New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1862-08-08
Sasm Orsaon plain Aealsr,

POLITICAL PARTTEs--THE REBEL
Ns LION.
It is alarming in certain quar-
ters to speak of party these days.
Republican editors become nerv-
Gus at the suggestion. They keep
a vigilant eye out for every move
ment of the democratic party, and
at once raise the cry that It is an
effort to divide the north and there
BY aid the rebellion, The republic
cans have the president and both
houses ofCongress, and so must
remain or the Union will be sac
rifced to secession. In pursu-
ance of this party policy a revival
of the democratic party, CT aeon
demnation ofany measures of the
administration, Is reasonable.
We have noticed for some time
the tactics Of this republican par
~. Conscious thatit has no hold
upon the mass of the people, its
advocates are ready in name and
effect to be for the Union, and
convert themselves into Union
party. 1t is a common eXpedient,
and shallow at that but it often
succeeds for time. Now unfor-
sunatelv, this republican orsani~
cation is a party, and one of the
worst sort, Whilst stimulating
otherwise in Congress, it's MEM
hers pursue, with great unanimi-
", their party programme,
The object is to preuent recon-
structioE Of this Union. These
congressman are not fanatics.
They know how to adopt means
to an end and they are fully
aware that their deeds tend to
disunion, and that, when their
programme is completed, resto-
ration of the old Union will be
difficult, if not impossible. The
federal government suits them as
1t Is now. They will put up with
nothing less ; and to accomplish
their end a:ad restore the south to
her place are incompatible,
Now we have waited on this
party with its affected patriotism
and loud professions of no party.
Of course some of them would do
what they profess but the Or
ganization is hopelessly partizan,
and terribly corrupt We shall,
therefore, look for another party
in the free states, and the i1lruta-
tons upon the democracy show
who these political managers are
afraid OF.
To charge that the democrats
north are secessionists, is a mis-
cradle libel. They have more
officers and more men in the field
in behalf of the Union than all
other parties put together. They
are, however, the poles, apart
from republicans in the civil
measures to restore the Union.
They want the constitution as it
is, and the Union as it was. It
may be said that the mass of re-
puolicaRs desire the same thing.
Perhaps majority whe voted that
ticket do ; but the leaders of the
organization do not. They declare
they 60 not want the Union as it
was at least, some of the most
earnest. most trusted lights of the
party. They arc bold enough to
avow their treason, and We do
not need to prove it. The ma
lority in congress vote for meas
ures that tend to change the con-
aition of the Union, which these
leaders invent to accomplish an
avoved purpose.
We must regard, then, these
charges Of treason upon other
parties, coming from this one, as
a part of the stimulation in which
treason itself is accustomed to
deal. This republican party is
itself a disunion party. Its most
prominent members have long
been lifelong rebels and they
are for the Union now only be-
cause they enjoy its spoils. Their