Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-07-13
Communicated

To tie Editor Of the Siour City Register:
While We recognize the duty Of sustain.
ing the Government in ito efforts to reduce
the rebellious States, in arms against its
authority, to submission, we cannut con-
ceal tho fact, upon calm and dispassion.
ate view Of the whole matter, that . diff.
terent line Of Governmental policy might
have more surely resulted in the eventual
pacifcstion Of the whole country and have
rescued the bright inheritance of free
and enlightened people from that oblivion
which seems impending over tive speak
of mutual compromise and concession
The compromise measures offered to the
Government by the border States in tho
beginning of our difficulties. were in no
way dishonorabls to the North, and wise
and statesman like policy would have die
tated their acceptance IS an adjustment
of the matter in controversy. The result
Of this, perhaps. would not have been to
satisfy and conciliate tho ultra States, bat
it woald have attached the border States
to the Government and thus have restricted
the rebellion within such limits as would
have rendered it sure of final extinction.
Those who are not willing to concede a
little in opinion rather than inaugurate
.ivii vs:, either have no. the true interest.
of their country at heart or are Influenced
by prejudices that preclude oil hope Of
ever reuniting the bonds Of Union.
Suppose our Government is able to sub
due the rebel armies blockade their ports
and dsvastate their country; what has it
accomplished towards the restoration Of
the Union7 Ianswcr nothing-ws have
rnther make matters worse by exaspsrst.
ing the feelings and passions Of the PEG.
pie We shall have subdusd aud with whom
we are, hereafter, expecting to live on
terms of social intercourse. To suppose
such State of feelings likely to exist be
tween the two sections, after tho war shall
have closed, is contrary to ell past sxpe-
risnce in tho history Of Revolutions
where districts have rebellsd against pow
erful Governments in defense of a princi.
pie or in resistance to oppression, the
strong arm of power has usually proved
effect tive in reducing them to submission;
but it has never yet succeeded in restoring
the social bond that, at first, united them
together " the case admits Of no
parallel.
1t is true the necessity Of reducing a
revolted district seems to b. forced upon
the Government of cur country, but the
difficulty, and danger to our institution
attending the use of force for the accom-
plist ment Of this purpose together with
the very great uncertainty that it will ever
lie At ell effe 2ted, gives rise to this diver
sity of opiaion in regard to the course Of
Governmental policy necessary to be pur-
sued in the present contingency. am
not prepared to say thst force should not
be used after all possible efforts for an
amicable arrangement shall have fa led;
but am convinced that the result will
prove disastrous to the whole county
Eigh. millions of free people, armed, as
they believe, in defense Of their rights,
cannot be easily subdued, aid If after a
long and bloody struggle, they mus. at last
succumb, they will 60 down like the strong
man, taking the pillars Of the Government
along with them. The strength and dur
ability Of our Government is founded upon
the attachment of the people to its insti.
tutious, and paper bond Of Union be-
tween these States where the feelings Of
the people are alienated and their institu'
tons, habits and customs in conflict, is
of very little efficiency in restoring that
feeling Of trust and confidence that must
exist between the two sections Of tho coun.
try before they can be united and At peace,
These are reflections that should command
the earnest attention Of our Government,
aud enlist the sympathy aad arous. AMI
steady the patriotism Of free and enlight,
ened people. After the experiment of
force shall have been tried and failed it
may-and will be-too late to apply the
only remedy that might have proved ef-
fectual. Let i: not DO understood that
the right Of secession, in any form, finds
favor with the writer Of this article. These
views are merely put forth as prophetic
shadowings Of tho final results without
any expression Of sympathy. If the dis.
membermsnt of our country is decresd
and We are to become nation of petty
sovereignties and wrangling States, we
are not without consolation in the rehec.
ton that we have done our utm ost to stay
the ruthless hands that are seeking to bury
our glorious nationality under the wreck
of dismenbered States.
->AS
FoR DAKoTA.--On Friday last. no less
than eleven emigrant teams passed through
town bound for Dakota. Within the past
few days, several other parties have passed