The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1863-02-14
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How By writing and speaking agsipss
the great bio III humsn bondages By hold
ing. 81 opinion at yarianss with shas Of the
owssrs Of human shstsslss Did the held.
ing asd preelsiRing Of such ssnsinsnss hyi
uzars haadsul of q faRaaios" jastify ,ths
sOssh ii sskipg pa.asms asainss the goy !,
ssuuent Of shsir country, and attempting
Is the oansss's moash and bayensss poirs
TO compsl the fros North 70 submit TO each
terms as they mighs dlstate? What hass
the abolisionisss done compared With the
acts Of these tsaisSrss Have they not pro.
olsimsd sgsinss our free snssisgsiaos :
Hare thsy nos attempted TO fassen slavery
apan asS Hare they not dsDsauesd oar
people - g mad-s,lls," a. s'low trash, I"
and - the Is ofscouriugs Of the earth ?"
Lave they not looked upon % wish con-
tempt little lees than that With which they
regarded their slaves, and felt sbas we we're
only d. TO- minister TO thsir nesds7 nsvs
they NOS b0assed Of their superiority over
u.s. OF thsir psrsr blood and II thssE
right to rule? Have they not Threatened
shas they Boutd yet msrshsl, their slaves
under the shadow Of Bunker Hall? HaEs
they nos disFegardei compromises, and
broken down barriers, and attempted BY
rufianly violence to plant their accursrd
institutions upon soil sseredly dedicated to
freedomP Have they not attempted BY
threats and personal violeLce to st'ae free
speech IN our Senate Chamber p
Have they not psrsecussd every Northern
man and woman who Ventured upon theft
soil, il they even suspected them of harbor-
Jog b 'ughs against the justice of sla-
vsEy2 Have they not imprisoned. sarred
and feaihsrsd, dashed TO boards and east
helpless upon the waters, hung, robbed, and
in various other ways mal.trsstsd harmless
citizens Of the North, and driven them from
thsir borders, for no other crime than =
belief that slavery Vas unjust and crusl ?
all this, and more. the South had done,
before the outbreak Of the War; and WA
it not sufficient offsss to oil the wrong the
abalihonisia had done them? Was the
mere opinion aud declaration that the slave
was entitled TO bic freedom, to bis wife and
20 his children to bic wages, bis school aud
his Bible, Q saffeiens cause for personal vi
olsncs, .snareby and bloodshsda Nay, was
tAe ensicipg, or helping, border sIavs TO
freedom occasionally, by an sbOlitionist,
sufficient justification for the South TO rise
10 rebellion and attempt to overthrow the
Govsrnmsnt2 Was there not just ss good,
and better reason for the North to take up
arms against them, for what they had
done?
The charge that "the abolisionists brenght
on the war" is most sheer nonsense, and
shows the weakness Of the cause Of those
who make it. 1t 10 true thaa the outragss
committed By the people of the South, and
the doutDsering spirit they have manifested,
have caused growing hatred Of slavery
10 the Northern States, and determination
not TO permit il to encroaeh farther upon
our free soil. And also determination to
resist shs aggressive spiris and degrading
sxacsions of the wO' Id be. lords, at the
Sogth.e This feeling is BY no means CON
ansd to the abolitioDists with whom it orig:
mated. 1t now psEVsdss all Glasses and all
parties, and is daily gaining strength and
powsts The greatest minds Of our ooubs
Try are adopting the sentiment that human
slaEsry mass cease On this continent. The
advancing spifis Of The sge demands it, spd
the command 81 The Almighty has gobs
forth that Is shall be- 20. The cry of Sab.
oIttioniss" no longer frighsens any one. Il
10 rather causs for gIory, than for shame,
to be thus elassed. The anti slavery party
10 in Che ascendant; their cause 10 popular,
because it 10 the cause Of progress and
Tighs. And il wilI 60 forwasd-growiag
stronger sud brighter, while The san OF the
pro.slavsry party goes down 10 darkness
forever. So: 80. = 81. 49, -.