The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1863-01-27

ly embittering the relations Of the tw
countries, as one of the most distinguish
ed officers of the government once tol
C me it does. | believe if Mr.. Cobde
went there for that purpose, we m gh
have commercial treaty with Spai
that would admit every commodity O
English manufacture at duty of no
more than ten per cent But do yol
think that il you heard that Spain wa
about TO muster her fleets and legion
and endeavor to take it, the English gov
ernment would not band all the power o
its empire to resist it? {" Yes Their
| say that President Lincoln, being fair
ly and honestly elected, when the South
ern leaders met at Montgomery, in Ala
bama, on the 9th of March, and author.
lied the raising OF 100000 men ; and
when, on the 10th Of April, they attack
ed Fort Sumter, which was not fort oil
Carolina but Of the Union, on all the
principles on which the English govern
ment has ever acted, President Lincoln
was justified in calling out 10000 men,
which was his first call, for the purpose
of maintaining the integrity of that I'm
ion, which was the main purpose Of the
oath he had taken at his election.
{ (Cheers.)
will not go into long argument on
this question. 1t is in the hands not of
my honorable friend, nor Of Lord Pal
merston, nor Of President Lincoln, but
in the hands of the Supreme Ruler, who
is bringing about one of those great tran
sitions in history which men often will
not regard when it is passing before
them, but which they look on with as
tonishment and awe years after they
have taken place. (Cheers.) | will
content myself with asking one or two
questions. | will not discuss the ques.
ton whether he Is working merely for
the Constitution or merely for the abol,
ishment Of slavery. Before YOU come to
a question Of sympathy with the South
or recognition of the South, or mediation
or Intervention, you should consider what
are the aims Of the Southern States.
Surely the United States government is
government at amity with this country
lis Minister is in London-a man noble
by family, YOU know, in America, his "a.
ther and his grandfather having held the
Office Of President Of the Republic. You
have your Minister just returned to
Washington. Are you, because YOU can
cavil at certain things, which the
North has done, eagerly to throw the in.
fluonce Of your opinion into the move.
ment which is to dismember the great
Republic? (No, no) Is there a man
here who doubts that the object Of the
war on the part of The South is to main,
tain the bondage of 1000, 900 of human
beings? (Cheers.) That is only a.
small part Of it. because their further ob
ject is to perpetuale forever that bondage
over countless millions | could quote
documents till twelve O'Clock in proof Of
what | say, il | found any man who de-
MED it. The object of this war. is that
white men on that continent may lord it
over countless millions OF blacks made
black BY the very hand that made us
white. Their object is, that they should
have power to breed negroes TO work
negroes TO iash-negroes TO sell-negroes
to deny them the commonest Ties OF fam
lies, TO break their hearts by separating
them NJ their pleasure, and 10 close their
mental eyes from aglimpse Of that knowl.
edge which separates us from the brutes
for by their law il is criminal and penal
TO teach negroes to read. TO seal from
their hearts the book of our religion. to
make chattels and things of men, women
and children. | wish to ask whether
this is TO be the foundation Of new
slave empire, and whether ii is intended
on this audacious aud Internal basis, Eng
lands new ally is TO be built up?
1t has been said that Greece was rec
ognized Greece was not recognized Gll
after she bad fought Turkey for six
years. The republics Of South America
were not recognized, some of them, till
they had fought the mother country, |
think. for score Of years. France did
not recognize the United States Of Amer
lea Ill FIVE years after the beginning OF
tie War OF independence. and il was re
ceived as a declaration and why should
we be SO eager 70 become the ally of this
great conspiracy against human nature ?
We have urged that there are ministers
Of state who are in favor or the South.
that there are members Of the aristocra
cy who are terrified at the shadow of the