The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-08-31

The Indianapolis Journal, the central o..
gan OF the Indiana radicals, recently chase.
| cd the Democracy "a follows: 3
"If TIE Democratic party of 1860 hsd ex-
hihited the nerve and resolution Of Jschxon.
| whom ii processes 50 much to reycrc. ai,,;
SAID to tho Southern conspirators, We vii!
de'erd the Constitution aud did the Pres,.
deht IN putting down, by force, any rGsis,
snce 20 the laws and government Of the
United States, We should have no war. I,
was by inducing the Southern people to
believe that thev. would bc no opposition
offered by the govcrn:ue1t Of the United
States to the withdrawal Of the slave States
from the Union, and the establishment tr
them oil separate government, that tbeY
succeeded in carrying those States Into tbs
scheme Of secession With its conscQuca.
calamites"
The Journal. Of Louisville, reterrlsc T.
the lines Of the Journal of Indianapolis.
makes the following stult;fying extracts.
On the 18th of November, 1890, the Indis.
napolis Journal said (rc!crring to the Sc
ccssionists):
They know very well that If they ars
determined to leave the Union, no repub.!.
can Will care to have them stay, A Union
preserved only by intimidation and force 10
a mockery. and it is hetter broken tbAa
whole. II South Carolina and her associ.
ates in folly really want to leave the Union.
they can 60 without word Of objpc.ion
from any man north of Mason and D,xoo's
line. Let all 60 who "ant to, we say, and
let them g. quietly, build up new govern.
ment If they car, and when they find that
1t won't pay, let them cone back on the
old terms, &C." .-.
Referring to the threatened secession Of
South Carolina, the Indianapolis yoxraa1
two days later said:
"Thcre will be no collision Of hostile
forcrs unless she makes it, for the people OF
the North vii! never raise or use an army
to force any State to stay in the Union.
Coercion We regard Gu. of ths
question in any case"
Discussing the general theme of secession
and coercion, little upwards oc week
later, the Indianapolis Journal said;
1--WE deem it superf1uouS to argue that q
popular government cam never he preserved
by force. The act Of compulson changes
It to despotisrn, 30 lar as the parties a!.
fse'ed BY it are concerned.
"ls such a Union worth prcservInpl
We say no. Practically, then, coercion
costs US great deal and gives US nothing.
Theoretically, it costs US still more, tor il
costs US our consistency. Secession IL
revolution.
"We, having established our eovern.
ment by revolution, or the right Of peo.
pie ut any time to change government
which is oppr. ssive to them, cannot deny
that right to those who deliberately dec!aro
our government oppressive. What We
claimed as our right we cannot deny to
those who claim it of US, and helped u
assert our claim at the outset. They may
be mistaken. In our Judgment they are
fatally mistaken, but We cannot Judge for
them whether the Federal government ia
too oppressive for endurance any mere than
England could judge for Us. We know
how eloquently may be urged the glory u
this great country and the Union cement.
ed by the blood of our fathers,' hut it is all
wasted beside the one plain, simple eact that
If any State in this Union feels tho Union
to be injurious and oppressive, a civil war
cannon change her opinion; in TACT, it is not
calculated to change it, and, if sho will not
stay in the Union, it will ba cheaper and
bettor to let her CO."