New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1864-05-06
% MAIN and slaughter each other.

Mere depravity, however great is
not enough to ccount for this. No
devils e. uId be foun' sil'v enough to
thus torment themselves first, then one
another. Sheer madness is the last
explanation that is adequate.
Looking closely and steadily vt the
matter, we detect the cause Of this hor-
! ri'le jingle, or at least sure clue to it.
War ravages nations, afflicts aud des-
troys people, but strengthens govern :
ments, exalts rulers and enables them
q to enrich their ia vorites with the spoil
of plunderea millions,
The lodging Of the commissary or
contractor is rapidly transformed inte a
baronial castle: his suddenly-acquired
estate is fattened with the gore of
countless soldiers, the tears ofinnume :
rable widows and orphans; and while
thousands are shivering and freezing
for want Of the humble dwellings which
war has destroyed, his family rest Sc
cure in lordly halls and revel in luxury.
Burke, we believe, said Of this class
that by means Of war ;,their equipages
shine like meteors; their palaces rise
exaltations." Well can they afford to
prate of patriotism, ,,rig ght or wrong"
aud bribe venal orators with some share
of their plumber to inAame the passions
of the duped multitudes, and fool them
into enhsting to lie shot at for some
beggarly shilling or so day, and that
often unpaid. .....N e"
Will the mass never become wise
enough to detect and scout this swind-
ling game Of murder? &c.. 4.sr 4
Suppose government to be weak or
|prohigate--a case by no means unsup-r
posable- and, therefore, in danger of
incurring popular olium or contempt.
l, desires to be strong in the public
confidence, or without the virtue or ca
pacity to deserve that confidence. 1t
has one unfailing resort-to pick quar-
rel with some other government.
That at once draws public attention
from its own crimes or vices; gives it
q kold on popular feelings; enables its
satellites to call upon the people to sup
port the country"-that IS, to rally
around and uphold the executive in
whatever he may propose.
All inquiry is stopped-all watch
fulness is set neutrality-suspicious.
are made by millions, and the purse
and sword put unreservedly into the
hands of the chief magistrate to be
welded at his pieasure-the latter
against his enemies, the former in be-
half of his friends.
All who question the policy or the
Justice Of his course are at once denoun-
ced as traitors and enemies of the coun-
try.
Thus thousands are bribed by office
and gold 60 cry up the war; all mur-
murs are stiaed as reasonable; and,
when at last disaster or utter exhaus-
ton Of resources compels return to
peace, a. countless host Of pensioners,
cripples, place men, and fund-holders
are provided to cat up the avails of
honest labor for fifty or a hundred
years to come.
The poor mans children must go to
rest hungry and grow up i'll ignorance,
in order that the favorites Of rulers
may glitter in ,,orders" and stars, and
riot on the spells Of a people. Such
IS war. a"
Such is a small portion of the cost
of the infamous cheat styled glory.
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