New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1866-02-23

Assr. Sups.
~"coM,xe EVENTS CAST THEIR
sHALowA REFuRr THEN"
We find in late number of the Chi
cago Times the following order from
Lieut.. Gen. Grant:
"HsApauAnrras Aaxsxs OF THE cSH }
TED SrArEs,
"WAsu,Sorox, Feb. ~, 1866
"You will please send to these head
quarters, a. soon as practicable, and
from time to time thereafter, such cop
les Of newspapers published in your de-
partment % contain sentiments Of dis
loyalty and hostility to the government
in any Of its branches, and state wheth-
er such paper is hsbi,usl in its utter
ance Of such sentiments"
1.-THE persistent publication Of art'.
cles calculated to keep up . hostility Of
feeling between the people Of the diff.
serent sections Of the country Cannot DO
tolerated" ~
This information ia called for With
. view to their suppression, which will
he done from these headquarters only"
by order Of Lien, Gen. Grant.
gtSiened) IT s. BowrRs,
.. / Assistant Adjutant General"
During tho administration Of Mr.
Johr.on's predecessor over two hun
dned ps1 srs we're suppressed, and in
addition to this ev cry psper that sup.
ported Mcclellan for president was
denied circulation in the army. Every
.cs Of the administration srampling on
the freedom q the press was spplsuded
by the radical press Of the country as
Its only conception of the govern.
ment" vas that it consisted Of the
president alone. ',. -..'
In this department We do net know
Of any paper outside Of those
that are democratic that supports "the
government" 1t 10 true some Of them
support Congress, but from their own
definition during the past four years
the president 10 "the government" and
congress an organized body to sanction
his Recommendation Well may
they nov exclaim with Cardinal VOL
sey in King Lleury the eighth;
$751; 30 Cromwell Cromwell,
Had but served my God with half the zeal
1 served nv King, tie would MT in mine age,
Have left me naked to mine enemies"
The laugh is row on our side. We
have 10 arguments Of our own with
which tojustify the order, but then
our republican friends during the wsr
furnished plenty Of them which for the
time being VIC adopt. such as:
list. THE government must be
sastained." ......,.....
,,s2nd-, The Union must lie saved
whatever becomes OF the Constitution"
land as our republican friends arc stri-
wing to prevent the restoration Of the
Union, why it necessary to it, salvation
let them be suppresse'l.) "The gov
eminent has the power to suppress
them, if its own salvation requires it. !"
Ifthis order Of Gen Grants is to be
carried out at all it should embrace eve
ry paper that refuses t. sustain the
Presidents plan Of restoration.
p But why not strike at the root Of
tho evil. And the way to do this is
for the president to arrest and send
tothe Oh Capital, to F,rt Lafayette
or elsewhere. as safety may require,
very member Of either House Of Con-
cress that shall dare oppose the imme-
date restoration Of the Union, in such
manner 40 to give every state its just
and eqasl representation in both bran
ches oflthe Federal Congress. This
wsuld he harsh rerne ", but after the
sacrifce Of lifs and treasure made for
Gle restoration Of the Union, during
tie terrible years Of strife just passed,
80 believe the masses would sustain
tho president in the adoption OF
.ny measure, in the opinion Of 'she
sovernnent' calculated TO restore the
Yn;sm. And should IL hooomo necessa.