The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1856-09-13
Nationality Of Republication,

Judging from the tone OF tue DeHlo-
cratic papers, their readers might sup
pose tho Republican 10 be Northern OF
sectional party. and the c,nduc, of some
Redublicsn editors and orators in discus.
sing political questions with reference TO
the rights Of the North and South, rather
than the rights Of the people Of the
Union, might well Justify them in think
ing 30 /: but the fac, is, that the omni-
present charge Of sectionalism has no
more foundation than the baseless fabric
Of vision
Every citizen Of The United State owes
q double allegiance, being at the same
time citizen OF some State, and a citizen
Of the United States.
A a citizen OF the State in which he
lives, his duties are prescribed by the
constitution and laws OF that State, but
as . citizen Of the Union, his duties exis.
under the Constitution OF the United
States and it is fact that any party
based on principles that interfere with
the rights Of single citizen Of the U.
States, no matter where his home may
be, is a sectional and therefore an un-
constitutional party. II we though, the
Republican patty proposed TO interfere
with the rights OF the South, we would
not belong to II; for we believe tina. the
South a well as the North has rights,
and we have no more sympathy with
those who 60 into this contest Ia the hope
Of aggrandizing the North al the expense
Of the South, than we have for the fire.
eaters who would make Kansas a free
State by force Of arms.
The Fundamental doctrine Of the Re.
publican party is That the Constitution
confsys on Congress the Sorsreigs porer
Over the Territories Of TIC United States
fbr their government, and M tie exercise
ofih,s pouer ii is both the right and the
duty Of Congress 10 prohibit N IL. Ter
yitoriss both pclygsmy AND slavery
This is the simple statement OF 6
power granted by the Constitution, and
admitted 10 exist by every Democrat
ever voted, excep, Calhoun and his disci-
pies, and acknowledged by Douglas him.
sell, in the fact in introducing his Ne.
braska bill he proposed to Congress L
leave the question of slavery to the peo'
Pile, thereby admitting that as Congress.
had the RICH, Of leaving it to the people
il had consequently the other right Of no
leaving it 10 the people tn, deciding ths
question for itself.
The simple statement Of power, tha
the democracy themselves acknowledge
TO exist, is the living cause, the ostensi
Bile reason, the head and front Of Il,
lamentations IN which our bunker politl
Clans indulge with lachTymose f-rvo
that renders them objects OF pity. 7
hear and read their prosesta,ions agains
seciionalism, and their appeals for 9Th
dear Union,' We might think tiat [abfi
would be crushed by the zeal with whie
they lean upon il. And ye. that para
graph from the Republican platform is a
that they pretend threatens tie stabillt
Of the Union.
We Ike the Union. /, is the just OF
iect OF oar gratitude that we are d
American citizen. We admire the Ufior
Il is the noble bond of the most glorlou
eonlederacy the world ever contained. =
We love the Union. Ii sprung from tn
soddsn soil of a hundred battle fields
was enacted by friendly States that tougl
together for it j; i. is tic Of relationshi
between the Norlherner and Sou,herns
We revere The Union. /. was establish
ed by the wise, the great and the pair
otto; il has made US most powerl'
patton, and it will make eur future hlstt
ry the crowning glory Of the worlds 20
itics.
Can we believe that such a Union
endangered because the party we beIof
10 proclaimed that Congress has sors
eli power over all the Territories 2
The idea is ridiculous. The Union
sslablis ed in wisdom and must survlv