The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-06-08
Nor 4 wAR AGAINST m .orr,.

Esa great mistake to suppose that the
war, which 10 now being initiated. ia
"agaips: the South,o or Against Southern
institutions. II is true thai geographieal,v
the North occupies one side 81 the con,ro.
ver.y and the South the Other. bu, hi. i.
simply owing to the fact that the treason
which renders the war inevitable. originated
and prevails only at the South. vhiIs lov.
atty TO the Union 10 the universal .en,imen,
OF the Northern people. On the par, ~
the South the var vas begun. and /. heinz
prosecuted, for the oyerthrov Of "a. Gov.
ernmsns 10 pull down and destroy this free
s.puohc, that Tor more than three quarter.
OF century mas been the astonishmsns and
the admiration OF the world. There never
vas war so utterly causeIess forced upon
peaceful people. No right Of anv citizen
has been invaded, no privileges withheld or
inserisssd With. No right Of any State has
been invaded, DO a,,ributs OF Stat. Sover-
eignsy intetfersd with. There l. DO pretence
on the part Of shs seeding State. ,ha, the
rights Of the citizens or The seeurirv Of the
State viii DO enhanced By successful rev
olution.
The Constitution Of the Federal Govern
ment IN all its essential features ba, been
adopted as the organic Law Of the new Com
iederacy, while the Constitutions Of the
states themselves remain unchanged. Their
relations to the central Government differ 4,
no material respect from their relation. IN
the Government. at Washington. Still the
people OF the South, with q madnss. that i,
unaecoantable, rush into rebellion an IL tina
overthrow OF government and the initiation
OF bloody civil war were no crime.
The war On the part Of the people Of the
North il not against States or the ins,i,u
tons OF any State. IL 10 asuins. treaso,
and in defence Of the bes. Government, In
the world. tits against rebellion tha. won,a
overthrow the fresst institutions Of all the
earth; against revolution that would
check the progress Of civilization. and throw
tb's great country back into half a century
Of retrogressIon. What thew demand of The
seeding States is not that they shall CHANCE
Their domestic Institutions, their Cops,itu.
ti"as, poIcy or their laws. bu. that thew
shaai return to their allegiance to the Gov
efhmeut. lhey have no last Of connuest
and they have no thought Of suhiupation.
W men pence shall have been declared md
the seeding States restored to the Union.
they VIII como back with all their RIGHTS
untmpared, and their sovereipnties fullv
gnarantied, and their domestic institutions
NJ subject 10 their own control rs are ,hosa
OF Now York to, day. Albeit there NAV be
hanging Of individual traitor. and the scat.
terine OF demagoguas and adventurers who
have maadsned and betraye ed the South into
the policy and the crime Of rebelion.-N.
Y. Times. s-ar
The above extracts We take from an edi.
sorial in the New York Timss a paper
which will generally be found on the com.
mon sense side Of any question. We com,
mend it to the careful consideration Of some
Of cur Northern FIRE eaters who desire
nothing so much as the annlhilation Of the
Southern people, Union men and all. At
the same time request careful perusal Of
it by those who yet harbor sympathy for
Southern traitors.