Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-08-29

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Many of them, especially those who have bee!
in our army (Gen. Lew Wallace, and others)
have seen and received in their own persons
the hard blows the S'are poicer is now giving
1.-The Union rs it was and the Constitution
as it is" and have slowly but surely come tc
the conclusion that the quickest and most ei,
fectual way to suhdue this rebellion is 10 dls-
troy its cause: slavery Others. who, like
Vallandigham, "are pa ~ mf", MI co'f'"ut
50, FIR it is their inciin7fioa,' Lsee his Day
ton speech still cling 70 their old love of
slavery, and hope that it will once more res
tore them to power and feed them, as in years
past, upon the hesh-pots of Egypt. These
cry .'abolitionist' with as much energy as
ever, and forget the gers that have passed
over rs as nation since the slave power fired
upon Sumter.
We have been led to these thoughts irom
reading the speech Of that true patriot,
Vallandgham at Dayton-the letter of Robert
Dale Owen to the Secretary Of War, on eman-
cipation-the letter Of Daniel S Dickinson,
of New York, read at the grand war meeting
on the evening of Aug 4tt, and also the edit
orials of our neighbor on the Avenue below
us. now candidate for the ai".h time in
seuen wears, or the seventh time in nine years,
we are not sure which. \ few extracts from
these will show how great n, N do and will
even differ on important subjects,
The 'candidats' says in his issue OF the
18th:
"Abolitionism has reached its eliminating
point. The summit passed. its progress down
the decline must be speedy. fortunate In
deed it is for the liberties of free men that the
turning point has come.
1.-TWO weeks ago aboiitionism was popular.
But thanks to the sober sense Of reilecting
men. the melstrom is passed and abolitionism
. shorn of its strength"
Robert Dale Owen, long one of the leading
Democrats of Indiana, a Member Of Congress,
Foreign Minister, &C., and now Democrat
without reproaeh, says:
"Haye things gone 50 far that the Union, in
its peaceful integrity, and negro slavery with
in its borders can no longer co-eXlst: nat
is THE GREAT QUESTION OF THE DAY. | think
y
ative. EVERY MONTH THAT PASSES IS CONVERT
INC uIlNDREps OF THOUSANDS OF MODERATE
AND CoNsERyA ATIvE AND PEACE-LoyING MEN TO
THE SANE OPINION. They despair OF sectional
friendship or national peace, until the teem-
mo causes of mortal hatred and civil war is
rooted out forever.
"All men in the North will not acqulesce.
Neither did all acquesce when the war was
commenced; yet who that is loyal opposes 1t
now? And what would have been the result
had we waited, ere we commenced the war,
for unanimity?
.Some will fall off So be it. There is
small loss in that And there is some gain.
Better an open enemy than worthless frend
It is time that men were taklt sides AS
things now stand, see no use in conciliahng
the half loyal. He who is not for Us Is
against US
81 think the people are ready. believe that
fhe Joyal citizens of the North. with SUCH
SMALL PROPORTION OF EXCEPTIONS AS IN RAD
1CAL NATIONAL CHANGES MUST BE DISREGARD
ED. ARE ro-SAY PREPARED FOR EMANCIPATION.
They have not paid for it in trcasure--ln
blood-not by their option. They ieal that a,.
the sacrifices lhey have made, and nave sun
to make, are too vast to have been incurred
except in purchase of a great pledge OF Ferpct-
ual safety and peace"
Hear the cand--, we beg pardon the
Courier again
sBut these men never suspected that the
freedom Of the negro could only be purchased
bv sacrificing the best white mans Govern
mant the sun ever shown upon. Upon TINS
point. the most reasonable among them are
being satisfied"
Robert Dale Owen think. o5.E,'Hisf. lie
has slowly come to tha conclusion t'ift thc
freedom of the negro l.. .-s.. Z i'';'iaIy ne
cessity-that II viii sp-tc,- t~:nlinate the
war, prevent foreign int ntion, and forever
guaranty "the best white mans Government
the sun ever shone upon from any future re-
bellion.
We will quote again from his letter:
How can the war be quickly and etfcctual'y
terminated? What guaranty is sufficient that
it will not be resumed? ...
Gradually, very gradually, as this contest
proceeded, have been approaching the con
yiction that there is but one such guaranty
the emanripntion nf a,eqro slsCes II on hoW
this ,onti. e I. Perhaps-but as to this less
certain that - that measure is the only
sure means of termnatinr, quickly and effec-
tually, this war; The recent reverse under
Gen. Mcclellan, the scattered rebel fires duly
bursting forth in States which our forces had
already overrun, the fact that we are fighting
against brave men Of our own race, all in
crease the probability that we must deprive
the South of legal right to its four millions
oe 'aborers before we can succeed against their
~ VI. rs in reasonable time and in an effect
in@s'e- ,er.
u'1 4nn,, n,.i, at the question in its foreign as
,ca. .ooA ,don .iT, he chance Of European inter
rent;op peu; u' d ,h ese chances great or smaii'
;n4a,'.;o. rsom n0 .n >eeur. and that ere long.
If; ,'eo',, ';a .: ,,., seter will chiefly depend
upon what shall have :, VIZ rooard to sla.
action of our Governmel - 50
very. i, II
If previously to such interve e ",,,,,o;
have issued general declaration g sc
patton, then we shall stand before ~ -,
the champions of human liberty, VIII ~ =. ~. ~
enemies will be regarded as the advocate !
human servitude. Public opinion in Englah ''
in France, and throughout Europe generally,
will then prevent the respective Governments
from intervening, except it be in our favor.
No European Government dare place itself in
the attitude of a Slavery protector. 80
Mr.. Owen does not think emancipation
would seriously injure the 'sUnion as it is, or
the Constitution as it was" He says:
I am not an advocate of revolutionary short
cuts out of "a difficulty. am not in favor OF
violating the Constitution by way of escaping
danger. Can slavery be eradcated now, IN
war, without such violation? If emancpa-
ton be necessary to insure the permanent