The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1870-07-08

Britain OF It's royalty Tor thelr own
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, but that as sover-
eiens, they might crown the people,
and to assert that they who executed
their will as promulgated through
the laws Invested Of the fictitious
tinserly of q divine right to rule,
wcrc but agents Of the people, to
give an account Of their stewardship
when demanded, and to surrender
their brief authority at periods of
time constitutionaly prescribed and
limited.
1t is no imputat ton against the pat
riotism Of any of the actors in the
great drama Of the American .Revo-
luton that they questioned the
strength, and even the feasibility of
political government founded upon
such principle - ours. To their
political sa gacity, and answering
patriotism as much as TO these elc-
ments in any of their associates arc
we indebted for tho Declaration of
Independence; for the articles of Con-
federation, and finally for that mas
Iter-piece of legislative wisdom and
experienced craftsmanship, adapted
alike to the necessities of the weak,
and the exigeneies Of the powerful
the Constitution of the United
States. Amid the sunshine Of peace.
and the lowering storms Of civil strife
the constitution has had a severe but
impartial test of its strength, and
has amply attested the most sanguine
expectation Of its friends ard dispcll-
ed tho fears of it's early opponents.
! Tho recorded pledges Of the con-
stitution are emblazoncd upon every
page of American history in charac-
ters SO legible and in deeds 81 forci-
BILE that to perpetuats it we need
not repeat the follics Of other gov
ernments. AS We have discarded
the cruelty and prosecutions of the
churches Of the old world. partially
introduced into the colonies by those
who fed from religious persecution
IN Europe, 80 can we afford to dis
card the examples they furnish us in
political history.
The example Of Imperial Rome,
with her subjugatcd provinces, re-
duccd to squalIid poverty by her vast
standing armies; her consuls going
forth to govern, to rob, to plumber. to
scourge, and to cruelty; her trlbuta-
RIGS blsd and plundered beneath their
corrupt rule; her Golfers filled with
cxtortod wealth, Empires reduced to
territorial vassalago and their hon.
age enforced; with her sad sequel
does not commend her history to our
country for imitation. Standing ar
mics preyed upon her vitals and smote
down her liberties. The Gaul, tho
Briton, the Tartar, the Hun, the
Goth, the Vandsl, all repaid her q
thousand fold for the bitter bumilia-
tion her arrogance had inflicted.
England too presents another cx-
ample of greatness whose rcprchen-
sible features our country should for
ever shun. Almost innumerable are
the Unions she has formed with weak
Fer Powers whose soil she has laid
waste, and whose people she has muir
dered. She has Union with Ire
land, such as is filled with blood, with
bitterness, with tears of grief, with
cries Of hate, with charging armies,
and revolution following revolution
accompanied with all those repulsive
crimes against liberty, religion. per-
son and property, that in all ages
! h.sra- hA.n~ prsetiead liz tina had -ena
that have appalled, and humiliatcd
the good.
Those evidences are to be found up
on nearly every page Of history given
to mankind in the career of the proud
nations Of Europe whose highest type
Of civilization is unworthy to be class
ed with the lowest type Of barbarism
that should exist in a Republic like
our own. 1t is as cruel an imposi-
ton upon Republicanism in the Unit
ed States to compel it to copy after
the antiquatcd and outlawcd cdicts
of European despotism. as it would
be to compel tie mild, the holy, and
tho peaceful teachings Of the religion
Of Jesus Christ to draw its inspira-
ton from the inhuman orueltics and
barbarism Of the church even two
centuries ago.
The blasting storm has in its Ger
cest violence swept over our country,
the whirl-winds Of frenzied madness
have reared about, but not stone
has been shaken or q timber misplao-
ed. The fabric Of constitutional
government with it's precious freight
still bears its onward course. Be-
meath its shelter every constitution
al and natural right Of man-eyery
privilege of religions guaranteed,
protected and secured. The mildew
Of tyranny is allowed to bring no
stain upon our happiness. Plenty
has spread her ample board; prosper.
tyis scattering her muni6cent gifts
while peace with all its pric Gloss
pleasures is our inheritance.
The Union Of these States in the
fraternal spirit Of the constitution is
the sentiment Of our life. 1t was
tho dream Of our youth, it has been
the JOY and pride Of our manhood,
and if heaven shall spare US to age,
we pray that its abiding principles
may beguile our vacant and solitary
hours.
The American people have contcm-
plated its priceless value, they have