The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1863-09-12
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avail myself 81 the services of - as1am,
ensis in reply te ypuf tsgp letter.
1T seems that SOME BIT my friends aaa
unable 10 comprehend tbs difference Il.
tween arguments sl5ed ii kas6k 81 IS
equitable compromise with The houa y
ayerting the horrors OF WIZ. md 4hnsa
urged In support Of the Government and
| fiag OF our country. when war Is ha;ns,
waged again the U nEted . ses Il 81 fSs
ayowed purpose OF producing peSnss
nent disruption of the Union, ana I =.
sqafs sisssraleBf11f II
So III, w 5es, q 3 ,s j
position thai nv separation ef The Lni0g sas
| complete and snal, and MT assb aes~ eoad
consent 10 Gre-cogstraeioa IN Gag coHtiMes-
eR---ast egsa III 0s acoa1d fugafsL them giA
blqsk sheet piper ard pss7sit tssen II pys.
sershe their aagn terms. .sI II $500 80
ps sgfll the hope was cherished that reasa
enable and satisfactory terms OF adjust
nlenf could ha agreed np0nwith Tennes-
see, North GarOlfna and The border stases
and that whatever terms would proys
| satisfactory to these loyal States, wUsnId
create Union party I'M tlfeCuttUn States
Iwhieh would be powerful enough 1T she
| bah btshnx I'd destao1 the gav0s ati6ahrs
governments, and bring those States back
| into the Union by the voice Of their own
| peopIe.e3 This hope was cherished by
| Union men North and South, and was
| never abandoned until actual war was,
| levied at Charleston, and the authorita-
| tive announcement made by the REVOLT
tionary government at Montgomery, that
the Secession flag would be plantedOn
the walls of the Capitol at Washington,
and q proclamation issued inviting the
pirates of the world to prey upon the
| United States. s.-4 n2 ST z.rs'sfe. -s.s.:atf
| These startling facts, taken in connec-
! ton with the boastful announcement that
the rayages of war and carnage should be
| quickly transferred from the eotton-feid
1 of the South to the wheat-6elds and corn
fields of the North. furnish conclusive en-
dence that 1t tcas the fred purpoge Of tie S.
cessionists utterly 10 destroy tie GOusrmmsat o.
our fatAers, and obhterate the United States
from the hap Of tie worl4.
I In view of this state of facts, there was,
BUT ONE PATH OF DUTY LEFT To.
PATRIOTIC MEN. T. 1t was NOT a party,
question nor question involving partisan
policy it was a question Of Government
or no Government, country or no eonn~
Sk&AS& A2EaANE Az &[N0AA1E &&AE Imperative
duty of every Union man, every friend
7 of constitutional liberty, to rally to the,
support of oar common country, its gov
eminent and flag, as the only meanasof
checking the progress of the reVolutions
and preserving the union of the States.
am unable to answer your question as
to the policy of Mr.. Lincoln and his Cab
met. am not in their confidence, as
you and the whole country ought to be
aware am neither the supporter of the
partisan policy nor apologist for the err
roHs of the Administration. Ny previous
relations to them remain unchanged:
but trust the time will never come wher
shall not be willing to sacrifice any per-
sonal feeling ana party feeling and party
policy for the honor and integrity of my
! country.
know ofno mode by which a loyal
citizen may so well demonstrate his loy-
atty to his country as by sustaining the
J flag, the Constitution and the Union, un-
der all circumstances and under every
administration, regardless of party poh,
tics, against sill assailants at home and
abroad. The course ofClay and Webstep,
toward the Administration of General
jackson, in the daas of notification, pre-
sents a noble, worthy example for all true
patriots. -.- .~. 49,. :.....
At the very moment when that fearful
crisis was precipitatei upon the country,
partizan strife between Wings and DEM
ocrats was quite as bitter and relentless
as now between Democrats and Republi-
cans. The gurf which separated party
| leaders in those days was quite as broad
and deep As that which now separates
' h.. a Do-,-LISaa
But the moment an enemy arose in our
| midst plotting the Acknowledgement of
| the Union and the destruction of the
Government, the voice of partisan strife
vas hushed in patriotic silence One of
the brightest chapters in the history Of
our country will record the fact that dur
! ing this eyenttul period of the great lead
! ers o. the Opposition, sinking the parti-
san i'll the patriot, rushed to the support
of the Gorernnent, and became its ablest
and bravest defenders against all assail-
ants until the conspisacy was crushed and
abandoned, when they returned to their
positions as party leaders upon political
| Issues. ........I, ,f-.,,..,:- ...E
| These acts of patriotic devotion have
never been deemed evidence Of infdelitv
4 or political treachefy, on the part of Clay
and Webster. to the principles and or
CARNATIONS of the old wing party. Nor
have any apprehension that the firm
and unanimous support which the DEM
ocratic leaders and masses are now giving
10 the, Constitution and the Union will
ever be deemed evidence of -iafdelity to,
Democratic principles, or o want Of 10y
atty to the organization and creed OF the
DeinoSratlc party. re sh0pe to ,fegaia
ND peFpstRate the ascfndenssy Of or. party,
nc Stoatd Meier forget that 4 man CANNOT M
\ True DEMoCRAT UNLESS HE is A LOYAL
| PATRIOT. ' ~ .<f,. ,..s5.fI 81 g,isa
| WITH the sincere hope that these, my
convictions, may coincide with those Of
my friendA I am, very truly, yor1rs. '@''
-531r6 .i STEPHEN A. DapGAAs<. s.
T. 70 EIRaIL HicEox, Esd. Chairman
State Democratic Committee. ....,...
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