The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-10-26
WHOLE NO. 4l9.

+ The Old National 1ntelligenssr On th
. / Political Situation e9rs a.@ LA 60
RI From the National Intelligencer October Is.
!, 1t is known to our readers that whe:
Gen. Burnside had command Of the militia
T ry department in the northwest, whicl
embraced the states of Kentucky, Ohio
Indiana and Illinois, be nearly succeede,
by his arbitrary meaeures in stirring up
spirit Of active and armed resistance to hi
authority. This was especially the case il
Illinois, and in the city of Chicago, wher,
he undertook to suppress the publication o
the Chicago Times, paper as ultra in its
opposition to the administration as thu
Chicago Tribune in its support to the ad
ministration. ..... gi 5..
/ As was natural, under such circumstan.
ces, the heated partisans of the admins
tration arrayed themselves on the side of tho
federal commander. They did not stop tc
ask whether his act was right, constitution
al, or proper. 1t was enough for them tc
know that he aimed to strike down an op
position print which had provoked thei,
hostility. ~ e~,'i = -'@0. .3t q
The political adherents of the paper thus
assailed manifested stern disposition te
defend freedom of the press, violated in its
attempted suppression, and bloody riot
was believed to be imminent in the streets
Of Chicago. While matters were at this
stage Mr.. Senator Trumbull sought to
calm the troubled elements, not by per
suading the people to acquiesce in the lille
gal proceedings of Gen. Burnside, but by
persuading the people that such proceedings
were wrong, and that as such they should
! be discountenanced by all good citizens
TO this effect he spoke as follows:
THE times are grave A majority of the
people of our state are taking ground again st
the administration-and why? will tell
you why: will point out to you some of
our mistakes, that they may be corrected in
| the future. The reason is, we have not
adhered to David Crockett's motto, BE
sure you are right and then 60 ahead
1.-The great charge, the charge that has
damaged the administration above all others.
is that we are in favor of the exercise of
arbitrary power-that We are opposed to
the freedom OF speech and opinion, to the
feedom Of the press, in favor Of curtaling
personal liberty, and in favor OF despot-
ism. Now we should not allow these
things. We have been the advocate of free
speech for the last forty years, and should
not allow the party which during that whole
time has advocated the gag to usu,p our
place. as3o 1c la..s @e= slI..a as.. s.. q.
I'VE are fighting for the restoration of
the Union and the preservation Of the con.
stitution, and all the liberties it guarantees
to every citizen. And it makes me feel
bad when hear some h nest friend, brIm-
ming full of patriotism, say he does not
care for the constitution, and does not want
to have it forced into his way or thrust in
his face until the war is over" 1850 - afi~ .
1t is common for administration prints,
to allege that there is widespread and
deep seated spirit Of disaffection to the
government prevalent among large portion
of the people in Indiana and Illinois It
IS estimated that This spirit has sought to
embody itself in organizations which look
ed to armed resistance against the admin
istratiOn, and the administration has lent
its cOuntenance to this intimatlon by for.
bidding tho ixn portaties,s aua.4 r,,r.6.o. &c
arms in these states. a.. .-E ...-....
II there was any foundation for these
representations, in the generality ascribed
to them, it would be the gravest possible
impeachmento OF the administration, as serv-
ing to show that it had, by its abuses of
arbitrary power, SO soured the minds of
large portion OF the people that they are
ready to adopt the most desperate measures
for the prevention Of such abuses. No one
supposes that in loyal states like Indiana
and Illinois there need be any ground of
appeal to spirit Of disaffecton and revolt,
save as such ground is furnished by the
arbitrary acts which Senator Trumbull de.
nounced and deplored. And hence, pre-
cisely in proportion to the degree of credit
which may be given to alleged ''conspira.
demnatioD OF those acts which give to such
consplracies their pretext and origin.
We are very sure that, with exceptions
| too inconsiderable to deserve enumeration,
it has been the great predominant wish OF
the people in the northwest, equally with
the people in other quarters Of the loyal
states, cordially to sustain the administra-
ton in the present crisis. But that the
administration has done much, very much,
to irri,ate The sensibilities of the people in
these states, as in many others, will be de-
MED by none among its most determined
partisans. "The great charge. the charge
that has damaged the administration above
all Others" says Mr.. Trumbull, sis that We
are in favor Of the exercise of arbitrary
power" This charge would not damage
the administration ii it was false charge.
1t is only the truth Of the charge which
makes it damaging to the party thus ar
raigned by republican senator of the
| United States. .r......
| Within the last few days we have seen
major general of the United States strike
down an opposition print in the city Of
Baltimore under the pretext Of fear that
his own soldiers would riotously destroy
the Office in which it was printed, unless
he saved them the opportunity Of doing SO
by ordering the suppression Of the paper.
Does any body suppose that his act is any
more d.tenslble than the p0tatlve disposi
ton he ascribes to his soldiery? And does
not every body believe that the pretext for
the suppression was utterly frivolous and
| groundless. ra5n.. Il.
4 What, then, is tho duty OF candid ~-a
loyal men, without distinction Of party, in
such ease To be mute OF 10 protest
against the outrage9 Plainly the latter. =
And yet how many administration ournals
have ventured to express disapprobation OF
the proceedings? So far as We are aware,
only two All the others pass it over in
silence. None. we are glad to say, has been
bold enough to defend it or even to apollo
gize for, it. ..,.,,
In like manner, the country within the
last few days has been apprized that Mr..
Lincoln's military governor in Tennessee
has prescribed test oath as q condition
precedent Of voting in that state, which is
designed to bar the polls to all save those
who will vote for Mr. Lincoln and h,mself.
How many administration prints have ex.
posed and denounced this hogrant usurpa,
ton? Only two-thc same two which have
preserved the integrity Of their opinions by
co,, NValloca W. ollnda IN tho g. prinufi all