New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1862-05-30

progressive suppression Of the Rebel
lion has given to us new, valuable and
inspiring lessons of loyalty and patri.
otism.
But wara is a&evii, and doubtful in
deed for permanent good, are any
benefits ever received by its arbitra-
ment. 1t has been we'll said that "war
reddens every page of history" but how
earnest during the past fifteen years,
had been the thousand invocations that
it would never darken eurs-and most
of all that fratricidal war might never
raise it's blood.staincd affairs here
And there are many among us of the
great and good whose convictions seem
well founded, that this strife might
have been avoided-that fair and hon
orable compromise might have stilled
the rising storm, and saved to the
country the invaluable lives of its citi-
zens-its treasure and it's credit. The
impartial historian must settle that
question. He will recount arguments
and reasons upon this side and upon
that. He will deduce the facts, and to
that shrine oftruth, exempted from the
passions of the day, will come many
an anxious inquirer, calling the roll of
those traitorous names which have been
instrumental in bringing our unhappy
country to this terrible scene,-a scene
heart-sickenipg to the world ''of the
broken and dishonored fragments of a
glorious Union" And here, too, the
future student Of history will pause to
inquire, what pernicious systems of po-
litical heresy were these which deliber-
ately trampled upon the Constitution
and the law which sapped the broad
foundations of that lofty fabric reared
by the blood-bought energies of the
Fathers of our Government (which
set up the knife of the assassin, the
torch of the incendiary, and all the mis-
cradle vindictive passions of poor hu-
manity as the ''idols of their idolatry,'
nay, further than this, which forciJly ar
rested the onward and peaceful progress
and civilization Of the age, and turned
their mighty machinery to all the Desc
lating horrors of an unnatural and re-
lentless war Well may he ask, where
and whence were the purchase pieces
Of that Potter's field, in which, amid
the clashing Of arms and the pollution
Of brothers blood, we're deliberately
buried for awhile, the ripened glories
of the American Union. And we'll too,
may we of to-day, surmise at least, that
upon the darkest pages of historical in.
fanny, he will read the answering re.
cord, Abolitionism and Secession,-
twin jailors of the mightiest govern
ment and most generous civilization,
have shaken, like the undulations of an
endless earthquake, from centre to
circumference, an entire Hemisphere
But in the mean time the almost uni
versal voice of the people is for Peace +;
for q speedy and honorable termination
of this unhappy war. Sufficiently, and
at an expense incalculablc have we
proved, how much people may suffer
who are embittered by political feuds,-
frenzied by jealousies and barbarized by
sectional strifes. Let the Administra-
ton and the trusted servants and ora
cles of the People see to it, that there
is no useless delay, no frivolous triaiag
with the mighty interests at stake.
Now and then, throughout the length
and breadth Of the land, come murmur-
ings of indignation -whisperings in the
air, indicating the gathering Of q new
and countless army, impatient for po-
litical action-who may write of the
Republican party, all over their politi-
cal horizon, "rHY GLORY HAS DE-
PARTED! They are longing for an
honorable return to the halcyon days Of
peaceful industry and political quiet.
They are praying that our beloved
country may again be garlanded and
crowned with the happy symbols and
the glorious utilities of Union and
Peace.
LIZ Supervisor Shuttleworth who
is repairing the highway between this