The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1863-01-22

Of the starving poor of oil nations assem-
bled here, made SO BY this war.
81 saw that this rebellion was war Of
the aristocrats against the middling men;
of the rich against the poor; war Of the
landowner against the laborer; that It was
q struggle for the return of power in the
hands Of the few against the many, and
l found no conclusion to it save in the
subjugation of the few and the Olsen
thrallment Of the many. therefore felt
no hesitation in taking the substance OF
the wealthy, who had caused the war. to
feed the innocent poor who had suffered
by the war And / shall now leave you
with the proud consciousness that l
carry with me the blessings Of the hum
bic aud the loyal under the roof OF the
cottage and in the cabin Of the slave, aud
so am quite content to incur the sneers
of the salon or the curses Of the rich.
II found you trembling at the terrors
of servile instruction. All danger OF
this have prevented by 50 treating the
slave that he had no cause to rebel.
II found the dungeon, the chain aud
the lash your only means of enforcing
obedience in your servants. / leave them
peaceful, laborious, controlled BY the
laws Of kindness and justice.
II have demonstrated that the pesti
lsnce can be kept from your borders.
II have added million of dollars to
your wealth in the form Of new land from
the battnre Of the Mississippi.
II have cleansed and improved your
streets, canals and public squares, and
opened new avenues to unoccupied land.
Il have given You freedom Of elections,
greater than you have e,er enjoyed be-
fore.
81 have caused justice to be admins.
tered so impartially, that your own advo.
Gates have unanimously complimented
the judges Of my appointment.
"You have seen, therefore, the benefit
Of the laws and justice Of the government
against which you have rebelled.
"Why. then, will you not all return to
your allegiance to that government-Dot
With lip service, but with the heart.
II coujure you, il you desire ever to
see renewed prosperity, giving business
10 your streets and wharves-ifyou hope |
TO zee your city become again the mart
If the western world, fed by its rivers
Tor more than three thousand miles,
the commerce of country
greater than the mind of man hath ever
,onceived-return to your allegiance.
'If you desire to leave to your chill.
lren the inheritance you received Of your
athers-a stable constitutional govern
uent-if you desire that they should in
he future be q portion Of the greatest
empire the sun ever shone upon-return
o your allegiance.
"There is but one thing stands in the
way.
"There is but one thing that at this
hour stands Letucen you and the yorern-
ment, and that is slavery.
"The institution, cursed Of God, which
has taken its last refuge here in His
providence will be rooted out as the tares
from the wheat, although the wheat be
torn up with it.
II have given much thought to this
subject.
II came among you, by teachings, by
habit of mind, by political position, by
social affinity, inclined to sustain your
domestic laws, if by possibility they
might be with safety to the Union.
"Months cferperience and of oLser-
ration hare forced the conpiction that the
existence Of sla,ery is incompatible with
the safety either OF yourselves or Of the
Union. AS the system has gradually
grown to its present huge dimensions, it
were best if it could be gradually remov.
ed; but it is better, far better, that it
should be taken out at once than that it
longer vitiate the social, political end
family relations Of your country. am
sn, liking with no philanthropic views as
reparo-- the slave, but simply of the ef
feet Of sja very on the master. See fol-
yourselves.
this saddening, deade.' ing influence has
not all but destroyed the y>'r5 framework
of your society.
II am speaking the farewell v, 'rd' OF
one who has shown his devotion to us
country, at the peril of his life aud for.
tune, who, in these words can have nei-
Their hope nor interest, save the good Of
those whom he addresses; and let he here
repeat, with all the solemnity of an appeal
to Heaven, to bear me witness, that such
are the views forced upon me by expert.
ence.
"Come, then to the uncon ditional sup.
port Of tie government. Take into your