New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1860-08-24


another exercise Of that power to dc.
clare that all shall he free.
Are we then again to see Athenic1
and Lacedemonian confederacies t.
wage another Peleponesian war, to set,
tie the ascendancy between them? Or
is this the tocsin Of merely seryilc
war? That remains to be seen, but
not I hope by you or me. Surely they
will pa.ley awhile and give US time to
get out f the way. Whata bedlamite
is mani .5a# E2 ga1 Eo ate2
To Joseph G. C.bill, January 3lst,
1921, he says: s@. # a2.
How many Of our youth she 1.-THE
North) now has learning the lessons Of
anti -Missourianism I know not but a
gentleman lately from Princeton told
me he saw the list Of students at that
place, and that more than half were
Virginians. These will return home,
no doubt, deeply impressed with the
sacred principles Of our holy Alliance Of
restrictionists.
To General Breckenridge, February
18th, 1921, he saws: - ef. s.s
The line of division lately marked
out between different portions Of our
Confederaey, is such as will never, !
fear, be obliteratcd, and We are now
trusting to those who are against US in
position and principle. to fashion to
their own form the minds and affections
# our youth. tgaff anE uof
If, as has been estimated, we send
.hree hundred thousand dollar, year
to the Northern Seminaries for the in
structi' n Of our sons, then we must have
these FIVE hundred Of our sons imbibing
opinions and principles, in discord with
those If their own country. This can
ker is eating on the vitals Of our cxis-
{, nee. and if not arrested at once will
bo beyond remedy. 8
To Lafayette, unler date November
18th, 1928, he says: !
VIII, is to be the next President. is
the topic here Of every conversation.
My own opinion Of that subject is wha
I expressed to you in my last letter.
The question will be ultimately reduced
to the northernmost and southernmost
The former will get every Federal
vote ia the Union, and many RepubIi--
cans The latter all those denominatcd
Of the old school. For you are not to
believe that these two parties are anal
that the Lion and the Lamb
are lying down together. The Hart
ford convention, the victory Of Orleans.
the peace of Ghent, prostratei the name
Of Federalism. II. votarics abandoned
it through shame and modification, and
now call themselves Republicans. But
he name alone is changed; the prin-
ciplcs are the same.
For in truth the parties Of Wing aud
Tory are those Of nature. They exis;
IN all countries whether callc hy those
Of Aristocrats and Democrats, Cote
D.'oI and Cote Gauche, ultras ami
ra licals, services and liberals. The
sickly, weakly, timid man fears the pco
pie, and is Tory by nature. The
healthy, strong and bold cherishes them
is formed Whis ny nature.
On the eclipse Of federalism with
US, although not itssextincsim, its lead
ers got up the Missour; question IN
der the (al~e front Of 7esSening the
measure Of SlGO"ry, but aciM THE
REAL VIEW Of prod~cintg a Geograph-
ical division sf parties, ,ch''h might
ensure them the merit President. The
people Of the North went blindfold in
to the snare, followed their leaders for
awhile with u zeal truly moral and lau-
liable until they became sensible that
they were injuring instead Of aiding
the real interest Of the slaves that they
had been uscl merely as tools for elec
ti'neer;ny purposes, and the trick Of
hnpcrisy then fell as quickly "a il had