The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1866-09-20

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the loyal majority, and refuses to per
pstaats the traitor min0sity; that IN ".
cry staas south Of Macon and Dixorsi
line, his policy has wrought the linost
dsploeahae consequences, social, moral
and. political. IL hss emboldened' fe.
turned rebels to threaten civil war II
Maryland, Missouri, West Virginia, and
Tennesse, unless the patriots who saved
and sealed these States TO the old Dag
surrendered before their arrogant de-
maud. f4..w y ha,ll, ,og ." -
1t has corrupted high State officials,
elected BY Union men and sworn to en-
forcs the laws against returned rebels,
and made them the mere instruments
Of the anthorities Of the rebel Hon. II
has " encouraged , new, alienation
between the sections, byt tiupeding emil
gra&ion T. Ne 9esth, has essc1sA . Sbr-
nnidsble barrier against 49, and friend
" intercourse In tho North and West.
1t has intercourse in the rebsl soldiers
to persecute the teachers of the colored
schools, and burn the churches In which
the freedmen have worshipped tho liv-
Ing God. rar,.,.@.rs A. IN sA.. -s'7s.
That q system % harbaruus, should
have eliminated In the ffightful riots
Of Memphis and the still more appalling
massacre Of New Orleans, was - natural
as that bloody war should follow from
the teachings Of John G. Calhoun and
JefK Davis. ,'n', .,. " ~ Jf,[..s =. sgs2d
Andrew johnson is responsible for all
these unspeakabis cr,aelties, and - he
provoked, 30 he justilBes and applauds
them, sending his agents and ernissareis
Into the rsfinsd and patriotic metropo-
lie to insist upon making his reckless
policy test upon . Christian people.
He forgot that the protection extended
to the l4th Of August Convention was
not only denied to the free people of
New Orleans on the 3Oth Of July. when
they assembled to discuss how best to
protect themselves, but denied amidst
the slaughter Of hundreds Of innocent
men. No page in the record Of his re-
cent outrages upon human justice and
constitutional law IL more dark than
that which assisted in the preparations
for that awful carnage, and not only re-
fasing to punish, but toi2ing tothrow
the guilty responsibility upon unoffend-
ing and innocent freedmen. , "a
The infatuated tyrant that stood resdy
to crush his own people In Tennessee,
when they were struggling to maintain'
. Government erected by himself,
against his and other traatosio.sl perse.l
cuaions, was even more eager TO iill.as-
trate his savage policy by clothing with
va.c nluss ursIS,it purcs ,'av ..v.s.s :.
New Orleans. II. - 1.s@,ueasag. td5
Notwithstanding this lseartlcas deser-
tion and cruel prosecutions by Andrew
johnson, the States If Missouri, KEN
tucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, Mary.
land and Deleware, imbued with demo-
cratic-republican principles which tils
fathers Of the Republic designed for all
America, arc now making determined
battle with the enemies Of free constitu-
tional Government; and, by the blessing
Of God, these States will soon range
i'm line with the former free
States, and illustrate the wisdom and
benefit of the great Charter Of Liberty
by their increasing population wealth
and prosperity In the remaining ten
States. 'za at
The seeds of oligarchy, planted In the
Constitution, by it's slavery features
have grown to be monstrous power,
whose recognition, thus wrung from the
reluctant trainers Of that great instru-
ment, enabled these States to entrench
themselves behind the perverted doc
trine Of States Rights, and sheltered bya
claim of constitutional obligation, to
maintain slavery in the States; to pre-
sent to the American Government the
alternative Of oligarchies with slavery,
or Republican Government Without
slavery. A forebearing Government,
bowling to supposed constitutional be-
hest, acquiesces in the former alterna-
tive. The hand Of the Government was
stayed. For eighty years the principle
Of constitutional liberty languished for
want Of Government support. Oligarchy
nlatured Its power with subtle design.
Its history for eighty years is replcte
with unparalleled injuries and usurpa-
tions. 1t developed only the agriculture
al localities, geographically distinct from
the free localities, and less than one
third of the whole, with African slaves.
It held 10000 Of human beings as
chattels, yet made them the basis Of
unjust power for themselves In Federal
and State Governments. To maintain
slavery It excluded free white labor from