Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1854-03-10
The Nebraska Fraud.

pa,ch there is an advertisement occupying
over seven columns of that paper, and to DO
paid for by the United States government.
From this huge chunk of official patronage
we turned to the leader Of the lucty editor,
naturally expecting to be edited by an unusn
nj overflow Of patriotism. We were glad 80
discover that he has been properly awaken
cd to sense Of his duty to his party and
his '.glorious kcdentry." Hear him.
''Oae great duty Of Democratic journals is
to expose to the gaze of the masses the
selfshness, the political villainy and the
r~al danger of the do, trincs which it (the
Wing party inculcates;" "rank
abolitionist, fanatic and Wing (terms rap
idly becoming synonynous),' &c.
We like to sec n proper exhibition Of
gratitude for fayors conferred, but VIC abb
hor fawning subserviency.
After n column Of similar vulgar abuse,
and just such falsehoods and senselcss
blackguardsm, the editor cooly tells his
readers that he has "not space to discuss
the merits of this question at lengths" but
he thinks it sufficient to toll them that he
"ndopts the sentiments Of Senator Doug
las. The honorable Senator is a kite flying
in the clouds, the humble editor Of the
Dispatch is content to be paper patch on
his tail! Head downwards, the honorab lie
Senator Is now descending rapidly to the
earth, and, true to his position, the humble
editor is streaking it after him !
But the editor Of tho DISPUTED ventures to
launch out into an original commentary on
portion of Senator Douglass speech
Just listen to him :
1--WE believe eat the defeat of this measure nv the
wrigelipg twisting fanatics ,uld be the sacrifice Of
great principle whose stence and exercise nec
essary to the prosperity Of ipsttutions and even
the vitality of our Republic. werefer to the pin-
eiplc whose stabshm guarantees to the State and
Territories the RIGHT REGULATE rnEIB OWN AZ.
FAIRS.
Destroy this principe and you DESTROY all that Il
holicst AMI best in our government. Strike 1t down
and by the fell troke you undo at the work of
p,tr OF and martyred sires Strike il down and their
c,rsecrattd blood will have been shed for nought =!
iks it down and the lesson II the revolution will
ha b,en learned in vain and the f,rg and bloody
con est with desptism will have resulted in good
to the world -
Necessary to the pro,periiy and vitality Of
the Republic that half a million of square
miles. capable of sustaining forty million,
of people, should be loaded with q curse
that has burnt out the soil of Virginia, I'M
til from being amongst the most fertile, il
reduced in value to from rs cents to $l.50
an acre.
"Undo at once tho work Of our patriot
and martyrsd sires!' How inexpressibly
absurd is that whole paragraph! There are
some facts in history with which the edi-
tor of the Dispatch was not acquainted, or
he might have saved himself from some of
those ridiculous ordinations.
| The principle under which slavery wa,
forever excluded from the north west ter
ritory was deliberately sanctioned by a
unanimous vote in the very first Congress
that assembled under the Constitution
George Washington, as President of the
United States, signed the bill. He was
President of the Convention four months
and heard all the debates, and ought to have
understood the constitution; but perhaps
he, who signed the bill, and Madison who
voted for it, were fold fogies, :" and did
no: understand the constitution as well a.
they pretended to. 1t is for "young Amer
ica;' it is for the "Latter- day Saints OF
Democracy to spit in the faces of Sour pa.
triot and martyrcd sircs," and contemn and
despisc and overthrow and trample on Their
work.
We admire the brave clfrontery of Doug.
las when he puts up his opinions as ortho.
dox on constitutional Interpretation, anc
turns up his nose at those of Washington
Madison, Nicholas Gilman, of Now lamp
shire, a member OF tho old Cong ress, of the
Constitutional convention, and also of the
New Congress; and the first President pro
tenn OF tho U. S. Senate; Elbridge Gerry, Of
Massachusetts,, who was member o, the
Constitutional convention, and of the new
Congress; John Langdon, of New Hamp-
shire; VIM S. Johnson, Oliver Ellsworth
and Roger Sherman, of Connecticut; ROBBERS
Morris, George Clymer and Thomas Fitz-
simmons, from Pennsyl vauia; Pierce Butler,
from South Carolina; VIM. Few and Abra.
HIM Baldwin, from Georgia; Daniel Car
roll, OF Maryland, and Rufus King, of New
York. We repeat it, that we admire thu,
brave elfrontery, that matches, stipend.
Gus impotence which inspires Douglas
I when he disputes the constitutional kno WI
\fdge and insults the CONSUMED memory of
Pur "patriot Stress" but we despise that
bean subserviency which cracks the knee
md bends the editor of the .Dispaich down.
pown. down, to kiss thc DIRT at Douglass
feet! Yes, traitoroas to the interests Of free
iowa, without "nigger to his name.n he
us padding his canoe after hose who care
| nothing for him, and who will drown him
when they arc done using him.
| Now look at the result of this attemnt to
fasten upon tho country such principle as
that contended for by Senator Douglas, the
editor of the Di.paich, and .heir confedo.
rates in the Infamous conspiracy.
| The following is from the Washington
correspondent OF tho New York Journal of
Commerce, one of the frmest advocates Of
the repeal Of the Missouri Compromise. As
such he has been initiated into the secrets
of the plotters, and with an honesty not
common among political schemers, he bold
ly ayows the whole plan of operations which
are to ensue upon the "superscdure' of tho
WARRINGTON, Saturday, Feb A.
Its ohjeced to the Nebraska bill that il Will estab
ish principle Of extensive application, and will in
woke the application Of the same poyisic To Oreuor