The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-10-07

what Mr.. MAnoNY says. On the 5th of
February, 1861, speaking Of the Peace
Congress which met on that day in
and the Confederate Con-
gress that met on the same day at Mout-
gomery, he says:
eve shall not be surprised to see the Union
reconstructed on the basis which will be estab-
lished 10y the Congress at Montgomery, a basis
that will sustain all but the Ncic ENGLAND States
on is foundation. ii these States acre not in the
Union there ,couid be peace, happiness and pros
perity. With them In The Union, erea iffhe Slar-
cry question acre disposed Of, there acH be no
peace, and without it, there can be no National
happiness or prosperity.
Does this look anything like the :" I'm.
ion as it was ?" Mr.. MAHoNY SAYS that
without the New England States there
would be peace, happiness and prosperi-
ty; Nth them, neither peace, or national
happiness or prosperity. He was there
fore for throwing out the New England
States, and constructing new Union,
on the narrow basis likely to be adopted
at Montgomery He wants to throw out
the Puritan, freedom loving, and Demo
cratic element Of New England, and
cling to the old cavalier, slavery -adoring
and aristocratic element Of cottouocracy
Glorious old New England, that has
sent her hardy sons out to people the
West and make its wilderness blossom
that sends with them her stern devotion
to principle, to human rights that i'm
bues them with her love for learning, her
respect for free schools that has groun-
ded In them her just notions OF the dig.
nifty of free educated labor; that sends
forth with them respect for the church
as well as the School-New England is
hated by this Jesuit, and he would cut
her off--drive her out of Union that
she has ennobled with her mind and
made glorious by her deeds. Out upon
the infamous proposition /! Out upon the
men who uphold the man who could
write the villainous suggestion
MIR. MAHoNY further proves the cry Of
his friends of the Union as it was" "a
be hypocritical pre,ence, by his argu.
ments favoring recognition of the
Southern Confederacy. On the 23lh oil
March, 1861, Mr. MAHoNY wrote
Were we in Mr.. Lincoln's confidence VIC
would advise the opening of negotiations al
once, with the seceders, and endeavor to make
such treaties with them as would secure to nj
the States free interchange of commodities
among them, free of commercial restrictions
and If possible uniform rate of imposts by
both governments upon commodities of forei IN
growth and manufacture. Several matters OF
not less Importance might be made the subject
OF treaty sbpulahons, and when this was done
the separate existence of the seeded States be
recognized de Juye.
Again on the eth day of August 1861,
he wrote
"Were we in the confidence of the President
we would admit such terms of agreement be.
tween the United States and the States which
have seeded from the Union rs would IRE.
serve to the United States all the Commercial
advantages which the seeded States poye 70
the Union while they remained in want Of if
While the Union ,rithom ht,n, ,coud qet rid ofthl
burden Of maintaining their postal and other CT.
penSeS."
Again, after stating that the CONNER
cial relations Of the Northwest with tie
South w.re more impoltan than with
the East, he says
" The question which will soon be presented
to the West for its consideration is, whether il
prefers 70 pay dollar and half for commo.
dlty at Boston, New York or PHILADELPHIA. O,
other parts of the adhering States of the Union
to purchasing similar goods at New Orleans OF
one Of the parts of the Seeded States, at dol
lar, should these parts be open to free trade, or
at dollar and ten cents should a revenue duty
be imposed on foreign commodities"
In this he was again urging the SUI
perior benefits to the West of connect ton
with the South over the East
We will give few extracts, such as
we can reach-ani they might be null
tipied hundred fold-showing how he
has opposed the measures taken by the
government for its protection. Ii is well
known that the President, becoming
aware Of the nature of the struggle in
which we are engaged, and finding that
the levies Of three months Militia were
not likely TO meet the occasion, by the
advice of General SCOTT, and his militia
ry advisers, called out $4,000 three
years volunteers. OF this call Mr.. Ma
HoNY said on May 18th, 1861
1t it is an unquestoned violation of law. and
an arbitrary act of power, and there is not the
sembance of the power assumed by The Proc
lamaton."
And again, on Aug. 22l, he said
speaking of volunteers, and referring par
tcularly 10 those above mentioned
Here, then, are three classes of volunteers
the third being in the service Illegally, and
without any other authority than that of the
President, who has no more right to create an
army, than has any other citizen Of the United
States"
In reference to the blockade of the
Southern ports, he uses the following
language, on the 10Th of June.