New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1863-03-06
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HA!
CHANGED.

a. hhu la" dH1hIl'S "ISfiilAaIi'u. 10
virtue is prnverhi'l. It's desire to- cling
10 I'D landmarks snl not erase them.
hns male it hosts IF friends. At it's
first Presidential Convention it de-
c'ared i'self in favor "nf restoring the
action Of the Federal G vernment to
the principles of Washington and JEFF
frrs"n." And it has succeeded, HIS it
not =? Been in power almost two years.
aud hrnnght the country 80 near ruin
that it will take the Democracy twenty
fiv" years TO bring 1t back to the con
'lijinn it was in when R"pu',licanism
'mmcnc.d to run the & ,vernment ac.
cor''irg to the principles of Washing
ton and Jrferson."
Fin 1856 the Republican party was
so virtuous, law-a'iling and moral, let
us look at it's platform and ascertain
how it made such platform.
Below we quote from that platform :
'The lights of the people to keep and
bear arms have been infringsd.'
Well, we admit that to oppose such
Infringement is praiseworthy.
The right of an accused person to a
speedy and public trial by an impartial
jury has been denied.
There certa;nlvis a good deal IF
virtue in standing up firmly and de-.
terminedly for the rights Of "accused
persons" and we cheerfully endorse
that plank in their platform.
The right of the people to be secure
IN their persons, houses, papers and
effects against unreasonable searches
and seizures. has been violated.'
Very good thi .gs Mr.. Republican
party to ,lenounce Unreasonable seiz
.nres' e,f p = We give ynu credit
fora good deal Of morality in this re-
spect.
They have been deprived of life,
liberty and property without due pro
cess of law
1t was decidedly good thing to cen
sure the power that would commit such
an act as to deprive e person of his
''life, liberty and property without due
process of law
The freedom of speech and Of the
press has been abridged.'
Now, there is virtue and morality for
You, all in heap. 1t was a gosd bit
for Republican platform to declare
against the ahrilgemant Of "the free
dom Of speech and OF the press
The right to choose their representa-
tives has been made Of no effect
Good again. How we'll that applies
to the recent elections in the State of
Missouri.
Now we arc advised by the Repub'i-
can platform that all these provisions
of the Constitution had been violated,
and in standing up FIR the maintain
ance inviolate of all Of the Repuhli
can party was worthy Of great credit
and much praise
Let us see what the Republican party
proposed to do to the Administration
which had been charged with all these
outragcs. We quote again from their
platform F.:
That all these things have been
doue with the KIN wledge sanction and
procurement of the present Admins
tra.ipn, and that f,r this high crime
against the Constitution, and the Union,
and humanity. We arraign that Admin
istration. the President, his advisers,
agents. supporters, apol"gists and ac-
ressories either before or after the
ftct t-before the country and before the
world and that it is our fixed purpose
to bring the actual perpetrators Of
these attroci GUS ou'r,g"s. and their ac
to sure and condiDn
Now how does the Republican party |
stand on all these "urrages which the
present Administration has committed
npon the rights au l liberties Of indi-
viduals !? D ,es it still condemn :? On |
the other hand, is it not encouraging
those in autohrity to continue these
wicked violations Of the Constitution
And ought not the perpetrators of these
crimes to meet with "sure and condign |
% The Republicans said |