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Democratic Address to the Citizens {
Iowa.
: Fetiou- Citi.ens:-
5 In pursuance Of resolution adopted at Nh
Democratic Convention, which lately assemble
at Iowa City, the undersigned have prepare
the following Address, which is respectful
submitted 10 your candid consideration. Yo
are well aware that in August next, an elec;io
will take place for county officers, Represeu'a
tive in Congress, and members Of the G"n"r;
Assembly, and that npon the General Assembl
then elected, will devolve the appointment. Of
United States Senator. In November ynu wi
be called upon to express your choice for
Chief Magistrate Of the Union. In going t
the polls then, fellow citizens, will you supper
the candidates Of the Democratic party or vii
you vote fur Whigs' This very plain and per
tinent question in view Of elections that no
only concern the welfare OF our State, but th'
prosperity Of the nation, is one which every
man ought to answer honestly and understand
ingly to his own conscience, before he under
takes 10 exercise the franchise Of freeman.
| With due Difference to those who entertain
contrary opinion, we think that proper regare
for all the interests involved requires you to ac
and vote with the Democratic party No one
doubts that an earnest desire to do right, per
vades the great mass of those who make the
ballot box "mghtier than the sword" Doubt
less politicians and party leaders may sometimes
suffer personal ambition to dsplace patriotism,
but the bulk OF the people. beyond question,
are anxious to promote the glory, happiness,
and peace Of the whole country Difficulties
not unfrequently occur in determining what is
right-in deciding between one course Of poit
ical action or another, but to every v"ter in the
State, such decision is unavoidable. How
then can you form an opinion as to whether
your future preferences should be for Demo-
cratic or Wing ascendency? Do reason and
experience refer You to history for information,
and without the gilt Of prophecy how can you
judge OF the future but from the past Is it
NOT just TO conclude that what whgge,y has
been in days gone by, whiggery will be as far
as practicable in time tn come? Temporary
views and individual members may change, but,
since Hamilton breathed into the nostris Of
the whig party, the breath Of life, and it became
a living body, it has struggled to crafty the
aspirations and animosities of its Haniltonian
nature, and so no doubt it will continue to do till
it shall cease to exist. Democracy may be
tested in the same way. Its past history is be.
fore the world. Its features are bold and prom
inent. 1t is now in substance what it ever has
been, and wns when Thomas Jefferson defend
ed its TRUTHS and illustrated its principles in his
glorious administration IF the General Govern
ment. Compare the cardinal doctrines and
tendencies Of the two parties as displayed in the
political annals Of the country, and then decide
where the true Republican should take his posi-
tion.
Who have been striving, since the formation
Of the Constitution, TO give it q broad and lati
tudinarian construction? Who have contended
that the General Government should extend its
jurisdiction and increase ITS prerogatves by i'm
plication, thus creating great centralized power
before which the sav, reignty ofthe States would
be as the "shadow Of shade - BY the record
Of their conviction, we affirm that the Wings
have been guilty ofthis. On the contrary, who
have been in favor IF strict construction of the
cnns!iui on? Who have constituted the real
States rights party Of the country and been Wig
liant to resist Federal aggressions and usurpa-
tions Of power? The Democratic party
When our flag has been insulied-our honor as
sailed and our rights invaded, who in the coun-
ellis Of the nation have fastened to vindicate
what are most dear and sacred to the American
people? The memories Of 1912 rise up in re-
sponse TO this question and point to where Mad
ison, Grundy and their Democratic compeers
stood on the one hand, and Davis and Webster
and their Federal Wing followers, on the other
When our gallant army was chastising an
insolent foe and filling the world with the fame
of its martial achievements on the fields of Mex
leo, who gave .said and comfort" to the enemy
by their votes and speeches in Congress? Was
il Corwin or Cass? Since the organization of
the Wing party, no considerable difficulty has
ed nx,su Init Ctnt I'D c.,
eign power, in which Wing politicians have not
invoked the execratons of mankind upon our
heads, by attempting to show 10 the world that
our country was in the wrong.
Democracy has made our nation great as well
as glorious. The Louisiana Territory, Texas.
and California, attest this fact. Iowa not only
became n State against the opposition of Wings,
but became part Of the United States in the
same way. Who have been the friends of the
emigrant and exile when love for liberty or
the rod of oppression have transferred them to
our shores May not the shade Of the Alien
and Sedtion laws answer for whiegery in the
language Of Gen Scott. 81 hesitate between
extending the period of residence before natu-
ralzation, and a total repeal Of all acts Of
Congress on the subject; my mind inclines to
the latter"
Every one must know that since the forma.
Of opinion in this country-a war between
Equality and Monnpoly-bctween popular rights
and privileged classes. How has this contro-
versy been conducted? Who have been for
Banks, high Tariffs, and special legislation, and
who have been for the many in their contest
with the favored few? If History is not false,
the Wing party have fongh. to preserve, and the
Democratic party to pull down those artificial
distinctions among men, which oppress and i'm
poverish some, to elevate and enrich others
Democracy can feel as we'll rs think While il
may admire the stately edice and the pomp Of
riches, it feels that million of dollars divided
between ten thousand men, will produce more
happiness, than in the Golfers or under the con
troll Of single individual. 1t therefore opposes
the policy Of creating inordnate wealth for one
man by law or governmental favors, while
multitudes of others just deserving are left
to poverty, or success BY their own unaided ex
eriions.
Democracy, too, has word Of encouragement
and tear Of sympathy for the wronged and op
pressed every where. Whether Hungary oI
Ireland strikes for freedom the pulsations Of its
great heart grow quicker with the blow. Hope
full Of success it extends its kind Offices to the
| weak and the brave who dare to be free. anG
confident in the right leaves the issue to the
i"God of Battles" Whggery is proud ant
selfish Banks, monopoies, grand specula.ions
and great wealth are the idols Of its affections
1t shrinks from the presence Of Kossuth, a!
though his c"ntaot was cohtagion. Arrogant a
proud, it claimes to possess the intellect ant
virtue or the country, and shamelessly boasts
before the world Of its own ina ginarv wisdom
and gcodness. II aft cts to despise its oppo
nents, and treat the Democracy as an lgnoran
I rabble, worthy only Of contemptuous sneers ant
4 oppr'brioas e?ihets.
To support many Of the above allegations re
ference may be had to "Whis Address
/ which has recently been put forth to the peopl
Of this State. This address nvows as establish
ed Whig doctrine ethat il is the right and dat
of the General Government 10 make improve
ments in the States, TO aid in making railroads
toimprove the navigation of our rivers, harbnrs
and likes, and make all ntedfMl appropriation
for The general ,ceifare, prosperity and improre
neenf Of the country" We maintain, fellow
citizens, that the effect Of this doctrine is I
concentrate all power in the General Govern
ment-to give 1.-THE absolute control Of the in
d fe,nal affairs and domestic policy Of the States