The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-07-03

t'sfic'i with their Brigahier he is burnt /,
effigy and Secretary Cameron transfers hin
to another command. The rank and fill
In the army write home all sorts Of dispar
aging statements relative to the compcten
cy oil their officers, and we think nothn.
of it. Even the COMMUNICATIVE chief O
the army is spoken of as an old do:ar,l, ant
t" cap the climax of insuLorlinate carpinc
President LiscoLS is threatened with being
"supcrccdcd' unless he exhibits willing
ness to carry ont programme got up b>
an individual editor who is o,c of the CHIEF
cnlt'vators Of 1.-THE sacred ri GIT of private
Judgment" Massachusetts, in ~ said she
would not tc part of the Union if Texas
be admitted. South Carolina, in 80. salt;
the tariff law didn't suit her and she wanted
to leave the family Of States i'm 'Gl she
complains that Lincoln, though constitu.
t'ona'ly elected, isn't her choice, and she
forthwith seccdes and induces other south
ern States to steal property which is the
JOINT stock of all the States. The fact is,
the whole country, military, civil and indi.
vidnal is in a state Of qsasi mutiny. every
man is law unto himself" If a court de-
c'slon suits our views the Judge is a patriot ;
if the decision is not to our taste or to our
party interest we say "pool," call the
Judge fool, and that is an end to the
Judiciary, on that point; people can easily
be persuaded that they are as competent
i'll legal matters as are the judges, and then
the object is gained; the interested party
goes to Congress-distributcs post offices
and other bcrths to his friends, and becomes
great man.
The. reader undoubtedly will recall, with
out farther reminder of ours, the multitudes
Of insubordnates which have passed before
him and which now infest society with
their spccious professions Of " Freedom :"
while Anarchy and Revolution lie ready to
swallow up all who arc mislcd by them. A
government cannot exist without Order.
order requires law and law must be obcycd
or Liberty cannot be maintained. Law
with us is the symbol of Power, the Tyrant,
and though We erect this master ourselves
it is pot the less Imperial because of the
humility Of its origin. European state smen
condemn our system because of it's tenden-
dency to RIGHTEOUSNESS; the truth or false
hood Of this is in process of demonstration.
II Law is a farce which is to be laughed at
except when our preconccivcd opinions are
accommodated, then is free government a
failure. 1t requires no prophets inspra-
ton to inform us that unrestrained liberty
will result in despotism, and that instead of
the free institutions which We now Worship.
the country without reform in this parti-
cular must fall back to the position which
the sages Of the Revolution fattcrcd them
selves they had left behind forever. A
standing army Of 100, 900 men is now urged
to compel obedience to the law and to pre-
vent the recurrence Of the doas-you please
policy which has carried the Southern States
into rebellion. How long after the esta-
blishment Of this National Guard before
the army will elect its favorite to supreme
power?
There aro times Of peril to til, great cause
Of Liberty. If we cannot be our own mas
tiers, regulating our home affairs without the
aid of paycnets, be assured the time is not
distant when Master, either military or
by 'divine right" will assume the manage
ment for us.
Let us hope that We have not drifted so
far as to he unable to return to the idea that
the duty Of the citizen consists as much
in obedience to the law as his safety does in
its proper vindication.