New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1863-04-17
WHAT 1T MEANS.

hostilities cease, if the government
should be successfully which has lately
occupied the attention If the &C minis
tra,ion press, was not intended to re-
suit, as it has resulted; in the main
tenance Of the radical construction. II
;; is only Ivy conceding the corr ectnes #
the positions taken hy the radicals that
the proclamation can he regarded as
aught else than mischievous nonsense.
This was we'll understood by the un
principled manager Of the a lmi"istrs-
tion party when he invited attack by
controverting tn. radical construction
lie opened the columns of his news
paper for reply. KNOWN those replies
would prove the inconsistency and FL
" Of his own in'erpretatinn.
The people are to he cluca'ed. first
TO believe in the necessity for the proc
la.nati"n snd next in ira literal cn-
strnction. The controversy WAS pre-
meditated and its result We doubt mt
IS regarded with as mrch satisfaction
hy the Authorizes at Washingt n a.
hy the fanatical leaders who have
maintained their Construct N. We
append the terms Of peace. as stated
hya prominent a|"li'i"n-r"puhlican III
the New Y,rk Tribune # ths q ins'
WV. If re' el Commissioner were
to come to Washington Tomorrow to
sne FIR peace. what terms could Mr..
Lincoln honorably offer? lie coul'l
only offer these
II. TIE maintenance Of freed m il,
the District nf Columbia
~ The maintenance + frecd,m il
Territories.
"3. The maintenance Of the treaty
with Great Britain for the suppression
IF TIE slave trade.
~ The maintenance tf the confs.
cation act.
IS. The maintenance Of the procia-
nation Of the 1st of Jrruary.
/ hold that any condition less than
these would he compromise leaving
the victory with the South, not with
the North. .....-
"VI. Of courae these views Of the
governments duty stand on he supo-
sition that the rebels are to bend their.
knees to Mr. Lincoln for pesce. But
the Tribune asks nlc, if Mr.. Lincoln
instead, Lends his knees to the rebels,
what, then, are to be our terms That
is not for me to aav-nor FIR the Iri-
tune nor for Mr.. Lincoln hut FIR
"ur enemies. If we are beaten, not
only the proclamation is failure, but
the Republic itself, and all its hopes.
But the question Of failure is one
which l decline to discuss"
These are tbs terms Of the admins
tration. 1t is to secure them that the
w;ris now prosecuted, and We have
here the distinct avowal that the Uni n
can o. y he reconstructed by their en-
frcement. We have no wish to mis-
state the qnestion. Those who deny
that the Tribune correctly reflects the
sentiments If the President will not
deny that his policies and the general
management Of the war have been il
singular harmony with it's demands.
The fl,msy attempts it has made tn
answer the l'gic by which those terms
have been sustained in it's Columns ore
evidence either Of imbrcili'y that M
one will charge upon it, or of design
to invite an attack which i. knew would
result in ,fs own discomf' ure. Cnn-
Tossing doubt Of the nrrectness of lis
p si'io"s, and an ardent sympathy With
the wishes and sincere respect for ,he
views Of 'ts fanatical brethren, com hat
ing them fl ehly, vet with show Of
vigor, it has played the role nf a game.
ster who busters and hazards trivial
am 'unts pu' licly against that upon
which he has privately stake,l his all.
This is what the discussion has meant.
1t is preparatory to the casting aside
Of the mask If conservatism, now worn
ny the radical press, and the defiant
announcement Of the terms here quoted