New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1862-10-10
THE WAR POLICY OF THE RE.
PUBLICAN PARTY.

Since the election of Abraham Lincoln,
the leaders OF the Republican party have
from the moment of his taking the Presiden-
tial chair seemed determined not only that
we should have war, but that it should be Of
the most sanguiaary character. After the
election Of Lincoln, the Southern people gave
many evidences of the most ardent devotion
to the Union and the Federal Government.
The influence and foltu Of the secession
leaders was evidently on the waue. Tho
Union men Of the South were rapidly gain.
ing in the asccndeney. They appealed to the
North and to the republican party t, come to
their aid in the overthrow Of treason and dis
union. Give us, they cried, evidence for our
people, that no invasio of cur rights is medi-
tated in spirit Or ia fact by the incoming par
tv. Let Congress, they said, but pass some
resolutions indicative of good faith, which
wo may use as winding sheets for treason.
Few have forgotten how the appeals Of South
ern Union men were met by the leaders Of
the Republican party. The voice Of the
multitude of the Northern people were drown
ed in the Violence aud clamor of the politic-
ians. There was hurrying to and fro of re.
publican Governors, and quick communings
with republican members of Congress to
drown the fraternal feeling which Union men
at the North might offer to Union men at
the South. ''No communion with slayehold-
ers" cried Abolition demagogues. ;Send
stiff backed men who will never concliate,"
said the Abolition members of Congress.
This Union will never be worth rush
without a little blood letting, said the drum
ken Senator from Michigan. Soon the na.
ton was in arms! Still the South was d.
vided-many Southern heart clung to the
old flag as to dear life-as Insults were offer.
ed it, tears waterei m anly cheeks through
every Southern hamlet, and the cry Of agony
from crushed hearts sew waited up to US like
the last desparng voices Of drowning men.
'.You live among, and arc shareholders was
the only response which the Abolition party
gave. ''No Union with slaveholders,' was
the watchword. Then comm ,nced tho bait-
ing system by that party. Asthc Spaniard
wives a red aag before the bull just ushered
into the amphitheater to rouse and infuriate,
so the Abolition party commsHced their enl-
ancipation, confiscaton, Save arming policy.
The spectacle which the South presents now
is tie result of it. Its poople arc unit. Late
attempts ofthe Government to manufacture
u little Union sentiment in sections occupied
by our forces, have succeeded in producing
an article Of about the same quality Us tho
sheddy with which Abolition contractors
commenced clothing Federal soldiers. Not
only are the South Il unit, but they are ter
ribly in earnest. The heart Of every man,
woman and child is fully enlisted in the
Southern cause All property is freely given
to the use of tho Confederate Government
Wives mothers and daughters, encourage
husbands, sons, and brothers, to give their
lives freely. Maidens grid with firm fingers
the armor of their betrothed, and cheer them
on to battle. .
Such has been the results of Republican
policy. IT, deceive ourselves now as to tho
resistance which VIC may expect, or the pow
er necessary to crush the rebellion, would be
folly-Des MONIES Times. raa sts3