New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1861-08-30
From the Dut uqae Herald, Aug. a..

From the Dutuqae Herald, Aug. a.
WHO ARE THE DISTINGUISHES AND
TRAITORS?
, We have shown by incontestible, in
controvertible facts that the South was,
up to very recent date, in favor Of
preserving the Union, as it was formed
by the Constitution, and that it was
only when they could not resist the
force Of Northern public sentiment by
constitutional means, that they restored
to violence to resist aggression upon
their rights. 1t is so notorious that
tho leaders Of the Republican party
contemplated dissolution Of the Union
with complacency and approval: that it
is scarcely necessary to produce sim
gle proof to sustain the allegation that
these leaders and their party were dis
unionists up to the period when they
saw prospect Of their party's success.
Then, al at once they became, in their
own way, Union men. What was it
that wrought their conversion so uni
versally and suddenly. But first let
us give the position Of the leaders in
their own words. We begin with Mr..
Seward, the arch disunionist, the man
who, because the Constitution Of the
United States recognized certain rela-
tons between the white and black races
which he did not approve Of proclaim
ed the Higher law doctrine, which null
lifted the Constitution and thus led to
disunion and civil war. Hear this Mr..
Seward. As long ago, We might 60
further back, but as long ago as April
9th 1856 in the senate Of the United
States Mr.. Seward said:
The solemnity of the occasion draws over
our heads that cloud of disunion which always
arises whenever the subject Of slavery rs agi.
tated. Still the debate goes on moro ardent.
ly, earnestly, angrily than ever before, 1t
employs now not NEARLY logic, reproach
menace, retort, and defiance, BUT SABRES
RIFLES, AND CANNON. Do you look
through this incipient war quite to the end
and see there peace, quiet, and harmony on
the subject Of slaverys If So pray enlighten
me, and show me how long the wayis which
leads to that repose. He
who found river in his path, and sat down
to wait for the food to pass, was not more
unwise than he who expects the agitation OF
slavery to cease, while the love Of freedom
animates the bosoms of mankind.
After showing that this agitation
will lead to war between the North and
the South, Mr.. Seward suggests to the
Pacific States that then would he their
time to withdraw from the Union. He
continued:
Then the Free States and Slave States, of
the Atlantic, divided and warning with each
other, would disgust the Free States Of the
Pacific, and they would have abundant cause
and justification for Withdrawing from
Union productive no longer of peace, safety
and liberty to themselves, and no longer
holding up the cherished hopes of mankind
Again, in his speech atAlbany, Oct.
18th, 1856, Mr.. Seward said:
Slavery Is not, and never can be, perpetu-
al. It will be ovarthrown either peacefully
and lawfully under this Constitution, or it
will work the subvervision of the Consultation,
together with its own overthrow. Then the
would perish in the struggle
Again in his speech in the Senate,
March IL, 1850, Mr.. Seward threat
ems the South with civil war, unless
they emancipate their slaves. He said:
when this answer shall be given, it will
appear that the question of disolving the
Union is complex question; that it embra-
ces the fearful issue whether the Union
shall stand, and slavery, under the steady,
peaceful action of moral. social and political
causes, be removed by gradual, voluntary ef-
fort, and with compensation, or whether the
UNION SHALL BE DISSOLVED. and civil
wars ensue, bringing on VIOLENT but COM
plete and immediate emancipation. We are
now arrived at that stage when that crisis
can be foreseen-whsn we must foresee it. It
is directly before us. Its shadow is upon u.s.
These are mere samples of Mr.. Sew