The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-02-25
McGREGOR IOWA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY %, 1868.
"TAe Architect Of Ruin"

'sTAe Architect or Rum"
TnuRLow WEED AND HORACE GREELEY.
To the Editors Of tie Journal:-It is
not my intention to "kecp before the peo
pie" and but for the material misrepresen.
tations Of two or three journals, would
not intrude, even to express what l most
gratefully, the more than kindly, the gener
Gus construction of the press, irrespective
of party. To the letters Of troops Of kind
friends, l shall cndeavor to reply individu.
ally.
The Rochester Express and Oswego
Times say:
Mr.. Weeds opinion may be founded, as
he AYERS, on deep convictions. At this
time, when he retires from his position
where his opposition to the administration
was damaging the cause of the country, We
cannot discuss that question, but take it for
granted that pc, sonal feelings and motives
in no degree dictated course which gave
so much pain to those who have so long
regarded the veteran editor as safe couu-
sclor and sagacious leader"
1t is strange that any reader Of the Jour
nal, in the face Of facts should hazard such
statement. My point has been, distinct
ly, that our danger arises from the blind
and fanatic course of the New York Irib-
une and Independent, the extreme views of
Messrs. Sumner, Phillips, Gerritt Smith,
and their followers, by whom the admins
traton is beleagucred, importuned and
prosecuted.
have not "oppossd," butin all the ways
and means in my power, sustained the ad-
minis,raton. SO far from having personal
feelings or motives" other than friendly,
my relations with the President and every
member Of his Cabinet are cordial. They
are all excrting themselves to the best Of
their ability, and with integrity and tideli-
ty, to re,establish the authority Of the
government.
have referred frequently to the incen
diary princp pies of the New York Tribune,
because that journal by its vast circulation,
exerts malIgn influence throughout the
whole North. I again admonish my coun-
trymen to shake of this incubus, to cman
cipate themselves from their mental thra.-
dom, before al. is lost. Mr.. Greeley, the
infatuated victim Of the widest ambition,
will soon, amid the ''crash of worlds and
the wreck Of natter" be seized with a
"REMoRsE THAT COMES TOO LATE" speak
not idly. This "Architect Of Ruin" has
much 10 answer for.
First, while Slidell Toombs, Mason, Da.
Wis, etc, etc, were maturing their sch me
for reb lion, and the Gulf States, under
their instructions, were seeding, Mr.. Gree
ley APPROVED, JUSTIFIED, and INVITED them
to 90 forward with their reasonable de-
| signs. Here is the evidence from his own
Tribune, and in his own language:
Frosc the Tribune Of Nov. 9, 1860.
''If the cotton states shall beconie salts
ion than in it, we insist on the letting them
go in peace. The right to secedc may be
a revolutionary one. but it exists ncvcrthe
less. * d We must ever resist the
right Of any state to remain in the Union
and nullity or defy the laws thereof. Tt
withdraw from the Union is quite anothe,
matter; whenever considerable section o
our Union shall deliberately resolve to G
out we shall resist all cOercive measure:
designed to keep it in. We hope never t.
live in a republic whereof one section i
pinned 20 another by bayonets."
Prom the Tribune OF Nov. &c, 1860.
''If the cotton states uniredly and earnest
" wish to withdraw peacefully from tn,
Union, we think they should and would b'
allowed to do so. Any attempt to compc
them by force would be contrary to ths
principles cnunciated in the immortal dee
laration Of independence, contrary to tn,
fundamental ideas on which human liberty
is based"
From the Tribune of Dec. II, 1860.
"If it Ohe Declaration of Independence
justified the secession from the British en-
pire of three millions of colonists in 1776
We Go not see why it would not justify tn
secession Of five millions of southron
from the Union in 1861"
From the Tribune Of Feb. 23, 1861.
"Whenevcr it shall be clear that tn
great body of the southern people have he
come conclusively alicnated from the u,
ion. and anxious to escape from it, WI
WILL DO OUR BEST TO FOHW ARI
THEIR VIEWS"
Here then, in the outbreak Of the rebel
lion, is the Tribune doing its best to foi
ward their views" Their views were tol
warded with fatal cr!erity. We all Sc
WIN Wnat consequences.
When the rebellion, thus encouraged
. became a reality, the Tribune, with an nse
. lence peculiarly its own, assumed a dict;
torship over the government and the arm,
Our first calamity was occasioned by il
: insane cries Of "On to Richmond" Afte
;, the inglorious defeat at Bull Run, Mr.. Gre.
r lev became spaSmodicaIy repentant, COZ
: Tossing he had done wrong, and promi>ir
to mind his own business. But this prom
: Use was soon forgotten, and the Tribuu
C became as arrogant as ever, and ere Ion
I its inflated editor put forth an cdict in IL
name Of hurdreds of hundreds of tho,
sands. addressed to the President of Il
= United States, demanding a change
}. policy in his administration Of the COVER
y ment.
y And now we are called to witness wi
j" amazement, a new phase Of character
IS startling change Of switch!
IS The editor OF the New York Times in
e carefully prepared article, charged NJ
Greeley with seeking, through NJ. Mercil
u And, still worse, the accusation goes so I
l. as to implcate Mr.. Greeley in a correspon
if ence with MIR. Vallandisham We eventu
y. to say that not ten Of the Tribune's hu
dred thousand subscribers. or any outsi
authority, would have believed either
E. these statem> nts. And yet both are v
ar tualiy admitted in the Tribune Of vest,
day: ....s -#. ..
-. "But here follows the exact truth wi
s regard to our views on the whole subj,
which NJ. Mercier, or Mr. Vallandigham,
,e any one else can have for the moder:
y, prica Of six GEMS in Washington, or thu
i If he purchase in New York: 5ar ~s,t
,c /. We believe that the war for the Uni
er has now entered upon phase which in
is probability must prove fnal-that We /;
n. on the eve of movements, combination
e. attcckS, battles, whereof the result must