The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1862-06-07
Asst Surgeon 9th iii. Cavalry.


The Future Of Politics.
The "small experiments" recently mad
in Washington to initiate new party organi
cations, or to re-establish old ones, canno
in the present condition of affairs amo int t,
much. The public mind is in no mood I,
entertain questions which relate only I,
peaceful times. Now there is but one sub
ject on hand, and on that all loyal men ar
agreed. As nation, we are engaged il
putting down the most remarkable rebellion
in all history. We are straining every mus
Gle, taxing all our resources of strength anc
endurance, and tasking brains and hands t,
their limit Of power to crush treason. Gu
sons are on the field, and possibly engaged
in deadly conflict this very day. Our ligis.
lators are in their seats, devsing ways and
means. Our government, from the presiden
to the most insignificant clerk. in the mos,
insignificant department, is engaged in the
one grand work of ofdefending national integ
rity, supporting the constitution, and en-.
forcing the laws. At such time as this
Washington politicians, forgetting the pro
prieties of the period. meet to plot for party
ends and for power We tell these men,
whatever may be their personal and party
sympathies. that the people look upon their
operations with equal indignation and dis.
gust. .......
There are certain other things to be said
to these men, or to be said generally, for the
benefit of all men. The first is that il Abra.
ham Lincoln lives, and goes on the way he
has thus far pursued. laboring for the Single
end he has proposed, and choosing for his
counsellors and helpers such as are loyal,
without further questions or other tests, the
man does not live, and the party cannot be
formed, that will prevent him from a second
term of office. We nave had no such presi-
dent since Jackson,-an honest, patriotic,
unselfish man. The months that pass awav
conspire to lift him higher and higher in the
popular esteem. until none but traitors and
their sympathizers hate him. he contin-
ues the course he has begun, and succeeds
in effecting the great work which now seems
close on the eve of Accomplishment. the graft.
tude of the American people will not permit
him to retire to private life, and any party
that undertakes to butt him off the track
will butt its brains out.
Again, no party can succeed in this coun.
try which allies itself with the slave power
We do not wonder at all that the decent dem.
ocratic press ofthe North declines to come
into Mr.. Vallandingham's nice little arrange.
ment. The common instinct Of self-preser
vation is its protection. The grand fac,
must be recognized that the power Of slave
ry is broken forever, and that this ccun.
try will never again trust itself in the
hands that have once betrayed it. ANY
body Of men that undertake to bolster ur
the old power Of slavery, and re.establisf
its supremacy, will only prepare for them.
selves disappointed lives and infamou.
graves. The fact must also be recognized
that reforms never go backwards, and tia,
the death of slavery is sure. It's abolished
in the district of Columbia, it is abolished il
every part of the strictly national domain
the slaves lsed On the rebel works are de
clared free, and in all the border states ther,
is rapidly springing up party in favor O
emancipation, in accordance with the presi
dents plan. The progress which these
events indicate cannot be checked by part,
opposition in the North, and that party will
only court destruction which places itself il
its path.
Once more, parties for the next ten year,
must necessarily be based upon question,
intimately connected with the present rebe.
lion. There are confiscation questions t,
be settled, questions Of personal disability
in consequences of completely with treason t,
be settled. questions Of punishment to b,
settled, questions in relation to the collection
of the national taxes III the rebellious state
to be settled, questions relating to such a,
organization of the army and navy and sucl
an occupation of ports as viii render anoth
er rebellion impossible. to be settled. Tru
loyalty, above all suspicion of sympathy witt
treason and the traitors, must, therefore, b
the first stone in any successful party struc
ture. This party, whatever its name, wi
be the party of the future; and the old slav
power, with all who love it and court it
favor, will be in disgrace. Twenty million
people are no more to be slaves of ten mi
lions, and are no more to be subjected to tn
necessity Of war like the present to proven
them from running the nation In shor
the party Of the future is to be in principl
anti-slavesy, and loyal to the core Theu
vii! be time enough to organize it when II
war shall be over.-Sqriagfeld Repu5lica,
/ A Yankee in Iowa has just taught du /
to swim in hot water with such success Il
! they lay boiled eggs.