The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-08-12
Nurth gowa Times.
A. P. RICHARDSON, ! rd;+or.
JOHN n. ANORlCK, ''' o
TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM.
AUG. 12, :: -: : 1868.
Let us Reason,

Let US Reason.
The fact is dwelt upon by Republicans
and their presses, at length and with much
seeming satisla :tion, that many Of the
leaders Of Rebellion were once Democrats
TO urge this, as an argument against the
party to which we tie, as proof of aftiliaton
with the criminal conduct Of the South, is
too bold pretense to deceive any one
These leaders we're but small portion OF
the Democratic party in number, and in
going for revolt they cut loose from the
trunk. Isn't it remarkable that the north
ern workers with Davis, are now the mos,
illiberal denounces OF the party with
which they arc claimed to have acted
Who is more fcrocious against northern
Democrats than Dickinson, of New York
Yet when the traitor Yancey visited New
York for breckenridge, Dickinson was ever
present and echoed the sentiments of Yam
cey from the same stand. Who is more
honorcd by the radicals of anti ti.slavery,
than Gen Butler9 Yet this same Butler,
Knowing Davis sentiments on secession,
gave him steady support for Jyiy seren
ballots at Charleston, and at Baltimore he
grew so frantic in support of his secession
candidate that Gavi't of Indiana, dcnounc
ed him as sco.ndrcl. Davis abuses the
northern Democrats, through the Richmond
papers, and Dickinson does the same with
his tongue. Kill out northern Democrats
and you will have no real Union. To US it
looks as though Davis and Butler & 60.
Were yet in partnership-nne conducting
the Southern, the other the Northern wing
Of the reb 4liion. Men as old as Dickinson
and Butler DO not change so suddenly with
out cause, and Office at the north has been
for new one would not induce them to
the excessively vindictive course against
their former partners without deeper OBJ
iect than the surface shows. From life. long
democrats of radical character they sud
denly veer about and melt rapidly into the
anti slavery amalga,n. These men kneac
that the secession Of the Southern leaders
at Charleston meant revolution and nothing
else-yet they supported revolutionary
candidate and denounced "Union savers
as gibly as did Horace Of the Tribune.
The Democratic party Of the North
stand where they ever did. The Consti
tuition of our fathers is good enough as {
guide for all persons who live or may liv'
under its protection, but while Davis
Co. propose to destroy that old parchment
by storm of bullets and the fash of 50
bres, we do not intend to permit poltica
adventurers or quacks to sap and mine ou
written rights away in the smoke Of a pre-
tense, that when war is on our hands, w
place our civil privileges and securities un
der bushel. Not bit Of it. The great
est Constitution latitude should be allowet
those in authority during the trying cir
cums,ances under which they are nov
placed, but it must never b. urged that tn
burning Of the House We live in isabsolute
ly necessary to secure US safety from des
picable set Of vermin that infcst it. Let u
waste some Of the furniture, tear of tn
wainscott, mutilate the carpet, break few
windows, cut out floor plank or two, bu
for the sake of Constitutional freedom
let us not destroy the whole building ant
pauperizc ourselves both in principle ant
in interest, by giving to the flames all tn
security which we boast of asa heritag
! from the heroes and sages Of '76. B. as
surcd, the man who consents to an infring
ment Of his own liberty to crafty mo
ments malice against another, has estab
tablshed precedent which may one da!
come back to visit him in the cells Of
dungeon. Like the introduction of conta
gion-it way kill your most exposed ant
hated neighbor to-day, but what assuranc
have you that it will not spread to you
neighborhood and carry you of tomorrow