Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-08-11

set time for new organization.
We hold that the safety of the coun-
try is superior to all questions OF
mere expediency. And 1t is essen
tial to the safety of the country that
the government should be In the
hands of those who upheld the gov
ernment during the Rebellion. At
least for few years yet this Will be
essential. The tissues of the war"
are nominally settled, indeed, but
the settlement lacks the quality of
permanence. There is yet party
in the country whose distinctive
feature isopposition to the settlement
these issues have received. IL those
who favored the Rebellion, who op-
posed Emancipation, who opposed
the last Constitutional Amendments,
and who now talk so loudly of resist
ance to the 18th Amendment, should
come into power, there is no imagin-
ing how terrible would be the dis
aster, how ruinous the consequences.
All the tissues Of the war;" now
considered as settled, would then be
reopened; and the old Rebellion
would triumph in its policy after its
defeat in the field.
But the only political bulwork
against this possibility Is the Repub-
lican party. True, the will of the
people is the strength of the govern
ment; but the Republican party is
but the organized expression of the
will of the people on these great
principles. And hence, because
these great principles-these princi-
pies which are called the tissues of
the Warfare paramount and vital,
because their permanence Is essential
to the national safety, therefore, we
say, the Republican party must be
continued. The only opposition
party Is the Democratic; and the sue
cess Of that party would be either the
full abandonment, or as great as pos
sible q retrograde step toward the
abandonment, Of all that was gained
during the war.
After a few years, when the per-
manence of the great principles
which have distinguished the Repub-
lican party is assured, and when
organized and earnest resistance to
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- PRINCIPLES OF partizanship be
safely promulgated.
But now on the Tariff question
there is no unanimity in the Repub-
lican party. Many Republicans
favor high protective Tariff, many
others, equally good Republicans on
all vital issues, favor Free Trade,
while still third portion Of the
Republicans believe in moderate
Tariff for revenue with Protection
rather as an incident than as an object
-and indeed we think the mass Of
the Republican party In the West
holds this medium position on this
question. Now, seeing that there Is
at present such diversity Of views
among Republicans on this matter,
and considering that this diversity
cannot be diminished by any plat
form announcement-yet believing
that Republican unity and success
for some years to come are essential
to the national safety-we would
urge that no division should be made
in the party on the Tariff question
by any platform resolution which
would have to be accepted as test
Of partisanship. Let the diversity
Of opinion remain on this question
as IL does on the Chinese question
and on several other questions. All
these points are important; but let
us not divide on them until the more
vital principles have been sufficiently
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