The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1863-02-12

The Southern rebellion was blow at
the very organization ofour society. Ev-
ery man aud woman in the Southern
States, who was concerned in it, became
smother Peter the Hermit, preaching to
the excited slaves the overthrow Of the
system which held them in bondage
Every master who encouraged enlist
men.s in the rebel army, virtually shout.
ed to his slaves, revolt. revolt. / have,
yself, set you the example, The Save
holders who for so many years have
preached obedience aud submission to
their laborers, presented themselves, IN
the dreadful act Of secession from the
Federal Union, IS so many wild and tren.
xied incendiaries TO those who should
have seen at all times in their masters,
moderate and orderly conduct. By a
system OF fsisehood and calumny, % un.
founded and gratuitous as 1t was scuse-
less, the Southern leaders 10 the hearing
of their slaves, charged the Republicans
with the deliberate intention of setting
them free, aud then, with folly equal.
led By t cir wickedne<s only, raised the
standard of revolt. Every part Of the
South swarmei with rebel soldiers; troops
marched TO aud fro, filling the South
with excitement; the peaceful agricultu-
raj pursuits of the slaves werebroken of,
aud planting operations suspended. BY
tho voluntary. atrocious, uDcalled for,
End q Ter stupid ealumny Vt the leaders,
'by whom the people Of the South suffer
cd themselves to be bullied and doml- !
neered over. the negroes were led to be- (
leye that Mr Liucolu's administration .
had come into power for the purpose of .
setieue them free. The devil never I
coined a blacker lie in his Internal work, /.
shop Terrible is the punishment ofthis .
great sin.
The rebels are doing the very thing /.
which they accused Mr. Liocoln Of in
tending to do. They are themselves, uu.
Intentionally. perhaps uuwjttingIy, act
ing the part Of practical immediate, rad
zeal Aboliionists, and in all probability, !
their efforts, SO far as the complete de-
struction Of slavery is concerned, will be
successful. Scccssionlsm is abolitiouism
Abolltlonl m, as generally understood,
was the dogma of small party, living
mostly in those States which are t e
furtherest removed from the presence
Of slavery; srcessionl>m is the act Of
large party living among the slaves, aud
consequently is infinitely more potent in
destroying slavery 1t does the work in
several ways.
1t excites the slaves and makes them.
restless.
It suspends their ordinary labors By
great domestic CONFUSION, and makes
great numbers Of them idle, and, conse.
quently, demoraized and insubordiDate.
1t brings upon thousands Of them, who
have hitherto been we'll provided for, tue
most painful restitution Of both food aud
clothing, and the instinct of self preser-
walton impels the slave to rob, to murder,
to run away, just as he would fly from IA
wolf, bear, or a serpent. lie can get at
home neither hat, shoes, shirt, meat, or
even salt; and naturally fees from bis
avn '"e "''n tue
plague 10 remain az nome Is starvation,
the most painful Of al! deaths Is there
one SO dull, SO brutshly stupid, SO utter
ly blind, as not to see and feel that ia.
surrections must inevitably follow such
o,st,'Ss tet we near r,fsonS speaking
o' ,"e l''c'"u'a''o" VI emancipation rs
,''''''s saws ~ 'nsui'ec''oh' tiepos-
'''''' ""' "o'u'n co'i'P!"'u'' we aver,
"'u '''''s"s' 'e.o'"''on ol 'he aver
"e''' '"a' every '"'nS Th'cn huMan wit,
" dr;vo rho sl.,os ~ n,al,. 49,, ~ IL, '' g.
been done by their rcbeIliops masters y
He who stir. nm =, rabnlli,, f.nrsa,, :;
slave communty.ls like one who throws
tirebrand in gunpowJ ei-'he whole
mass must explode. The slaves argument
is very brief: If my master rebels, Why
not |! Aud when, in addition to per-
nicious example, the slave is goaded by