The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-08-31
Abraham Lincoln.

Abraham Lincoln.
The other day, while expressing with
Characteristic plainness our opinion oi
President Lincoln, subordinate of the ad
ministration rebuked us thus: IF YOU de.
ny respect to the man, you ought. at leas,
to respect the Office, and speak politely ol
its incumbent" The reproof produced no
impression upon US, and for two reasons.
In the flrst place, it is not written in our
moral code that truth shall be sacrificed to
the suariter in zsodo and, secondly. it is
our profound respect for the office that for.
bids US to respect the man.
Wherein is Abraham Lincoln entitled to
respects Is 1t for his wisdom as exhibited
in his substitution of military for civil law
in the Northern States? his failure to re.
inforce Mcclellan at the only time since the
commencement Of the war when Richmond
could have been takenr his eman cipa ton
and negro enlistment policy, which consol
,dated the South and divided the North :
his s:oppage of voluntary enlistments at a
time when he could have obtained a hun.
dred enthusiastic recruits for every sullen
conscript since torn from his home under
the compulsion of the draits his obstinate
refusal to dismiss incompetent cabinet off
GERS at the solicitation Of his best friends 2
his latest plan for taking Rich,nond
against which the blood of tens of thou.
sands of heroes useles>ly sacrificed cries to
Heaven 7 bis persistent prescription Of the
ablest OF our generals, in spite of the wishes
OF the army and the remonstra1.ces of the
leaders OF his own party ? and though last,
not least. his never to be forgotten uncon.
stitutional ipse dirit, addressed "to whom
it may concern!' Is it for these sins OF
commission and omission, each one Of
which has been fruitful Of disasters for
which the tears Of hundred generations
OF Linco'ns could not atone, that we are
asked to respect the stolid wronphead
whom chastising Provdence has inflicted
upon US as ruler! Or shall We do him
homage because he rounds of grave debate
with a 'horse story," and deems = blood.
soaked battle field fitting place for negro
songs!
Respect Abraham Lincoln! The thing
IS impossible. The most We can promise
is to obey his lawful hehests. We can
laugh at buffoonery in the sawdust circle,
but not when it plays its fantastic tricks in
a grim and CHASTITY arena lighted with the
hames of cruel war and slippery with the
blood of our brethren. IF the presidential
Jester eiN quilp, and quirk, and erimace,
and jingle his bauble, in the very crisis ut
our country's fate he must not expsct
decent men to clap their hands and cry
'bravo
How the people relish his humor, and
at what price they hold his statesmanship,
the ideas of November will tell The nations
travail has been sore ; bu. the hour of de
hverance is nsar and sure DAILY, ay,
hourly, the sometime friends If Mr. Lincoln
are falling away from his side Nav, his
Very pensionaries fout him in print, feeling
that II is waste Of worship to adore the
setting sun. His "mene, meme tekel I" is
pronounced, and tn, ugh not written in fire
on the wall of the East Room, he NAV read
II, just as plainly as if it were, in tn.
changed favor of his courtier> and the
growing distaste they manifest for his
thrice told tales. Some of them, we see
twt him with his ''open nature" which
means, in plain English, hi. egregious gul
l'bil'ty. EScha"ge