New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1866-04-20
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE
WEsrFlE1 d New York,
April Is, 1866. )

WEsrFlE1D New York,
April Is, 1866.
To tie readers Of the Plain Dealer.
The civil rights bill having passed
over the veto o. President johnson by
the requisite majority, has become
law despite the views Of the president
as to its constitutional,ty. The course
that political combinations may pursue
in reference to the future Of our coun-
try, is . matter Of the deepest moment
in the rushing tide Of events. The
great end and ain Of tho party now
framing md forcing upon the country
its radicalism, is to secure to the ne
xroes Of the. United States the right Of
suffrage. This has now under the
head Of the revolutionists Of the repub-
lican party become its settledj policy.
Unwilling as the rank and file may be
to aequleece in tina: policy. they will be
driven either to accept it, or withhold
their support from the party with
which they have been acting. The
vote in congress on extending the right
If suffrage to the negroes Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia demonstrates that
Republican Congressman are indiffer-
ent- as to race, color, qualification or
fitness in voter 50 that by enfran-
ch;sing him 7.their party q may be
strengthened.
Such we're not the early teachings
Ct the party. Even an EXTREMIST like
SassshsHes & SisHIpg' ,d IF 0obb hsn
S. Cox OF that state, could not be sriv-
en- CT tortured into an admission that
he favored negro suffrage. So also
Mr.. Lincoln. when in 1850 at Colum-
bus, Ohio, he wac Intercepted as to
his views upon the question, spurned
with indignation the charge that he
favored comforting political rights Oh
the negro. That the intimation vas
false, be read FROM the debates with
Douglas, in which he boldly declared
III the broades. terms the natural in-
.ferioritycf the negro and the pernic-
ious effec cts Of comforting equal political
rights upon both races while living as
che Community. Ne declared that the
purpose OF himself and friends was,
simply to secure to the slaves the right
to own and enjoy the fruits Of their
own labor, and that whenever that was
granted, the great end and aim Of their
organization would DO accomplished.
These facts IS to his views may be
found in full in the revised reports Of
the Lincoln-Douglas debates, used
as campaign document by the friends
O. Mr.. Lincoln in 1860. But unfortu-
nately for the country the leadership
Of the party has passed into the hands
Of ito widest and most dangerous men,
Mr.. Lincoln is dead, Seward, Bates,
and Blair Of his Cabinet are no longer
accorded . respectful hearing by their
former party friends. Visionary fan
atics have rushed to the front, and
tho Wild extremists, that, few years
ago, no one thought it safe to follow,
IRE now in command Of the noble Ship
Of State. But enough of this.
Leaving on the Counover train We'd
nesday noon ! arrived IN Milwaukee
the following morning 4 o'clock. In
the passage over the road the marks of
high waters through the valley Of the
Wisconsin we're discern ib!e on every
hand. The damage done on quo road
cannot fall short CT q half a milnon Of
dollars.
Having completed my business in |
and being about to turn
ny steps homeward the design was
frustrated by the Intervention Of the
gent Of the Detroit and Milwaukee |
Railway Co. with q pass" to this
aud If 'hard cider" and as steady hab-
- as such finds induce. On arriving
Is