New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1863-07-03

sarv steps are taken IN their respective conn
ties to insure their full represention at the
State Convention.
Bv order of the DemocraticState Central
Committee. J. M. FLWOOD. Chairman
&c. TURK. Secretery.
THE PRINCIPLES OF SEVENTY
SIX,
The approach Of the Anniversary Of
American Independence: naturally
brings to the mind Of men who love
their country, the glorious principles
enunciated by tho patriots Of 1776.
When contrasting the white ,nd
dominant race in this hemisphere with
the same race in England, they de-
clared the self evident truth that "all
men are created free an6 equal" Upon
this great truth rests our fabric ef gov.
eminent, State and National. Indeed
our fathers went 80 far as to declare
that this right was inalieRable, duty
imposed upon man by God himself, and
which the creature could not abdicste
or surrender if he would. They assert.
ed that the citizen was absolutely SOW
erlgn over himself and could not sur
render that sovrelgnty without abso-
Lutte impiety to the Creator, and utter
degradation of his own manhood. But
in the present state of human sociatv,
it is impossible to live in perfect harmo.
ny: because through stupidity and ig-
norance, some will go bsyond the exer-
else Of their national rights to trespass
upon the rights of others. Consequent
~ government" became necessary to
protect the weak from the aggressions
Of the strong. These are all the funct-
ions of government under oursystem,
whatever wicked and ignorent men may
say of the divine rights of rulers.
Government, must consequently rep
resent the whole people whose sover-
eighty is as inallenable, as that of any
individual citizen. 1t is true the States
delegated-not parted with but dele
gated that attribute or function of gov
eminent charged with the external de-
Tense This agent to whom these pow
ers are delegated is the Federal gov
eminent, and i, the agent, or should be,
of all the States combined. The Pres.
ident, is Of course the head Of this gov
eminent, and is elected by States. cut
it was intended Of course that all
the States should be represented in
the Chief Magistrate, and had the Col.
onies thought otherwise, no union such
as ours has been, could eve have been
formed In times past all sections
have been represented in the admins.
tration. Hitherto all the people of all
the States have gone to the polls and
through the States have elected the
President there has been a fair de
ei,ioa at the ballot box, and the person
elected has been the representative of
a large portion of the people of every
section not only, but Of every State in
the Union. But political party rises
up in one section of the common count.
ry, on the sole principle af antagonist
to the other section, and from the very
nature Of it's sectionalism cannot have
supporter in the ostracised section
hence the people of fifteen States ar
as much excluded from participating i,
the benefits to be derived from estab
fishing the government, as though the,
had been residents ofanother continent
That they went to the polls is true, bu
whether tn ey all voted or all stayed a
heme was immaterial so far as result
were concerned for the election wa
to be decided without reference to thei
wishes or preferences, and nothin
that they might do, would in any man
ner change the result.