New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1863-06-12

| in prisonment. You will observein the
construction of this law that it requires
two or more persons to agree upon a
concerted course of action, but does not
require that the action itself should
take effect as in the case Of treason. 1t
lis sufficient if tho agreement is made,
or the resolution taken to act in con
cert, for any Of the. purposes above
mentioned in the act. You will observe
that 1t relates to the purpose Of forcible
resistance to the laws, and that the
conjoint formation of this purpose, by
tive or more persons, constitutes crime.
The right of the citizen to discuss,
and by peaceable means, to endeavor
to procure the repeal or modification OF
an obnoxious law, or the change by le-
gal means of an officer Of the govern
.aent for one more satisfactory, is un-
questionable. On the other hand the,
duty of obedience to the law while in
force, and Of submission to those in au-
-hority, so long as that authority ex-
lists, is equally clear and if possible
more essential to the public safety.
No government can, even in time of
peace long tolerate violation Of its
laws without rapidly tending to decay.
Much less can it in time Of war, a war
which threatens its own dissolution,
permitthose who are receiving its pro
lection conspire for its overthrow" @'
t.FA sra..' q.
Mr.; Lincoln's doctrine Of the right
Of secession which he put aaoat when
he was a member of Congress, in 1S48,
has, proved just about as sound practice
as the irrepressible conflict doctrine
which he put float at later day, and
as all the other doctrines of abolition
ism. The fact is that the hsresy of
the right Of secession was Of northern
origin. 1t was first asserted in New
England duriug the war of 1872 IA,
and then and there, threatened to be ex-
ercised. 1t was revived IN Massachu
setts on the annexation of Texas, and
subsequently nursed by Mr., Lincoln
and Mr., Seward, until the South had
occasion to use it in 1861. The doc
trine as held by Mr.. Lincoln justified
revolution by mere majority of a !peo
pie. We quote from speech deliver
ed by him in 1S4S On Texan indepen-.
dence: .r,r
""If she. got it in any in = way, "a she got it
by revolution ONE OF THE MOST
SACRED OF RIGHTS the right which
he believed was get to ennancipate the
,oorld the right Of the, people, If they
haze a governn,ent they do not like, to
RISE AND SHAKE II OFF. In the ex
ercise of that right, the Texans shook
off the Mexican yoke. But how far?
Did the nation-did the people revolu-
tionize Ivy lines ? Certainly not; they
revolutionizsd exactly to the extent
they took part init. n : *a* ~
1t was this right Of revolution, and it
could not be aperfect right if it could
not be exercised until every individual
inhabitar t was in favor of it. It would
I've no right. Minorities must submit
to 'rajorities. just SO was the case
; with the tories in the American revo-
luton. They were obliged to submit
to the majority the great bodyrofo the
people who rose, and put them down by
force."' ~ ~ ~, .I;a j al
Mr.. Lincoln will not Of course thank
us for thus sending one Of his chickens
home to roost, but it is due to all politi-4
cal parties in. this country ,tha
the one chiefly responsible for the great
heresy of the age should be saddled
with the responsibility ; and it is due
to III the people that they should be
called to witness that tits Mr.. lincoln 3
own progeny which he now combats.
Chicago Times. '''.'" " ''"" 't'