The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-06-20
McGREGOR, IOWA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1866
Wholesome C han0e.

The Chicago Republican in its Daily OF
June 9th sound!y belabors the northern
extremists represented by Phillips, Sumner
and Stevens and by Vallandigham, Dean,
Byington ct al. The conclusion of the Re
publican article is in the most wholesome
words found below. Go on, Mr.. DANA.
or any other man, and punch the wind out
of these dsorganizers which few months
since you took such special pains to in
fate. We care nothing for your so-called
"Union party'or the 'copperheads,' we
want the Union of the States, party or no
party, our national Kettle has boiled long
enough.
The American people, Republican and
Democratic, have no sympathy with either
of these factions. They have no such ex-
treme love for the negro as a race as to
induce them to keep the affairs of this
country utterly disorganizcd merely to
| force them into the possession of political
rights which, if ever obtained will be
voluntarily conceded to them by the pco-
pie, each community acting for itself in
its own good time. The people of the
country are unit in the assertion of
the freedom of the negro, and in insistin.
that he shall enjoy all those civil rights
which are essential to the character of
freeman. Under the Constitution of the
United States, no citizen is excluded from
Federal Office because of his color; and
the whole people will chccrfully acqui-
esce in the action of any State that may
choose to make the negro equally eligible
to Office in such State; but they will not
endure any longer protraction of our dis
organized condition under the vain cxpcc-
taton of forcing States to do so.
Suppose an amendment be proposed by
Congress, to make negro suffrage part of
the Constitution how is it to be ratified
1t will have to be submitted to the Legis-
latures of the States: and in how many of
the Northwestern States will it be APP
proved? The ratification of such an amend
mcnt is an impossibillity and, while that
amendment is pending, the country, dis
gusted with the waste e of time and oppor
tunity, will elect another Congress, which
will open the doors to the rebels, and
bid them welcome to power, place, and un-
limited equality. To insist on such plat
form of reconstruction at this time is to
DTcdk up lIlc SHloH ptlI iilu uclNcT tue
Union over to the Copperhcads and their
Southern compatriots, to be managed and
controlled by them.
! Now, the country wants no such result
as this. 1t wants the Union restored by
the shortest practicable mode; it wants
measures, not theories; it wants action
not orations; it wants liberty, but it wants
Union and peace: it wants taxation to pay
| the debt, and it wants the whole country
made productive and subject to its proper
share of that taxation it wants the Gov
ernment expenses reduced, which is i'm
possible while the present condition of
affairs continues it wants peace, and,
with that peace, Union and harmony the
land over.
The country is wearied of the Phillips
cs, Forestcrs, Nallandighams, Wises, and
| Quattlebums of rebellion. 1t wants some
settlement that will rid the nation of these
infamous disturbcrs and disorganizers, not
| by hanging them, but by taking from
them the whole capital upon which they
trade, to witt the unsettled condition oft he
country. Close up this business restore
the Union; bless the country with the sub
stantial fruits of peace: and these blatant
demagogues will perish for want of audit
OrS,