The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-04-06

short engage mcnt, withdrew. The Prussians
had captured Duppel village. The lombard.
ment of Duppcl proper still continues. An un-
confirmed rumor reports the death Of Prince
Augustenburg. The Pope of Rome was alarm
ingly ill.
Politics. ...| .
In our reading Of twenty years ago or
more, we learned that there was once
French lady Of great eninencc as scholar
and OF national repute as religious devotec.
In the excess Of her humility as a mortal,
she rromulsed the doctrine that under all
circumstances we should cherish lively
sense Of gratitude to the Divine ing from
whom we draw life. Her transcendentalism
in this respect ran to An eAtcnt that shock
ed the sense of all plain people, and her
style Of reasoning puzzled the minds Of
the lesser lights in the ecclesiastical world
She carried her theory SO far as TO insist
chat "Souls in He'll aud damned, beyond the
reach of mercy" should turn up their eyes,
IN gratitude to the Great Author, for being
IS well of as they were! THIS maniac
devotion actually obtained wide range Of
popularity, and the old Catholic church
was in danger Gin Paris, at l.ast,) Of
schism which might have become fatal to
shat unity which has distinguished it. But
after time the fancies Of this Madame
Somebody were reported to Archbishop
Fenelor, Father Bossuet and other great
men Of France, and they at once pronounc-
cd it "a damnable heresy," unworthy en-
tcrtainment by any rational being. They
told their Hocks and the world that when a
soul was beyond the reach Of Mercy from
Almighty God, all the obligations to his
power must necessarily cease, and that
souls so situated must look out for them.
selves and make the best Of it. This SET
tied the controversy at the time, and no
such theoretical nonsense in the religious
world has since been heard Of
No. SO, however, in the political world.
Since The days of the Revolution, the doc
sr;ne on all American lips, has been, "the
source of all power is in the People, and
that to determine the measure Of power
lodged in their selected delegates, Constr.
TUrIoNs and Laws were established, lest the
ssruants Of the people might, by assump.
ton, become their masters" This uas the
undisputed, patriotic, universal, distinguish.
Of the American commonalty. But for q
few years pas, the Engine of Free Princi
pies in this country has been reversed, and
the European and Asiatic theories Of sub.
serviency to Officials is now the order
THE King can do no wrcng,' was once a
rcproach we threw into The faces Of oul
English counsins. With All adaptation to
profit which is not less surprising than il
is notifying to true man, the theory and
practice of this hour, in Free America,
is The Executive can do no wrong T.
Whatever Mr.. Lincoln regards as calculated
"to suppress the rebellion" is Law, ant
no man must indulge whisper Of discon
tent against his will on pain of being charg
ed with disloyalty to government Of which
Lincoln is, at beSt, bu, very feeble off
Ger. If he declines to accede to the wishe
of fana,ical preachers in Chicago, he i
cannonized as "a saint in conservatism,
and all his followers shout Alleulias! II
in ten days afterwards, he changes hi
mind and does exactly what he told tn
preachers he could not do and respect him
self, mighty sound Of approval goes u
from the same threats that only ten day
before app'auded a contrary decision
Does be call for troops and order draft
be made by a given time, his obedier
oIaQuers ring the changes on his jackson
ian promptness in suppressing the rebe
lion," his energy, resolution, &C., &C.
Does he postpone the draft and direct tn;
enlistments shall 60 on at the old bount
rates, praises are at once the utterance
sycophantic hearts, schooled in the Grim
ing which may bring thrift, and immunit
from official censure II he appoint inc
pacity to command the armies of the r
public, it is applauded as vociferously as
the removal Of acknowledged competenc
No matter what may be done by the Pres
dent, it is all assumed necessary to "wil
up this job,' as His Excellency remark
and the pap-suckers all cry "Amcnv'
The Lady Of France to whom we rcferre
was not moro devoted to an imaginary G
of Vengeance than are the Lincoln men
the present day to tue whims and capri'
Of the Sage OF Springfield. Call for st
last man and the last dollar plunge
country into irre.rievable bankruptcy
haust ourselves till European powers
gard us as foot ball and boastingly ass
that written Constitutional Liberty
played out;' suspend the operation Of l.,