The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1863-02-17
EeosZell Reviewed.

has long article on the War for the
Union, and, very strangely for man
protesting TO be Patriot, devotes the
,r-r-''T.r-r.rv
Union Against the men who have sci
up within The limits Of the old Union
ano her constitution and another conred
eracy? Against the men who, in all
forms Of expression, declare their indy
ing hostility 10 the Union and The Con
stitution ? Bless your soul, no This
patriot would not for the world SAY a
word against MI DAVIS and his friends,
who declare that never, never, never, so
long as they have the power of resistance,
shall the Union be reconstructed- who
declare that they would sooner enter q
den OF thieves than re enter into social,
political, or commercial afi,iation with
the loyal States-he would not FOR the
world say a word against these men, be
cause it might embitter(!) them. No,
he is that kind Of a patriot who thinks
and acts upon the ught-lhat to save
the Union, he must attack, not It's enc
mics, but its friends and defenders He
must endeavor 10 inculcate feeling Of
hatred, not against those. in arms against
the government, but against those strv-
ing for the integrity of the government !!
Don't you know that that is patriotism,
or can't you see it ?"
At the opening of his article RoszELL
says:
The brazen effrontery of the abolition press
is almost Incredible, and wholly disgusting
1t still talks Of the " War for the Union" the
treason of opposing this war for the Union, .
when they well know that the war has long
since ceased to be waged for any such purpose
Well Mr.. RoszELL, what is it waged
for ? One o. the common complaints Of
your class is that it looks TO Southern
subjugation. Let US grant that. But
does not every rebel voice in the South
emphatically and determinedly declare
that II is only through subjugation that
reunion can be reached Does not
every rebel authority asser, that restor
alton of the Union is only possible
through the utter subjugalion of the mass
of the people in the rebel states ? Is
subjugaton worse than dlsunion ? If.
not, how can any Union man object 70
subjugation ? How can any Union man
refuse 10 follow the only channel through
which tie preservation Of the Union is
possible ?
Another and universal complaint OF
your class is that, the war is one of abo. /
lition. Let us grant that. too. But
what do the rebels say about that p
What has been their universal reply TO
your propositions of reunion. What
have they even said relative to the prop
osision ola Union of the West and the
South Have they not declared that
the dividing cause, the element of troub.
lie, the element which makes re union
imposSibe--is lie cause and element of /,
Slavery ? Have they not set up Slavery
as the barrier against even the Union OF
tho West and S,uth Have tLey moi
said distinctly, that they will never ad,
NIT free State into their confederacy. to &
open up again the strife Of systems
Assuredly they have. On all hands thew
admit the irrepressiJle character Of The /
conflc b tween Slavery and Freedom
Uniformly they admit The barrier against
reunion % be The element Of Slavery. If,
then. avery stands in the path of lie
Union. is it not the plain duty Of every
friend OF the Union to strike down Slave
ry? Can he do otherwise than attemnt {
the destruction Of Slavery Can he. as Z
true friend of the Union, suffer Slavery
to stand as the mountain in the path oil
National unity? Is he TO regard Slavery
as superior 10 the Union and Constitution
and allow it to accomplish the desruc
ton of both |
isoszELL ana his class love Slavery
more than the Union, and rather than
see Slavery perish, they would, and do, .
rejoice IN rebel success. They know
that Slavery is the dividing cause in this ,
country. They know that it caused the a
rebellion. They know that the rebel, !
have boosted 'hat il is the great element ,
of Southern mil tary power. They know !
that Slaves raise the food Of the S ,u'hern
army, wbiis merciless CONSUMPTION,
forces every able bodied white man into
the army 10 fight the defenders OF the {
Union. They know that Slavery is de- n
cIir9d by The K bells themselves, to be The {
great barrier to reconstruction Of The f
Lnon. They know that where Slavery J