The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1862-06-12
"nat Il Ienne>see Union Paper says abont
COmprOmiSers.

"nat tennessee Union Paper says abont
Comprnmisers.
From the Nashville Tenn Union, May 20.
1he comprouiScrs are busily EN- ployed
at the + great work ia Washin gton, aud
Will probably present their bantling to
Congress III IL short time While the
people of the Union are awake to the
grand questions Of the day, and the ar
mics OF the Uu'on are going on from tri-
umph to triumph, and the enemies of the
mon stand Oh the verge Of utter defeat,
We near iceb'e cry coming from men
who arc not of this aye and do not COM
PEehend Is momcntous Issues, and are
not qualified to direct its progress
"Don be radical. You mus. be COIL
servatiVe, or the country is ruined -
/ Now Conservatism is all admirable thing,
and not only SO bu. essential to the exist
encc OF every government, and SO far as
the word sisnihes the preservation Of
what is good We arc conservative. And
So ia: on the other hand as radical means
uproot'ng and destroying what is good
We are anti radical. But we have heard
this cry Of conservatism and radicalism
too long not to know that the first term
Is often used to express that which OBJ
structs the path Of human progress while
radlcalism Is an cpthet used to brand
that course Of action which is prompt,
bold and decisive When man lacks
moral courage to strike like a hero, he
steps timia|y back frou the scene Of dan
ger and calls himself conservative, and
such man IS sure to cal! his in1epend-
ent, bold and energetic neighhor, who
PURPOSE ano- ~v1'nirruIs anu lniuUl
consequences take care of themselves,
radical.
Well, what arc these Congressional
conservatives aiming at in their efforts
to compromise? Divested of an immense
cloud and fog Of verbiase and thread
bare common places, they virtually tell
this great nation how fighting for its life
against the most wicked and desperate
and reckless rebels the world ever bcheId
-"Iou must fight your BATH $ tcnderIy
and with great regard for the welfare Of
your crring brethren. When you FIRE
! your cannon touch them off easy.
You must be vi.iant in protecting
the property of rebels, for if iu marching
through district where the people are
trying to poison and assassinate your
soldiers. slave should accidentally run
off, i, nj ght sour some traitor against the
Government.
"On no account holl leading 'ebelS
in custody, but if YOU d., Ionic them
and feed them high at FIRST class hotels.
The first grand requisite is for our
army to protect rebel property, especially
negro property, and rather than this
should not be done, let the Constitution
and the Union perish -
Thi. is fair statement of the creed
which old political fossils are trying to
force upcn this nation. The army Of the
republic is to be fettercd and di-armed
ia the flush Of success and made subser.
wien, to the whims of clique of com
promsers, who seem more anxious to Sc
cure the reinstatement Of the rebc! lead
crs in their former political power than
to redeem a struggling nation. 1t such
disastrous counsels prevail we may ex.
pect to see Davis, Stephens, Wigfnll,and
Floyd in Washington before many
months. again uttering their treason
boldly and defan.iy in the ears Of the
! National Council
We utterly repudiote such mischiev-
Gus hercses. They are trousht with
nothing but mischief and disaster. If
the compromisers carry through their
plans, treason, far from being destroyed
Will rauso only while it takes breathing
spell and gathers fresh strength to renew
its attack upon the Union. We shall
have troubled sleep for few months
until cancellation has given over the
chief posts of honor and profit to the
arch rebels" And then when treason
has done its worst, the clangor Of the
fire. bells. the glare of general conAagra
ton, the crash of topping buildings, aut
the shrek of mortal agony will again
awake US to a drama ten fold more dark
and bloody, and horrible than that nov
being enacted. We shudder as we now
contemplate the picture. There is bu
} one way to destroy this hellish rebellion
We must strike at its heart without NOR
cv. Not vcstice Of it must BE- left
, When we cut off its hydra heads th'
wounds must be burned over with rcd
) hot iron.
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