The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1866-03-01

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all the States. I am for admitting Into
the councils Of the nation al their repre-.
ht fvs wlo Hre NM da3 Pbly Rd
oo edg1s llega1e ! TIL Gown.
!. ben an4 no sV{ars g por =
u ON tdf ibn must lecess 1sil2 be al
unless he is loyal. A mere infection Of
! the cath but makes no difference; astlie
principle, whatever test Is thought pro
Res a %e sy' Si r on atssL1 %
care nothing; but let man be unmis.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. tI71Eat let
him acknowledge allegiance to, the Cop
stitdtioff 0f the q nit3d States and BE VII
filing t0i support, the Governmeht In its
hpnrpf peril aQa itshorx of .ne9ls ard I
am willing to trust him, ApPlensfl,
know that some do not attach -
much fmpoftiiice Is the point as / do,
tbut T. regarl;4t ~ fhndamehed. rome
tpxiuciploJ that Oosrieil as thr0teh the
revolution was that there should be no
taxation without representation, / hold
to that print1ple, which was laid down
asfhnuamentAI Ly cur fathers; 1fif was
good then, il iAgoed now; II It was worth
standing ~ then It is worth staHding BY
now. II Is fundamehtai, and SHOULD he
observed 9 . leas & that rs Is
rebellion it, WA, eaid by some TINT the
Constitution. had been relied up as a
piece Of parchment and laid away; that
in time OF war and rebellion there was
no constitution. We know that some
times in great necessities, under great
emergencies, unconstitutional things
must sometimes necessarily be done IN
oEtler'to preserve the Constitution itseff;
Lat II, while the rebellion WIS going on
the CONSTITUTION gt ,wai n rolled up apd laiAl
lars, in' olstefo 20 .avs 4ile government.
and all may be excused and JUSTIFIED,
because in sayinas. the Government you
really saved, the Constitution; now that
peace has como, now that the War is Over,
we want -aguin the benefit Of 4 Written
Constitution. andaI say the time has
come to take the Constitution down, to
unrOl1, to ,reread, to understand its proyi-
sioiis tforougfIly; and now in order tosave
the the Government We must preserve
Constitutional Our only safetyis in strict
adherence and preservation Of the Con,
stitution of our fathers. It j. now UNI
folded: it, n4tlsS now he fead, it must be
digested and understood by the AmeriL
can people. am here to-day, then, in
making these remarks to .yindicate the
CONSTITUTION, and to save 1t, as believe
II tioesasU( M asjf ei,crtachment afteftf1,
Observation-Disclosures ul'osl 10. las far
e Z; liz. sa1, t'haye fSer resisted enGreacA;
~ H.,
lIy fO1n0selNe tire UOrtst tOv-t
eyHlpsnt at. the United States .aGutat
Applause. 1t is now a time, Of peace, h
affd let us Have peace; let Ii, enforce, the
Constitution, let tss live under and actor.
ding to it's provisions, let it lie published
and printed in blazing characters as tho !
IT We're in the heavens and punctupted /
10y The stars, 30 that all can read and I'LL !
can un<le rstand. Let us consult that in /
and be guided ly siprovis- /
ions; letlps understand them, and llntteE-Y
them abide BY them. tell the !
opposcrs OF. this government, care not !
+ rom what qharter they come, East or !
West, North or South. yeu that are en-
ga9eu III thy .ysesls Of ires,hina "i' ta.c
government are mistaken The Con-
stitutioIi of the United states and the
OF. free government are deep
y
he, powers combined cannot destroy the
'reat instrument, the great chart of free
ON Fheitatfempts, though they seen,
y succeed for u time, will be futile. They
light AS We'll undertake to repeal the
and indeed it seems now /
o be supposed that it can he repealed BY .
concurrent resolution. laughter. -
3utwhen tile question il submitted to /
he popular Judgment, and to the mass !
# the people, these men will find that
hey might as well Introduce a resolution
0 repeal the law OF gravitation. The I
The attempt to keep this Union from be- {
ng restored is just about rs feasible as !
vculd be resistance to the great law of 9
,ravitation which binds all to common l
centre. The great law Of political gr,,yi- &
alton will bring back these States and I
estore them to all their relations with q
lie Federal Government. Ciiques, and 6
'abals, and conspiracies, and nlacflina- n
ions North and South cannot prevent {
ms great conallmmatiOn. Tremendous 9
applause. All that is wanted is time
Let the American people get to under {
stand what lie going on, and they will I
'oon manifest their determination on. Here, {
~ way OF explanation, let me say that / / !
would to God the whole American peo-
Die could be assembled here to-day as you .
ne. wish there was a vast alnpithea !
re here spacious enough to contaln the I
whole thirty millions, and they could !
witness the great struggle that IS going {
III to preserve the Constitution Of their !!
athers. aIhey would settle thu Question ~
they could once see how things are, if !
hey could see the kind Of spirit that il }
Manifested IN the effort to break. up the {
eaa principles of free government-when :
hey come to understand who was for
hem and who, was against them, who !
vas for ameliorating their condition, and
Who was for elevating them by presery-
ng their Government. If the combat
nts could stand before them, and there
ould be regular set to between the re- i.
pective giadiators, in the first tilt that
night De made you would find that the
nemies ofthe country would be crushed. |