New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1865-05-12
RESTORA ATL on.
= SOUTHERN UNION MAN ON THE
QUESTION,

me 10Th, publishes the following letter,
| which it states was written to friend
IN that state by southern union man
who holds a responsible Office under
the United States government:
II fear that terrible crisis
now awaits our beloved country, both
north and south-for you the financial
crash is inevitable, and the terrible
results of the generalization of war;
THE north thinks the struggle is
near v over the south subdued and
peace at hand. That is by no means
certain. TIE rro4t'cr VII l3 decided
hv the course which the government
marks out within the mext thirty days.
If, flushed by regent victories, none
but the hand of the orpressor be seen,
latter not yourselves with the hope of
peace. Even though there be no large
southern army in the field guerrilla
warfare will pile up your debts and
ravage your borders fer twenty years.
But if you have the magnanimity to
say to the southern states, Come oack
ssyou went oct, with all your rights
and privileges, only guarantee emanci-
patton by the action of your legislatures
in twenty years; and'I think the south
will return, and the government be re-
stored. say government, not at,ion
for the child is not born that will
ever see that. There flows river of
blood, wide and deep, between the
north and the south. that cuts off all
love, and brotherhood, and kindly feel
ing. Think you t!,av the man who
visits his parental home, and where
once was 9; noble residence he finds
only the hlackened chimneys fences,
orchards, shade trees all gone-the
beautiful garden, his fathers pride, torn
up and destroyed, and is told of insults
and inlignities that have beer heaped
upon his wife, his mother or his sister
by negroes in federal uniform can
easily forgive? Do not think this
fancy picture an isolate case. Ten
nessee has hundreds and hundreds of
such cases---so have they attended
Sheridan in the valley, Sherman from
Chattanooga to Raleigh, tesides Turchin,
Blenker, and many others-and all,
they said, to restore the union On
what page of history will you fnd greet
er barba rites, and they are rractioed
not by savages. but under the direction
OF civilized, religious people, who call
the BlOe their standard of right and
wrong, and Jesus their exemplar! Do
not think | exaggcrate in picturiag
these horrors. The plain, naked state
ment Of fact is enough. The truth has
never reached you Of that | am sure
--or the people Of the north, as one man,
would protest against such cruelty.
Great efforts have been made to
have you believe that the south went to
war for the maintenance Of slavery.
That is not true, and Mr.. Stephens
speech has been di istorted to make ap-
pear what he never uttered. It was not
slavery bat the right Of self-govern-
ment The constitution served US well
for many years, while brotherhood
continued; but when fanatical preachers
and english emlsaries stirred up ilI-will
and alienated our hearts, SO that we
could no longer live together in amity,
it was thought best to separate; and, If
that had happened without war, have
no doubt that these asperitss would have
subsided, and in few years would have
secured a better union than before.
GAS to slavery, |, myself am practic-
ally an emancipationist, for / liberated
mine, aud for many years nothing
could induce me to purchase another,
but while | consider slavery curse TO
the white man, the owner, il is a bless
| ing t0 g18 negro CotnpAre his eon4I-
ion 81 the south with the su Hiects ol
the king Of Dab my, or any other part
Of Africa--there you see their conditi-
ton before they were brought here
where in the wide world will you find =
laboring class sosfree from care, his
bodily wants 50 well supplied, in q