New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1862-07-18
DEMOCRACY AND IT'S POSITION.

of to-day is one which must commend it.
self to the good-wishcs of all constitu-
tional and union-lovinS citizens Of the
country. 1t has been charged against
us with yirulcncc unparalleled in the
political history of any country, that
the Democrats of the North have yield
ed too much to Southern influence
have aided the spread of Southern in
stitrtiuns. We have been called Sla-
very propa gandists-wc have been stig-
matized as Southern Sectionalists, as
Northern men with Southern princi-
ples-and the abominable and SANDER
Gus fa|sehood has been household
word in the Republican g-holds
that Democrat and Secessionist are
synonymous But as day by day un
folds the genuine principles of the great
organization with which it is our honor
to act, it is seen that the strongest sup
porters Of the constitutional suppress
sion of this unhallowca rebellion are to
he found in the ranks of Democracy.
Witness Cass, witness Crittenden
and Johnson; witness the late address
OF Democratic members of Congress
witness the resolutions -speeches-
aud acts Of Democrats in public meet
ir-s -conscrvativcmeeting s and Fourth
Of July celebrations, as they come to
us by every press and from almost cv-
cry stump throughout the North.
Inlissolubly bound, by party associ-
a,on, by education by patriotism, to
the Union and to the Constitution Of
our beloved country, it was natural, in
decd, that the advocates Of those I'M
mortal, genuine principles which Jeaer-
son, Jackson, and Douglas have 50
ably demonstrated, should hasten to
announce their unalterable determine
ton to maintain the Union against the
nbominaJle hcrcsy of Secession, Jack
sou gave us on example for that,) and
natural too it is, that they should declare
ensn political warfare against the gross
violations OF the Constitution and it's
compromises, proposed by the Ahoii-
tonists and Emancipators of the Re
publican party. We stand upon the
princplc-that the Constitution of the
United States is ample enough and
strong enough to enable the Admins.
tra,ion to qucll this or any other rebel
l;on against the legally constituted au-
'horities Of the Government. When
YOU 60 beyond this-you 60 so far to-
wards anarchy. When under the plea
of military necessity" you transcend
the Constitution, violate State rights, or
in any ether way tramrle upon the time
honored and well-established laws of the
land, THEA SO far you make a chaos Of
our Governmental affairs, and accustom
the people to the rule Of Dictator.
The President has called for three hun
drcl thousand men. Let Democrats
furnish additional proofs Of their devo-
ton to Constitutional Liberty by aid
ing in all lawful ways to answer this
call.-The undeniable fact that from our
party have gone forth, and will still 90
forth many of the you ny, the generous
and the brave, to fight the battles
which we wouM nat haze had, if sec
tlonaism had been kept out of party
organizations, i, glazing rebuke to
those who, arrogating to themselves all
the purity in the land, shamelessly call
US geccssionists and Southern sympa-
thisers.
It is n clear case then that the
Democratic party has favored all
constitutional measures for the suppress
sion Of the rebellion. And now in the
coming political campaigns throughout
the Northern States it is the proud po
sitlon and the duty Of the Democratic
party to denounce extravaganza in pub
tic expenditure---to favor all possible
rctrenchment consistent with our honor
rs nation--to call to strict accoun
those Judaic traitors of ORR countr,
who have deliberately revealed in tn
epoils Of people -plundered treasury
AMI to hold all men and all parties t
the strict and faithful discharge Of tEei