New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1863-12-11
f., ED DOUGLASS LAYS DOWN THE
PLATF .RM FOR THE RFPUBLI.
CAN PARTY.

| CAN PARTY.
The great negro orator, Frederick
! Douglass, of Rochester, New York, in
late speech at Rochester, laid down
the platform for the Republican party.
We quote from the Rochester Demo
crat, republican organ. Mr.. Doug
! lass said:
"Thc continuation of the war and its
increasing hardships are requisite to
the purgation of the po|iic:l sentiment
Of the people. He alluded t. the insane
raving of the opposition press in rels-
ton to the character Of the war; aver
ing that it had heen changed from
war for the U ion to ao Abolition war,
and he deprecated the position Of the
republican presses of the cou'try in
iisclaiming that purpose, when the
sooner it was admitted to be an abolit-
ion war, the earlier it would be closed
and the U,ion restored.
"The speaker ridicu1ed the idea that
we should ever have the Union as it
was,' thing as impract,cable as it was
undesirable. The North has no bust
ness fighting for the old Union, after
having outcrown the re voting ideas in
stilled by the former mis.alliance. The
war which began for the Uniou had be.
camc war for God and liberty, and
the concience of Europe could not fight
against it.
"A few months ago the idea of arm
ing the black man was received with
horr r., the emancipation policy was
termed fanatical-now the people are
in favor of both. He was there to say:
Go on, brethren, yon'l! come out right
after while.'' (Applause.)
"Mr. Douglass factiously referred to
personal interview with Mr.. Lincoln,
who, he said. received him rs one gen
tleman should receive another. Laugh
ter and applause) And he impressed
him as patriot of the noblest type
to be known through all time as Abra-
ham the Honest. If the country is
saved, as he believed it would be under
Mr.. Lincoln's administration, you may
write his name anywhere beside George
Washington, without doing Washington
any damage. -.
'It is the duty of the people to stand
bv the President. No action Of the,
Government is effective, unless the.
people sustain it, However slow he
may be, he is full length beyond the
people. The moment the people lie
mand that this shall be wide spread,
overwhelming war for the abolition Of
sla very, that moment it will become
such.
"The rebellion has broken down ev-
ery institution Of the South, and the
question what shall be its future insti
tutisns is now open for discussion. Mr.
Douglas differed with Gerrit Smith
that the suppression of the rebellion
was the only thing to be demanded.
First, we must whip the Rebels. the
C,nperheads we're not of much account;
whip or exterminate tho Rebels. Sec
ond, abolish slavery. Third, the initia-
ton of the negro into the body polite
make them not only citizens Of the
South, but voters.
The Abolitionists are the cause Of
the war. say the Democratic party, and
they are logical; if we were logical. we
should say slavery is the cause of the
war, and must perish. The true mis-
sion of the war was TO put the enemy
of the nations peace out Of existence.
"When the rebellion is put down the
Government will need friends at the
South. The way to have them was to
free the Slave. and give him tho ballot.
Then he would protect himself and the
Government as we'll. It would be a
shame to give the negro freedom and
not the ability to protect it.
| If the negro knew right from wrong
he knew enough to fight; # he knew as
much when sober as an Irishman does