Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-09-26

WIN CLAIM OF rlyNC, anu WIFI an lnSOlen
f demand to be "let alone" in doing it Ant
+ more amazing still, it is done in the name
"a higher civilization, and negro bondage
were inseparablc, and Liberty aud Slavery ar,
become synonyms in the vocabulary Of the
day! And that the picture may want no
f height Of coloring or depth of shadow, they
march to thir hellish work over the outra gee
flag Of their country, and the PROSTATE bod,e,
of their brothers, murdered, by scores o
thousands, as they rally in arms to defend
their country against its own degenerate and
piratical sons
r My friends, it is Startling truth. that new
e. since Sumtcr's fall has the nation fully ris
on to the height oc the great occasion. Not on
ly has it not seen in its true lgtt the dau,naLle
spirit and purpose ofrebel aristocracy, under
lying the whole surface of the rebellion, and
scorning all patriotic and brothcrly appeals,
and ye. carefully excluded from all their off.
Cal pronuncamentos, in order t. blind the
world to their real intent and object; but it
has borne heavy weight Of long accustomed
Difference to slavery, and been restrained b.
an honest, but as We now see, mistaken and
unavailing, conservati IN toward that nstitu
ton which exhibits no conservatism except
of itself, and brooks no radica!isn but that
itself employs to destroy the Union, and clear
the way for its own lawless domination and
expansion. AMI the nation has constantly
moderated the military strength of tn" rebel
lion, and underestimated the aid afforded it
by the three r lilo S and half of slaves that
remain at home We counted them dead
weight upon the South in this war but they
have so far proved its most buoyant and most
effective support. And there has ever lurkcd
through the public mind, especially in the
border slave States, a notion that, some how
or other, no one coud :ell how, this frightful
conf ct would lass away with " nobo " hurt"
much, and with Slavery restored to its old
position in " the Union as it acas." 1t is i'm
possible to estimate tie vii which this mis-
chevous idea has wrought, in shaping the
course Of men to prop tate Slavery and its
votaries. Politicians keep one eye half open
for the country and the other wide open for
diSloyal votes wheu they shall again be avail
able. Merchants balance between loyalty
and trade, often holding the former at dis
count. Lawyers watch for the fees Of disloy-
al clients, and doctors for the calls of traitor
patients, more than fr the h"nor of our
flag. Preachers refuse either prayer or ser.
uion for the Government, lest d,sloyal ears
should be offended. Thousands hang back
from avowed loyalty, to escape tI,itors
frowns and thousands protesting loyalty
yield grudging and feeble support to the
Union in it's peril, that they may commend
themselves to the Unions enemies. AL this,
80 disgraceful to The American character, so
degrading to all true man' God, so false to
every dictate Of patriotism, and so injurious
to the Government in this mortal struggle, !
has proceeded from the Gu ,rishe belief that |
slavery is to survive this war, and resume its
former irfllonce. 1t is time that this belief |
y ED somewhat of its strength 1t i. time
that every m IN should see that the nation will |
in all huma, probability, be dricen, by the
memorable law, selfprcserva.ion, to destroy
Siauery.
In common with hundreds of thousands of
loyal citz;rs. have earnestly hoped that
this conflict might stop short Of that point;
but hope has beer well-nigh quenched with
in me by the growing conviction, in view of
the facts nave laid before you, and of the ex-
tremity to which The South has waged this
war, that Slavery or my country must perish.
When that dread alternative shall be fully
presented, God forbid that should hesitate
for one moment which to choose My coun-
try must live, though Slavery die tho sand
deaths. Tell m. not that we war only for the
Constitution and the Union. | know it well,
but can they be saved no~7, and for all coming
time, and save SlaAery, their enemy, too? If
not let Slavery end its days here and now,
whatever may follow. A war for the mere
manumission of negroes-a war to oblterate
Slavery as mere domestic institution, the
nation " ,ud not and should not wage but
az inst Slavery, the rebel and traitor in arms,
| f;lr it IN LIST. if it would ITSELF live. al
most despair of the nations life but by the
death Of Slavery. Time was, in the carly
period Of the rebellion, when its suppression
or abandonment mig 1t have left Slavery un
shaken by its own horrible crime but that
time is hopelessly past. | see no day of ad-
justment, restoration. or cancellation in the fu-
ture. Slavery proclains tina. it concilitates
only with the sword-adjusts only at the can
mons mouth He who expects adjustment
except by the unconditional submits sion Of
the South, knows little of the character and
temper Of the loyal portion Of the nation.
He who looks for restoration of the terrific
rial integrity of the Union otherwise than by
subjugating the rebels, from the Potomac to
the Rio Grande, knows not what it is for an
aristocracy t risk its all upon such desper-
ate venture as this The first step in secess.
ion placed them beyond all hope, but complete
Of their slave empire. They
know this well. They have never asked res
toration to the Unior on any terms, and they
would not accept it now, were it freely and
cordially offered, with unrestricted amnesty
to all. They hate the Union, because it is not
6 homogeneous - that is, not all under the
sway of Slavery. They loathe the "pure
democracy Of the North, because it is uncon
genial to their social aristocracy," and be
cause ihey hold that there " the rens of Gov
come from the heels of societv,"
as they term the free white laborer. Ten
times they have declared that they
never will unite with the North again, and
it is certain that they are in earnest. Away,
them with idle talk about Cancellation and
adjustment Let the nation brace itself up to
fight this war through to the perfect and
absolute restoration Of the authority of the
Con institution, or give up the contest at once.
ard resign itself to perpetual disgrace II
to accomplish the former it is necessary to
strike down Slavery. as we'll as its armies,
the world will commend the act; and the
voice of our own loyal people will burst forth |
in the midst Of their mourning for sons and
brothers dead in battle, with the unhesitating |
and firm response. " LET 1T Re so The
MEN OF TIE NORTH HAVE HIGHER TRUSTS THAN
TO PRESERVE SLAVERY !"
News Paragraphs.
Gen. Reno was killed while accommodating |
in the woods to the left of our batteries. A
rebel sharpshooter shot him dead instantly.
Gen. Garland, who was in command Of a
North Carolina brigade, was instantly killed
by one Of QUE shells, which struck him ca the
head.