The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1872-08-15

why For our own part, while W.
| deney the right of Shareholders {,
hold slaves against the will of tn,
latter, zoe cannot see hoo taoenty nal
lio4s Of people can rightfulzy hel
ten, or eve'a fue, in a detssted undo,
,oith them, By military force.
Ofcourse we understand that tn,
principle of Jefferson, like any other
broad generalization, may be pushed
to extreme and baleful consequences
We can see why Governors Island
should not be at liberty to seceds
from the State and nation and allow
herself to be covered with French
and British batteries, commanding
and threatening our city. There ID
hardly great principle which may
not be thus srun into the ground.'-
Buff seven or eight contiguous
States shall present themselves q,
Washington, saying: "We hate
the Federal Union we have with
drawn from it we give you the
choice between aoquiescing In our
secession and arranging amicably
all incidental questions on one hand,
and attempting to subdue on the
other--we could not stand up for
coersion, for subjugation for we do
not think it would be just. We hold
the right of SELF. government sacred,
even when invoked in behalf of those
who deny it to others. So much for
the question of principle.
Now as to the matter of policy.
South Carolina will certainly &c.
oede. Several other cotton States
will probably follow her example.
The border States are evidently re-
luctant to do likewise. South Caro-
lima has grossly insulted them by her
dictatorial, reckless course. What
she expects and desires is clash of
arms with the Federal Government,
which will at once commend her to
the sympathy and cooperation ofev.
cry slave State, and to the sympa.
thy at least, of the pro-slavery mi
nority in the free States. 1t is not
difficult to see that this would speed
lily work political revolution, which
would restore to slavery all, and
more than ali, it has lost by the can.
vass of 1860. We want to obviate
this. We would expose the seceders
to odium IS disunionists, and com.
mend them to pity as the gallant,
though mistaken, upholders of the
rights of their sections in an unequal
military contest.
We fully realize that the dilemma
of the incoming administration will
be critical one. It must endeavol
to uphold and enforce the laws, az
we'll against rebellious shareholders
as fugitive slaves. The new Presi.
dent must fulfill the obligations as.
sumed in his Inauguration oath, no
matter how shamefully his predeces.
sor may have defied them. We fear
that Southern madness may precipi.
tate a bloody collision that all mus,
deplore. But if ever seven or eigh,
States send agents to Washington
to say, eve want to go out of the
UHion," we shall feel constrained by
our devotion to human liberty to say
Let them 60! And we do not see
how we could take the other side
without coming in direct confic,
with those rights of man which we
held paramount to all political ar
engagements, however convenient and
advantageous.
NO RIGHT To COERCE THE SOUTHERN
STATES.
GFrom the Tribune, Dec. %, 1901
Most certainly We believe thai
governments are made for peoples
not peoples for governments-tha
the latter "derive their Just power
from the consent of the governed
and whenever portion ofthis Unior
large enough to form sn independ
ent, selt-subsisting nation, shall see
fit to say, automatically, to the resi-
due, sWe want to get away from you,
we shall ssy-snd we trust self.re
spect, if not regard for the principle
of self-government, will constrain
the residue ofthe American people
to say-"Go !" We never yet had
so poor an opinion of ourselves OF
our neighbors as to wish to hold 9th.
ers in hated connection with Us,
But the dissolution of q government
cannot be effected in the time re,
quired for knocking down a house Of
cards. Let the Cotton States, or any
six or more States, say, unequivocal.
ly, "We want to get out of the Uni.
on" and propose to effect their end
peacesbly and unoffensively, and we
will do our best to help them out
not that we want them to go, but
that we loathe the idea of compelling
them to stay. All we ask is, thai
they exercise reasonable patience
80 as to give time for effecting their
end without bloodshed. They must
know, IS well as we do, that nc
President can recognize mere State
ordinance OF secession, nor neglec'
to enforce the laws of the United
States through their whole geogrsph
ical extent. 1t takes two to make .
bargain, whether of admission or Sc
cession but with reasonable for
bearance all may be brought about
THE MORAL RIGHT OF SECESSION.
From the Tribune, of February asd. 1861, hv
days after the inauguration" ofJef Dsvis.]
We have repeatedly said, and W,
once more insist, that the great prin
ciple embodied by Jefferson in tn
Declaration of American Independ
ence, that governments derive thei
just powers from the consent of tn
governed, is sound and just ant
that if the slave States, the cotton
States, or the Gulf States only choos,
to form an Independent nation, the!
haze a clear moral right to do so.-
We have said, and still maintain
that provided the cotton States hav,
fully and definitely made up thei
minds to 60 by themselves, there i
no need Of fighting about it /; for the,
only have to exercise . REASONABLE,
patience, and they will be let off il
peace and good will. Whenever j
shall be clear that the great body o
the Southern people have becom,
conclusively alianated from the Uni
on, and anxious TO escape from it, W,
will do our best to forward thsi
views.
MR.. GREELEY IN 1862.
In letter to H. MoChesney, o
Troy, N. Y, dated September Esd
1862, and published In the New Yorl
Tribune, of the 10Th Of the sam,
month, Horace Greeley. speakinp q