New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1860-03-23

late you and the President of the Uni
ted States upon more harmonious and
peaceful condition in our domestic rela-
tions. Indeed, Sir, from present indi-
cations, as we'll as fro.a events of re-
cent date, / think l do not err, when |
/ say, that very dark and portcntous |
clouds are fast gathering in our p,litic- !
al horizon. unlawful lncursions CT !
lawless bands, invading quiet States,
carrying with them bloodshed and un-
natural fear and excitement; inhamato-
ry publications, melting to barbarous
CRIME and servile cruelty; sectional hos
tilities and premeditated non-i intercourse
one section of the Union with another;
the popular branch of Congress not
only unorganized for weeks and weeks
after it should have been already at
tho peoples business, but entirely
disorganizcd, with no prospect Of bet
ter things from it's members; the pub
lie credit languishlng, thereby, and pub
lie confidence in the stability of our
government becoming daily more and
more weakened; all these, Mr.. Presi-
dent, to my view, furnish very unsat.
isfactory and gloomy picture to the true
American patriot. Thrt our nation as
such, must pass, if it happily shall con-
tinue to exist through many grave vi
cissitudes Of fortune, must be expected
by all, but such trials as those which
she now cndures, compel fear that she
may not come safely through them.
But in this hour of undoubted po-
litical darkness, and absolute danger,
it is matter Of congratulation, with
me at least, that at the helm cf the
Constitution stands pilot who in his
time has seen the ship of State pass
through other trials and dangers, and
who has greatly aided in averting
them. In his ability to carry US safe.
| ly through the present, if mortal man
can do so, have never doubt. True
as the iron mountains Of his native
Key Stone State, and in devotion to the
Constitution and the Union; heroic to
the fathers who braved resolution for
freedoms sake, have no fears for the
Republic, if the powers vested in the
President Of the United States, and
welded by his untlinching hand, can
saveit. Among the last of the giant
statesmen, who have reached us from
the past century: born amidst the nc.
cessities that brought the Federal
Constitution into existence, and made
us confederate nation; imbued with a
patriotism that burned throughout the
land fresh from the altar fires of that
glorious revolution, when he first
breathed the air of Heaven, can we
wonder, if in this day and hour Of our
country's peril, Mr.. Buchanan should
cling with a nobler tenacity to the
Constitution, and save, if possible, SO ta
tai catastrophe to man, as tho de
struction of this vast, this magnihcen,
empire Of freedom! I tell you nay
and, gentlemen, I tell you more--it he
cannot save the Republic unbroken,
know not where to find him who can. e
Let it be our PRIDE. as it is our duty,
Sons of New York-as American citi
zens, at all times, and especially here
in the State Of our adoption, to strength
en- the hands of those whose duty it is
to administer the government, to incul.
cate the patriotic doctrine of submission
to the laws, and respects for the rights
and privileges of all our fellow citizens
Of whatsoever section; remembering al.
ways that We cannot be true to our citi
zenship and patriotism, if we would not
guard the rights of all our people, every.
where, with the same fidelity that we
would those of our own. Let us never
forget, as the offspring Of those nobly
patriotic men who aided in forming the
confederacy, after securing their liber-
ties, for what purposes it was brought
into existence, and for whose benefit.