Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1864-04-23
This was The doctrine taught By ths Re-.

publicsn and Abolition party before The
war broks out. This was The reason Why
the raid Of John Brown vss 20 spplaudsd
~ shess men shroughost the North, and
Why the murderer Of the citiseus Of vir.
gioia was csnooissd - : Saint IL the
hearts Of The sesro.w ershiPpiog party Of
the North. No,vi,hs,sndisg il vas pro.
claimed BY thS party who elected Lincoln
that freedom and slavery could not live
together, that one or the other Ssust die
il 10 urged that the South had no cause
for alarm OF to fear any encroschme
upon her institutions BY the party in
power, who had made these declarations.
This gentlemen, bowling in concert with
the Abolition party, must add his testi.
mony against The South in the following
we'll rounded period: $3.50 %
"Thess men have gone from us-repu.
dated their allegiance without cause or
provocation."
He next pitches into Fernando Wood
and asnihilates him, and deals the Dem.
ocratis party such stsaning blo,cs that bis
friends we're compelled to carry him ont
On . shutter that hs might cool his fesvor.
cd brain
He then gives tho benefit Of bic very
sstats mind to investigating the question
- to whether the war 10 rebellion. OF
has assumed the proportions Of cioH var:
After citing authorities and making use Of
arguments that are f. miliar to every school
boy Of ordinary intelligence, he settles the
question that this 10 civil par; and says
that, ut is msch more necessary that
No should sdhers 70 the rules Of civilized
warfare 10 the unfortunate circumstance
whore two parties are endeaoori~g to des.
troy taeir common country, than 10 war
agaiust foreign State" Now We regard
this - direct ding u shs Administra
siou, and consequently in opposition TO the
Government; for every one must be aware
that the Administration in ito dealings
with the Confederate States has violated
ere,y rule Of civilized warfare. Gen. Sher.
mans late raid into the State o: Alabama
WAS characterized By dsvsstation and ous.
RACES, beside which oil the outrageous Gets
Of the English Government toward the
Colonies, during the Revolution, would
sink into insigni6cance Public works
were destroyed, towns and villages burnt,
private property destroyed and carried OF.
Nor has these acts Of shamefal outrage
been confined to Shermsn's command
alone, but utmost to our whole aroy.-
There are, i. 10 true, = few honorable q.
captions to this rule but those eommau.
dsrs who failed to adop. the principles Of
the Goths and Vsndsls in Tho conduct Of
their commando, have been placed in
retirement, or dishonorably dismissed from
the service.
NJ. Hubbard alao comes 10 conflict With
the Admioissra.ion upon The doctrine Of
Secession, and upon the question. - to
whether the Stasss that have seeded sho'd
Do dealt with - States or Territories. His
position 10, that the Constitution imposes
no Affirmative obligations On States, which
Of course justi6cs Secession. Yet in IN.
other part Of bis speech be says, 1--WE
should deal with the Seeded States a.
States, and not ~ Territories !" for be
claims that ut was By An act Of Congress
that they we're admitted into the Union,
and that it is BY that power alone that
they can be driven out II the honorable
Member had ordinary intelligence and
penetration, he would see 1t once, BY the
dim light Of his own arguments. tia. these
States were out Of the Union BY the ac.a
Of Congress and the Administration. He
says that the war will end, If the CALLING.
Ere in the rear" i exsinguished and Old
Abe reelected Blu. be does not say when
it will end, whether within twenty years
hence, or when both parties have expended
oil their resources and are compelled to
stop from sheer exhaussion Of men and
means. Very eonsoling indeed. the idea
that if Mr.. Lincoln Is r.. elected. and the
Democracy used up. that the war will end!
All things earthly must have ~ end; 20
the proposition, that tie var vils md, does
not s.artls % in the lsast. We have never
read : speech that scssters 20 much With.
out hitting upon some new idss Or truth.
We commend Il 70 our readers 49, perfect
specimen Of how much man may talk
without saying anything. But ~ cannot
wonder It the speech being something
new and extraordinary, - Mr.. Hubbard
was occupied with it, competition darisg
tho entire ssasion Of Congress. Il il bic irrt
speech in Congress, and we hops for the
aAks Of bic friends i may b the last
Cosgrsss i just now very mach sssr.
cissd By To fact that Representative Long