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

| We propose to show that the pres
ent administration from the President
down were original abolitionists, and
as such Of course opposed to the Union
as framed by its founders. On the 10
of July 1858, in speech delivered in
Chicago Mr.. Lincoln said:
II should like to know, taking the
declaration of independence, which de.
clares that all men are equal upon pfln.
c,ple, and making exceptions to it,
where will it stop? Ifone man says
1t does not mean NEGRO, why not
another say 1t does not mean some
other man ? IF that declaration is not
the truth, let US get the statute book
in which we find it and tear it OUT
! Who so bold as to do it z? Ifit is net
|true let US tear it out Let us discard
all this quibbling about this man and
the other man, this race and that race
and the other race being inferior. Let
US discard all these things and unite
as one people declaring that all men
are created equal"
| In 1848 Salmon P. Chase as mem
Der of the 'free soil'' convention that
met at Buffalo, N. Y, was made Chair
man Of the committee on resolutions
and reported among others the follow
ing which was adopted
'Resolved, That we hereby give it
to be distinctly understood, by this ma
tion and the world, that as Abolition
lists considering that the strength of
our cause lies in its righteousness, and
our hopes for it in our conformity to
the laws of God, and our support of
the rights of man, we owe to the Sow
ereign Ruler of the u, iverse, as proof
ofcur allegiance to him, in all our civil
relations, and Offices, whether as friends,
citizens, or as public functlonsrirs,
sworn to support the Constitution of
the United States, to REGARD and
TREAT the third clause of the lnstru
ment, whenever applied IN TIE case of
a fugitive slove, as UTTERLY NULL
and VOID, and consequently as forming
NO PART of the Constitution of the
United States, whenever we are called
upon or sworn to support it,
The author of the above resolution,
now Secretary of the Treasury under
Mr.. Lincoln, called upon God to witness
that he would disobey and despise one
article in the Federal Constitution
whenever called upon to support it
this declaration he has taken care to
more than make good, for he has dis
obeyed and despisedevery article in the
Constitution.
At that time the Whig convention
which had nominated Gen. Taylor for
President, was understood to occupy
the same position upon the slavery
question as that ofthe democratic party;
consequently WIN H. Seward, now
Secretary of State under Mr. Lincoln.
espoused the cause Of the "free soiP
party and stood upon the doctrine of
the above resolution, In speech de-
llvered at Cleveland Ohio, in that
campaign, in advocating the doctrine
of the resolution, he said:
"Our democratic system must he
preserved and perfected. That system
is founded in the natural equality of all
men not alone of all American men,
nor alone all white men, but all men of
every country, CLINE, and complexion
are equal-not made equal by human
laws, but born equal. Slavery must
must be abolished, and you and must
do it, HtIa..
This is precisely the position occu-
pied not only now, but in the past by
the most Eoted disunionists of the abo
lition party,-it is abolitionism and has
the hearty approval Of such men as.
Wendell Phillips, and VIM. Lloyd Gar.
rison as we'll as Horace Greeley In
1856, Wendell Phillips speaking of
these men and their principles, said:
"There il merit in the Republican
party. 1t is the first Sectional party
ever organized in this country. II ia