Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1865-05-13
Siouf Gitp &egist&r
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To he ultra, is going beyond tits kick.
ing over the traces; it is misusnasing
affairs you have on band it is qnarreling
with the authorities es to the degree Of
roasting which rebels should undergo it
is rerrnscling tie fanatic Cor his want Of
fnnaIicism; it il finding in pa,tizanship
too 'i:'lc loTe Of rar,y-in the loyal. too
lille lavnl'v. and tco much light in the
night; i, is being a partizan Of things to
such n pitch that you become their enc
my; it is Icing SO strong for, that you
BECOME against.
This uI'Ia spirit specially characterizss
the editorial columns Of the Sioux City
Journal, and is mos. frar(ully displayed in
the leader Of The las, Issue of that paper
Not satisfied with accusing every one
outside Of the republican party who
mourns the cruel death Of our late Prcsi
dent. and denounces the inhuman crime
by which it was.et'ec'ed - with insinccr:,y,
the Journal proposes an indiscriminate
hanging of all who have not By word and
deed fully endorsed every net Of the late
Administration. We are happy to know
that so far from this spirit prevailing the
republican press generally, the Journal is
about the only paper which has seen in
the demonstrations Of grief among Dem.
a. rc
any thing bu. cause for rejoicing over this
another evidence Of their habitual de-
testat'on Of The preparation Of every &C.
in contravention of law and humanity.
We bad hoped that the Journal would
net be behind its associates in Selling the
occasion of the death Of our late Chief
Magistrate, aud the universal sorrow con.
sequen: upon tito encourage better feel.
ing among all parties which the oppor.u.
nifty had SO we'll prepared the minds Of
every one to accept. We had regarded the
death of the late President in the light of
a grea. family affection, and as such cal.
culated 10 restore that measure of broth.
erly unity which Of late has been 80 sadly
severed by the par'izan antaeonism which
everywhere pervaded our land
But we were wrong in anticipating from
the Journal anything but such q spiri, of
ultraism, as We have protrayed in the com.
mencement Of this article We were
wrong in supposing that even in the death
of the Chief Magistrate this paper could
Gud augh; but another occasion for the
exercise Of its powers in denouncing eve
~ one who had not heretofore agreed with
it in political sentiment Unable to sppre.
cia,e that feeling of nagnanimi,y which
everywhere pervades the press of the
whole country in mourning the loss of
Mr.. Lincoln aud in denouncipg the horrid
crime by which tina. loss was accomplish
ed, the Journal can see in this universal
sorrow naucht hut the stimulation OF the
coward. and the ccasion ofhanging some.
body. Happily for the peace and veal Of
the country. that paper is as barren Of iu-
luence a. it is destitute Of magnanimitv.
hence it is hat We apprehend little danger
from the limited circulation of its factious
and malicious sentiments
-~>s~>
The Chicago Tribune, in q late issue,
deplores the use Of Incorporate partisan
language in the following terms. I. must
have been thinking Of its own conduct to.
ward the lamented Douglas while living
ard the reversal Of it's course when the
great IIinoi$ian slept in death. Would
10 God that men, everywhere, who bear
any reseu o.aucs Of their maker, or who
remember tie teachings Of him whom the
ets!siian world profess to regard as their
Savior aud moral exarnplar, would regard
the spirit Of The following lines:
us it indeed part Of our human a.
ture that mankind shall always cruelty
their saviors, stone their prophets, and
Kill them that are sent unto them, rever.
ing aud worshiping them after they are
dead? We are never without truly great
men-men Of grea. abilities, noble charac-
terra, and willing to perform herculcan toll
for the simple recompense of having their
repa,a,ions fairly deal. with by those who
cri,icise them. Are there not some who
can karn Useful lesson in The contrast
between the obloquy that has for four
years bee" heapcd upon Mr.. Lincoln, and
the homage that is now universally paid to
him; Il lesson of cnndor, decency and
moderation in the language in which the
American people vpd press should speak
Of public men,