The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1861-12-10

would, to be a very big hum bug. The truth
is, there are no loyal men in the South, or if
any, so few as to be of no account. The fact
that Gen. Sherman's PROCLAMATION to the reo-
lle of South Carolina, has brought in plenty of
''contrabands," but not one white man, plainly
shows this. Those whe count on patriots
enough in the Soutern States to eventually
control them for the Union, may as well aban-
don the opinion, for they will meyer realize it.
They may be held as territorial dependencies,
10y an ov, rwhclming standing army, but new
er as States enjoying anything like the sover-
eighty which has boon supposed to belong to
Sates.-Cuilian.
EF The Cipilian, about last election
time, when it was anxious to draw Re,
publicans away from their party, was
very fierce for the Union. 1t talked for
the Union, sighed for the Union, and al
most wept FOR the Union. The Union
absolute, the Union unconditional, the
Union without particle. DEMONSTRATION,
was the idea, the policy, the determine
ton Of it and its friends. For the sake
Of this it besought, it entreated, it plead,
that its 4" Union" party should be allow
ed to triumph. Only elect us and our
Union" friends, and the cause of the
government against secession will be glo
,iously advanced. Whatever may be
said, whatever may be done, whatever in
fuence can be lent. by such as US, to ad
vance the old flag, will be given. Re-
publicanism is mere love of party, but
we, who have discarded party for the
cause Of the government-we will forev-
err der.ani that anything short of the alb
solute triumph of the government-the
integrity of the Union as it before exist
ed-shall not be dreamed Of. That was
the talk Of the Civilian. and its Z" Union"
friends-if not in plain words. at least
by implication. And poor We, for daring
to suggest that their motives were not
quite so patriotic, were denounced as "a
Liar, Liar, LIAR
But, no sooner was the election over,
than the Cirilian repudiated the Gun
ion" party, declared that it would there
after, as heretofore, be found fighting un-
der the Democratic flag, and took to glo.
rying over supposed victories, ir other
States, Of Democrats over its former
much-loved Union" party. And now
what do we find ? Why, that that vera
cious journal, like the Dubuque Herald,
and like all the small traitors here and
elsewhere, is engaged in the work OF
helping secessionists by intoxicating the
doctrine that reconstruction Of the I'm.
ion is imp 'ssible, and that we can never
accomplish the object of the war, and, OF
course, though ii does not say so, that
the government might as we'll give up
the struggle. We submit to our readers
whether the traitorous Dubuque Herald
has ever published an article with more
obvious intent to destroy the people s
confidence an sympathy in and with tile
contest in which we are engaged, than
the above, which we have taken from
last weeks Civiiian.
But toe facts are entirely against The
writer of that article. Grant that the re
port Of the Convention in North Carolin;
was incorrect, Though we have seer
thing to that effec) yet We have abun.
dance OF evidence that there exists il
many parts of the South a lively affec
ton for the old flag. We know how diff
ficult ii was for the conspirators to carry
the OLD North State along to the vorte,
OF secession, and we know, too, that hun
dreds of men focked to Hatteras will
alacrily to take the oath Of allegiance af
ter the taking of the Forts. The Presi
dent, who doubtless has as good means o
information as the Civilian, likewise de
clares the existence Of strong Union
sentiment in Western North Carolina,
while the Richmond papers have even
expressed the fear thai there were enough
Union men in the North State to give
her over TO the Federalists again in
spi'e OF opposition. Western Virginia has
always been loyal, and as far as our arms
have reached, in the Eastern part of the
State. to give protection to the Union
feeling, that feeling has made a lively
manifesto ion. The counties of Accomac
and Northampton, on the Eastern shore
Of the State, have renewed their allegiance
cheerfuIly, and have now the old flag fy
ing throus bout their borders. Indeed
1t is notorious that Virginia was onl,
committed to secession through fraud
and the most violent efforts of the con
spirato,s at Richmond. Tennessee, ever
BY the admission OF the rebel papers, i
full Of the leaven OF Unionism, and ever
New Orleans has recently had her " Tn
ion conspiracy" Florida has her loyal
lists at Key West, and we all remembe