The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-07-21
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there is but one reply. If it be indeed
true, then the Government is at an end;
the Union is dissolved; and every Stat,
is again an individual political communi-
ty, for the bond which holds New York
to Pennsylvania is exactly the same that
unites New York aud Georgia, and if it
is. broken any where it is broken every
where. II it be true, our Datlona) flag
has disappeared, the national honor is
goue: and most of the States Of the A.
merican Union are separate powers of
smaller population than the cities Of Lon.
don or Paris. There is no navy, no ar.
my, no common force. no collective glory
The work of a hundred years is uudoue,
and what State, section, party, or iudi-
vidual is the gamer Of the least real ad
vantagef
If we cant subdue the rebels" the
rebels have subdued us. In that case
Jefferson Davis will be content, because
his pride will be satisfied. Fernando
Wood aud his followers, the Copperheads,
will be content, because they will hope
to prostitute the character Of the North
to new Union upon terms dictated by
slavery The foreign enemies of the
Union will be content; for they have ha.
ted to see republic which might ope day
completely vindcate the great truth Of
equal human rights as the only secure
foundation Of government. But there
can be no real advantage gained by any
of these Davis will have founded u
kingdom which civilization will abhor.
Wood will share the fate, thousand fold
more terrible, of Benedict Arnold aud
Aaron Burr; while the foreign powers
will soon be in worse straits from their
quarrels over our remains than they would
ever have been from our united policy of
peace. The Government of the United
States will be overthrown; there will be
universal anarchy upon its late domain;
there will be universal hopclessness of
any new Union upon any honorable tcrmsj
each State, prey to passionate party.
spirit; will fall into civil war, and those
who so triumphantly assert that awe
can't subduc the rebels" will learn what
it is to be citizen of nation utterly
shattered, degraded, and despi,ed.
The alternative, as we have already
said. is very clear. Either the people
must conquer, or the rebellion will. Ell.
Their the authority Of the Government
must be maintained uncon ditionally, or it
must be overthrow; for Government
which allows citizens to dictate the terms
upon which they will obey the laws has
ceased to be Government. The talk
abou. negotiation and settlement is idle,
ard unworthy sensible men. The mo-
meut that We tolerate the thought Of nc.
got; a,icn We begin to yield the Govern.
mcnt. Mr.. Wood and hi. followers ia.
sist that the war must end in -cUmpro.
mise, because they know that compromise
is the victory of the rebellion, and they
wish the rebellion to succeed. For when
they insist that the war is wicked and
ought to stop, and propose to send CON-
miSsioncrs to Richmond to arrange terms
honorable to the South" they propose
the destruction of the Government, which
Is tue sucCl5S u wv itptlituu.
When such men say, awe can't subduc
the rebels" their meaning is as clear as
their patriotism. But when the same
phrase is used merely 10 dependency by
those who sincerely wish the national
honor to be maintained, they should be
asked to remember what the prospects of
the war one year ago, and what they are
now. Colds higher, but so is the spiri,
of the people. The army that drove Lee
from Gettysburg now threatens both his
supplies and his escape from his own cap
',al Gold may 60 still higher, but so
will the national determination, and there
is no reason to apprehend disaster until
there is a cry from the crowd and break
ing heart of the American people, awe
cant eubdue the rcbc!s!" When that
cry is heard the rebels may subdue US,
and welcome, for there will be nothing
left worth lighting for.-Hurper's Week.
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