The Goodhue volunteer. [volume] (Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minn.) 1861-1864, 1862-04-30
Polio yFof he War;

not for the Union but 10 abolish Slavery; not
that the constitution may be yindicatsd, but
that their own political creed may be, 'sus.
tanned; not for the interest Of the white, man,
and free white labor, but for tbe, negro solely
and exclusively. ..s..tOn the other llsnd' says
our oricle, 'aheo democratic and loyal
masses Of tho free states, disregarding the
tate Of the negro race entirely, yanrd wholly
Ignoring slavery AS an issue ofthe war have
been prosecuting the .war with no other OBJ
ject than TO- restore the whole Union"
Now We don't notice such silly stuff be.
cause 1t needs any ,relutaticn, but simply
to show our readers what state Of hi athen
ish ignorance prevails in our own state, Ito,
We know Mr. Green would not know;ngl,
'ic.) 81 enfoldiog in its dark mantle editors
lawyers. CAR. Green is lawyer) ard tn
masses. It may do for the editor of tn.
Statesman to feed such stuff to his readers
hut it would hardly be acceptable to tn,
readers Of the Volunte~. just ont Of nit,
O'S W. t'NS
to the writer ofsuch an article. We will in
form him on a few points on WHICH he man
TESTS the most profound ignorance.
+ First, then. Mr.. Green, you vii! please
answer few questions, so that We ma,
better understand how to treat your CASE
DO You know who is President Of these
United States ? Andrew jackson Pho, Abra
ham Lincoln is president. Now do 70,
know what the pole'ics Of Mr.. Lincoln is
and where he is from? Wrong again! Mr.
Lincoln is not a Democrat, neither is h,
from the south. So now that we know rus
how we'll. or how badly you are posted, ",
are prepared to proceed with the instruc
ton. IT,
This war is prosecuted by the genera
government. Not by Republicans. Demo
crats' nor Aboltionists.. It is prosecuted
against traitors in rebellion, to crush an,
destroy treason and to preserve the govern
ment. In its prosecution no note or core is
or will Ike taken Of the subject Of sl,verv
or Of any other local and personal matter
The Government will not. as has bee,
shown. turn aside to destroy the barba, on,
institution. even though it has been largel,
instrumental in bringing about The present
trouble; m the other hand :he Goyernmen
will not jeopardize its own in,eres, to pre-
Serve the institution, but: will leave it entire
y alone. treating slaves as property, ~her.
he local law makes them such, and ho1din:
them subject to all The enactmcnls asains
the p"operts Of rebels.
Yo" do err, friend Green. in surprising
the p"licy to which you refer is Democratic
policy. 1t is the policy Of the Gorernn>nt
Now If your mind is too much cloeeed will
IDEAS or the want Of id"as Of party to com
prehend what government means, ours is ar
almost HOPELESS task. You say Gov. John
son has been sent to Tennessee to build nr
a loyal government. and claim that as 8
Democratic policy. Who sent Mr.. John.
son there. pray? Why, if you are able tc
cast your mind back one step in the pro.
gression, you must admit that he was sent
by the President You will fu, Their ADM,
that he was appointed because he cor CURED
with the President in the policy, that oush,
to be pursued. Now please remember that
the President is Republican, and it seems
to US that your theory, that it is a Demo.
cratic policy, vanishes,
You further say that Kentucky would
probably have been out Of the Union. had it
not been Tor the ample ASSURANCE that the
war would not be conducted in thu. spirit o,
Fremont's proclamation. But YOU failed to
tell your readers who gave those assurances
Perhaps you are not aware that President
Lincoln was the man who ord red that proc.
lsmstion modified. r. We concur with you in
the declaration. that every day proves the
wisdom and craftsmanship Of this policy
but entirely dissent from the conclusion that
u is - Democratic 4policy. Il. would. lock
something like stealing thunder If RepubIi.
cans should claim that the policy Of the
Government i - Republican policy when
that Government was rhaly represented bv
Democratic officers and We know no rea
son why the reverse is not equally true
We are glad to know tina. the fya' mer, Of
all parties throughout the Union. scoDeu, in
the policy Of the Government bu. il there
was not strong probability that ignorance
s 1t The bottom Of It al. se should have
contempt for the man whose ,pupv
ard has all along been raised against The
and who, when he finds that
the world still move on in spite Of. him.
Whips around snd tries to steal all the glory ]
Ne have seen psop.s low dawn in the scale
'f humanity: Indians, Negroa, Chimes, and
NJ grades end classs. of people Who re
wers ignorant. but 10 crown them
III; to add the saperia,ivs degree % ,hose
sasss Of comparative isnssanes. =. wauId
ike to see = sew Of the readess Of HE Sat,
nan. They must = s;ss.lar :. ia, can
laks y AID awallav dsva ~ !, e,,npoo.d
y ignorance, falsity AID ssllll M serv~d
p % tAe@ every vssk y ~ ess,er up of|
hat paper. And u. altsr seaii m III "a.
isr& Ne could not even & 6 SonpreI,en,ll
Ehs lowest 1t God's crsaeis1 % vluuh Ike |
. 80 ths editor. !. .
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