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

were making war upon the Co01fttuQon,
those who wanted b disrups thu at0v-
eminent, and I denounced them III py
place then snd there and exposed Their
were engaged In the work Of breakfnthp
the Government were traitors I ,have
never ceased, on MI proper occasiohA 10
repeat that sentiment, and % FIR fNy
efforts could 60 I hsvc endeavctsd 70
carry It out fGreat applause. I hAyc
Just remarked that there were two pr
ties, one which wss for destroying the
Government and scpaf4ting the Untn,
In order to preserve slAvery, md TIE
other for brealing up the Goverpmett
In order to destroy slavery. True tie
objects which they sought TO acyU1bnsh
were different, 20 far ~ slavery rAston-
break up the 6uvernmcnt-thc prrciSe
thing to which have always been Qp-
posed; and whether disunionists COME
from the South or from the North, i
stand now AZ I did then, vindicating the
Union of these States and the Constitn-
ton Of my country. Tremendous ap-
plausc. When rebellion and treason
manifested thcmselves In the South, !
stood BY the Government. said then,
that was for the Union With slavery,
l was for the Union without slavery: IN
elVIlCT uItVTlultNe WIS lOI ny 'oNVIu>
mcnt and its Constitution. The Gov
crnncnt has stretched forth Its strong
arm, and with its physical power It has
put down treason in the field. The sec
ton Of the country which then arrayed
itself against the Government has been
put down by the strong arm. What did
We say when this treason originated''---
We said, mo compromise. You your
selves in the South can settle this qnes.-
ton in eight and forty hourr." I said
again and again, and ! repeat it now,
"disband your armies In the South, ac-
knowledge the supremacy Of the Com
stitution Of the United States, acknowl-
edge the duty Of obedience 70 the laws,
and the whole question is settled" ZAP.
plausc. What has been done sincce
Their armies have been dishanded, and
they come forward now In . proper
spirit, and say. "Wewere mistaken. We
made an effort to carry out the doctrine
Of secession, and to dissolve this Union,
In that we have failed. We have traced
this doctrine to It's logical and physical
results and we find that we were nistA-
ken. We acknowledge the flag Of our
country, and are willing to obey the
Constitution, and to yield to the suprcln-
acy of the law" Great applause. Com,
ing In that spirit say to them, "Whcn
.VOu bIUSV uVNUVWISuHS" youa sSkAauSS
to the Constitution, will, 80 far ~ can,
open the door Of the Union to those who
had erred and strayed from the fold OF
their fathers for Il time. Great applause.
Who suffered more by the rebellion
than have? shall not repeat the
story Of the wrongs and suffering inilict-
cd upon me- The spirit Of revenge IL
not the spirit in which to deal with a
whole people. know there has been \
great deal said about the exercise Of the.
pardoning power. So far as your Exec,
utive Il concerned II concerned, there IL
no one who has labored with more earn
issi intelligent ana conscious traitors
brought to justice, the law vindicatcd,
and the great fact )udiciously establish
ed that treason II n crime. Applause.
| But while conscious, leading, and intel
ligent trnitors are to be punished, should
whole communities and States and pco-
pies be made to submit TO the penalty Of
death? l"No, no."l have perhaps ~
much asIcrity and rs much resentment
a. men ought to have, but We must rea-
son in great matters Of government about
man ~ he Is. We must conform our ac-
tions and our conduct to the example OF
Him who founded our holy religion.
Not that would make such a comparis-
on on this occasion, in any personal re-
spect. / came into this place under tho
I Constitution Of my country, and by the
| appreciation Of the people, and what did
find? ! found eight millions Of people
who were in fact, condemned under the
law, and the penalty was death. Was /
tO yield to the spirit of revenge and re-
sentiment and declare that they should
all he annihilatcd and destoyed? How
different would this have been from the
example set by the holy Founder of OUR
religion, the extremes of whose divine
arch rests upon the horizon, and whose
span embraces the universe. He who
| founded this great scheme came into the
world and found man condemned under
the law, and his sentence was death |;
I what was his example: Instead of put
ting the world or even nation to death,
He died upon the cross, attesting by His
wounds and His blood that lie died that
mankind might live. lGreat applause. J
Let those who have erred repent; let
them acknowledge their allegiance; let
them become loyal, willing supporters
and defenders of our glorious stripes and
stars, and of the Constitution of our
intelligent traitors, be punished, and be
subjected to the penalties Of the law.
Applause. But to the great mass who
have been forced into this rebellion, In
many instances, and in others, have been
misled, / say leniency, kindness, trust
and confidence. Great applause.
My countrymEn, when l look back
over the history of the rebellion, l am
not vain when / ask you II | have not
given Us much evidence of my devotion
to the Union as some who croak y great
deal about it? When look back over
the battlc-ficlds of the rebellion, think
of the many brave men In whose COM
pany was. cannot but recollect tflat
/ was sometimes In places where the
contest was most difficult, and the re-
suit most doubtful. But almost before
the smoke has passed away, almost be
fore the blood that has been shed has
done rocking, before the bodies Of ths
} slain have passed through the stages o
decomposition, what do We now hnd
The rebellion has been nut down by the