The independent. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Kan.) 1860-1874, 1863-02-28
SATURDAY, February 2s, 1863.
Horace Greeley.

afelc'es from which We quoted, usin!
'ew words TO economise space; but I,
satisfy our leaders that We did no in
justice to the editor OF the Tribune. W,
now give each paragrah from which
We extracted:
From the Tribune of No. Q, 1860
avn the Cotton States shall becom,
satshed that they can do better out @,
the' Union than in it, we insist on the
letting them. go in. peace. The .righ,
70 secede may be a revolutionary one
out It exists nevertheless. W.
must ever resist the righ, of any State
to remain in the Union and nullify O,
defeat the laws thereof To Withdraw
from the Union is qni:e another matter,
whenever considerable section of on,
Union shall deliberately resolve to 90
out we shall resist ali corrective mea-
sures to keep it in. We nope never to
ave IN republic whereof che section
IS pinned TO another by bag oneis.
lFrom the T'ibune of Nov. 96, 1860.
If the cotton States unitedly and
earnestly wish TO withdraw peacefully
from the Union, We think they should
and would be allosed 10 90 so. Any
attempt 10 compel .hem by force 10 re-
main would be contrary to The priuei
Piles enunciated in the immortal Decla-
ration of Independence. Contrary. 10
the fundamental IDEAS upon which hu
man liberty is based.
From the Tribune, Dec. II. 1860. I
If it (;he Declaration Of lndepvn-
dente) justified the secession from the
British empire of three millions of
co.onists IN l776. we Go no, see why ii
would not justify the secession of i've
million Of sou,hrous from The Union in
1861.
From the Tribune of Feb. %, 1861. I
Whenever i, shall be clear That the
great body of the southern people have
become conclusively alienaied from the
Union, and anxious TO escape from il,
we will do our best TO forward their
views"
Now If the foregoing language means
any thing at all, land certainly Mr..
Greeley cush 10 know something of
the English tongue by this time. and
how to use it it means secession. The
right Of secession is plainly acknow-
lodged; he will "resia all cocrciue nea
sures" TO keep seeding section in the
Union. "lf the Cotton States" think
s'they can do better out Of the Union,
he "INsIsTs on letting them go;n peace"
and he "wILL DO HIS BEST TO FORWARD
THEIR VIEWS
And we ''insist" that we did Mr.
Greeley no wrong when We said this
was TREASON. If it is not treason .ther
secession Is no, treason.
We thought al the lime that this was
only banter-that Mr.. Greeley did mol
believe The South would 60 out Of the
Union, and hence adopted this style io
make Them less anxious 10 secede, as
,hey were disposed 10 do contrary to
his advice in all things; and this may
have been his motive.
But in recent number Of the Tri-
tune,in reply to an article in the Times
charging him with completely with Mr..
Mercier, the French minister, and VAL
laniingham the traitor, he sums up az
follows:
..Dut here follows the exact truth
with regard to our views on ihe'whole
subject. which Mr.. Mercier. or Mr..
vallandingham, or any one else can
have for the moderate prize Of six cents
in Washington or three If be perchase
in New York:
/. We believe that the War FOR the
Union has uow entered upon a phase
which in all probability must prove
final-that We are on the eve of move
monis, combinations. attacks and battles
whereof the result must be we,i nigh
decisive.
2. We believe that the rebels are
about to be badly whipped at several
vital points. aad that their defeats will
be so conclusive that any impartial UNI
pire would lhereupon advise them lha,
their enterprise is hopeless, and they
ought 10 give is up.
We believe that,if our armies do not
whip theirs, theirs will whip ours
4. We believe that. should Mey be
successful and zoe defeated in The gener-
al results Of the cam2aign now open
ing. impartial third parties will say that
we ought TO consent 10 peace on the
best altainable ierGis. Whether we
shall take thai couasel or renew tie /
struggle, as united people who have
come 10 understand and accept its real
character, The cost and suffering invol
yeJ. events vii! determine.
S. But we believe that the time will
conceive do not say how soon.a AS that
must depen or The results OF conflicts
yet faiufe-when the great powers of
Europe will mediale-not by blows,
nor by meaaces, but by representations
asainst a continuance of the struggle
as fruitless. wastful butcIlery, and urge
4 setilemen. iu the interests Of bu- |