The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-03-14

". Ls SnO1eos j.. kt s4 n O.. Z. 81
This gentleman Is very distinguished mess
Der of the Wis. Press; he was long On.
The poli.icll editor Of the 8 s,tinci. = On ths
22d, he. in common with miny other prom;
rent men Of Milwaukee addressed a r,eetin.
held to sustain the Constitution and And,
Johnson. We give our readers IN exsrac.
from sholes--they will sec before the closc
rhere the gentleman has been for the last ! G
years, and they will approve his reasons for dc
clinng to remain an advocate Of that which i
already an accomplished fact viz: he a5,l;tior
ofslarery. 1t would seem that MI. s. doc,
not care "to waste ammunition on dead ducks"
Why is the internecine strife to be kent ',,,pf
Why Is the military power to be continued
against the principles of 0urgOvernmcnt7L Why
! are millions of increased expenditures to be
| incurred, adding to our already enormous bur-
thcns of taxation? Why is industry TO continue
to be paralyzed? Why prosperity put or u 4.
distant day? Why. in short, shall We be com.
PEELED for weary years vet. to go forw ard drink
ing OF tho bitter cup of the past five years7 An,
the hope,z vain and turtle Of thereby
beneGting some four millions. more or less. OF
blacks, True, theyyhaye their personal free.
dom, strong as constitutional "gnarantecs caIf
make it. True, they stand now in the great
| march of humanity, whele millions OF others
stand, for whom no special legislation IL asked.
Bat, nevertheless, all These evils and dangers
| are invoked by this insane purpose of class ann
special legislation. II is natural that one ex.
treme should bcSct another. II isrataral that
the Eanaticism OF the south in behalf of fsla.,
very should beges its opposite fanaticism in an
opposite quarter of the country. But the sans
wisdom that has guarded against and avoided
the evils of one extreme, should be- equally
jealous to guard against the inevitable dangers
and evils OF the other
presume differ essentially from many OF
my recent political assoeiatcs IN that, while
they believe the great mass Of human " 10
only to be benefited and lifted up throu eli the
negro. believe the negro il to be lifted up ana
benefited only through the lifting up and ben
ehtting the great mass OF humanity. The pol
ICY that would crush the general industry OF
the country by oppressive taxlton-- that would
establish bureaus and make laws unkne VIZ t.
and opposed to our institutons-tlst, in short.
tend to 2aralyzc, cripple, and degrade genefi
ally the white race, can never by any possibl.
ity, work any good to the negro. As the mass
OF white humanity rises in the scale of morals
and intelligence; he will rise with il to tho
atmosphere OF his full rghts-and while he is
sure to go down by the first process It is
equally true he can never rise except bv the
last In pleading, then, for a restored Union,
Tor an operative constitution | plead for thu
blacks no less than the writes. would savu
him II possible from that fierce love new pre-
valent, which like the tigers love not untre-
quently kills what it meant only to embrace
say under the principles Of our constitution,
with slavery eradicated from the land as fact.
progress in freedom is inevitable. No section
OF the country under its influence Can escape
from its effects any more than it can from tFie
effects OF the sun which shines upon it, and
under it white aud black must go forward to,
gether.
That the condition Of things, at the south 10
not what we should desire is probable, but the
man who could expect anything else after 1--WE
years OF dcsolsting war is both blind and un-
reasonable. That a northern man shotld now
not be the most acceptable companion to the
man he has just conquered, and that \ negro
IN his new condition should not at once be an
object altogether lovely is to be expected, un.
less we expect human nature at the south TO
be different from what it 10 elsewhere on earth
do not overlook these things; on the contra
ry, think it possible that these stories. ats
though rctailed by Interested partsar,s, arc
true. And it is this concu-ion which adds to-
my ardent desire that this Union should be re-
stored, for sure | am that in that restored
Union is not only to be found the best aud
apeediest corrective of this state OF things, brt
lts only corrective, for just sure as general
peace, general condition of stability in fact
and feeling will harmonize on the b isis Of
common interest and common sense ali these
difficulties and do away with these evils, SO will
the constant presence Of irritating, unscttlng,
unstable Influences by which it IS proposed t.
supersede the constitution and Union tend tor
eternally perpetuate AMI to never correct
them. Give US peace. give us harmony, give
US stability. all of which are now at this mo.
ment attainabe, and the negro will surely
Sravitate to the sphere and to all rights
which his usefulness and intelligence eut.tfu
him; and under those genial Influences which
in state OF peace press upon and effect all
humanity, he will neYitaby grasp those higher
rights as he rises to their reach. .s,.s -..
Eighteen years ago embarked in this anti.
slavery war-on the theory that the frican,
if given his personal freedom, could thereafter
care for himself. Yet after this lapse Of
eighteen years and he is free, am met with
the assurance that he need. all kinds OF protcc.
lion. That he will walk hesitatingIy in his
aew coudion-that he may stumble ia prob
lble. but il he is to work cut his Own destiny
If he is to achieve his own salvation, and il
no is capable Of doing it, let him begin now
and at once. Every hours dependence on
new protector and supporter Of any kind or na.a
1ure Is not only public proclamation of his
,wn inability. but it fosters and encourages
hat Inability until his last state becomes inf
litely worse than the first. If we are to have
bureaus for his protecton-if the nation must,
,e taxed for his support-if we must maintain
lrmies tor his defence, let it be after ic has
himself demonstrated his incapacity-and let.
Is who have fought his battles TOR the last
wenty years on the ground of his capacity;
rot be the first to make proclamation that it
vas all a sham. sf!:
1t is now assumed, that any Republican who
lOps not on dor Summer .uI Stnv.,ps IL, a,orv