The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-12-02
A Relic.

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A Relic.
In the old Mother Church the idea is
entertained Of depending, sometimes, on
relic of St. Peter, St. Paul or some other
holy man for the cure of disease, and it is
undeniable that success often follows
Faith in the virtue Of the remedy. Wheth.
er q cure results from the divine character of
the remedial agent, or from that phenome-
non Of mental and physical intimacy which
con(oun1s the wisest of the worlds great
men, We do not pretend to decide. Our
theological, as vel! as our medical education
has been neglected aud in many instances
We are compelled to accept palpabls fact.
without being at all satisfied with the man.
:cr Of its evolution. In physiology we
havc seen things done that upset our con.
fidence in human judgment on ono hand
and exalted our ideas Of man'shumbugging
capacity on the other. But no matter
about the stumbling blocks OF metaphys.
cal and pharmaceutical science: We were
thinking Of a business transaction.
WHITTIER, a Private Disease doctor Of
Chicago, a gentleman doubtless, or he could
not associate with the learned and opulent
Tnos B. BRYAN, has become the owner OF
President Lincoln's original draft Of the
world renowned Emancipation Edict The
Doctor paid $4,000 for the article and it is
his. Wilbur F. Storey, Editor Of the Chi
cago Times, bid IS, 900 for it also, and stat
ed in his paper that he would give more il
any subsequent bid exceeded his. The
offer Of MIR. Storey was made prior to the
sale to DR.. W. Storey did not admire
this famous State Paper-and If a bona
tide State Paper it is robbery Of the Ma.
tional Archives to sell it to any one-but,
as the plea for its presence in the market
was to raise funds for our soldiery, Storey's
ridicule of property which he intended to
make his own should not have prevented
the acceptance Of his bid, or excluded him
from the list Of competing purchasers.
That proclamation would have brought
$4,000. The soldiers would have been
$1,000 better off than they now are. The
edict, or relic, as We may begin to cal! it,
was giuen to. the soldiers, the sanitary folks
being only its custodians. But lei this also
pass We all know the tad faith and poll
tical spite of the swindl;ng auctioneers and
words are wasted in scolding about the
transaction. r.
Whittier designs lithographing his relic
with view to satisfy the country and to
benefit himself. nip the evil in the bud''
is the Doctors motto. An excellent motto
too, and one which is (or was) as applica.
bic to our troubles in 1860 as it may be to
the private ills which have heretofore oc.
cuped the Doctors exclusive attention. 1t
cannot be that the lucky Galen intended to
nip" the Proclamation by purchasing it |!
The "eyil' which that reluctantly issued
"bull against the comet" has sown, has
budded and blossomed and is now bearing
fruit in northern indifference, border state
dissension and in the determined resistance
Of q united South. The purchase of it be-
fore it saw the light, and then its immedi-
ate suppression would have been glorious
success. The gratitude OF thousands whose
friends now lie pulseless in Dixie, would
have been the reward Of him who thus
early could have strangled it. But now it
is too late to NIP the evil" We see no
way but to let the negro mania run like "a
fever, the measles, cold or any other i'll
which aff1icts mortality. In attempting
to check it you win ill.will, plague the pa.
tent and lose your labor
The American people Of both sections,
like the inhabitants Of southern French
district, who, Zone hundred years ago, or
when witchcraft ovcrrun Massachusetts,
imagined themselves possessed by the spir-
it of wolves, and proceeded to destroy
each other, have adopted Hate instead of
LOVE as their actaating Goddess, and it
is idle to attempt their cure till they drink
the last bitter drop which WAR, with its
fascinating trappings, its inspiring mu-
sic, and its display Of power, has mixed
for their inhalation. The word Peace,
which was once so sweet to mortals, rank
ing next to Love and Home, is ostracised
by the Loyal" Of both divisions Of our
latc happy country, and now there is no
better passport to the censure of even gen.
tle woman, or the orators Of Jesus Gospel,
in sosath Carolina as in New England, than
the expression Of the hope that the W ar
was ovcr-that the country might again
become what it waists Constitution un.
impaired-the rights Of all the States re.
spected-' the Union as it was Our glo-
rious emblem Of Nationality waving proud.
ly over People devoted to the illustration
Of Mans NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. frowned
down-harmony cultivated, and every one
in the enjoyment Of legal protec,ion!'
We say this hope cannot be expressed in
the North, nor at the South, without tn,
imputation Of disloyalty" from the dom
inant parties who are engineering this wal
at the expense Of their contiding country
men. Hence the cry of "Peace I" is grow
ing fainter and fainter. Alex. H. Stephens
south, and Willard Fillmore, north, now Al
ever, think that.sone means might be adop
ted to stop this frightful tragedy. The,