solution Of thi.
@ great national trouble, but if blood
!, must flow, if it be His will that We
$ must tread the wine press Of the
n lierceness of His wrath before We
reach the end, be it SO ! We stand
G for the Union and the Constitution ol
S our fathers for the light and glory oI
t nations. We stand for Constitutional
Il liberty aud equal justice to all man
d kind. In such struggle, if true to
+ ourselves, God the Almighty must be
# with us.
J. Go on, then. young men not a day
|. not an hour, should be lost fill up tn,
d muster roll Of your company, ready t,
G make part Of the first regiment iron
i Wisconsin. One of my sons, oil,
t enough to bear arms, is ready and ca
r ger to join you | say to him, " \:
v your country calls you, my son, go
!, with Gods blessing upon you will
l. strong arm and stout heart, fly TO its
standard, resolved on victory o.
death"