New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1863-07-31

mcntable necessities, re, ersing all the
prece,ients, expl ding al the theories.
humilisting all the pride Of our fee
American past.
| 10 the f'rci gn observer Of American
affairs all this Is plain enough. Our
enemies make II mock Ms, our fr,en,l>
are forced to apologize for us. as, one
after another the sanctities Of American
liberty are trampled !" the ,lnst-as
o:e after another, the boasts e Amrri
can history are made ridiculous. IL a
"e"ltv s'ate of the purlic feeling -
would lie imp lie for ny co siderable
body OF men among ourseue to trea,
'ms State OF things with indifference or
With levitv. When men vino know
what freedom means fad themselves
forced t" d. her Some passing violence.
they set about the task with eluctnuce.
III silence and i'll sorrow. It is their
Instinct, in the words Of the great anti
slavery poet f New England. 10
y" ak backwards with svertsd eyes
Aud hide the shame
10 make MI orgie IF oppression, e.
dance AMI shout over the downfall of
guarantees venerable with The heredi-
tary lovco centuries, to exult over each
successive blow struck by p wer 1T
private right " punlic law. is to prove
TINT the very heart and substance of
h"erty has been esten out of the men
who Mus delnean themselves, and VET
this, precisely this. is the speetacle
daily exhibited t. the world by the
leading organs of the radicsl faction
which s~s..s the adminis'rati n.
l" the French pa;ace # the Luxem
o'urg hangs famous picture by one f
Lie hrst 1T modern French arts 9. IL
represents the degenerate sons of .iomc
re'eilhg in the crisis of the na,,o,,~
ruin. The symbols and traces Of the
euler day surround hem, the blood of
Cato aud oc,plo speaks in the .nlsn
Investments Of the s~,nis, ere.. FIR.
grant garIands bloom about their brows.
the giltterlng tables groan with luxury.
out the guests Ut the banquet are mos |
truly clothed with s,aue!essness a~
with garment. The barbarian NAV
w Numbering at The gates: the Senate
HAS "eco'ne nest Of panderers ana
ii parasites; the old heroic honor, the
stern a"d ancient faith 10 Justice are
dead and gone. But no sense Of t. Q
mighty t"'i, no shadow of the terrible
uoon', rests upon those reckless brnws.
" CLOUDS that hour IF frantic reyelrv.
The republic is ill the agonies OF death,
out The republicans are holding thtir
nigh least, aud with them all is we'll as
oAce "as with the king already weighed
III the balance and found wanting, when
he t. whom his kinga III should he Civ.
ell was drawing nigh in the silence aud
ignorance II night. And ~ even now
are all things we'll with the noisy was
sa!Iers'ot 1negrext political revel which
u 10 our sad destiny tosee. A Gener |
st'lAes down the very pillars winch
protect In homes of us all; and shouts
"s IRON solne Clrce-smitten and ,,n.s
Ieas'l'lng horde, hail the fa.ai blow
Men are seized without warrant Of law
aud x.iea; bua no glea m of awakening
,reassii hshts hese s,olii bcs tied ewes.
a .,ucr"i ofic r ut one oop orders
the w"o'c adult male populati n Of
no"' snlng town to cease the pursuit q,
he DAILY av"cations and converts \
GU. practically into a prison for it's
whole rPua ION; bnt still 'he g',.ses
cA"k, AID nc bacchanalian chou: rings
out .ou'. abovs tile scrr,w nd tn.
shaA., The wantor ness n, i the wrong
All ne s'g' . which p"ten a suprcm
. cl"l catastrophe her N tie air =
tn Pas''o's OF pol teal calumny and
III o'erahse creep ito every h usehold.
p"'iu the or li,ay interc,ur
'nd Poison the Common relations of men.
The machinery which has made the
worst governments If history execrahle
n the eyes of mankind is openly set up
in our streets. spies G" about the l4nd
the d'u usurps the f,rum; the bayonet
snpplants the press; men are taken
from their bets under cover Of the night
TO vanish alike beyond the ntr.l nf
law and the c"rs"lStirns Of 1--we; the
ostracism Of ancient Greece is publicly
recommen lei; the depor,a,ions Of mod
er" Russia are openly pract,ced. And
all these things are lone with jnb,'a
ton and applause, without Ahame A.
18th = rem &c, Nj h Ut r spe.' Err RIO
insnl . pasi, without consideration
FIR the ilnperiled future.
Can We wonder: in tho daily presence
Of such a spectacle as tlis. that men