Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-08-22

other side without coming in dircc,
conflict with those rights of men
which we hold paramount to all 20.
litical arrangements, however convc-
ncnt and advantageous"
From the New York Tribune December p,
1850.
Most certainly we believe that
governments are made for peoples,
not peoples for govcrnmcn,s--that
the latter 'acriyc their Just powers
from the consent OF. the governed"
and whenever portion o! this I'm
ion, large enough TO form an ind"
pendent, self snhsisting nation, shall
see fit TO say, automatically, to the
residue, eve want to go away from
you, we shall say--and We trust
seifrcspcct, If not regard for the
principles OF self government, will
constrain the residue of tho Amcri.
can people to say-"GoW We ncv-
er yet had SO poor an opinion of our
selves or our neighbors rs to wish to
hold others in hated connection
with us. But the dissolution OF a
government cannot be effected IN the
time required for knocking down q
house OF cards. Let the Cotton
States, or any six or more States,
say, unequ'vocally, 1--WE want to get
out OF the Union and propose to
effect ,Ecir end peacefully and mot
iensivcly, and we will do our best to
help them out--not that we want
them TO 20, but TIA. we loathc the
idea OF compelling them to stay.
From hJNcr York Tribune Dee -, 1850.
A citizen may derrecatc the Tn
ion, curse it, plot against it, yet com
nit no legal offence, and live under
the full profession of the laws.
II or is it treason for State to
hate the Union and ask for its dis
rupton. \ State. whole section
may cease TO regard the Union as Il
blight on its prosperity and be fully
justified IN seeking its dissolution
And in spite Of adverse clamor, we
insist that, II ever third or even a
fourth of these States shall have de-
hberately concluded that the Union
is injurious 20 them, and that their
vital interests require their separa,
ton from it, then will they have
perfect right TO seek such separation
and should they do so with rensora-
bic patience and due regard for the
rights and interests OF those they
leave behind, we shall feel bound to
urge and insist that their wishes be
gratified, their demand conceded.
From the Nee York 7ribune, Jan. 81, 1861.
AS TO secession, i have SAID re-
pcatedly, and hereby repeat, that If
the people Of the slave States, or OF
the cotton States alone, really wish
TO get out of the Union, l am in Ia
yor OF letting them out, rs soon as
that result can peacefully and cons,l
tutionally be attained. But ;hei' case
cannot be so urgent rs 10 require that
the President and his subor,linates
should perjurc themselves in defer
ence to its requirements. If they
will only be patient, not rush to sciz-
ing federal forts, arScnals, arms and
suh-trcasurieS. bu. take first dclihcr-
ately n tar vote by ballot of their
owa citizens, none being coercea or
intiml lated, and that vote shall indi-
catea settled resolve to get ont OF
the Union, | will do all can TO help
then: ont, at an early Day
From tie Me- York Tribune, Jan. q, 1861.
What | demand is proof that the
Southern people really desire srpa
ton from the free States. Whcnev.
CT assured that such is their settled
wish, shall .ioyiully cooperate with
them TO secure the end they seek.
Thus far ! have had evidence OF
nothing but apurpose TO bully and
and coerce the North. Many OF the
secession cmissarcs 10 the border
slave States tell the people they adj
dress that they do not really mean
to dissolve the Union, but only to
secure what they term their rights
in the Union. Now, rs many OF
the people OF the slave States either
are, or seem TO be, in favor OF this,
| the present menaeing front of seees
sion proves nothing to tie purpose.
Maryland and Virginia have no idea
OF breaking up the Union, but they
would both dearly like to bully the
North into compromise. The Sc
cession demonstrations prove this
and nothing more.
From The Ne,o York Tribun,, Fl. %, 1851.
We have repeatedly said, and we
oGcc more insist, that the great prin-
ciple embodied by Jefferson in the
Declaration Of American lndcp.ni-
ence, that governments derive their
Just powers from the consent OF the
governed, is sound and just; and that
if the slave States, the cotton States,
or the Gulf States only, choose to
'orm AN independent nation, they
have clear and moral right TO do
SO. We have said, and still main.
tain flat, provided that the cotton
States have fully and definitely made
up their minds to 60 by themselves.
there is no need of fighting about il;
for they have only TO exercise rea-
sonable patience, and they will be let
off III peace and good will. When
ever it shal! be clear that the great
body of the Southern people are con
clusively alienatcd from the Union,
and anxious to escape from it, we
will do our best to forward their
views.
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