Weekly New Oregon plain dealer. (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1866-1867, 1866-09-28

not otnlna pass. S. MI Mr.. Allison will not
claim before the people of this Dis
trict that it is, his purpose or the
purpose Of the radicals to admit
those states to representation upon
the q condition only Of their adoption
Of the amendments, and he SO stated
publicly in McGregor a few days
ago. Dc 7 ''7 ia.
It may be claimed that the ad7
mission Of Tennessee established a
precedent under which The other
southern states may be admitted.
In answer to this it is only necessa-
ry to saylthat upon the highestErad-
ical authority, the New York INDIE
pendent, Tennessee was admitted
to make; votes for the radicals in
the fall elections; and that motive
was openly ayowed by the radicals
in both houses Of Congress; but that
which is clear and conclusive upon
this point is that t he act, admitting
Tennessee plainly makes the excep-
tional case, "a and therefore there qs no pre-
cedent. =: '.,o.,ioriF at + ,gF .sgig7
But why make a the adoption of
an ame endlnentr to the constitution
by the southern states a condition
of restoration when it is well under
stood that q large number Of the
states that never were in rebellion
will Indignantly and scornfully reject
it. 1t is by no means clear that
the proposed amendments would be
adopted it, every one of the late re-
bellious states sho uld'T adopt them.
1t is probable that there are ten
states which have never been in re-
bcllion that will reject, those amend
ments. i 7r!gf.:G4 @HL ~ al""'
The Chicago Tribune in a late
number has tho following: The
republicans offer to let the south in
to Congress with seventy five mem-
bers in the House, and twenty two
in the Senate, but the copper john
sonites declare that ten states of
the south will not come in unless
|fhe, south r shall have ninety one
seats in the House as we'll as twen-
ty two in the Senate. ''f 1 suppose
that the Tribune coolly calculated
while publishing the above, that
every, false pretcnce that can catch
an iunthinkiug voter, is fair in poll
ties i have already shown that the
radicals have. proposed no such
thing as the admission Of Southern
representatives upon any conditions,
and if the late rebel states should
adopt, today those amendments,
the radical majority in Congress,
are in no, manner committed to ad-
mit{them to practical relations.t7GH
DISHONESTY OF CONGRESS-. 20
In studying the proceedings Of
the present Congress, it is difficult
to AVOID the eonyic tion that the
radical members actually dreaded a
restored Union, and cared only to
perpetuate their power from begin
ming of the war to its close. The
people of the United States were as
sured by, the, most solemn declara-
tions of the Executive and Legisla-
tive departments Of the government,
the army and! the navy, that the
war was prosecuted, not in a spirit
of hatred or revenge but solely to
maintain the supremacy of the Con.
[stitution and laws;: and that when
the insurgents submitted to the au-
thority Of the government, the wal
should cease, and they be restored
to their rights and privileges as
citizens Of the United States; .545
The theory ofthe government was
that a state could not 60 out of the
Union Of its own accord, or be ex-
cludcd from the Union by the action
of the other states, ayo Mr.. Lincoln
used this happy similitude: IA man
and wife may separate and volunta-
1 fily 60 out of the presence Of each
other, but states cannot 60 out Of
1.-THE presence of each other except
Through successful revolution" The
revolution was attempted but failed.
The millions of the masses g of mis-
guided rebels were instantly amnes-
tied, which the radicals themselves
admit was right, and yet to this day,
they have denied to those eight
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