The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-09-28

+, by hundreds Of thousands; far from their
homes; their families neglected day and
| night on the watch Of each other; often
| without food; many sick and without mo
dical attendance; subject to the arbitrary
| orders Of baiifTs in uniform; suffering
| priystions uhtold and to us inconceivable,
| and ready at The command Of the officers
of this military court, to shoot each other
| down for the crime Of having been forced
| (conscriptedD into cause, the merits Of
either side Of which they have not been
able to see! INDEPENDENCE, DIssoLUT1oN,
were not demanded or desired by the mass
cs at the South MANc1PArIoN, ABOLITION,
| were not demanded or desired by the peo-
| pie Of the North. But they have got "into
Law" Cunning lawyers who arc collect
ing large fees and riding in carriages while
their clients 60 on ioot-and barefoot at
| that-urge them to 'hold steady" to bleed
! at pocket and at heart; and the wondering
witnesses and actors in this drama of un
parallelled bloodincss, delirious with sue
cess to-day and revengeful from defeat to-
morrow, stand their ground with the OBJ.
stinacy Of American soldiers, and SUFFER,
/ that the cunning and crafty ones at Aome
may profit byit! That some evil devotec
Of Ambition may carry political point
even though that point shall enter, by bay
| onet, the breasts Of tens of thousands Of as
good men as ever left father and mother
or wife and children desolate!
This "suit" has already caused the death
and manning Of millions Of human beings.
An empire has been devastated in carrying
it on, and yet the call for more victims,
more burning, more money, more distress
at home, more horrors---is hailed will,
fiendish joy by some on both Sides! I! e
not "the situation" Of the American peo.
pie, bound as they are TO the idols of Sec
tional hate, unparalleled in history except
in thesFeccrd Of those periods Of basbarity
which all students have been taught to. re-
gard as beacons Of danger-signs of Irrational
and social destruction? .-... H&
Well, what then? Is there a remedy :?
We believe there is The recipient of profit
from this conflict cannot see it, because it
blinds him to his interest. The fanatic
cannot see it, because he is taught, Pharisee
like, that he is purer than other men
The aspirant for position, whose commits
sion is watered by the blood of human
victims, cannot see it, because he is indif
ferent to capital crime if it puts money in
his purse, EFFORTS bow from fools or a
shudder from towards. These classes, like
| the Bedouins Of the desert, look alone for
that self ACKNOWLEDGEMENT which the basest
of mankind are the readiest to appreciate
and practice. -s..s-. ~
To return to the lawsuit. A man of
good presence, benevolent face, heart,
proven under trial to be both brave and
kind. enters between the ranks surrounding
the courtroom and asks an audience. To
a considerable extent he has the confidence
of both sides. 1t is given him. He details
the miseries which for years have hung
like pail around our once happy country
! He refers to the errors of the two leading
contestants; reminds the armed witnesses
| of their comrades now sleeping in death
! Of the glorious record which will emblazor
all of them as warriors of unquestionee
courage of the happiness all enjoyed be
fore bad men in South Carolina and ir
Massachusetts induced us to commence tn
arbtrament of our slight difficulties by al
appeal to the sword. lie shows the weak
ness of our country if severed; its strength
if united; the wickedness of an eterna
strife; the smallness Of the question a
issue compared with the destruction of
whole people and the submerging of
Nationality whose fame has been the rrid
of mankind wherever knowledge of Con
stitutional government has penetrated
f He concludes by suggesting the selection
e of their most worthy notablcs, the with
/, drawal Of the suit from court and refe,
. ence of the issues to a council of their bes
i men. He quotes Lincoln's Inaugula
o 'you cannot fight always and, after tim
!, must return to the consideration Of tn
e questions which now divide you. He r.
}, fers to Davis approval Of the Crittende
# resolution, (see Douglas speecb,) show
e where Congress at the beginning Of tn
b strife adopted resolution embodying Il
IS same ideas, reminds you of the Farewe
! Addresses of Washington and Of jackson
e declares that there is virtue enough in Il
r.. American people to settle their own diff
e culties without Intervention he points
y the inso!encc of the French and the Englis
t on this continent, on the ocean and
" Europe, while exhaustion of blood ar
J. treasure is going on here; implores reco
"a citation on the basis of UNION, wi
T. Interested, and clos. closes tight due any o.
v. he who is unwilling to resume bis f,g';
Id and return to the conditions of that CO
NO tract which many in each interest ha
ng violated, that man, so refusing to abide
he conditions of re. union, shall be treated a
he public enemy! ..-.....l...
riy Think you, fellow citizens, the appeal
his this Warrior, Patriot ard Statesman Gu,
nd to be ,rejected2 ast2 ~a# 5"4'.4
Of You can deposit your answer at the p
:. In November. ata 5'9s + fn# @a'll 81.
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to DOES anybody suppose Belmont,
I'll hin, did mt nreSpnt