The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-07-25
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portion of his late Postville 4th OF July
speech, which so worries the conscience
and "loyalty'' of the fanatical malignants
who are gratifying the personal envy of
the Ne,cs editor by weekly contributions
of slang to his columns. Stoncman needs
no defence against such men, but it is
right that his wickedncss, his coppcrhcad-
ism, his rebellious language, should be OK
posed, and, in the union, christian, frater-
nal, sensible remarks below published, the
reader can learn just how far our friend
JOHN has offended we arc not surprised
that the RAIDS dislike him-common sense
has severe effect on the mental stomach
of fanatic, and black vomit is the natural
result of its application to badly disor-
dcred state of mind and morals. -
"The southern people entered upon the
war for the purpose of settling, what they
contended, was an open question-the
right of a state to secede. On this issue,
they staked all and lost all, and the reflect
ing men of the south to-day, accepting the
past, are willing to abide the result Pres
idcnt johnson, following the logic of his
predecessor, shat as no state has a right
to secede, it therefore follows that no state
has seeded from the Union," has urged
upon the people of the North and South,
to accept the fact as the fundamental prin..
ciple of reorganization: BY adopting this
view of the case, so consonant With reason
and the Constitution, apprchendcd difficult
ties vanish, and the old Temple Of the I'm
ION, still stands complete mall its noble
proportions. The glitter and tinsel have
persisted in the fire, but its corridors, will
still echo with all of its old melodies,
when the harp of the Union shall once
more be swept by the gentle hand Of fra
ternal affection. All of its old, cherished
memories will still cluster around it, ard
in the true spirit of christian charity,
whose gentle influences the, human heart
cannot always repel, the American people
will bury in the grave of forgetfulness the
singing memories that once ranked in
their hearts. Thus will be fittingly closed
a spectacle unparalleled in human history,
and an example will be furnished to which
the great and good will admiringly turn in
succeeding time.
/ know it is not popular to speak of
err passions are easily reused by bitter words
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sympathy and enlist the softer feelings of
the heart. | confess no sympathy with
that wholesale condemnation of eight mil
lions of American people, whom we haze
compelled to live with us under common
] government. Misguided and deluded thy
have been, but do not believe them to be
a community of assassins. Brothers, still
of Anglo Saxon lineage, we have invited
them back at the bayonet's point to sit with
us in the Halls of Legislation. Tens Of
thousands We're forced into the rebel ranks
by military CONSUMPTION or the despotism Of
public opinion. They were literally pre-
cipitated into rebellion, and to use the Ian
guage of one Of their violent leaders, it
became necessary to sprinkle blood in the
faces of the people to induce them to fight
against the government. Is it right to out
law these men, and brand them with life.
long infamy? Shall we make them dan.
gerous and improbable neighbors, or shall
we invite them to forget the past, and build
anew, on the basis of free institutions, a
better state of society. 1t is proper that in
the exceptional cases made by the Presi.
dent he should wait for evidence of repent.
ancc and demand security in time to come
No good man hopes, land if he does, dis
appointment awaits him, that the politica
q letine will be set at work to spread
anew, mourning and desolation through
the south nor will this government, afte
having for century afforded an asylum
to exilcs of other lands, now send thou
sands of it's own ostracised citizens to wan
der on the shores of Europe.
1t is right that these men be Inundated
but what greater humiliation can visit then
than to compel them to live the recipient
of the clemency of government the,
hated but could not destroy? The reveng
that is sweet to the soul, is to compel tn
respect and command the love of an enc
my. But shall no punishment be mete
out to rebelliour people say YES &c
visit the desolated states, the blackene
!. cities and ruined homes where the frs
born of every family has been slain. Fam
inc has been an inmate in the cottage {
the poor and the palace Of the rich, an
the wall of sorrow has come up from ever
corner of the land. 1T is Rachel, weepin
: for her children and refusing to be con
, fortcd, because they are not" 1t will ne
now be worthy of christian governmer
to send the blood hounds Of revenge,
l drag this people from their ruined home
f and scatter them abroad over the face {
:, the earth. !, for one, commend the spir
with which the new president, car7yi''
J out the policy Of his predecessor, has ina,
n gurated his theory of reconstruction, an
O doubt not, that carried out in the human
. spirit of charity, it will secure to him tt
ultimate gratitude of his countrymen, an
: restore to prosperity war-burdened lam
e Fellow-citizens, l have said that Il
@ Union is restored. So far as WAR can r
store, the Union IS restored. Organize
. opposition to law has been swept ava,
and the old flag floats over an unbroke
Union. Law, charity, christianity So
:. '.Lct there be Peace" All this is desirabl
/ Yet all the blood that has been spilled WI
;. have been in vain if the American poop
/ 90 hence to-day, to SOW in the public mir
the baneful tares of public discord.
= may answer selfish purposes of bad me
It to tear open old wounds and seek out ne
S causes Of irritation, but the true friend
: the Union will strive to calm the risir
passions of his countrymen, and will car
s fully train the ivy blossoms of peace,
. hide the wounds and cover the scars viii!
4 War has made. The union of these. stat
J will be of little value, unless it is follow,
by that ssunion of hearts which aloi
gives value and permanence to our instit
tons. EsES Yt.t1
s A hostile people, bound together by Il
a mere forms of government. is nothing mo
than a political volcano, which only wal
> some fatal hour to fill the land anew wi
$ ruins. Let us then, to-day, in spirit
IS generous confidence and charity, extci
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