New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1862-07-25
THE wAR--ITs NECESSITIES.

of the utmost loyalty, and desp dcvo
tica to the maintenance Of the consti
tuhon, there is feeling of aesponden
cy now prevailing, such as has not ex
listed since the commencement of the
war. We have seen Mcclellan ant
his army nearly sacrificed before Rich
mond to crafty the groundless mnlevo-
lence and pe;tj spite Of the Secretary
Of War; we have seen the army Of the
Shenandoah nearly ruined by the i'm
competency of the same dignitary the
victories of Buel, Grant and Halleck
nearly robbed Of their fruits; Arkan,
sas evacuated by Curtis to the rebels,
The existence Of these things lead
the people to enquire whether the Ad-
ministration has any policy in thepros-
icution of the war. If so, plain and
unequivocal declaration on its part,
that its prosecution is for the sole pur-
pose of preserving the Constitution as
it is, and restoring the Union as it was,
will give it all the men and money nee
ded-make loyal men in the border
States, who will rise up and fight the
battles of the Union, while every slave
armed for servile war, will arm two
loyal men of the border States to war
against them.
Men as loyal as the stars and stripes
ever waved over, cannot see that it was
necessary IN sustaining the constitution
to appropriate $200,OOO,0OO, to pur-
chase the slaves of the border States :;
to abolish slavery in the District of
Columbia to educate the negroes of
North Carolina or to support sixty
thousand negroes at the expense Of a
tax-ridden and almost bankrupt people.
The men must and will be had if
at the disgrace Of draft, it shows that
the people do not sympathise with the
policy and purposes of the dominant
party in making these odious measures
the prominent feature in its Admins
tration. The question is how to avoid
it.
Let the President issue proclama-
ton cutting himself loose from Adolf
tionism ant. all it plans, announcing a
plain and unmistakable determination
to maintain all the compromises of the
Constitution: in All the States: to guar
antee to every State and every citizen
all Constitutional rights.
The legislation of the country should
be in o spirit to show thns NO cock ~
benefit and not needlessly injure any
section, or any interest. In that way
only can confidence be restored. vi
tuperation and abuse convince none !;
nor does it inflict any other injury than
to bcget mutual ill-will, create fear,
distrust, and alarm. We have un-
bounded faith in the virtue and patriot
ism of the people, in their willingness
to sustain the Governments We do not
believe they are prepared to lay down
their lives for the support of schemes
that can only prolong the War: and do
the Government no good, if successful.
Congress before its adjournment
passed the bill making postage stamps
legal tender for amounts less than one
dollar, thereby constituting every P.
Nj. local Banker. Gold and silver
under its legislation has already become
worth from Is to II per cent more
than the trash it foods the country
with, and will soon be entirely un-
known as circulating medium. The
bill in regard to confscatien of the
property of rebels is in its main fea-
lures precisely with the views taken by
us months since in regard to the pow
er of Congress over the question. 1t
Of course is gratifying to US, that Mr..
Lincoln even, was compelled to tell his
abolition Congress what we told our
readers months ago-that Congress had
no power to con6scate property beyond
the life of the person convicted of trea-
son and that it had no authority to
pass laws that shall have a retrospect
i've action-and that that hodv in this