Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-08-28
Opposing the Administration.


the Administration is the Government. W,
understand Mr.. Lincoln to be ministeria
officer, elected for four years, and subject t
the Constitution and law-making power; ane
the Government to be our political institu
tions, established and permanent, unit
changed by the constitutionafa act Of the people
or by revolution Aoines Statesnan y
This is the cant Of treason. It is the same
JUNCTION which Davis and his cosdjutorsx in
villainy used while melting the rebellion in
its incipient stages They told the people
that the Administration of Mr.. Lincoln was
not the Government, but an usurpation which
could be resisted without treason. Die .is
If the Admin stration is not the Govern
ment, no one will deny that it is the guardian
Of the latter, set for its defense and protec
ton, and to this end, justly, and necessarily
wields its power, and controls its resources
In times of peace and of, ordinary or par.
ty, or partizan issues, an A administration and
its measures may be opposed without dis,
loyalty to the Government, without
danger Of und rminlng its foundatio ). Here,
no.w thstan ing the intimate, blend ng oil
governmental and adminis t'ative perogativ s,
a proper distinction between the two must be
observed an marked l,,;-.-o,... .--'''
But in stin e of war, either foreign Or evil,
when the ,ntegri'y Of the Government is
,hreateSss1 and its overthrow and destruction
menacea, 70, assail and cripple the Admins
tration, which for the time being wiclds it.
functions, is leveling q deadly blow at the
Government itself l3'Si, h' .s'." .it. u9A"
In the days Of the revolution to assa,l the
Continental Congress, in which resided the
power Of the Provisional Government, made
men, in the language Of that dsy, tories
Opposition to the Administration and its
measures during the war of 1872, consigned
Hartford Convention Fe leralists to enduring
obloquy, as the opponents and enemies of the
Government. ~ ~, -.
In the stormy days of Notification in 1890
from the egg of which has been Matched this
nefarious rebellion, the same principle was
recognized. and theWhigs of that day, led by
Daniel Webster, Of Massachusetts,, though
opposed to the Administration of General
Jackson on general party or partisan issue
nevertheless, cordially, heartily and faithfully
sustained his Administr alton in its measures
and efforts to sus ain the Government from
the insiduous wies of Nullifcati8n, which
were but the incipient steps to revolution.
aaS So, during The Mexican war, the Wings Of
that day faithfully sustained the war meas.
ures of the Administration, that the power
and intagrity of the Government, without re.
gard to its temporary administrators, might
be sustained and upheld, against the assaults
Of a foreign enemy. - ." a..t." ,. H"a
The Democratic party of a former day rec
ognised the same principle, and claimed that
the Administration should be sustained in
eoerg measure necessary for vigorous pros.
ecution of the war. ~' '5
| The Democratic Convention which con-
vened in Baltimore, in 1s48,i and put General
Cass in nomination for the Presidency, passed
the following resolutions: ''...@ 10
Reso ved, That the war with Mexico, pro-
yoked on. her part by years OF, insult and
! in ury, was commenced by her army. crossing
the, Rio. Grande, attacking, the American
troop. and invading our sister State Of Texas,
and upon all he principles ofrpatrio ism and
the laws Of nation (, it is a just sni necessary
war on our part, in which every. American
citizen should have shown himself on the
side Of his country, and ne ther morally or
physic NY, by wor OF by deed, have givea aid
and omfort to the enemy. i,a,,..... ....'...,.
| Kesolued, That we would be re;oice1 at
the sSurance Of . peace with Mexico, found ID
on the JUS pri ciplesr of ndem;,i fol; the
past and g>ecurityT for the future, but that
while the ratification Of the liberal trea y
offered to Mexico remains in dtutit 1t, is the
duty Of he country to sns, min, re Ajmf,is
tration and to sustain ths fountr. in egeys
me sac necessary to pro ide for the yigor-
rus, prosecution, of the war shoul that trea y
e re]ec ed ..c2or e4-c,i1iesF 81; % 10 9.e,f;
Here the proper distinction . and a just
cain vas made. 1t was the duty of the peo-
Ipie to. sustain the war measures Of the Ad-
ministration. To oppose, decry Of. depounce
them, was to assume antagonism to the Gov
ernment itself, was to gye aid and comfort
to its enemies. h-~T5 ~; 0Tlc l-a -" /
And now that portion, of the States are in
reyolt-a'd are striving to complete the dis
ruption of the Union and the overthrow of
the Governmental oppose the Administra-
ton in its efforts to repel the s~ault upon
the Governments, and protect it from over
throw, ais9toa assume antagonism to the Gov
ernment. This no loyal man can do. Hence
Byington. Mahcny. Thayer and their follow
ers, who SO bitterly oppose. the efforts and
measures of the Administration for suppress
| ing the rebellion. put themselves IN hostile
attitude agai st the Government itself, and in
weakening the, hands of the Administration
strengthen the power of the rebellion. s5sa
IF there were tories in the revolution, if
there were Hartford Convention Federalists
in the war Of 1872, thsre are kissing Copper
heads now, the;lesders of owhom are as dis
loyal and treacheroas' to the Government, as
ARE the more open, rebellious traitors in
I ilLI..tAf fN go w IL Htt4i tH1.t ..--f
aE"1s: bna aEfon sld mo1l gsuc mr. 0..7
Col. WIN. NJ. SroNE- WHAr ! DEHocRAr
SAYs-General NJ, N. Croker, now com
manding the 4th Division, 18th Army Corps,
in letter to Thos. F. Withrow, Chairman Of
| the Republican State Central Committee, uses
the following language in reference to the
nomination Of Col. Stone ,7dasn2 ao4ed
a"I desire to say that the action Of the
Convention that nominated Col, VIM M.
IStone for Governor meets with general ap-
rfnhatifn among the officers and men of the