The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1863-10-03

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the Free -, from their sglfz-
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principal en- les ID ~ do asx:safa l1a
World srnarlraf EDz aasa tafa f9bargaa and
sugai. Oh the beet posSibln terms
have had Il vast majority bf tiae hsijlzef
bfificers Of both army and nsasv, " 81 " y
were drawn from the North laaIi ~
pf Clerks. Auditors and Comp lless,
filling the Executive depart f1eiit fiae
records show for the last Ely year, that
pf the three thousand men employ W.
have had more than two-f thirds pf the
same, 6hile We have had but one. third Of
the white E,opuIat ionaof the Republic
a gain, look at another item, ana one,
be assured, in which we have 4 great aud
vital interest; il Il that of vegcfssae. OF
means of supporting Governments rom
official documents, vi learn that Ifac-
ton hree-fourtIs of the rsvenas e,llec
ted for the support Of Government hHs
uniformly been raised from the Nsf
Pause now while you can, GENT enen,
anc contemplate carefully and candidlg
these important items. Look at an0stagr
necessary branch of GovernnaA1sk and
learn from stern statistical facts lScw mt
tiers stand In that departments n5ean
the mail and Post a lice fsriYila that
we now enjoy under the gefserai sef'ia-
nefat as ii has BEEN for wears past The
expense for the transport tion OF the
port OF the Postmaster General Tor the
wear 1860, a little over SI3 900. 900. while
the income wass.S l8. 900, 900. But ia the
Slave States the transportation of the
mail was SD, 49, 00. while the revenue
from the same WAS IS sol ,026, leaving %
deficit of Sc, Il5,T35, to be supplied BY
the North for our accommodation, and
without it we must have been entirely
cut off from this Inosi essential branch of
Government.
Leaving out of view, for the present,
the countless millions of dollars You must
expend In q war with the North; with
tens of thousands of your sons and BROTH
ers slain in battle, and offered up as a
sacrifice upon the altar of Your ambition
land for what, we ask again? Is it1SBn
the overthrow of the American Govern
ment established by our common ances-
try, cenented and built up by theirsweat
and blood, and founded on the broad
principles of Right, Justice and Hlatanityf
And, as such, / must declare here. as ]
have often done before, and which has
been repeated by the greatest and wisest
Statesmen and patriots of this and other
lands, that II is the btsc and freest Govern
meat-the most equal il iss riqhts-the most
Just in he aeeisioa8--the most teaifnt IN us
measures, and the most Inspiring IN its prsnci-
pies to eieeate the race Of imam that the sun Of
heaveR ever shine upon. II.
''Now, for you to attempt to overthrow
such Government as this, under which
we have lived for more than three-auar-
tiers Of a century-in which we have gain
ed our wealth, our standing as a nation,
our domestic safety while the elements of
peril are around us, with peace and tran
guilty accompanied with unbounded
prosperity and rights uuassailed--is the
height of madness, folly and wickedness
to which | can neither lend my sanction
nor my vote"
Whoever can read such statements so
truthfuhy made-with such GOODNESS,
Gearing upon boastfulness--as to the in
.quitous inequality, assumed on the part
II the North-and not feel shocked with
insult and convalsed with Indignation,
has been blessed or cursed with organiza-
ton and education different from mine.