Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1856-07-19
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20 slsc Voters Oh Iowa

the pr..eo, DIV a. thIt sectional parry
..eLarscte.xed by geographical DIS t'n'- I
nations, - against WHICH .he Fahef - us
COUNT; vsrned u. ~ Is "a evel'e h"'i'' -.
Tn .;r.,ritnett of Heaven II achieving
freedom, anl estabiishn uioi U'iS cont
men, a, a.s,.lum for the oppressed; his la
bor, DER and waiting for tie summons oihis
Maker 10 o.,, the sceEe,i the PATRIOTS breast
was filed with deep so'lciu le for hiss 'un-
nv. welfare, while the eye of the CHRIS
tan sage gazed into the failure, and the
sprii 4 prophecy was uPon him vhea lie
9.nued II a, very memorable record OF WIS
dom and warning, il which, peak ng o. me
&C tus.. Which might di-i'r. the IAon,"
he i.siicsted tie division ~ rar'ie,by geo
graphical lines, as Nlr'hrrn aud SOU hein
whence dcs gning mrn may enHeavor 70
excite a belief thai there is r'al d.iier-
nee Of local ,.ess"-ai tie one great
:an-e wh.cL was most pregnant win dan
se and he added.
80 e Of The exped.cA's r. p cty- 10 &C
::daire ln'ience vys,huI particular die'rc's
- to mtsle.p eseul Ia. opinions ana ve".
~ other districts. You chnno, gnaId
Gv,lrSelv 100 nilch against tie jealous
.i.s anil he r,-hurni; e witch spring 1 ON
! .llicse Misrepresentation, they fehi u
-.rendef alien toeich he's those VINO olgh'
Ito be bound tog tier by fra'erh4i affection
, In another Place he says:
.While experience shall not have DON on
Grated lis inptacticab;.iiy. The C.ioi.
| There will always be rea on 10 slTHst
! She pairiotism IF those who IN any
! ur,er, may cnicaver 10 weaken Is
.sboads.'
] /, aere INFO -ible, il 50 few words, 70
have described more p AMY that party
+ winch, by Convention representing only
one Ii If Of IN Jaon. nominated }.
+ Fremont and WIN. +. Day'ontor Pre- .dch'
. AID wee Ire,.deat Of he l'u'ei a''>.
Washington g4ve 10 u.ts,e5 TO parties, b'I
he spok" of national pine pies, and p"'h'-
i Ia tao e local in!iIriccs upon WaicH dIii
s.rous sectional pirtc- wonli arise; ara
+ 81 .iy. no PARROT # the s. century 'onll
I have ant .cipiie n I S"ch party cor IL
I eyer have the assurance 10 assume ne name
/ Of Republican.
They have Noses and tie Prophets; If
+ they boar rot th'm, neither AotAd 'hey be
Lpr~la lei though Que should r.ie / ON me
+ leai The spirits OF ''onr RepAbi an La
ther,r s,ili live; n: record OF their lives
. Is written in Che history Of their country,
/ aud the impress II t!teir wisdom u.ion her
coast sutton and la.y', III Zines "t sViE-
H.hf; and they have left ~ their teSti'nph'
IN words so plain tlat none need err. ShaiI
tie counsel, of Was.in ,'on and .iti r-on,
of ia. ,s,n aud Clay, be Gespl~ei ~ Aurr
~. i. ~. tla.,.u AZ
Tin. voice be drowned IN tie IartiH.sn i m
d and nrendlirv app, al Of s1rh political
tral!lck 10 and ~ stairs IS Seward ali II 'fr
) iinaer ana hnls. W ln"t and Chase. q d
dug AMI Blar.--la n whose sole mc"ht-
is, i. the as ton Of power, though
i, be al the expense o. or n'tionA. exist
/ enre?
r. PROVE the positions, have taken, !
l wlll hoW review
TIE REpU3LICAN PLATFORM.
H., NJ ansiyz" this platform. aud sec what
Il u IN de Of II you, u.er, H,ii give IL"
So.r attention., aIi,l hos. one plank, "hiie |
dli>cr. lie other, viii snow vuH HAT 1t l.
moth c<orv 81 !iserls ,hI' only bts>w rod And
rotten ii hat. Wicn Wr have taken ! I'll
apart. piece by piece, "uI car fully Iu' II
together atai'.. lou VIII be able To see thro'
the chunk. oil lanH Abol liuii-in Ia" Grey
ICES Of demagog1e!Sin, aud the dead W"od
of treason: and # yo,t do not agree W IN
me that il l. tie most r!cl,,tv pld form tina
ever party stood upon. | VIII cohcrdr t..at
it IS because vau are hlirdiy gwen NJ 10
par.y spirit, that yo.g IL 1904. IS .las4dlai l.
Dig1,t, AMI plssl l..
The first plank embrace he remarkable
inc ,nsi .'ency Of iEclu.in, n the same cate
cory AL who are opposed 10 the repeal 81
! The Missouri Compf3tnise, AID IN favor Of
restoring the action Of The fad RAJ govern
me I 10 The pr nciple, OF Wdsh.ns'o on and
JeiT.r,on."
! This involves both filsohood aid s'anicr
! Washington slept w!lh his fathers long be-
( fote the Missouri Conpro MS. WIS atop
/ tel; therefore, lie cou' d not speak with ia
mediate reference 10 ,h,t ;srtitruAg meas
ure but the extracts winch | have q .otcd
from h!s writings. prove conClg..Veiy that
hsvie.s were strongly opposed to such a
policy. Indeed, il was AGAINST that very
/ policy that he So earnestly warn,d his
! couniryn.n.
Jefferson still lived. and though he had
! long ceased 10 take d part IN politics, yet
! upon the p4ssa-e OF tle iii souri, Coinpro.
/ MISE he wrote several letters, 10 proininet;
men of the country, all expressing his deep
roget aud s.iioa- apprehension OF the con
sequences l. cns.ie tirrclroln.
/ In ore of those letters, dated Monticello,
April 22d, 1870, to Hon. John lIolnes, sen
ator from Maine, he wrote as ful!ows
81 Lad for a long tine c I'D To read
"newspapcrs. az pay ANY a'tentian 20 public
''ali'.iis, confident they were in good hands,
and content to be silent pas e.,ger il our
bark to that shore from wa nee | ain uot
''far distant. Pat this mornertrus IN, stiou
'Hke hre bell IN night, awakened and iii.
sled E.e With te ror. considered it, at
''once as knell of the Union. It's hush
led, indeed, for the moment. bat this is a
"repreve only, not a final sentence, A &c
Geographical line. coinciiing wi a marked
''pr.nc pie, moral an! political, once con
''cieved an,! held up TO the angry passions
''of IN N, will never be obli'cratei
Il regret that l am now 10 do in tie be-
lief that the useless sacrifice of 'hemselve,
''by the generation lT16, u acquire self.
government and happiness to TIER coun.
TRY, is to he thrown away by the unvyisc
"and unworthy passions OF their sons, an
:tiat my only consolation is 10 be, that
''shall no live 10 weep ov.r It. IL tlcv
'wousd but dispaSs onaclv weigh the b,es.
''sIngs which they will tn ow away, again
San abstract principle which is more likely
''to be effected uy Union than BY sciss on,
they would pause before :hey would
''perpetra,e this act of suicide on them.
SELVES, and OF treason against the hopes Of
''the world"
Thus spoke the sage Of Monticello, in
1920. Consequently, 'aii who are in favor
Of restoring the action Of our federal gov.
eminent TO the principles cf Washington
and Jefferson will see that i, is their duty
TO oppose that party which is opposed TO
ths repeal CT tie Missouri Compromises
lie hrst plank t. their platform slides
from t,der them '',hr principles OF Wash
ingfon and Jeffe, son" are ,st there. An
en- b,htened and virtlous people cannot fad
to see, in the hyronritical appeals OF those
who thus nraf mo tho ra,.,,. Of danar,aJ