Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1846-05-16


dishonorsblst 10 depart from. A battle may
be fought r tyesways ,by an open, field.
fghs o. by.Snvprise and assault made By
one party Is tie other. A victory " IS.
saalt may y decisive. VIZ IL cannot Be 1
test Of rea! strength. Two armies may
agree to chsree on each other with bayo-
nets, and try their strength and skill BY The
'tug Of war; yet if one shoc!d depart from
the arraneswent, and discharge 4 ,volley
ofsersps-shot when toe 10 toe, the oths.
might be overcome. Yet the victory thus
obtained wsssid not bsshesesult Of strength
and skin, but that Of cunning and bad faith
The stronger and more skillfal conqnel
without fesotine to such tactics, while The
weaker aad,less skilled justify BY the plea
Of necessity. But if : victory Of this kind
should be won while the conqneror claim,
the victory, ~ eaght also confess the fraud
so that; his srsmy might be prepared iol
hlIn. on another occasion. T st2 ~ @4a
This ranch, to give our opponents to un.
derstand, that there are honorable rules
for conducting political campaign, and il
they choose to adopt those rules, and adhere
to them they will be entitled to the cour,e.
~ those rules provide for It is honora-
BILE, then, if our opponents intend to fight,
to state the cause of contest, and declare
their intention to do 50. They are honor
aOly bound to join issue with OF, pleadings,
or TO plead and let Us join issue. Do this,
and we can fairly go TO trial; otherwise the
game must be trough and tumble" We
call upon the wings, therefore, to declare,
openly, whether they will contend, and the
points Of contention; and the reasons they
have Tor contending. But so long as they
shoot in the dark, we shall fire at the fash
Of their guns. 'es 7a@
Profting from the success they met in
the election Of Bowie, they Immediately
thereafter betook themselves TO make pre-
partitions for ! decisive ambuscode, in the
August election. Their watch ord has
been silence, their orders diligence, action.
With true English tact. NOT being confident
in their own strength, they have sought to
distract ours by engendering schisms, and
arraying democrat against democrat. The
object, 10 get the friends Of different dem
ocratic candidates 80 exasperated with each
other, that whoever ofthe democrats might
be nominated, there might be favorable
opportunity for securing the votes Of the
friends Of the unsuccessful candidates for
Whiy. They know well il harmony pre-
vail among the democrats, their struggle
must be kaneless. With This view. sthev
have ss We have been credibly Informed,
from several sources, approached every
democrat whom they supposed they could
aatter, getting his pledge, whenever they
could, that he would vote for the Major, and
then carefully noting down the name, in Or
der to be-able to ascertain how many dem
ocratic votes, the wing candidate could
count on. And after the pledge from such
an unsuspecting democrat to vote for the
s'good clever, FIRST rate fellow" they have
turned away, and grinned in disgust, that
they had so easily "sof sooped the green
horn" This is v bat democrat gets for
drawing too near the wing "meal-tub."
II is no use to disguise the fact; the plot
is deep. well conned, skilltalIy laid, to op-
crate in this secret way all the while Civ
ing an honest mechanic, in one instance, to
understand that hs is to run tor the office
Of Sheriff, but just upon the eve Of cleo
ton. in the "nick Of time" slip him out Of
the cart, justify the act BY plea Of expe-
diency, and take up man Of more cour'ly
appearance. qas sdi
Now, fellow democrats, what shall be
done. We have either got 10 be whipped
or fight like men! No democrat will hes
itate as to which he will chose. The signs
are ominous. The leading wings lips are
low-they are in travail they intend 70
bring forth full grown wing victory in
August next. Already are they organic
ing, their central committees have issued
their Uksses calling upon the wings every
Where to rally forth to the conflict. The
battle must be snug one, the ground must
be measured inch by inch. We may as
well lay mp provisions for the campaign;
pitch ourtehts in the field, and be willing,
READY and PREPARED, 10 meet them
and fight whenever and wherever they
shall say or consent to it. Nay more; let
US drive them from their secret fastntsses,
cut them from their mornings; and it they
win not light, they shall run. The pres
ent is an important occasion; we are just
on the eve Of an important transition, and
it is III important that the victory should
be mnde sure. and the way made clear for
the car, q democracy 70 pass unobstrncted
on th. raa.way o. equal rights, justice and