The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1861-07-11

one penned BY Jefferson, they e sOoa old
words fare created equal" Whv v1 |, It'll the
have adopted temporary n,,;o,., They
stitution, in the preamble of which Con-.
like our good old one, sigoed bv " w.
ington, they omit, /" Wc,a the ns. "asn.
and substitute, We, the deputies op'e,"
Sovereign and Independent States :, MI The
this deliberate pressing on, Of Wv why
rights Of men aud the authority af ne
people! This is essentially ne -, me
contest on the side of the Union V tf.'e.'
= struggle for maintaining in tho s "I
that form and substance of Gova,nsM
whose leading object is to elev.." ea'
condition OF men, to lif. artificial ve;, tas
from all shoulders, to clear the n,,ts '.
laudable pursuits, and to afford ali sn OF
fettcred start aud fair chance in " w.
race Of life, yielding to partial and ,.@ Ae
porary departures FROM necessitv Ta:
is the leading object of that form of an'
eminent for, whose existence We COM, sv,'
| am most happy to believe tha, the nla
people understand and appreciate thu ''
1t is worthy Of note tina, while n a..
the Governments hour Of tria, ,.'
numbers Of those in the army ana s
who have been favored with the oS".
have resigned and proved false to ~.
hand that pampered them, no. one com.
mon soldier or common sailor ;s Lno".
to have deserted his flag. Great bon..
is due to those officers who rema;a aO,
true despite the example of their tro,oh
erous associates. Bu, the creates. hona.
and most emphatic fac. Of all is The un,n.
imous frmness of the common soldier.
and common sailors. To the las man. a.
far as known, they successfully resisted
the traitorous effect Of those whose com.
mand within an hour before they obeyed
as absolute law. This is a patriotic IN
stinct Of plain men. They understand
without an argument, that the DESTROY
ing of the Government which was made
by Washington means no good for them.
Our popular Government has often been
called an experiment Two points init,
however, our people have settled. viz:
The successful establishing and the sue
ccssful administering of it. One stin
remains: its successful maintenance
against the formidable internal at,cmn,
to overthrow it. It is now for them to
demonstrate to the world that those who
can fairly carry an election can also sun
press rebellion that ballots are tho
ri.htful and peaceful successors Of bul-
lets, and that when ballots are fairly aud
constitutionally decided there c;n be no
successful appeal except back to ballots
themselves at succeeding election
Such will be great lesson of peace,
teaching IN q that what they caano, take
by an election neither can tn y take it by
a war teaching all the folly Of being tho
beginners Of War.
Lest there be some uueasiucss in the
minds Of candid men as to what is to b.
the course of the Government. toward the
Southern States after'thc rebellion shall
have been suppressed, the Executive
deems it proper to say 1t shall be his pnr.
pose tten, as ever, to be guided by ,k
the Constitution and the laws, aud tGath
will probably have no differen, understsn.
ding Of the pawsrs aud duties of tho
Federal Government relatively 10 the
the rights Of the Stats and the people
under the Constitution than ,has sxwess.
ed in tie inau- ural address lie desires
to prescrse the Goytrnlucn', that ii may
be administered 'ur all IS il Wa admins.
citizens everywhere have the ri hit to
claim tbs If their Goycrnms ut. Tho
Government has act The right 10 with
hold or neglect it, and it is not perceived
that IN giving It that there is any coer-
cion, conquest, or any subjugation IN any
sense of these terms. The Constitution
provided, and ali the States accepted ITS
proyisioo, that the United States shall
guarantee to every State in this Union a
/ republican form OF government, but lf'
State may lawfully 60 out Of the Imon,
having done SO it may also discard me
republican form of government az that
to prevent its going out is an indi>pena.
BILE means to obtaining the guarantee
mentioned When an end is lawfn' and
obligatory, the indispensable means to
attain it ar. also lawful and obligatory. -
! 1t was with the deepest regret that the
Exc cutivc assumed the duty of employ
Sing the war power in defence Of the Gov.
eminent Forced upon him, lie could
I but perform this duty or surrender the
existence Of the Government, No CON-
promise by public servants could in this
! be a cure-not that compromises are not
often proper, but that no popular Govt
can long survive marked precedent that
those who carry an election can only save
the Govt by giving up the main point
upon which the people gave the election
The people themselves, and not their ser
wants, can safely reverse their own deb'
crate decision. As private citizen tho
Executive could not have consented that
these institutions shall, perish much less
could he, in betrayal Of SO vast and so
sacred trust as these free people had
confded to him. He felt that he had no
moral right to shrink or even count the
chances of his own life in Whist may to-
low. In full view Of this great rcspoa-
sibility he has so far done what he hos
deemed his duty Will you not, accord
ing to your own judgment, perform yours,
He sincerely hopes that your views and
actions may so accord with his as to as
sure all faithful citizens who have been
disturbed Of their rights, of a certain asd
speedy restoration to them under the Con
stitution and laws. And having in this
chosen our course without guilt and Win
pure purpose, let US renew our trust 10
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