Weekly New Oregon plain dealer. (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1866-1867, 1867-03-01


y.l:.ar,, IS, 1867.
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1ES-ORiTiUN MUST COME ne
n FORE RESERVATION.
inls64 the assembled Swans mis-
representing democracy at Chicago,
instead Of psoclaiming to the world
Il be base and reasonable purposes of
tho leaders Of radicalism in the
United States. contented themselves
with few meaningless and insight
ieant platitudes about -four years
of failure to restore the Union By
the experiment ofwar;' and instead
>of. denouncing the purpose Of the
administration, only demurred, to the
tedious process of subjugation uder
the policies adopt ed. Subsequent
ly as subjugation progressed, the
Same class Of men, still assuming to
be democrats, passed high-sounding
resolves cougratulating the people
upon the consumation Of the schemes
Of destruction and disintcgration
adopted and carried out By the enc
mics of republican liberty and of
constitutional law. Aud when the
work of destsuo ton is rendered com
plete, none can throw their hats
higher or shout louder over the tri-
umph of radicslisn and the com pletc
overthrow Of the government. as CON
Z emplatcd aai esta blish Cd, than these
lrofessed friends Of denocracv.-
Those men lacked either the capacity
to discern the ways and means
through which the overthrow Of the
government WAS to be accomplished,
'e- the courage 70 take issue with
the aims and ends Of the ns;irasors
Of our country's ruin either Of
which should disqualify them for
furthur leadership in party whose
success depends upon the integrity
c;tbe. through ignorance or wicked:
meas seek to invest those with tho
control Of the government who had
10 sympathy with enc halfthe states
o: the Union, and could hope to
maintain continued ascendency only
through their Acknowledgement, is.
indeed evidence Of such stupidity as
saculd rank them as fanatics or mad
men, but never as leaders Of demo-
crazy. Democratic strength ever
was, and now is. in maintaining the
integrity Of the Union; republican
strength lies in its destruction; and
these facts fully explain the action
~oftbe real leaders aud representative
men Of the two organizations during
the past six years the one denoun-
,ced as "disloyal" anxious always to
perpetuate and now to restore our
form Of government, the other mis-
called Union seeking through war
and LEGISLATION the humiliation Of
slater.
Pyrrhus after his SUCCESS at Asou-
lam exclaimed "Anotter such VIC
tory and we arc undone." If radical
lem succeeds in its schemes the
American people may truly exclaim,
lone triumph over our eaemies
las ruined the Repnb.
lic." The Federal government has
not plxcked the flower Of safety sue
cessfully out Of the dangerous thistle;
for unless by wise and conciliatory |
policy. it renders itself acceptable |
10 the conquered, the elements OF
's<aisagonism will remain to provoke |
and promote discord and civil stri fe |
hereafter.
Tho central authority orercame
the opposition to it, simply because
the States which supported it were
more numerous than those arrayed
ssgainst it. The conflict rightfully
decided nothing OF principle, for the
weaker party were az much devoted
to their cause and defended it with
a. much zeal as did their opponents
suxtain thairs. tho snlr nueStinn