The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1863-11-10

.'S"'o' Dus W thO uiCouo Poiut
ed out by the Constitution, and sancti
hed by the usage Of three quarters of
century, Mr.. Lincoln, in fair open field
was elected President of the Unitet
States, did the South submit (Crie,
of" No" and cheers. No offense hat
been committed--none threatened bu
the arrogation was that the election of {
man known TO be pledged against the ex
tension Of slavery was no, compatible
with the safety of slavery in the South
and on that ground they took steps fol
secession. Every honest mode to pre-
vent it, all patience on the part Of the
North, all pusillanimity on the part oI
Mr.. Buchanan. While he still sat be.
fore his successor came into Office, he
left nothing undone to make matters
worse, did nothing to make things bet
ter. The North was patient then, the
South impatient Then came The steps.
The question was put 10 the South, and
with ,he exception of South Carolina ev
cry State in the South gave popular
vote against secession ard yet, such
was the jugglery of political leaders, "a
fore lew months had passed they bad
precipitated every State into secession.
That could never have been where there
were common people. The South has
common herds of people, The North had
herds of what Lord Brougham lamenta
bly, termed mobs. Lord Brougbam, up
on whose plentiude of days the light Of
God shone so gloriously, is bringing his
failing days to scandalize the intelligent
people of the North by calling them
nobs. (Cheers and counter cheers |
call You to take notice that the people OF
the South thought the Government Of
the States could not be administered by
an honest man without prejudice to sla
very. 1t could not The Government
o. the United States is such that. if it be
administered equitably, still in the long
run it would destroy slavery, and it was
the prosr ect Of this that led the South to
make precipitate secession. (Cheers.) J
Now against all these facts It is attempt
ed to make England believe that slavery
has had nothing to do with this war
{ Laughter.) You might as we'll have
attempted TO persuade Noah that The
clouds had nothing to do with the Flood
perhaps some man will persuade you that
palm trees and orangetr trees will grow At
the North Pole perhaps some one will
persuade YOU next that there is no sand
in the great Desert, II is the most mon
strous absurditv ever born in the womb
Of folly. (Cheers. J Nothing to 10 with
slavery 1t had to do with nothing
else. (Cheers,) Slavery was the moth
er Of rebellion. (Chears.) The father
of it was-oh no, we never mention him
Much laughter) Against this with
ering fact-against this damning allega,
lion-what is their escape The at.
tempt Is to say-the North is just as bad
as the South. (Laughter.) Now we
are coming to the marrow oft. Cheers. J
Ii the North is as bad as the South, why
did not the South find it out before you
did Ii the North has been in favor OF
the black man. and just as
much in favor Of slavery as the South,
how is it that the South has gone to war
against the North because of their belief
to the contrary? A voice: Slavery
does not pay in the North !" Gentle
men. l hold in my hand published re-
port of the speech of the amiable, intel
ligent. and credulous president, be
lieve, OF the Society for Southern Inde
pendence. Laughter, l have some
curiosities N it. Laughter. That you
may know that Southerners are not all
dead yet, will read paragraph
The South had labored hitherto under the
i'm ,utation, and it had constantly been thrown
in the teeth of all who supported that strug-
Cling nation, that they by their proceedings
were tending to support the existence OF slave
rv. This was an impression which he thought
they ought carefully TO endeavor to remove.
CHEERS and laughter because it was one
which was injurious to their cause. (Cheers
Not only among those who had the feeling Of
all Englishmen- n-of horror of slayery-but
also, because strong religious bodies in this
country made point Of it, and felt it very
strongly indeed"
(Cheers.) | never like 10 speak behind
man 5 back-l like to speak right TO
mems faces what | have to say-and |
tou'd WISH atat Ahs my HcE ie.iCly man
that which has been accorded TO me TO
night might have been given--to have
had Lord Wharnclitfe present. that
might address TO him few simple and
artless Christian inquiries. (Cheers. J
For there can be no question that there
is n strong impression that the South has
had something TO do with slavery.
(Cheers. Indeed, on our side of the
water there are many persons that affirm
it. daughter and cheers And as
his lordship thinks that il is the peculiar
duty of this new agglomerated and az,
glutinated association for Southern indie.
pendence 10 do away with that impress.
ion. | beg to submit to them that, in the
first place, they ought to do away with
four million slaves in the South ior |,
for my own part, cannot say but that
think there are uneharitable men enough
living in this world TO think that a nation
that has four million slaves in il. has a
good deal TO do with supporting slavery
(Cheers.) And when he has done that,
il might perhaps be pertinent 10 suggest
to his lordship that there should be "A
little something done 10 the Montgomery