The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-09-09
Gbe Aootrtiser.
WELLS sPlCER, Editor,
SATURDAY, SEPT. 8, 1854.
Independence.

OF the clouds which darkened it al the
approach OF the late election, and the
measures which were before the people
are appearing in their proper light.
The Nebraska bill is still the grea,
measure which agitates the people, and j,
is daily losing the enchantmen, with
which its friends endeavored to encom-
pass it, until it now appears surrounded
by its satellites and supporters, who in al
most all cases, are U. s. officers or as.
| piranis. The Democratic press OF Iowa
previous to the election, were either in
favor ofof it, or for the sake Of pr eserving
harmony in tho party remained silen,
with the exception of the Cedar Rapids
Era, which honestly and fearlessly asser.
ted its opposition to the repeal of the Mis-
souri, Compromise. Since the election the
Fl. Madison Plaindealer DEMOCRACY has
hois,ed its flag in favor of free territories
and boldly attributed the cause Of the de.
feat of the party to the favor shown the
Nebraska Bill by the Democrats, and the
Rule or Rum motives which actuated
the leaders, who determined that the par.
ty should endorse the measure, right or
wrong, and ruin follows.
The last number of the Democratic En-.
gu irer, Of Muscatine, has placed itself 10
the array Of untrammelled Journals, by
espousing principles not men," The
Enquirer is paper conducted with abil-
ity, and yields an influence in the party
and through the State which will be felt
Its leader Of last week is worthy article,
and exhibits the position Of the parties
in their proper light, The following is
portion Of their leader,
1.-THE prime cause Of the defeat Of the
democratic patty in this State, and the
other northern states, in which elections
have been held lately is this:
The leaders Of the democratic party a.
bdndoned the Baltimore platform of 1852,
and uio.ated the fundamental principle Of
democracy.
The Baltimore platform forbid, in the
most emyha'ic terms, the agitation of the
subject OF slavery; yet In the face o. that
platform, the party leaders renewed that
agitation by introducing into Congress
the famous, or infamous Nebraska bill.
The fundamental principle of democra-
cy is that the Representative shall be gov
erned by the will of his constituents the
very word democracy signifies, ",he rule
OF the people" and yet in direct violation
Of that principle, democratic National
Representatives passed this bill-repeal-
ed the Missouri Compromise. No peti.
ton called for tina. repeal-no constitu-
ents, North or South, instructed its Rep
resentatlves TO vote for that repeal pub
lie sentlmen, spoke In thunder tones from
the Atlantic 10 the Pacific, from the
Lakes to the great Gulf against the re-
peal; and yet the repeal was consumma-
ted. Those who did this work and their
organs Throughout, the country, proclaim
ed the repeal of the Missouri Compro-
mise democratic act, and sough, to
brand those who opposed it as abolition
ISIS, and traitors TO the democratic party.
The representatives have assumed the
right to dictate 10 their constituents, and
ard 10 prescribe test OF democracy"
to those to whom they owed their polti-
cal existence, and whose sentiments and
opinions they were bound to faithfully
represent, and carry out in legislative ac-
ton. And the summing up oil the whole
matter is, the people have repudiated the
test which the politicians sought TO im-
pose.
The nomination. Of our state tickle, was
made before toe Nebraska question arose,
but when it did arse, Curtis Bates our
candidate for Governor, took ground in
favor of the bill, and maintained the bill
and its ''prlnciples," aud he is defeated
The Congressional convention a, Upton
that nominated Stephen Hampstead for
Congress was stndlously silent upon the
Nebraska question. II was composed a.
like OF Nebraska ana anti Nebraska dem
ocfats. The members Of the convention
thought II the wlsest course to keep that
question out OF the contest if possible, and
therefore they said nothing abou. it
but the candidate did not fsllow their ex-
ample. He canyassed the district, and |
werever he spoke avoweI himself in ia
vor OF the ; ehraska bill Mr. Hemp
stead is gentleman Of ability, of polti-
cal experience, and OF high toned honor
and courtesy, but ali these ayailed him
nothing. With his oan hands lie placed
milestone on MS neck, that drowned |
him. And James Tnoring,on, an utter /
ass, is member Of Congress elect from
the second Congressional Dis,ric. of To-
wa.
If any extraordinary proof were need
ed that the Nebraska question defeated
the democracy Of Iowa, i, would only be
necessary to refer TO the vote cast for
David c. Cloud, for Attorney General, |
tor thu, yrool. He is the only democrat
&c candidate on the ticket VINO was known
to be openly and boldly anti Nebraska
aud he, ia the counties from which we
nave Official returns, is NOSE than ,wen-
ty-hse hundred ahead Of the ticket, and
IL perhaps the only democrat Oh the TICK.
ct who !. elected aYcept fpaSa ,.rea n.I