Year: 1865

The Constitution of yesterday closes long
editorial with the following paragraphs:


g We have right to DEMAND of the
President the resnevsl from the federal Offices
in this State OF the men Who oppose his pol
icy, and to put his friends in their places
There are many competent and worthy sol
diers in this State who are the political friends
of the President, and it is but an act of sheer
justice that the home-staying Office holders,
who oppose the President, should be removed
from Office, and that soldiers who support him
should occupy their places.


Let ths State Central Committee of the
soldiers Union party in this State, and all
the County Committees, take immediate steps
to make the facts known to the President sf
the United States, and respectfully petition
him to be just to his friends and supporters,
by removing from all the federal Offices in the
State those incumbents who gave their infu-
ence and their votes to Gov. Stone, the politi
cal enemy of the President, and in opposition
to Gen. Benton and his political friends and
supporters.


This will be apt to remind the country Of
other DEMANDS made by this same party.
Here is one made by the National Conven-
ton of that party, assembled at Chicago last
year.


g Resolced, That this Convention does ex-
plicitly declare, as the sense of the American
people, that, after four years of failure to re-
store the Union by the experiment of war
during which, under the pretence of military
necessity and of war power higher than the
constitution, the constitution itself has been
dlsregarded IN every part, and public liberty
sud private right alike trodden down. and the
material prosperity Of the country essentially
impaired, Justice, humanity, liberty and the
public welfare DEMANDS that Immediate
efforts be made for cessation of hostilities
With view to an ultimate convention of all
the States, or other peaceable means to the
end that at the earliest practicable moment
peace may be restored on the bass Of the
Federal Union of the States.'


And the Democracy Of Iowa put themselves
upon the record. not only in favor of that
demand, but also against what was then and
still is the leading and really essential feature
of the Presidents policy, in the following
resolution.


"Resolced, That we are opposed to the
Presidents Emancipation Proclamation of
the lst of January, 1868, because it is uncon-
stltutonal-because 1t is contrary to civilized
warfare-because it shows a weakness to in
volve the aid of a semi civilized race to mur-
der all ages, sexes and conditions of our faith
ers, mothers and sisters-because il is inaugu-
rating gigantic John Brown raid by the Ad
ministration, and revolving to humanity, and
can be only defended by hnancs-tle witch
burners of Massachusetts, and those who have
been dabauched by their anti-religious bigotry
and intolerance, and if persisted in will make
reunion impossible"


Now with such party record, and in view
Of the fact that the people of the State have
just elected Gov. SroyR by an overwhelming
majority, and that all our Senators and Rep
resentatives in Congress supported him, the
public will not fail to admire the modest de-
mand for the removal of all the federal Off
GERS in Iowa who supported Gov SroSE, and
to fill their places with members of the forlorn
hope of the eopperhead Benton party, on
the plea that its leaders, with their traitorous
record, are the special supporters ofPresident
JOHNSON