The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-03-11
Divide and CONQUER.


put the destinics of this government. the
propriety and the necessity Of pursuing
such line Of policy as would unite its
friends and distract its enemies.
To break the center Of the enemy's lire
and then overcome his vi g, is the s,ratc
gy Of common sense as well AZ Of military
science. 1t was the aim If the great Napo.
leon to make France unit, while he busted
his fertile genius in schemes for the demo.
litinn Of the formidable coalitions which hos
tile Europe hal formed against him. More
than once, did the avalanche Of hostile ar
mics roll down from northern Europe to
ov"rwhelm him, but as often did he dis.
tract the councils If hostile cabinets BY his
wonderful state craft, and coniound his en-
erRies, just as they were on the point of
closing their coils around him. lie divided
his enemies and crushed them in detail, or
made them allies Of France, aud turned
them back on her enemies.
1t has, in the providence Of God, been
reserved for the commander in chief Of the
United States to change the tactics and re.
verse the strategy Of the great masters Of
military Sci ence. 1t is true he breaks the
center Of the line, but it is the line Of his
own armies. 'uc divides and conqucrs''-
not his enemies, but the ranks Of his own
friends, and in place Of that unity Ut pur.
pose, and sirglcn-ss Of aim, which alone
insures success, he produces . Earring Of
plans aud clash Of opinions. The lesson
taught by the Roman fasces, strength in
unity" has not been the policy of the
chieitain who mastered the rudincn,s Of
military science willis splitting rails" in
Illinois, nor Of those polit,co. military STRAIT
egs,s, who mould the opinions and purpus
cs Vi their nominal superior, as clay in the
hand. Military science with them, d.gen-
crates to military cmpiricism, while they,
busy themselves with those exploded thee.
rieS Of Regulation and politics, which the
common Sense uf mankind, has long since,
condemned Us useless aud in,practicable.
No lair nan will deny that line Vi pol.
icy might have been pursued that would
have united, for the accomplishment, u
proper result, the almost entire support of
the people in the northern aud border
states. While the watchword was, ''Icstorc
the Union, tna intain the Constitution, and
enforce the laws" the cla,n"r Of politics
subsidized, and all classes aud crc,ds rallied
around an administration, Which, though
weak, was believed to be honest, for the
purpose Of executing what was believed to
have been proclaimed in good faith. With
a generosity and ii,cral,y inspired by the
imcncnce Of common danger, with n
una,imi,y seldom wi messed, Congress re.
solved, in the language Of the Cri,temlcn
res luton, THAT the present deplo,able
civil war has been forced upon the countr,
by the disunenists Of the southern states,
now in arms against the constitutional
government, AMI IN arms around the capi-
tai; that in this national emergency, Con
grcSs, ban'shing all feelings vi mere pas
sion Or res ntlncnt, will recullcct only it,
duty to the whole country; that this war
is not waged on their part in any sp:rit Vi
oppression, Or for the pulpose Of conqucs,
or >usjugaticn, Or for the purpose Of over
throwing ar interfering with the rights o,
established institutions If those states /; but
to defend snd uIa,iitain tho supremacy uf
the Constitution. and t. preserve the Union,
with al: the dignity, eqnai'ty. aud rights Of
he vl.rSA md ri,
soon AS these otj scts are accomplished, the
war ought to CEASE and OF, this broa,
platform, without dissent, stood tile rival
parties oi the north, while, to carry out in
& ,od faith, The purposes therein SGT tor IL.
each sent u the amy its young. its strong
and its brave. AtiIla bOasted that When
he stamped on the ground armies sprang
forth, but greater and ul.h,er army than
came ut At,ila's call, rallied around the
admin. istration II thu first ihtitnati, II Of III.
public danger. a cUinucop 4 Of wealth
poured into the lap OF the government,
until the administrator finally pleao with
the states, to send 1t no more soldiers. to
give 1t no more money. Such was the
unanimity at the north, while 1T the sou h.
in countless bo>Onns, burDeu the old desr.
for 1.-The Union rs il was and the Constitu
ton as it is" The north was united and
the south divided. The nation was thc,.
hopeful that the solution vi our troubles
was near at hand. Our aiinI,s and our
naves Were successful, and We're RAPIDLY
multiplying victorious battle fields i'm the
seeded states. The Union men in Ten
nessee, Carolina and Texas, ilnpatiently
waited for the old flag ana Federal Oayoncts
to reappear among them, to vindieste '.the
| old Union and the old Constitution"
At this stage of utf.irs, '',h. architects
Of ruin," as rnurlow " ccd aptly terms
Horace Greeley and his disciples, the sap.
ptis and miners Ut liberty, Of law, OF order.
deliberately attempt to change this policy,
br"ak the unity ri the north and drive the
tricids Of the Union ut the south into the
ranks Of the enemy. This they do under
the prctence of strengthening the back
bone Of the President. BY hattery, hy
| deception, by threats. and all those arts Of
the practic,d conSpiratur t cy so work on
/ the mind of that weak, though not bad
mas, that they scduce him from the laud
able purpose ri Restoring the oil Union,
anu induce him to engage ia a Qu,xo,ic
scheme tor the eiian cipatiOn Of San. ric.n
citizens Vi African descent" while these
architects enact 'such fantastic tricks
before high heaven AS make the angels
weep" Tragedies ut which We laugh, and
Comedies ut winch We weep, pass in review
before us like the shifting images If the
Kaleidoscope. The policy Of the war is no
longer the same. the onj..c, for which i,
was brgun has been perverted, and tn
rallyi"g cry is no longer crush the rebel
hon that the Union may live, but strike a,
the rebels that slavery may die" The
soldiers that went forth to yind,cate vic.
lated Constitution are constrained to fight
under the banners Of counter revolution
| Thty are inturln.d by these ..arrhiiectS al