The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-03-16
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peEsfDgSr LfScoIs-s INAUGURAL
Ware gate sore, says tie Chicago 7ri-
bgzs in c5u zaenting upon ;ha Psesiisa:s
Inassural Address, that no Document can
BE- seand among American state papers
enbodying soEnder wisdom and higher pat
rioIisn, breathing kind1ier fssingsso all
sections Of the eo1nsry, or stamped with
frner purpose to maintain ,as Union and
Constitution inviola.e,-ihan the Inaugural
Aedress Of President LINCOLN. The terse-
ness which charac.esizes nil bis u.serances
is unu.uaily marked 10 this mos. important
mssssss to the whole people. The unb!em-
i.hsd integrity which has given him the
popular soubfiqae. Of Honest Abe, shines
forth 10 every line and syllable. The ex-
celience Of hear, which has endeared him to
many thousands Of his countrymen, gives
to the whole glow Of living light. The
argumsn. against the so-called ''righs Of
secession" is mastery and exhaustive
The expressed discrimination to maintain
the Union and enforce the laws, is as square
ard resoIuse as Jaekson's proclamation Of
1889. And while we do not look for the
el0quencs which moves mankind in official
papers like this, it will be diGcul. to find n
subimer passage than the closing sentence ::
"The mystic chord. Of memory stretching
''from every battle field AMI patriots grave
Ito every living heart and hearthssone all
"ovsr this broad land, will yet swell the
"chorus Of the Union when again touched,
"as surely they will be, By the better angels
"of our nature"
The delivery OF thi, Address sweeps away
the noisoms vapor which treason and i'm
beciiity have cast over the land during the
pas, three months. We are brought back
a, once to the ideas which have been hith.
esto almost universally held by the Ameri-
can people. The impetus which trai,o
and towards have given to the most mon
strous doctrines ever promulgated outside
Of the penisentlary, is brought to a sudden
stsnd-.'ill. ileneeforth tho improvement
will be marked and rapid. The wheels Of
secession are tarned back by a master hand,
kindly yet firmly. There is once more n
GOVERNMENT or Tns UNITED STATES. For
eign nations shall no longer jeer its weak
ness; nor Americans curse its imbeclity-
II is power and majesty among the en-
pirss OF the enrth-ths power and the
majesty Of free Constitution upheld by a
free People.
Those who looked to see Abraham Lin.
coin deny the principles upon which he was
elected will be disappointed in his Iuaugu-
raj. The Constitution does not say that
slavery mus; he protected in the Terrific
ries--the majority have declared that it
shall not be The majority must gov-
srn. This is tho substance Of the impress
sve argument; and every man in tho ma
ton, be he secessioust, compromiser, or
Union lover, must admit that nothing could
be more clear or just. The Constitution is
the supreme law of the land, and the Con-
sitution must be obeyed as it is, until
changed BY The people. This is another
cardinal paint--indeed the very cardinal
point--of the address. No man, not par
ricide at heart, can gaiusay it. Secession
will not solve the questions now at ISSUE
the States are locked together by iuexorable
laws Of territory; treaties cannot secure
rights which mutual laws will not give.
This is the final and conclusive reason why
dsunion should be abandoned By its advo-
Gates and why it canno, be tolerated by the
government; and who shall deny it?
/" You have no oath registered in heaven
Z" to destroy the Government, while | shall
SHAVE the most solemn one to preserve,
"rrotect and defend it," This is the in
exorable reason why Abraham Lincoln,
President Of the United States, cannot |
permit the Union TO be destroyed. Who
shall question the sacredness Of this pledge? |
We cannot close is review without no.
ticias the treshgss Of Mr.. Lineoln's utter.
anees--their freedom from dipomati tic
vasuoness and haokncyed political phrases.
1t comes from the heart and brain of a sin
csre man. lis not tied up in red tape and
sealed with the stamp of party caucus. IL
has not been couued and polished by a
Judiciary Committee. We pity the man
Who cannot feel and acknowledge that it is
Truthful and high.toued--that it has the
clear ring Of honesty and patriotism. The
country expected ali this, and is no. disap- |
pointed.