The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-06-08
WHOLE NO. 2l5.
rnK COUNCIL nIrrrs nralk.

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Some three weeks ssnce We canasdly asked
our neiEhher Of the Bs9le few plain qaes-
tions which We hoped would be candidly
answered, though ws were aware Of Col.
Babhitt's avereion TO treat any subject in
this manner.
His ;ssae Of the 10Th nit. contains his re-
ply; which, after the usual prelude Il slan.
dsrous vi,upcra.ion, without either sense
rhyme, or reason. starts out with tho asser-
tion that the Buaie has "nevcr assumed, ar
guea or admitted that the Southern seeding
States. are free and Independents govern
men, Josesea to the United States. New
We undertake to saw tha, yen hare admitted
independent Government. In your issus Of
the Sah Of MAY, you say:
sNhile we doubt the policy Of the South,
and deprecate their action in seeding from
the Union, We are forced to admit that their
right TO seeede IL unqussfscnabfs."
Now, as long ms you recognise their vigAt
them as a free and independent foreign Gov
ernmcnt. Just as soon as they exercise that
right. II the South bad the right to seceds
from the Union, all the powers Of earth
cannot gainsay their right to form another
par Sc be foreign TO US. You acknowledge
the right OF the South to seeede--they have
exercised that right already, and instituted
else. but a .fo,eigs Govsramexs out Of il
without rev oking ycur recognition Of their
right Of secession, We should like to see you
do il. But Toe who do not recognise their
right Of secession, view tho Government a.
l. III. 4 n. a A..ss
assist in putting il down, or Mt least aympa-
thize with those, who arc engaged In the
holy work, ia plain and unmistakable.-
While you, who recognise the right 81 ss-
oession, and therefore the existence OF the
Southern Confederacy as foreign Govern.
ment, are bound by no less imperative duty
TO nssist 10 this war, because they have in
augurssed n war against your Government.
and it il sorry excuse for n man Who will
not repel the assaults OF foreign foes, or re-
sent the insults offered to the Gag BY alien
enemies.
Iu his reply. the editor Of the Baais says,
eve admitted the inherent right Of accession,
which We regard As equivalent to rev o!ution,
upon the authority Of the Declaration Of ln.
dependence, but the argument in support Of
that right, which appeared in tho Bsgis, ID
copied rerbatim ei hterdiin,, from speech
made ~ ABRAHAM LINCOLN, which may
be found in tho appendix to the Congres-
sional Globe, 30th Congress. lst scssion.
page o." "We have attained
our objec. in copying Lincoln's speech and
letting il go to the world as II it were original
with us. We have induced them to attack
the principles and arguments Of their own
President, chief and leader"
Now the extract from your paper Of ths
9Th, proves that you lie when you sny that
you copied it from Mr.. Lincoln's speech. Wa
ask any sane man to read that extract, and
cay it was an extract from speech deliver
ed twelve years ngo, What was the occa.
sion which called it forth? You may have
copied from Lincoln, garbled extracts Of his
speeches, and tortured them into an endorse
ment Of secession; but you then in your own
words, Col. Babbitt. give your ops hearty
and unqualified endorsenent OF the right OF
secession. but We are glad TO NOTICE that
you are yielding the point aud renouncing
only recognise the right OF secession, s'aa
will get clear round, by.and.by.
There MAJ DO considerable method in Col.
Babbtt's madness. Indeed we have hoard
sly whisperings Of suit before the United
States Supreme Court, in which the Quixotic
Colonel is an interested party, 10 the extent
which would make an honest man wealthy;
and that II the Government should 90 down
before the fury of thi- storm, that certain
person 10 Council Bluffs who has to curry on
business under the name Of another, would
come out with flying colors, and that even u
the Government should survive, . brisf
respite would be gained, and every moment
in the possession Of such a sum is worth q
whole eternity Of poverty Omaha NJ
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