The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1849-09-05
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II is from the Burlington State Gazette, and
will commend itself to every candid-thinking
man in Iowa, with whatever political party his
symputhies may be enlisted. 1t will u ford food
for reflection to every honcst-heartcd Demo-
craft. Wing, or Frec.soilcr, from this time, un.
til the FIRST Monday in August, 1850, when the
fruits Of that reflection will doubtless be made
manifest.
MORAL OF THE DEMOCRATIC TRI-
UMPH IN IOWA.
The recent election In this State. which re-
suited SO triumphantly to democracy and so
disa strously to Eie-bald whiggery may reason.
ably ard Justly be regarded as most signifi'
cant expression of the public opinion in the
matter Of certain modern dognds which few
designing men, of all particles, have been assi.
duously laboring, for many months past, to in
terpolate into the old party creeas US tests and
tonch.stones Of political orthodoxy. In other
words, the democratic masses, by the unaniIn-
ity of their votes throughout the State, have
shown themselves not only content with their
old issues, but opposed TO the Introduction and
multiplicity ofnew ones; and they have, ut the
"a, 3 time, also demonstrated the fact that
fhev have both the strength nnd the will to
ride down and overwhem any ard all combi-
lions thai can be brought against them az an
opposing body in this State. They have good
reason to glory in their streng may they new
CIR prostitute it to the fell purposes OF iac.loh,
or shamelessly surrender that honest virtue
which has hiihertog guided the exercise Of their
pow or to laudable and successful issues.
Freedom of opinion is a tier SO well under !
stood and universally practiced, that its adyo-
cacy or assertion is no longer duty or ne.
cessity:it isa privilege equally guaranteed to
all, universally adopted and univ ersaily con.
coded The right Of private Judgment is on.
~ another name for the came tling----a pfiyi-
lege denied to none, but secured to all both by
law and by public assent. We have never
known tlle exercise III this right to be question
cd, even BY inuendo, excepting BY those who
are continually harping upon it, and by their
harping apparently treating It as a thing in
doubt; and We have never known its Just in.
fuence to be endangered except By the ex-.
ltreine ultras of faction who have, at one time
md another, Extensively sought to foist their
own very = free opinions" upon the balance of
the world as test of the free, unproinpted and
suntrammelled opinions Of others, and as the
peculiar proofs Of sound and enlg hened faith
Such, at least, is the result of our experience
and observation. We have seen many factions
rise and fall In the political world; and we have
seen many mobs spring up sin the city full, !"
and after doing great deal of harm, and not
particle OF good, stink away TO their homes
through dark alleys and suspicious by-ways to
avoid the scaaboosc;' and the conviction left
upon our mind is simply this, that !, for the hon
or or public usefulnessof the thing, it would
be iust as we'll to fall in with the mad fury and
sdemonism of the one as to follow after the
blind lead and fanatic:sm OF the other.
At the late democratic State Convention
consisting Of an ad dress and resolu.
tons, was agreed upon, and submitted to the
democracy Of the State as an embodiment Of
views aud principles The old de.
mocratic issues, notwithstanding some "new
lights were oblivious to their existence, and
affected TO treat them as .obsolete," wsre re;
asserted and reafirmcd as forming the broad
and permanent basis Of the democratic organl-
zation. 1t is proud consideration with every
democrat, that they have been so unanimously
endorsed and so CALAMITY sustained by the de-
mocracy at the polls The question of "free
soil" was treated with all the respect due TO
the subject, and with all the respect due to
that private udgmeEt which prompted indi.
vidual members Of the democratic purity to diff
fer widely in opinion upon the question. The
right to differ in opinion was freely conceded
to each and every member Of the party with.
out subecting the political orthodoxy Of any
one TO suspicion or rcproach; but the right Of
any ono to force any peculiar view of the cues
tion upon the whole party, and make it test
Of ovcry mans democracy, was promptly and
percmptorily rcfused the Interpolation into
The democratic creed of u new issue, and that
issue an abstraction, was re- ecled as too ephe
meral in point Of fact, to be associated with
the time honorcd and immutable principles Of
the party. The proceedings Of the Convention
towards the extreme advocates of the measure
were entirely respectful; the tone and temper
of the address and resolutions were equally So
even conciIia tory in spirit. Yet so cxacting is
the zeal OF new converts, the democrats were
regarded as having treated this new subject
most cavalerly, and its discip plies considered
themselves outraged in all maner of ways
Whiggery, always on the look out, like the
evil spirit who's said to be constantly roaming
abroad for victims, stood ready to avail itself OF
what seemed to it to promise some ..aid," if
Il rot much comfort 3 and jealousy embraced
The occasion Of their State Convention, by stul-
tifyang all their former doings, Ia out Wilmot
Wslmot, and, to make sure Of the whole anti
slavery organizat ION, v ent lar beyond the free
soiIers pro an5 groedil w guiphed down the
Ientira dish III abol itionisnl Not content with
SINH 4yoMing The riq III 81 Congress to legis.
late eel of slavery ia the terrific.
fi0s. which but fc otib angi sea IN any one
denies. tkcvad med it necessn III order to
! asfew fo Splcdge The
eflosccS roftheerercise
has right 10
tsof Colule Hia,
{ aowa syhigg cry to nnere. handfal 81 voters
fof Tho sak 81 their Stes ss HI. Is 81 !. the
least, wa not afteniR HaSn6rs 81 that much
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