Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1864-04-29

this dispatch Let the gentleman answer
and the country judge. Thus in the COM
mencement this gentleman is found in the
company and in sympathy with Toombs.--
And where has he been found sincc--upon
the side Of his country or against it When
and where has his voice either in the halls Of
Congress or elsewhere been raised against
traitors or treason? What aid has he given
this Government in the great work it is &C.
complshing2 1t is true, he and those with
whom he has acted--the whole peace party
have been engaged in a war, bitter, vim
dctive, and relentless, but not against trail
tors. Their war has been against the Ad
ministration and the friends Of the Govern
ment. While these have been fighting with
all Of their strength and power, while they
have been struggling against the hosts OF
treason, the gentleman and those acting with
him have been making war upon them and
their measures. From the commencement,
with all of his power, influence and strength,
in season aud ont Of season, upon the floor
of this House and elsewhere, the gentleman
has opposed every important measure made
use OF to suppress. this ungodly rebellion.
In speech delivered In this House on the
2Gth of January last find tho following re-
markable and extraordinary sentiment utter
cd by the gentleman from New York:
"Ihis war must cease, I care not how or
from what cause, whether by exhaustion on
either side, by southern submission or sue.
cess, by mediation OF northern magnanimity,
or by northern sense of self preservation
The war must cease There must be an end
Of it sooner or later from one cause or anoth-
or. think all will conccde this. Admit.
ting, therefore, this conclusion tho next in.
quiry is how, and whcns These are the
proper questions for this Congress to deter.
mine. When shall this qrar ceaso?"
| What are we to understand by this? Is
the gentleman totally indifferent to the result
Of this strugglep Does he not care how it
ends, whether in success or defeat? Is there
n man in all the North so destitute Of inter
est in the nations welfare? I have quoted
the gentlcman's language contained in his
printcdispcech, and vii! leave il for his ex-
planation and tho Judgment OF the country
Certainly this gentleman is fit companion
for Nalandigham, and tho two arc fit and
estimablc advocates of pence while such SEN
tmcnts are thrown broadcast over the coun-
try.
Sir, am not willing under such circum
stances to follow such leaders in such cause
-onc already convicted Of disloyalty and the
other making rapid strides, MS rapid as his
superabundant caution will allow him, in the
same direction. i .s
With these facts leave the world to de-
termine whether these men are really friends.
| TIE ISSUE.
have shown that the terms proposed by
tho South we cannot accept. Can you force
others upon them except at the point Of the
| y, IL 10; ina,
possible. In late number of the Richmond
Enquirer find the following:
It is all or nothing; the confedoracy or
tho Yankee nation, one or the other, must go
down, down TO ptrdition one or the other
must forfeit its national existence, and lie at
The mercy Of the other"
We must accept II. The people have already
and wicked rebellion must and shall be put
down by the force Of arms; that the confed-
cracy Is the government that shall 90 down,
down to black perdition. However the peo-
pie may be divided on minor points, or this
one there is great unanimity OF sentiment,
Mt least large majority have determined
that this rebellion must and shall be crushed
and this government of ours maintained, let
it cost what II may. ..r
This is not mere impulse, but il has be-
come a fixed and well settled principle. They
have become satisfied that lrless this is ac-
complished not only will theRepublic, found
ed upon the right of the people to govern
themselves, be destroyed and anarchy and
confusion follow, but the last hope Of ration.
al civil liberty, resting upon such right, per-
ish from off the face Of tho earth. Our "a.
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erected by them at such vast expense
and sacrifice of life and treasure, should
last forever, and be forever free Govern.
ment.
Many persons oppose this war and the
policy Of the Administration from an nppa.
rent distrust of its results In case the re.
belion is suppressed, how do you then pro,
pose to restore the Union is the inquiry
Under existing circumstances, have depro.
Gated the discussion of tfis question. The
rebellion yet exists in great strength and
power. Powerful armies arc in the field pre-
pared to maintain the confederate flag and
resist with stubborn bravery our advancing
legons The undivided energies Of the
whole nation should be brought against these
rebels. All of our strength should bs
brought to tho aid Of our forces until this
rebellion is crushed. All discussions calcu-
lated to divide and distract the friends of the
Government should be discarded. But as
the discussion has been commenced and will
certainly be continued, and the necessity OF
settling some definite line Of policy in rcla
ton to these States has been cast upon us
by our opponents, l am not disposed to
shrink from it. ..s Il. .. ...t.
| REBEL STATES STILL IN TIE UNION.
1t is claimed by soms that the act of re.
bellion against the Government has convert.
ed those States into Territories, and tha,
| Congress has the power, and It Is its duty "a
legisate and treat these States as Territories
cannot indorso this doctrine. | find mo
warrant for it in The Constitution. nor in the
relations of these States to the General Gov.
ernment. The Constitution has but very
little to do with these States ns SUCH 1t i'm.
poses no affirmative obligations on them. /;
does not depend upon them for the exercise
Of its powers or the execution Of it's laws
Tho people made that instrument and all
the powers contained and embraced in II
came from them; therefore, as it emanated
from them, there is peculiar appropriateness
in its reaching back to them the source o
all power in this Goyernmont II deals with
individuals almost exclusively. Under i,
laws are made, and every man within the
scope Of its authority must obey them
These laws are supreme, anything in the
Constitution or laws Of any State to the con
trary notwithstanding. It's this feature o.
our present Constitution which distinguishes
it from the old Articles Of Confederation. =
That was Confederation Of States Con
grcss made laws for the States to execute. -
States instead of individuals were dealt with
and called upon for men and money and sup
port in all respects. The result was tha
they could refuse support; in fact coult
annal the acts Of Congress at pleasure.
! 1t was found very weak Government
and our present Constitution was adopted tt