The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-10-07
Politics.

Politics. .... ..
This is the last issue We make before the
election. Our next will be October l4th,
. day after the closing Of the polls, and
hence politics, SO far as voting is concerned,
will be out of the ring. In the present
state of public temper it seems scarcely
worth the time to appeal to our coun.
trymen; but few words to protect our.
selves from the charse Of rcmissness in duty
may be appropriate. Absolutism in the
administration during the tendency Of this
rebellion, is the generally received doctrine
of the Republican leaders, and as isms like
diseases always have their run we confess
to want Of confidence in any remedy
against the disease Of the budy polite un.
til the patient is reduced to comparative
exhaustion. Empires are treating the case
while constitutional doctors arc pushed
aside as fogies. Phle5otomy is the pre-.
scription for all kind Of political dcrangc-
ment. If Gil Bias were alive with his
"bleeding and hot water" he would rank at
least with Col. Stone, of Iowa, and posi-.
bly, with CHANDLER Of Michigan.
Two years ago elections were held in the
North to vindicate the Constitution of the
United States-to prosecute the war with
an eye single to the UNroS-to observe the
Crittcnden resolutions which passed Con.
gress with such unanimity the war not
to be one Of "subjugation." but Of Consti-
tutional restoration. Parties at that time
differed as to the rcadiest mode to secure
this object. The party in power proposed
respect for law and it succeeded, the Dem
ocrats being hardly able to make an issue
with their opponents, though it was strong
ly suspected that these professions were
hollow; the result has proved the justice
Of this suspicion. The President has grad.
uated from his first position, of refusal to
touch the negro question, to an active
military and civil opposition to that
domestic institution which at the time of
the adoption Of the Constitution was the
rule cf'tie Government, but one State Of
the old Thirteen being gul.less of slave.
holding Believing this policy would unite
the Southern masses to their INSCRIPTIONS
leaders and thus prolong the war-know.
ing that the policy was condemned North
by oil but the vanguard of anti slavery
men, and that its adoption would tend to
establish discussions here and weaken the
efforts Of the Government, the Democratic
party, with large numbers Of infuent ial
Republicans denounced it. The Border
States met it with denunciation and with
all the boosted Unionism which exists in
such States, it is known TO all who read,
that they make the same issue at this hour.
From United North in the war prose.
cution for restored Union, the country
by means of this sudden presto Of Mr.. Lin.
coin and the systematic abuse of persons
and presses who claimed the American
right Of discussing measures aft, citing Ma
tional partnership, in which each Is a,
equal stoekholder-the Country pissed to I
state, almost Of revolution at home. TIL
threats Of oficidss, arrests without cause
imprisonment without trial, the murder o
men for differing with the government
,oith the prom ice Of pardon in adoanee (rea'
Kirkwoods first Dubuque speech Dane
other. infamies known only to the mos
ensanguined pages Of history-all thes
are as familiar as household words. Abb
men who were once freemcn; statesmen {
both parties, who but yesterday glOried i
sustaining their Charter,in peace or in wal
rs our only anchor, have yielded to tho cor
bined influence Of money and of ambition
and are now in the plastic hands of thos
who feed them. The President Of the I'm
ted States, the servant Of the people and tn
creature of the Constitution, has accepted
delegated authority from Congress, and
time of unprecedented Federal success
he has. in the suspension of habeas corp,
virtually abolished the civil courts of tn
whole. "a States. Your liberties and live
are in the, hands Of men who are taugi
that might alone gives right. The Cons,
tuition Of the United States, hsllowed by It
veneration OF Marshall and illustrate
BY the eioquence Of ebster-ths Coz
stitution Of the States and the laws mac
in pursuance Of both for the protection
the citizen, arc "at one fell swoop" brusbt
into oblivion and the government Of Il
United States, except in the exercise of Nj
itary power, is no morei
This is no flight of fancy. 1t Is no n
Of partissnism. It is no dream of fear.
is not the utterance Of passion. It is
FACT which stares you all in the face, ar
not man Of You but deplores the "ncce
sity" which is urged in its justification
Each day the inquiry is "where is this
end - us there no remedy for this fat
sncroachment on Personal Rights :" H.
Ne Consultation, which was our shield, Il
Hnion, which 10 our veneration and Il