New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1862-08-15

| MIR. LINCOLN AS A srRATEGIsT.
The indications now are, that turn
ing point in tho history of the war has
been reached, from which will be dated
a new order of things. The abolition
lists have had full swing for while, but
they have now reached their limit.
There are gentlemen now in this city
from the Border States, from the, Mid
die States, and from the West, who
are making such representations to the
President IN regard to the state OF reel
ing all over the country as may we'll
cause the administration to pause in its
mad career of making slaves of white
men in order to free the blacks. The
keynete Of this feeling was struck by
Mr.. Sennott in his eloquent speech in
the Gordon case in Boston, and by
Gov. Wickliffe. of Kentucky, and Sena-
tor Carlisle, of Virginia, in their speech
cs in the Indiana State convention few
days ago. The people of the country
will spend their last dollar, and pour
out their blood like water, to sustain
war for the restoration of the Union
and the supremacy of the constitution.
But, if the war is to be waged for the
emancipation of>the negro-if innocent
women and helpless children arc to be
made its victims-if savages are to be
let loose--in word, if the war Is to be
waged in such manner as to make the
restoration of the Union impossible, it
will have to be stopped, for there are
not men enough in the North to carry
on war for the destruction Of the
Union. These are tho representations
that are now being made to the Presi-
dent. The American people arc not
yet slaves. They still retain the right
to speak freely their sentiments. They
understand fully the distinction
between the government Of the country
and the persons charged with the ad'
ministration of-thar government. Thvy'
know that they are the supreme power
in the State-that they are the sover-
eigns-that they are the government.
The members Of the administration are
their servants, their creatures, made
what they are by the people, and liable
to be unmade by the same power. They
arc responsible to the people, and the
people mean to hold the members Of
this administration strictly accountable
for the destruction of the Union, if they
permit it to be destroyed. The people
will never abandon the right to criticise
the acts of their public servants. They
do not recognize in Mr.. Lincoln mill
tary dictator, as some of his flattcrcrs
call him. They will fight for him, as
long as he stands firmly upon the con-
stitution. But the moment he departs
from that said instrument, that moment
the people will desert him. think
Mr.. Lincoln comprehends this, and
will shape his conduct accordingly.
| By his obstinate refusal to dismiss
M. Stanton, when the whole nation
demands it by retaining him in office,
Mr.. Lincoln endorses his conduct and
iustifes his action in refusing to rein
force Mcclellan during the peninsula
campaign. In point of fact when the
history Of the war canes to be written,
it will be seen that Mr.. Lincoln was far
from blamelcss in the matter. Perfectly
we'll aware of his ignorance of all mill
tary knowledge, he had yet assumed
the entire direction of. the war himself
On the 18th Of June, Mcclellan, who
then only five miles from Richmond,
telegeaphed to the President that his
left wing was strong enough to make
the final assault on the rebel capital,
but that he had not troops enough on
his right, and to protect his line of
communications, anl begged that troops
for that service be sent at once. En-
barked at Washington or Baltimore,
they could have reached him>by way
of Ft. Monroe in two days. The Pres
ident replied that he would send Nc
Dowells troops to him over land !!
(But he never sent them either by land
or watcr.) Mcclellan telegraphed back
that, coming by that route, Mcdowell
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