North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-01-15


benefits to the farmers Of this part Of ths
State. Yours, &C., n. q. 6.
JANrARr 9Th, 1867.
DEAN CoL.:-While favored with the
stiffness of night, / write you few lines
hoping that they will reach you and meet
your approval. We have always differed
in politics, although we have never engas
cd in any controversy by which each others
views might be discovereds There are
those that have lived for years, and con
versed upon various topics. with interest
enjoying exchange Of thought and yet
there were some points on which they were
in reality, strangers. have felt distrust.
full, when about to intr, duce subject up
on which ! was not fully decided as to it,
tendency. This fear Of giving pain, OF
awakening unpleasant sensations, has o.
ten caused me to withhold expressions tina
have at different times considered, wor
thy of q hearing but ! believe you ara
not tenacious in your general IDEAS, and
that prejudice does not form a distinctive
element Of your nature, which infer from
the many suggestions dropped upon differ.
ent occasions. when the melody Of CONVEX.
sation ran high, so that the casual obscrv
er might discover the integrity Of your dis
position. Having gathered therefrom a
sufficient clue by which | think am en-
abled to judge you rightfully, will state a
few musings which have engaged my at.
tention ut different intervals concerning
the present disarran. ement in our coun-
try.
Having pondercd upon the coming is
sues which will inevitably agitatc each
member that composes this grand rcpub.
lie, and reviewed the ordeal through which
we have passed. and digested the past
the various opinions that have been offer.
ed on either hand. relative to the settled
convictions of those who claim to be
adopts in the science of government, l
will give summary of the conclusions to
which have arrived. have discovered
that Johnson's policy does not meet with
acceptation by either party. Some regard
it us providential scheme, palmcd on the
public, the tendency Of which is to arrest
the tide Of general thought and centre it
upon what might be termed, theorem,
for the time being, until nature has COM
pletcd her perfect work in adjusting the
affairs that intimately concern US MS ma
ton in other words. serves to satiate the
public mind while the asitative forces that
propel the old Ship Of State are seeking
their equilibrium. When we scan minute
ly the bearings that it has, and is destined
to have, and mark the effect it has produc
ed upon even the feeblest citizen, some
times We feel disguised, and ut othcys like
appealing to our neighi,0r ''for light
Then again, we resume our former conf
dence in our senses, and chastisc our Pres
idential leader with the sharpest epithets.
forgetting that he is mortal like the rest
Of humanity.
The right Of Negro Suffrage is another
all-absorbing topic. that seems to disturb
the minds of nervous temperaments. Ma
ny deny that he has, or ever will have, the
capacity to become voter others think
that after tho lapse of twenty-onc years.
he may possibly become qualifed'to vote,
if furnished with the right kind Of tutor.
age. Then again, there is class who re-
gard him as soulless bcing-like the
Arabswife-frre from all responsibility
and without sufficient consciousness to CO.
operate in welding AN equal share Of pow
er in the propagation Of NIL interests that
tend to promote the welfare of this Union.
Without entering into any lengthy de-
tails Us to my decision concerning the much,
abused African, although ] sometimes adj
mire the color, | invite your attention to
other matters equally as important though,
perhaps less interesting. 1t has been re-
marked by some of our modern sages who
claim to have observed closely the currcntof
thepolitical tide, that we are going gradually
toward state of Anarchy. They seem to
apprehend that an inevitable fracture will
soon take place in this government, and
that other nations will consider US an easy
prey to their victiiniziag power. These
would be- dictators, raise this clamor mere
" to promote their own personal agran-
disement, unwilling to acknowledge that
the masses have become enlightened upon
all questions that involve their special in
tercsts, and forgetting that the common
humanity have learned to defend upon
heir own Judgments, because Of tho fire.
luent impositions that have been prac-
iced upon them. These fanatics have cor
rupted MS I'll in . measure-hsvo by thei
facilitating natures, and suasive language,
'aptured our feelings and in leading Us to
Expect thatin them the great gifts Of W ebster
nd Jefferson were resurrected, we have
cen tho "cloyen FOOT and their designs
nravsled, 1. c. D.