New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1864-12-02


self more ultra than anybody else. In
war, he that is the most uNcompromi-
sing with the enemy--he that propo.
ses the most violent measures and
makes the most exacting demands
will find favor. He rides on the wave
of popular passion and wins transient
eclat. Gen. Butler understands this
He has been demagogu all his
life, and can't change now. But who
cares for the holding forth of Butler!
1t is nothing but babbls. Abraham
Lincoln is the man who Will manage
his side his way. He Is necessity
to his party; and they are bound to
applaud, no matter what he does.
When he suspended the writ of
habeas corpus, his party shouted all
right. They lost byit temporarily in
the Congressional elections, and felt
that something must be done. Sc
they passed an indemnity bill to secure
Mr.. Lincoln and his subordlnates from
! damage for violating law. They pro-
ceeded further to regulate these arbi-
trary arrests. They proyiled that a
| man arrested by the military should
be handed ever to the District Court
to i've tried, with the evidence of his
guilt. Abraham Lincoln approved the
bill: and went on doing as he had done
before, regardless Of this lay, 1t was
a HARMLESS piece Of Legislation, that he
did not take to interfere with his war
power. His party thought they were
doing something Of value. They under
totk to restrain executive power. Tie
act of indemnity was an admission that
wrong was done. If no wrong had
been done, why an act Of indemnity?
If the President had no power to sns-
pend the writ Of habo@s corpus, why
should Congress suspend it? Mr. Lin
coln's p,rt;sans, at the same time,
maintained that he had done all right,
The whole was a medley Of illogical,
inconsistent stuff, and Abraham Lin
coin went on as ifno such acts had ev
er passed, and his congress applauded
him whilst he disregarded their acts.
Such acts could not restrain the war
power, which they all magni6ed as
much as the President exercised it.
Congress passed an act for recon-
structing the States. The President
cody told them there were some good
things in the act, and he would heed
the suggestions as far AZ they suited
but would not approve the act. Here
upon Wade and Davis became IN dig
nant; felt themselves indignant enough
to issue manifesto, which the y fat
tered themselves would annihilate
Abraham Lincoln. They dealt in
some heroic words and sentences, but
didn't set the river on fire, as they ex-
pected. Perhaps it only reminded
Lincoln of something that occurred in
Illinois. The last we heard of Messrs.
Davis and Wade they were the most
jealous advocates Of the reelection Of
Abraham Lincoln. In the meantime,
Fremont and his followers got together;
talked largely about freedom, despotism
&c.; Informed the rest of aankind
what q good for nothing, and, at the
same t,gne, what a dangerous man,
Abraham Lincoln was If Fremont
e. Co. had been half as important as
they thought they were, something
would have happened; but, after all
they had to wheel into line and suppor
the man they had deaounced as unit
for his place. The last we heard OF
Fremont and Cochrane was from certain
awkward epistles showing how the au-
thors couldn't do it.
The whole history Of the party. for
the past three years shows that It's
members are controlled by the head,
and that their opinions spoken or writ
ten are not worth the gas or ink that
produces them. Let's hear what Abra
ham Lincoln intends to do, and that
Butler and all the rest will do; he will
see that they do it. We trust him for
that.
Chase and Seward have been hold
ing forth. Chase manufactured green