New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1865-09-29
NEW OREGON, HOWA RID COUNTY, IOWA SEPTEMBER 49, 1885,
SELF PRESERVATION THE FIRST
LAW OF NATURE.

LAW OF NATURE.
That this instructive ma kim is equal
ly the first law Of Nations al of Nature,
! is proven by all history. III obedience
to its dictation rebellions are suppress
ell, invasions repe'led enemies resisted,
and those high officers Of State un-
frienely to the reigning dynasty or
administration displaced, by the ap-
pointment of those friendly to the sue
cess: ::of the policy ,naugurated by the
Executive.
This is eminent'y the practice in
our own country, and all concede it to
he eminently right, for we're it other
wise the wheels of the government
would be liable to stop at any moment,
owing to the intrigues, or insubordina-
tion of refractory cabinet ministers.
Any Administration to be useful,
must be in sympathy and symmetry
With itself.
President johnson was elevated to
the highest position in the world by
the untimely taking IF of Mr.. Linc"ln,
at the close of "a great internecine war.
which engulphed all former political
parties; and he stands before the Amer
ican people untrammeled by party
shackles and owes allegiance to no Sec
tion or faction.
New issues evolved by the war, the
complicated interests of the country,
the changed circumstances of the peo-
pie, al! couspire to bury old prsjudic.s
and isms in oblivion. The President,
with characteristic craftsmanship and
foresight, compreheuds the new state
of affairs, and has framed his policy ac-
cordingly, wholly discarding every
thing, excepting the absolute interests
Of the country AID the policy necessa-
ry to effect that censummation. In
view VI J;:reA facts nvnry sn"et bo
pajned and disheartened at the persis-
tency with which certain persons are
c" sting the fire brands Of discard IN the
wav of the successful administration of
he Guyernment; and th'own zoo, by
those holding ;.igh positions under the
Government~-by those whose duty 1t
is, as it should be their pleasure, to
remove every dlscordant element tend
ing to distract the national councils.
But these disorganizers, these Jaco-
bin's and enemies Of the public good,
are so thoroughly imbued with the fa-
naucisn Of former days, their chief de-
| light seems to be in disparaging the
public veal By plunging the nation in
to the vortex of revolution. Turmoil and
strife seems to be the God at whose
shrine they worship. On every band,
we hear curses deep and portent.ous
against the Presidents suffrage poll
cv, and these curses, frequently, come
from those feeding at the public crib;
but the majority of them are only the
satellites Of tuo or three central orbs,
whose reflectors they are, dimly shin
ing, behind good fat salaries Of green
backs. II IS a mean cur that snaps
the hand that feeds him.
The Chief Justice lnaugurated this
spirit of strife - this second John
Brown raid against the peace and quiet
Of the country, during his late political
love feasts among the freed negroes OF
the South, ami his cohorts are now
,oarsh"ling for desperate effort to
o .rrlde the Executive and force him
to abandon his oft declared opinions
tie Constitution anL :he laws; and ad-
opt their revolutionary and fanatlcal
Ideas, contrary alike to sound policy as
to ordinary decency. Heaven and
earth are to be moved in order to force
President johnson from Conservatism
into Radicall n. NegI0 suffrage o.
a dead lock. The States are to he
rohbed + the power regulating Of the
eligibility of electors Congress and INF
Executive are to Override the rights o.
the States and give them a mere nomi
nal existence.
, The issue is fairly made between the
President and the radicals; there is al
rronraaa;hla conflict. Mr.. Harlan in