Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-09-27
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leaders oi the llhnoas Legislature IN the low
er house. during its last reyular nd extra
sessions selivsred an o-,,;on :, NJ, 2. /.
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'oA' ip' oh 'ie f'' uiu'no "hieaI mas oeei
published in pamphle, form by the citizen,
Of that place. Il is an able addrrss-schol i
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Much has been said about the Gauss c'
this war. Mach needless speculstiou ha.
been induiged ia as to who were reS pose ble
y. brnsiss II about, and as to lgw It's ter.
rible SlssAkloa Mighr hAve sNea saltogeths
avertea. 90 ot propose IN the least ~
paIiiale or excuse the guilt OF those men who
by causeiess aud uuholy rebellion against
beneiicl I,gcvernmen,, opened upon Us the
tioodgatesvf war. ard sent forth desolatiou
aud biqodshcJ to hold as;a saEasua ~ iSE f. ur
years Oyer Aalis > .csuuSent.c n Ea,len hup u u
uatHre Knows no 'erifre of deeper dve Nan
tat committed By those men who purposely
Sandso their l..Aiiee atorethouyhi, brought on
sthis war. Let their aainet ~ hktrsA out
ana rth@r memories he IL evefl 6ecArsed.
y ovsss~ks thern. and pA'sird b athe hand
that nMh secA 70 inie pHesamy shield be-
tween Them and the doom OF . traitor. But,
ieilow-citiLens, may be permitted to say
that we must look for the real, ultimate
cause Of this war, not Northern agitation nor
Southern fanaticism. but IN that great fact.
lying back aud beneath all these, that the
two great antagonistie forces OF freedom and
slavery stood confronting each other upon
tie soil OF the Republic. Are we at loss
to discover why this war came upon us. when
there were existing IN our nation elements
which. by the law of inevitable necessity
must hglNf II inatters listle who or what
was the immediate cause OF the conflict,
since while these Two contending forces COS
existed the war itself WAS inevitable. It is
possibl, that less boldness of .denunciation
~ the North, snd less bitterna>S ot, IN nveeiive
at the South, must have delsyd it.for sea.
son hui come Il must. II may be thsteom.
pramises and emollisnts skiiituliy applied
isht have hhfiied it and delayed i, Tor
while 0u, nothing shori Of the baud VI she
Oniuipoie'it could have are ted its final com.
ing. II is Idle for US to speculate as 10 the
merely accidental IN struments- in preripita>
''ng the contiict So long as right and wrong
must OF necessity light, he IS the real author
Of the conflict By whose agency the wreog
exists So u tie jA gment OF imparti. his
tory, viii The real salt of this terrible war
rest With crushing ws,ght upon those men.
Norih or South, whuever lhey mas be. by
whose agency or eounieuanee the mlquitous
system OF humar slavery had its existence
OF had been nnr,nred into stHlgth.s THIS
waris sre mere accidentin hietery. II is not
sthilY = gaeA ~ lghl or might not have ta>
Ken place. ond strii have left the great moral
questieus ot the age the same. Ibis war is
but another chapter in the great normal con.
hiet in which we have been embarked from
our earliest history, and which u Is the lHis'
s'oh OF TINS a't,len to carry OF. II is but an
other graPpilng OF the sane giant forces be-
tween whom IS being wagei his perpetual
warfare in behalf Of the inalleuabe rights
OF nun. II Is useless TO look at the oste,ssi
bte issues upon which either par,y-,he Nol,h
or the SyurA-embarked in this war /,
makes no difference What wersihe pre,enses
put tor.afd, Or the print in IS declared, up
ON wuich the parties assumed TO undertake
aud carry the war on. know that, during
the early months o! the rebellion. both par>
ties s,rove to ignore the great moral guess
sions which were really the hssv Of the com
lrosersy. The Solksaias We are lighting
tor inasRendence and not fer The perpstuily
otscurs peculiar Institutions The N.rth
sairt We n-e fighting Tor our nalionaY uni
ty and not for ,the overtAroS OF slavery Ii
was assumed;in HE oniset By both parties
that the war had nothing TO do with lnqut>
Gus system, apd.thst, rvs uh - il Might. that
system would remain iptact. How utterly
vain und shQt>sighted rvAScd al su ch Hos
ries OF the nature Q. the contest and the real
purposes winch the war was destined 10 sub
serve. BehllN Nu these theories, behind oil
CplSre sional res 5Iutisns and otiiciai maai>
icstos. these Two mighty forces -Freedon
and uespotism-wer lns, real parties array.
I'd III The contest, shaping aud controlling
kll It's issues, and it WIS w. until ,l,e Sorh
rnlne.to understand the real nature ot,the
struggle. and arr,y herself unreservedly up>
r.-ihe side OF freedom sud humanity. thai
;ast ana lcn.tcan, proy;Japo. a,.ah..c,a