The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-03-16
Chase W.. Lincoln.

Chase W. Lincoln.
Some Of our Republican cotemporarie.
arc paralleled by little children who put
their heads under the bed. clothes to avoid
the dangers Of Thunderstorm, thinking
they can neither sec the lightning no,
hear the thunder, that they are safe; this
IS similar to the practice of the ostrich, a
reference to which in this paper few weeks
ago raised such alarm among the trimmers
Of this region. Editors who acill not look
out from the pap covering which envelopes
them, or who, looking, will not inform
their readers Of the changes ia public opin.
ion, may be excellent men in some lines OF
business, but they were not designed to
issue newspapers. To listen to these men
or read them you would imagine that no
one thought Of opposing Mr.. Lincoln but
rebels and rebel mpathizers--that the
people en- masse were for "Old Abe" and
that harsh criticisms Of the management of
public affairs or references to rebel strength,
with view to prepare formlably for it's
repulse-indeed, anything which will dis
pei the delusion which the laughing gas of
government favor has involved them in,
seems to disturb and offend then, almost to
insanity. Say to them that the entire Re
publican German vote is hostile to Mr..
Lincoln as candidate for re election; that
Senator Pomeroy is out in circular against
him, that general distrust is being felt in
his capacity as man AID his sincerity as
politician. and you arc mel with the stale
cry Of "Copperhead, "a mode of "areu.
ment' that is the never-failing resort of
Chlcanery or Stiffness. But it is no pleas
ure to us to annoy Innocence or contend
with Hypocrisy, and We forbear farther in
PRODUCTION to extracts from circular re.
Gently signed by members Of the Ohio
Legislature in the interest OF Mr. Secretary
Chase. 1.-THE language may seem some
what "disloyal" cur raiders will recollect
that it is not ours, but that It comes from
leading gentlemen Of the Republican party
in Washington, and that its Endorsement by
many members of the Ohio Legislature and
other prominent Republicans Of the cele.
brated State which turned Vallandieham
out to grass, gives it an odor Of patriotism
which should not offend the ofactories of
the most fastidious power worshipcr in the
Republic. There are portions Of the Cir.
cular much too severely written for our
taste, but we publish these selections to
show what the loyal" fellows say of their
own party. In abiding to the two
theories now dividing public opnion-one
that the States should come back to the
Union with their institutions and laws as
before, and the other that the people of the
rebel States are now aliens and must be
dictated to, subjugatcd and their old laws
wiped out--the Circular charges Mr. Lin.
coin with sliding first to on. theory and
then TO another:
This vaccination aud indecison of the
President has been the real cause why our
*ell.appointed armies have not succeeded
in the destruction Of the rebellion.
HE has constantly been going between
these two theories, taking no positive
ground for either, but holding on to the
skirts of both.
"Whether from the fecbleness of his will,
which has been unequal to the alternate
pressure Of tLe respective leaders of these
theories, or whether from the want Of in.
tellectual grasp, he has been really unable
to comprehend tteir philosophy, or from
the want Of political principle and indiffcr-
ence to truth, he has with that species of
cunning, which characterizes certain class
Of lawyers, sought to ride both theories, for
the purpose of securing his re election.
Honesty signifies nothing unless there
is capacity to WELD the power. In the
language of Wendell Phillips who cares
for the honesty Of the President. unless he
be capable; it is not honesty but capacity
that is wanted.
w hen the nation again places in the
hands ola commander, in. chief the lives of
all its able bodied men, and all its material
wealth, it will want better guarantee than
The antecedents Of our ocular President
furnish, that the power will be welded
ably. efficiently, and surely, fer the perpet-
nifty of the Union.
1.-THE war has created debt the magn-
Jude OF which is astounding to consider
The interest alone will Cypress the people
Tor scores Of years to come at the same
time the means Of dischargins the debt will,
by the necessary operations Of the war, have
been fearfully weakened. So many hun
dreds of thousands of men have been called
fron,the industrial pursuits never to re-
turn to them; SO much OF the material
wealth Of the country has been destroyed !;
80 many fields for the production Of its sta
pies laid in waste; indeed It's whole labor
system has been perverted or disorganzed |!
ITO recover the nation from this state of
utter exhaustion, and restore it to it's won't
ed prosperity, will demand an order Of in.
telligence which il bestowed upon but few
men in any country at the same time, and
the highest intellect in our land might
we'll 'tremble IN assuming such responsible.
sty. We want in our coming President an
advanced thinker, statesman profound
versedsiA political and economic science.
one who fully comprehends the spirit of the
age in which we live.
1.-THE effort now making to forestall the
action Of the Republican National Conven-
ton by procuring the formal nomination
Of Mr.. Lincoln in the State Legislatures
and other public bodies, is deeply to be de-
plored.
The more SO, because this movement
originates with the recipients Of Executive
hyor and patronage, some Of whom bold