New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1861-03-22
New Oregon Plain Dealer.
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We are satisfied from the tone
of Mr.. Lincola's Inaugural that
he did not even partially under.
stand the point at issue in the
present unhappy controversy, m-
til his arrival at Washington
The tone of his responses to the
honest greetings extended to him
while on his way thither, force
us to this conclusion. Appalled,
at the prospect of disunion and
strife everywhere manifest, and in
total forgetfulness of his past po-
sitions he said in his Inaugural:
approximations seem to exist among the
neople of the Southern States, that by the
accession Of a Republican adm;nistr ltlon.
their Or opcrty and their peace and personal
security are to be endangered. There has
never been any reasonable cause for such ap.
prehension.
Mr.. Lincoln may play upon
words and the Republicans may
aid him in doing so; but for all
that we invite the attention of the
candid reader to the following
sentiments uttered by Mr.. L. in a
speech at Chicago, July 10TH,
1853, in which he said:
"lshould like to know, taking the
old Declaration of Independence, which
declares that all men are equal upon
principle. and making exceptions to it
where will it stop? Foneman says
1t does not n,eun negro, achy not an
other sag 1t does not mean some other
man !? If that declaration is not the
truth. let US get the statute book in
which we find it and tear it out. Who
is so bold as to do ut? If it is not true
let us tearit out (Cries of "No, morn
Let ms stick to 1t, then, let as stand
firmly By 1t, then. Let
us discard all this quibbling about
this man and the other man-this
race and that race aud the other race
being inferior, and therefore they must
be placed in an inferior position-di'-
carding the standard that we have left
US. Let as discard all these things
and unite as one people throughout
this land until are shall once more
stand up declaring that ALL MEN are
created equal.
l leave you hoping that the lamp Of
liberty will burn in your bosom UNTIL
THERE SHALL NO LONGER BE A DOUBT
THAT ALL MEN are CREATED FREE
AND Equal"
And again on the 10th of DC.
tober, 1854, in a speech at Peoria
ILL.,, he said: ....
"What I do say is, that no man is
good enough to govern another man
uithomt the Others consent. / say this
is the leading principle, the SHEET
ANCHOR of American Republican
i'm. Our Declaration of In dependence
says:
I've hold these truths to be self-evi-
dent, that all men are creuted equal:
that they are endowed by their Creator
with certain iaalienable rights; that
among these are life, LIBERTY, and
the pursuit Of happiness. That to Sc
cure these rights, governments are in
stituted among men, deriving their
just po,oer from The consent Of the
governed.
IL have quoted so much at this time
merely to show that according to our
ancient faith, the powers of Government
are derived from the consent Of the gov
erned. Now, the relation Of master
and slave is, pro tanto, total viola-
ton of this principle. The master not
only governs the slave without his con-
sent, bat he governs him by set Of
rules altogether different from those
which he prescrihes for himself. Allow
ALL the governed an ECU AL VOICE
IN THE GOVERNMENT; and that
only is sell-government." -lIowelps
Life Of Lincoln, page 279.
Had Mr.. Lincoln retracted the
dangerous sentiment here uttered,
there would be emo cause for ap-
DrehensiOn." But as If is. the