New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1861-06-14

had led our people to tho belief that we
were an exception to the rule which requires
other nations to maintain large standing
army to act either rs local police, or to re-
sist foreign aggression. We arc suddenly
awakened from this dream. At the very mo-
msnt our faith was the strongest in the per-
mancnce Of our happy condition, we were
nursing in our very bosom treason, which,
for time tn, eatened to blot US from the
list of nations.
We recovered from the stunning blow, and
with unexampled celebrity, placed hundred
thousand men in the field, to be immediate
ly followed by another hundred thousand
Our first task is to subdue; next to preserve
order. This for time must be an enforced
one. The great element Of discord still re-
MAINS and must be watched by powerful
force. Confidence is sentiment Of slow
growth and it takes an equally long time for
subdued party to forget its defeats and
heartily fraternize with thu conquerors. We
shall gladly extend amnesty to all who 10y
down their arms; but we can never again a.
low ourselves to be surprised and nearly
overthrown. If slavery remains undisturbed,
we must not forget that it has been the sole
cause Of the rebellion, and that it may breed
further disturbance. Men Wrought up un-
der its influence differ radically from those
nurturca in freedom. This natural diver
gence must be counteracted, rs far rs neces-
sary, by force Should the slave be par.
TALLY freed, we must remember that he is Of
different race from ourselves; that there will
soon be 5,oOo,ooO Of them within our bor-
ders, rendering necessary, by way Of pre-
caution, strong arm to meet our anomal-
our condition whicL untcs the totally diff.
ercnt races under one government. :
To meet such necessity, we must imme-
dately commence the organization Of u stand.
ing army. We cannot afford to call sudden
ly into the field citizens deeply immersed IN
industrial pursuits involving as the summons
disturbance and loss by which, in few
weeks, the labor of years may DO sacrificed,
without the possibility Of anything like Oil
adequate compensation in the shape of pay
roll. The army, hereafter, must be made
a profession, in which the officer and soldier
embark for life and who look forward for
promotion from the efficiency and qualities
displayed. We cannot afford to take Gen.
sral, Colonel, or q privateer from lucra-
tive occupations, and discharge them in
three months or three years. without the
least provision for their supp~rt, or compcn-
sation for the sacrifices they make. We IRE
fortunate in having such class to call upon
to put down insurrec,ion; but peace, when
conquered, must be maintained by IN nde-
quate standing army, adopted as their pro-
fesson by those who enter it.
1t is, OF course, notifying, after all our
boastings, to confess that in this country, as
in others, order must be maintained by force
1t is by no MEANS agreeable to assume the
burdens which this necessity imposes. Had
it not been for slavery, we should have real
lied the highest ideal ever formed Of US. We
have fully proved, by the results achieved
in the Northern State, the value of free In
situations and the capacity of the people for
theii maintenance. But We have united I'm.
der the same Government, the most perfect
freedom, and the most irresponsible of despo-
tisms. These opposing ideas or systems. in
their natural antagonisms, have come into
desperate collision. Freedom must be at the
expense Of defending itself and the Govern.
ment, and of reducing the despotic element
to submission and order, from which freedom
itself will be in time evolved. We shall
then have another triumph in demonstrating
that freedom is power, and in this way add
to the debt which humanity already owes
US. ~. Y Times.
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