The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-07-08

the one side 60 for the Lord, and let thos
on til, other 30 for Baal Now, in on
present crisis we should say let whosoeve
Is for the government come on this side
~ and whoever is for the rebellion 60 to tina
side, and by the help Of God we will stan
by the government until the flag become
the winding sheet for the last defender
II any man thinks our government ha
no right to live--and that is precisely wha
she is struggling for, existence-let hin
pack his traps and 90 down into the south
ern confederacy; do not think Lincoln
has any right to arrest him and send hin
there, but he ought in common decency t.
60.
Although I stand by the Constitution
and am for war against this rebellion to tn,
bitter end | would favor compromise to
morrow, if thought it would restore :
Unionso of these states.
The same Democracy which would viii
lingly go TO the extreme verge of the Con
stitution to stay the impending conflict o.
civil war, will yield to no party in the obsti
macy Of their defence Of the Union. The
Democrats have sent their full numbers to
the field, and those who arc sealing their
devotion to the Union Of these states with
their blood, in the Intensity of their work
have quite forgotten that they were ever
Democrats or Republicans. Recently a
Colonel Of one of our regiments told me
he did not know to what party one Of his
captains belonged, and he doubted if any
of his captains knew to what party he be.
longed. So we should be here; we ought
to be so entirely in earnest in the prosccu-
ton Of this war that we should for the time
forget to what party we belong. know |
have been read out Of the Democratic party
because would not subscribe to one false
hood, and | should have to subscribe to
several to join the Republican party.
Now you must lay aside party! (Here
the speaker alluded to the history Of one
or two attempts to unite both parties in
Wisconsin, and showed that failure was
entirely attributable to extreme Republicans
and Democrats, who would not unite in
these conventions, and thus maintained the
old antagonism of party quarrels.) The
Democracy have not yet got the iron Of de.
feat out of remembrance, and the Repub
Leans owe it to them to meet them fully
half way.
If zoe cannot rise aboce party zee are
ruined! Duty is above politics. Let every
man in voting ask his conscience whether
he is voting for patriot or far party.
What is the governments The govern.
ment is divided by the Constitution irto
three branches: the executive, the legisla-
tive and the judicial Those individuals
who administer the government, are virtu.
ally the government. Mr.. Lincoln is our
President, and the chief executive Of the
nation. didn't vote for him. wouldn't
sotc for him if he were to be a candidate
again; but he is our President. There
can be no other for two years-there is no
other-and there is no help for it. ! cx
pect the Democracy are to administer the
government for the next forty years, but
tell my Democratic friends that if we are
ever to administer the COVER nment here.
after, we must preserve it now.
know there is great deal said about
the so called arbitrary arrests, and Demo
Gratis are tearing their shirts clear down to
their waists because of them They doubt
less are all wrong, but what is the use Of
making such a fuss about them? | sup.
pose Mr.. Lincoln may have arrested two
hundred and fifty in all-about a quarter
of regiment-and imprisoned them on an
average four months, and fed them we'll
But Lincoln is not the only one who ever
made arbitrary arrests. Jackson proclaim
I'd martial law at New Orleans, and notified
a certain editor that he must not publish
any more articles Of certain character or
he would arrest him. Now this seemed
like interfering with the liberty of the press
1t was very wrong and arbitrary, thought
this editor to circumscribe the freedom Of
his press. lie paid no heed to the order
and was arrested by file Of soldiers and
put in the guard house. Under these cir
cumstances the editor applied to Judge
- for writ of habeas corpus, which
was granted and the sheriff was sent to
Jackson's headquarters to serve it upon
the general. The Sheriff might as well
have gone into den of lions with a writ.
jackson rushed out of his tent, seized the
five minutes had the Judge arrested and
confined in the same guard house. Who
shall say that jackson was nota Democrat?
1t is generally admitted that he was one
slightly.
Now, we Democrats want this same ex-
ccutive power to continue unimpaired, and
then If Republicans again obstruct the
Fugitive slave law, We will take them and
send them to Fort Lafayette, and if their
Judges issue wrts of habeas corpus we
will send them to the sarae place.
This power Of arrests is one outside o!
the Constitution to be exercised in extra
ordinary emergencies, when in the opinion
of the President it seems necessary. The
arrest Of Vallandigham seems to have been
unjustfiable, and me,e wanton exercise
Of power. But We must be patient and
wait to see what was the cause Of this
arrest; there may be something back of all
that has appeared, which was sufficient
cause for his arrest. We must have
patience; Mr.. Lincoln has more trouble on
his hands than any forty Of US. The two
hundred and fifty who have been restrained
OF their liberty arc not suffering half so
much as the same number of our friends
upon the battle fields of the Republic
There is no necessity Cor tearing things
The great thing we have got upon our
hands is to put down the REBELLION, and
with the magnitude of this work before us,
we cannot afford to make fuss about these
more trivial matters.
A word as to the emancipation procla
nation. Slaves are held under the const
tuition as legitimately as horses. The
President simply notified the rebels that i
they did not stop this war in ninety days
would take their negroes. What is Their,
this that should arouse criticism, any
more than if he had said he would tax,
their horses! These slaves raise potatoes
to feed the soldiers, and potatoes are Al
necessary to the prosecution Of this war
as are muskets. Each one Of these slave
saves the labor of white man, and il
practical results, the emancipation of
negro is equivalent to the loss Of whit
man to the rebels. | had rather free
black man than kill white one.
For the benefit Of those who are incline,
to criticise and censure the President 70
his leaning to the side of humanity in tn
present vexatious condition Of AFFAIRS, tn