New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1863-05-22
THE NEW PROGRAMME.

all discussion Of its war policy IN the
future by reyiving its system Of arhi.
trarv arrests, bet that it means to pre-
vent the free exercise of the elective
franchise. But recently Hon. c. l.
Vallaniigham was arrested and tried
by military court martial for utterances
made at Mt. Vernon, in an open pub
lie speech delivered to hundreds of his
countrymen, peacefully assembled
The finding of this court is imprisou.
,nens daring the war. The offence as
proved is advising the people to insist
upon the restoration of the Union un-
der the Constitution, and as means to
that end of the democratic party to
power: through the ballot box. His
oeensc is that he has lookedupon peace
as means to restoration of the I'm
ion in his puhl,c address, adopting the
language Of President L,ncoln's inau-
gursl, That after much fighting and
loss and no gain upon either side, the
same questions as to terms Of inter
course will be upon US, and must beset
tied by compromise at last" This is
she head and front Of his offending.
An attempt W. 8 made to prove that
&c had opposed the conscriptisn act, but
the proof is that he advocated having
town, counties and cities, levy q tax
to pay the $500 required to release
such conscr;pts as did not wish to serve
instead of throwing the entire burden
upon those corscripted.
If advising men to vote the demo-
cratic ticket is implied treason, "a
crime unknown to the constituion) for
which the pers IN volunteering the ad-
vice should be sent to military bastilc
during the war, is it not absolute and
unqualified treason to so vote ? If the
one would justify imprisonment, would
not the other be justly punished with
death The administration, spurns
ehe imputa.i,n that i: seeks to estab-
lish military despot,sm. So in the
sarly part Of the war it imprisoned two
Pa. editors because bills were struck
at their office r Jim Lane Of Kansas
to use in recruiting negroes for the war.
and nowit has its reerui ing Offices for
negroes all over the north. Gen. FIRE.
nont was removed from the command
If the department Of Mo-, because he
issued proclamation of freedom to the
negroes Of reputel rebel owners without
irst giving their masters q trial for
treason. to be follcwedny proclamation
Of ancipation from Lincoln to all the
slaves in certain States whether their
masters favor the Federal or Confcder.
ate cause. These are but two instan.
cca in which the administration has
said one thing and done another; hun
areds might be cited. Indeed its de.
mails Of grave accusations seem to have
been thrown out more to feel Of the
public pulse than as rules for future
observance.
This arrest is threat against every
man that refuses to extol the acts OF
this abolition administration in it's eff.
forts to destroy the government. Its
next great act will he to declare in ia.
ror Of practical amalgamatlon between
the races as advocated in N. Y, re.
publican meeting recently, and he who
doubts its practicability or wisdom will
find himself arrested and tried by mill
tary court martial by his royal highness
Abraham Lincoln: for the crime Of 'high
treason William II. Seward in the
fall of 1852, in writing to our Ministe,
TO England, in speaking Of tho results
Of the elections spoke words of truth
extorted from his per6dious lips as they
we're, when he said:
Tin this country especially, it is ,
habit not only entirely consistent with
the Constitution, but euen essential ID
ITS stability, to regard the Administra
ton at any time existing, as DISTINCT
and separate from the GOVERNMENT
ITSELF, and to canvass the proceedings
o. the one without thought Of disloy
atty to the other"
We can sooner kiss the great toe 0
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