The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-01-21

J secure an honorable and permanent peace
and seal forever the terrific fountains q
J civil war. BY doing less than this, W
s would prove faithless to the sacred trus,
!, committed to our care, embitter the hel
itage Of posterity, and commit NOR
strous crime.
No true patriot, no sincere wish.r c
restored and honored Union, could de-
, sire the wicked and Infamous leaders G
this rebellion reinststed in their place
under this Government, where, By rep
etltion Of their gigantic frauds and in
trlgues, they might again attemp. wha
they have so signally failed to accom-
plish by the gage of battle. Every mo
tive of self preservation and the sternes
, dictates of patriotic duty, demand of u
to guard well this vital point. Let u'
expunge forever these infamous name:
from the roll Of the Union Let us ap
peal directly to the less criminal offend:
ers and the more tractab'c masses. Tc
none others would it be safe or expedient
to extend the boon of amnesty or cnfran-
chisemcnt, and not to these even, ex,
cep. upon the just and easy terms of
being purged of their Treason and plight
ing anew their faith to the Union.
ANY effort at restoration, to be sub
stantial and productive of satisfactory
results, should be inaugurated upon a
theory which will inspire mutual conf
dence between the parties, and constitute
a basis sufficiently comprehensive to
embrace all who, by recantation Of their
disloyalty, may qualify themselves for
and become entitled to its benefits. The
initial point is obviously the most vital,
and difficult; for if we start with a
wrong reckoning, cur future course will
be one Of constant embarrassmcnts, end
/ fail of ultimate success.
Profoundly impressed with these con
victions, and firmly believing that no
more feasible mode Las yet been devised
for securing speedy and honorable ad
justmcnt Of our disorl-rcd Union, I am
prepared to fully endorse the late emil
nently plain aud sensible proclamation of
! President Lincoln, and until Withdrawn
Or superseded by some more authoritative
act, shall yield to it my earnest and unc-
quivocal support.
can see in this proclamation much to
admire and nothing to condemn II it
be objected that one,tenth, being the
number Of persons therein designated as
the basis OF reorganization, be too small,
the appropriate answer is, that it bears a
fair proportion to those who, for the
last half century, have controlled the
politics and usurpcd the destinics of the
South; and will exceed, in each State,
the number Of, those who kindIed the
fires OF this rebellion, aud whose treason
created the condition Of things Of which
this restored tenth have become the sad
and unwilling victims. 1t is but the
| beginning of great contamination, and
forms nucleus, around which the return.
ing loyalty of the South may daily, and
rapidly gather, as they comply with the
lust and easy terms Of the proclamation.
The proclamation prescrbcs only the
minimum number necessary to constitute
the basis Of reorganization, excluding
only the more criminal actors, and those
J ""' t0iHi'' ~ "hhCiih.' - thtF uca>hu.
Amnesty Is boon, not right, and, as
criminals before the law, they are in no
situation to dictate its terms, bat must
submit to those which the Government.
IN the exercise Of its clemency, may deem
it wise to grant.
If this mode Of adjustment engcndcrs
revolution in the political relations ofrhc
South, it will be a revolution OF richt
against wrong. aud of which the ourrc<s.
ed and Injured masses will derive the
benefits.
By steadily alherinr to these n-inci.
pies. as | trust we shall. we may succeed
after much WANDERING, and cro5t ,rihrl,-
ton, in brinoinr this G,y4,,mant b,cl,
to its ancient and safe landmarks nf
universal frcodom and nar,o,na, r,;,,
| cannot close thi. communicates, and
forcoo ,bo or,ortn,;,v ,.rcsc,,o3 - 'o~n
graduate the General Asssn,hIv and ~
people upon the ousnicions condition of