Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-07-11
COUPLING THE ABOIIT1ONISTS
WITH THE REBELS. r
From the Chicago Journal


WITH THE REBELS. ...s
From the Chicago Journal.
Semi-seccsSon journals, such as the Chi
cago Times, are continually harping upon the
Abolition string. They couple the Abo-
litonist and the Rebel together, and place
them on an equality. "An Aboitionist is as
bad as Rebel" they tell us, and " the Abo-
litsnists and the Rebels should be hung to-
gether."
While we do not confess to the least sym
patty with that small knot of political agta-
tors Of past years, who, by their censelcss
clamors against, and occasional acts of inter-
ference with, slavery in the States where it
existed by law, have done much serious mis-
chief by creating and widening the breach
between the North and the South, yet no So
Der thinking man, who has not more sympa.
thy with tho rebels than he has with the
! Union, will argue that these men no,c are as
bad as the rebels, or place them on an equal
ity with them.
The right of free opinion and free speech
cannot be disputed under our form of gov
ernment. A man may be an henest Aboli-
tionist, and express his sentiments accord.
ingly, and no one has right to silence him.
Before the war broke out, a man could even
be an honest Disunionst, and express his
opinions acccrdingly--at his personal risk, it
is true, but there was no legal restraint An
advocate of Abolition and an advocate of Dis
union might, perhaps, have been regarded
as on political equality before the war
Both OF them were mischicvous and neither
OF them could have had much respect for tho
Constitution under which they lived, and
against the explicit provisions and guarantees
Of which they stroyc.
But aor there is vast difference between
an Abolitonist and Disunionist. Tho lat
ter, with arms in his hands, is engaged in
warning against the Government, for the for
cibe destruction of the Republic He is an
armed traitor. The Abolitionst assumes no
such antagonistic relations to the Govern
ment or the country. lie is for the Govern
rnent-and not until he takes up arms against
the Government and the Union, can he be
regarded as on par with the rebel. When
the Abolitionists declare open and violent
war against the Union, and take up arms to
oppose the authority Of the Constitution and
the Government, then--but not till then
will they be "as bad as the rebels"
We have seen and heard quite enough Of
this effort on the part Of Northern secession
sYmpathiscrs to excuse the rebellion by at.
trbutIng to the Abolitionists gravcr sins than
they were guilty Of. When South Carolina
passed her ordnance of secession, there were
| scarcely Aboiitionists enough in the entire
North to ill n good sized meeting house,
| The Southern political schcmcrs who sprung
this rebellion upon us, knew this full well,
and the Northern pro slavery organs knew
it still better 1t is absurd to pretend that
| this little faction, by anything they ever had
done or were capable of doing, could have
given the South any ground for reasonable
apprehension as to their rights or the safety
OF their institutions The existence Of this
! lttls party Of Aboltionists was as poor and
ilimsy an excuse for secession at the South,
as the existence Of a case Of fever on the lin.
its Of 3 city would be for stampede OF all
inhabitants to other parts "sa
Wearc no apologsts for the ALolitlonists
of former years, but we do say this that tho
present rebellion has had the effect to swell
their number by hundreds and thousands. -.
The shareholders, by their war for the nation
alzation of slavery have caused even thou
sands of men who were formerly strong pro-
slavery Democrats to become full hodgcd
Abolitionists--and the longer the South per-
sists in her rebellion, the more rapidly will
the Abolition party gain strength and pow
er, until, if the war is prolonged much longer,
every loyal man in the whole country, North
and South, will be forced to become an Abo-
itionist, not by Northern coercion, but by
this Southern madness which is costing us
such a tremendous sacrifice Of blood and
feeling and treasure. These are plain facts,
but facts they are.
Dox TAx.--Thc working Of the dog law
are decidedly salutary in many places. In
| Dubuque some GOO dogs have been registered
and about $500 paid over to the school di-
rectors to help them out of tight place, be-
sides large balance on hand for future
emergencies. In Davenport the Gazstte says
7S0 dogs have been collared producing
enough money to support a first-class teach
er year. In Iowa City the Press says two
hundred and eighty dollars have been paid
over to the school fund of the city and town
ship out Of the dog fund.
i 1t is a wise provision in the law which al
lows the township where the money is col
lected to have the exclusive benefit of the
amount paid in, instead of going into tho
general county fund The tax payers OF tho
| township will hereafter feel an interest in see-
! ing that the law is enforced. Linn County
4 Register.
| A MIcHrcay Mas ISHERIrs Two HUNDRED
i AND FIrry Million DoLLARs.-C. T. Tucker
of this place. we understand, is likely to
come into full possession of the Lawrence
estate, in the Bank of England, amounting
to fifty million pounds, or nearly two hun
dred and fifty million dollars. This matter
has been in litigation about fifteen years ami!
all the testimony necessary to establish the
claim has finally been obtained Lyman
Lswrcnce, of Mattcwan, who is brother Of
Mr.. fuckers wife, who was the legitimate
heir, but made a fnll assignment to Mr.. Tuck.
cr, who will have the full control Of the vast
estate. If this claim should be fully estab-
lished, he win be the richest man in Amer.
ica Decatur Iribunc.