New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1863-11-27
WHAT THE WAR Is ABOUT.


WHAT THE WAR Is ABOUT.
The war originated in sntagonistc
IDEAS between the North and the South.
The Supwr1e Court Of the United
States in the Drea Scott case, decided
that negro was not a citizen, and
consequently not entitled to the same
rights and privileges oftAe white race,
in short was not with them, free
and equal" The people Of the South
almost without a solitary exception &C
cepted this decision as true interpre
tation Of the constitution, while a ma
jority of the North repudiated its dec
trines. Upon this Issue the Presilsn
,ial campaign Of 1850 was conducted
on the part Of the North and the South,
and the victory was against the decis-
ion. And what We of the North char
acterize as rebellion is only the nat
ural COLI sion produced by the effort
to carry into effect these ant-gonlstic
principles.
Thus far the war has been made to
conform in all it's features to this bane-
full doctrine Of negro equality. All the
wisdom of former administrations has
been compelled to give way before its
te.shisr enno nd :sndsnsy Tbs ygs a 'Ji tH,
when Rothfarther exchange of pris
whether i'll the confederate government
come togRize and treat the slaves Of
in Palesteoplc stolen and dressed in
81 woul Uniform, upon the same terms
Kings. 'ieSard other prisoners. The
t.edcrate government nov has some
., 900 Federal prisoners Of war, be-
sides negroes, pining away their lives
and sacr.fsing their health in c2nfel-
crate prisons. The South is ready to
exchange them upon the same terms
adopted in the commencement Of the
war-aye, is anxious t. d. 50, for it is
impossible for them to properly feed
and care fl them. But the adminis-
tration netting upon the advice OF such
impracticabes as Stanton: Chase e.
Co., refuse all further exchange until
the South will recognize their own
negroes rs entitled to exchange upon
the same terms as their white soldiers
and ours.
Cons oqucn.ly all the horrors of south
ern prison life with its privations: its
long vcery Gays and months, may be
especially attributed to this war Of
i'-as. The phi clpIcs Of the contest
originally, have now fully entered into
the spirit Of the struggle between the
actions. IF the war was ever ,nlu:t-
ell for the restoration Of the Uuion, that
.,hjcct was long since lost sight Of in
the other question of compelling the
south tovecogn,z. and treat their own
negroes as entitled to all the freedom
.ad equality enjoyed by their owners.
And now instead Of bringing It's weight
# woe and suffering alono upon the con.
federat.s in arms, ana in northern pris-
nas, alli!s untold horrors aud lists Of
fresd calamit,es arc to be visited upon
those who 80 generously confled il the
declared policies Of the administration
ns Is enlist to fight its battlcs-an(
MI! this by the administration to force
negro equality upon The South. Upos
tho South we say, for every Norther!
State instead Of acting upon the prin
e:ple Of Negro Equality in some forr
or other scouts the doctrine as app|i
gable to itself. Our own state consti
iution adopted by, the party in powe
: ,.epaliated by an overwhelming major
TINS very principle Of negro citizen
wat We are wasting such untol
ho.so and sacrificing SO many hu
saves to force upon the people :
maiuth.