Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1864-04-23

THE aHs A.. s:55ss5ke S. 4 or "o'' A.
M. HussAs6 rose and said - IT,
at has been asserted upon this door
and elsewhere that thousands Of lives. have
been sacrificed, millions Of treasure *.
pended, and IN immense An cunt Of prop.
srsy destroyed during this war!"
Startling proposi.ionl Wonderful die.
covsry! Who would have thought that the
modest aud unassu ming Member from this
District could have originated such bril-.
liant idea, and poured forth such won.
dsrfhl strain Of sloquencs1 ~~@@ ~.~
The Honorable gentleman goes On to
ssy shss This is = var between freedom
and slavery, that tho Administration is
responsible for none Of the fearful and
ruinous consequences attendant upon IT,
We should suppose from the tone Of his
speech, that he had been reading some Of
Stewards and Lincoln's speeches and was
sodesvoring to palm them of on the pab.
Ito - .. production Of his own, BY dressing
their ideas in bis own language; but in
doing this, be has distorted many Of them
cut Of their true proportion and rendered
them r:diculous. He dwells 1t great
length on the Irreprsssible Conflict doc.
trioe. Advocates the idsa that tho Ad.
Manifestation is the GoverE~snt and that
the Government can do no wrong. He
says that "the Government" q in other
words Old Abe, "has conducted this war
With far.seeing sag.ci.y, prudence, abb.
isy and wise craftsmanship which chal.
lsnges the admiration Of the world" Let
~ zee how this 10: With four times the
aumssr Of fighting meo, ten times The
resources, and with the advantage Of being
Recognised - Nation BY the civilized
wosld-old Abe has continued this war for
three years against the South, and wha.
10 our advantage What il our reward
A large extent Of desola.ed territory,
which is only held At the point Of the bay.
onst; acme hundred thousands Of misera.
bic negroes on our hands to feed aud care
for; our national credit almost ruined
and three hundred thousand nev made
graces, viii million rido,cs and orph.
sns! In . military point of view, wc
have gained no advantage. The rebel
forces are in . better condition to-day to
resist our advance, thai they have been At
any previous time during the war. Their
army i better disciplined, better compar.
isoned and being more concentrated can
act with greater efficiency than ever be.
fore. "Cha'lenge the admiration Of the
world" indeed! Why, those nations that
recognize - their standard Of morality The
teachings Of the Saviour can never view
With Any other feelings than those Of pity
and sorrow, our miserable failure to recon.
cile our differences, and settle our diff.
culties.
!. He further says, This conflict has not
been without it, good results The proud
and defiant traitors have been hamblsd'
HumbIed in what way We should like to
koow? Lave they they made PROPOSE.
lions for peace On any other terms than
those proposed in the Beginning Of the
war? 10 not tho tone Of all their public
journals ~ bold and defiant ~ ever p
They treat ~ felons white officers taken 10
command Of negro troops, and reduce
the negroes to slavery. Then wherein
have they been hum5led We ask? The
Honorable Members appears to have :
weakness for indulging in high sounding
words without duly weighing their signi.
6cance. Rhetorical 6ourishes appear to
b the object rather than tho truth but 50
long ~ bis empty twaddls passes currently
for solid wisdom among bic friends and
admirers. W suppose it is not our province
TO complain. -.-..... ...
,"1'Our advance has not been confined to
our arms alone during this three years Of
struggle, Of mingled hope and fears, while
these grand and magnificent results has
.besa accomplished By our armies, the
cause Of freedom and humanity has not
been standing STILL"
We agree With him that the cause Of the
negro has been progressing, but claim that
the cause Of freedom and humanity has
bssn doing worse than standing still.
hAs been retrograding. The privileges Of
the writ Of habeos corpus, Of trial By jury,
the liberty Of the press and speech have
~ kssa abolished o. abridged. The iron
hand Of military power o,ershadows the
civil authority, and fall with it, crushing
weight upon Ill Who would dare opposs
The nd insane attempts Of fanatical and
Snserupslous depaGogues to place the
oegro Eaes on the same social and political
level With The whites; aud thus place in
.sbsis hands plant tools With which 70 soa.
Die them % iarthsr crafty thsir last for
power and enblic plandsr. :