The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1866-01-25

views, I wauld' DOT bs' understood =.
doub,ing the exai,ed patriotism or iut.v
rity Of the President. While I could
have desired him to gn farther shsn he
hss, I cannot withhold my cordial sppro
val Of ths acts slresdJ dune /, the
exercise Of shrss cons,i.u,iuusl powrrr,
sud would counsel my fr'hw ci''sens 10
sus,sio him while performing biz duties
within the limits thus d. fined. with their
xeaereus cor addsnc ce snd cheerful tupp"r'.
He makes 10 imnodest clsin to psvtrc-
tion in his own theory. snd, while y"
msy differ from him on minor points. his
courage end devotion, 90 simply tested.
msy u tsken u guaranty thu, he will
not diife. from " IN the yves, ohj-c' "t
ssviog sud perpesus,ing the noble fabric
Of our AMericsn Uoiou. as'a .f'E H"7as !
~ S&srsiug from the substantial POINT Of
observation We have che.en, let u. sscrr
tain how far the ship Of S,ste hiss
progressed In its proper course After
slI this magnanini'y s"d Gnphy ut
extraordinary power, what concessions
hiss the Government Ubtained from the
leaders Of the rebellion that w,rc MT the
immediste aud logical re,u',s If success
fol war? BY tho overthrow of the rebel
armies treason in i,s overt form WV
,sbsted, but If We have gained sn,
practical advantage beyond thar, escep,
BY compulsory measures, = patient and
discriminating people have fsi'cd TO per
crive it. Amid The smuks of battle s"d
the tramp Of coutendinR lgions, Abrs
hsm Linccln ISSUED the c""nc'r"'io"
edict. not ~ the conerssion Of po'iticsl
right to four millions Of bondmro, but in
the exerci.e Of Bis war powers, snd ~ n
measure Of military necessity 70 weaken
the enemy and strengthen tho national
s,mirs Had its immortal author, IN The
grim shsdows Of war, fsiled 10 seize The
ius spirstiou which conceived it, where
ere the s,atrsn~n and what their number,
whose boldness gives assurance that they
would hsve demanded emancipation ~
the cless Of the confiic. asa measure cf
recon.,ruc,icn! II may be noted a. .
signiicsnt fsct thst not a Souther" S'u'r,
either ss rebel or sdheriur, ,"ok sny
steps in this direction rntil sitter the
proelams,ion was endorsed by the l"ysl
part, Of the North, and had become the
',I'yiog cry Of our conqueriog srnies,
WI lie every one Of them, from the bord' :
"a the gulf, den nounced 1t rs n u.urps,ion
Of power, aud ~ ,nvssion Of Sou,rtr'
viyh,s. The Constitutional Amendment.
secured from unwilling States, IN par, ny
IN bold requirements or the Pr.side' I,
10 tho legitimate otf.p:irg Of cmsncips
tion, while emancipation itself was but
the result Of military uects-i'y. II Wa.
no. ststesmanship or diplomacy. there
fore. bn, the patriotic b'oud 70 noh'y sh d
M Gettysburg and spot'sylvs"is. u,
V'ek.burg aud in the mountsins Of Geor
gio. that secured freedom TO the slave
But le, us consider tho question from
= nearer stand poiut. IL the rrc' n, con
vcntions assem- bled under executive aanc
tion for the re organization Of their late
governments, the overthrow Of slavery
was conceded us q fact cutrcly beyond
their power or control, but W have look
ed iu vuin for indicst uns that they NC
cspt emancipation ~ = mcs.uts of Just
ice, or regard it IS . progressiv. idea Of
the sgc. The expressed determination
Of President Johnson to follow in the
footssep, Of his predecessor, sud sdhere
to the Proclamation Of Emancipation. ss
basis Of reconstruction, the probable
ratification of,he pending smrndmc,t /"
the Fed, rsl Constitution, snd the Act OF
Congress drcsriug the fsmii,s Of negro
soldiers free, rendered sbsou'ely fu'il.'
alt sttempts to rehsbiIs ',e the doomed
lusti,ution of American Slavery.
The early restoration Of the Union up
90 no enduring Ioys! bssis, Is the obvious
work of the hour, sud its bearing upon
the poli,icsi snd nstsrisl interests Of the
country should not be tightly estimated.
To this end, aud with kindne.s ,owyrd
sif butthe guilty authors Of ,ur nstionai
cslsmi,ics, the energies Uf oil good men
should be earnestly directed. Da, in
cont EN- pls'isg the task before u.s., ptu
dent letstesmsnship densnds that W.
consider by what mesns it can be most
successfully accomplished. | will not
s-suue thst irsssou would not have exist.
ed without slavery, but i, may be assert.
ed that if there hnd been no slavery,
/ there would, 10 this .gs, have been no
rebellion { For without ~ idea, "or =
m",ive, civil war for tho disruption O.
this government could not have prevailed.
Slavery. 10 its esgrrness for perpc,ni'y,
furnished both, snd thereby trsit"rs
were afforded pre,ext for war l. will
bs perceived, therefore, that. BY the
tai eradication Of this mischievtus ele
ment, We shsil have abated the most ex-
citing il not the only source of ra'""a
peril. We cspnot rest secure with til.
mere destruction of ito acknowledged
Legal form; We nnnst sddere to the edic,a
Of freedom within every State. in the
strictDess Of their letter and the fullness
d Of their spirit Univrrsal Frrcdon, and
= \ a ~ G.. ia.