The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1863-12-08
The Southern Aristocracy.

Five years ago, the mass OF The peo-
pIe at the North, little dreamed that a
civil war unparalleled in all the annals OF
his ofy, for fury and violence, was about
u burst upon them. True, some OF our
most sagacous statesmen had predicted
the coming Of the STERN as not far dis
tant, but none were prepared tor The
fierce tornado which is now CONFUSING
the whole world This conflict which
has sent our desrest friends TO the field,
and consigned thousands Of them to sol.
diers' graves. which has arrayed house
hold against household, and brother
agains. brother, and overturned the most
enduring foundations Of law and social
order, has been brought about by false
and rampered Southern aristocracy, who
assumed TO themselves the light TO con
sion an unfortunate race OF beings to
eternal bondage, and SO change the char
acter OF the Government that it would
sustain and protect slavery. We all
know The result An appeal was made
TO ythe ballot box and then the majority
oftLe people decided that freedom, and
not slavery, should rule, and straight
way upon The rendering ofthat decision,
the aristocrats Of the South withdrew 10
form confederacy of their own, and
that dissolution of the Union was 10 be
attempted in case all their insClent de
mands were not complied with, is fully
shown by the following sentiments Of
JOHN G. Calhoun
- admit yaur conclusions in respect to us
Sonthrons. That we are essentially aristocrat-
c, | cannot deny. But we can and do yield
much to the democracy. This is our sectional
policy. We are from necessity thrown upon
and strangely welded to that party, however
it may clash with our feelings for the conscr-
vation OF our interests. 1t is through our AZ
filation with that party in the Middle and
Western States That we hold power. But
when we cease thus to hold this nation. through
n disiointcd democracy or any material obsta-
clean tlat party, which shall tend to throw US
out Of tnat rule and control, we shall then re-
sort 10 the dissolution Of the Union. The com
promises of the Constitution under the circum-
stsnces were sufficient for our fathers, but IN
der the altered condition of our cotnry from
that period, leave to the South no resource but
dissolution, for no amendments to the Consti-
tuition can be reached through convention of
the people under their three-fourths rule"
This admission of Mr. Calhoun's can
be taken as the unanimous sentiment
which peryaded the South. AS long as
the ari5tocracy could control the Gov
ernment they were willing TO remain in
the Union, deny them that, and they
were determined upon dissolution Glor-
ious visions of a confederacy, founded
upon the feudal principles Of Europe,
dawned upon them, and in Imagination
they saw the most mighty monarchies of
the world paying tribute to King Cot.
ton. And so they sighed for new fields
over which to spread the plague spot Of
slavery, tley invaded the rel. prairies
OF Kansas. drove free men from their
homes. and stretched out their hands
graspingly for Cuba, AID Central Amer
lea, whose plsins were to swarm with
negroes, that he STAKEHOLDER might live
in wealth and power. But they cahnot
prevail. Already their sun is set II
darkness, and the thousands whom they
have outraged 50 long, are using up to
assert their claims 10 liberty aud man
hood. The time, The drama, and the ac-
tons, which they had brought forth has
fearfully Pre- Raphelite perfection, and
after ages, will point with exullant pride
and scorn, to the downfall of the Slave
holaara' y ah.lliop