The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-04-03
The south.

In proof Of our opinion that a recon-
struction Of the Union will soon be demand
ed by the South we publish articles below
The first is from communication in the
St. Louis Republican,: ..
:" Let US for moment try to balance the
account of profit and loss attendant upon
immediate secession. On the side of profit
we might, provided all the time there was
sufticien, dishonesty amongst the people,
rob tire Sub Treasury in st. Louis take
possession Of the public buildings. arms
and munitions of war; repudiate all Eastern
indebtedness, and appropriate ITO our Use
all patents and copyrights belonging to out.
siders and turn into the State treasury the
proceeds from the sale OF public lands. -
These are the principal items Of profit, and
although they would take the unpleasant
name of thief before an honest court or
Jury, yet there are some who would baptiSe
this vandal spirit with the holy name Of
patriotism.
But admitting for arnoncnt the treasury
could be filled with spoils Of an easy con
quest, let US examine the other side OF the
balance sheet, and learn from it that ''hon-
e>ty is the best policy for States as well as
individuals. With a sudden disrupture of
the ties that bind us to the American Union,
Missouri will become, of all Stat s, most
mis- rable. Instead of supporting one Gov
ernmcnt in peace, the burd rs OF which are
now considered oppressive, we should have
to support two Governments on war foot
nag To raise, arm and equip ten thousand
MN, keep up the postal facilities to their
present standard OF eff :iency and contr,
butte our quota to the support of the South
ern Confederacy, would require an annual
tax of at least TEN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
viii some political economist undertake
to explain how long it would take to drain
Missouri of her population under such
tax: Why, the mere agitation of this ques.
ton of diSuDion has already cost the pco-
pie of this State more than fifty millions of
Iollars in the depreciation of lands and ne
grocs. How much, think you, will the hun
tred millions of slave property in Missouri
be worth, when We cast off the protection of
constitutional law, and surraund ourselves
with three or four millions Of sworn ene-
mics? If Missouri s.cedes, there is but
one alternative tor the stakeholder. lie
must become a voluntary exile from his
chosen home. Politicians may pratc and
poth.r a much as they please, but if Mis-
souri, secedeS from tn, Union, she will be
ub litoniA d in two y, ars time. am not
me.'cIy speculating on TINS subject, for
an p ~ ntliy Interested in the matter, and
in conversation With my neighbors, who
hold the same kind Of property, we deter.
iniIlca unanimously to Leave the State when
ever she leaves the Union. But our sapient
Governor, | understand, proposes in the
event OF secession, to place Gordon of sch
tn is Gyen q thousand miles Of exposed
borders 70 warn off immigrants, and at the
same tim. to drive out of the State all who
are not identii d with tn. slave interest.
That is to say, fifty thouSand-about the
number of shareholders in Missouri-arc to
and drive from the State up
wards of million of pcoplt. He woad.
doubtless, have good time Of it, and his
war qualities would be fully developed be-
fore the close of the first campaign"
A Southern gentleman who resides in
Augusta, Georgia, writes thus to the Nation-
al Nnteitiysacsr
If the South was merely let alone for
six months, We would probably try at tn.
'iNHt SSiNiai S'Cttloi W Scl he new
tariff will open both eyes and pockets -
three to four cents pound ON cheese, four
To five cents on butter, two to two and a
half cents on sugar, two and "A half to
cents on tobacco affect every
one, and that senSibly. Prices have adj
vanced, and are still ascending. Our rcgu-
lar army has one hundred and forty enlisted
in tins city, and as many in Savannah -
Nine-tenthS Of our youth so constantly
armed, and the common use Of deadly wrap-
ons is gut disregarded No control can
can be eXt rcised over lad after he is four
teen or fifteen He becomes Mr.. So-and So,
and acknowledges no ma, ter. Will. our
Tree trade doubles our tarfif, our postal Gcil
tiles will also be decreased. Letter postagv
will probably be raised to ten or twenty tive
cents, and off the immediate line of the
railways there will probably be AS much as
one mail week. of course, therefore, We
will like secession the better as we become
, he h,.ft.r apnuaip tod with II ~