Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1856-07-10
TO TIE VOTERS OF IOWA.

The main festuyes Of TIE p0LtDrA coh's:t
in wheel, We arenow engaged, upon hs u
terror results. for good or evil, 10 our
country, and the vital ifapotaAce Of That J
ever active vigilance wNch Inc sage or
Monticello has assured rs - "ths prce OF
liberty" ] am induced 10 ms course by |
the near approach " cur State election IN !
August, PR GLIDING anything Ike general |
snvass, within that period, and'nec' ssar'- !
" combining Il 10 few counties adjacent |
10 tha, OF my residence. IN view Of its
intimate onueciton wi h the gr-atratronal
as we'll as lis particular interest
10 the welfare Of or own Sale, the Aug
n-' aisei,on IS, 10 US. II scarcyly secondary
imyrv CT 10 that If November.
Believing that n candid and thorough
discussion. of ,ha Trincipl's of the National
Democracy, is the oily .h'ng necessary 10
in."-e thin entire approval by la g.
majority OF ih'. oplc. | hope that those
IN capvass,ng the different portions OF ms
di..uct. will proceed promptly in The goo
work II awakening The pablo mind to the
i.nninence Of The p,es,nt crisis, and e
Curing an ac'itc aud hearty CO. 'pera.ion
among an con serve'ivc, Niioual, Euion
~i'g man, % whatever party bias, IN
nnw threatens our country. X tins IS
4 ne efficiently. MOI druh' can be ,nter-
tainrd 4 afayoralie result in August, 10
be fo.lowed Ia November by grady err
hanced IN .lor,ly for those gre i and good
me Jams Barhn and John &. eek
en,iige, the chief standard bearers OF The
Cons itutlcn ard he Unioa. " til the III
. y,la Of HE cause ~ Pace and good WI
among The ci,izrns OF com.Goa country.
! + on Did e..u-n'@, 1 new era m poht!c !
7 tnf. has r.csitly been ina gisai"a, 50
! alarming IN IT'S ir' dcncv az 10 demand OF
every disintereSi,d : I zen the U.ost serious
SCRUTINY AID calsM dei,b.rai,on. Tins fa'
! in n pol'ic i h oiy of he it'd States
tie conie,Is betus the ina II 'ppos ng
! parties have been upon broad 'atior. IL pm
| cIpl-s, on either SADIE - h,'ional IN the
| distinctive Features a'l HE application IL
! ID /, iH'einal and h,al clai poicy or Vie
! yoyrrHrn.ni AID it. RELATION with farelgi
c5lnttis IL a.! cases they have been It, :
ci led BY the pea ,.su! b4ll I, and with bn
isci.te9 anh local eNc"p oms, wthoti VI
iencc or hloodsh.d--rach party su5mit'in-
10 he people It's prize pies AMI IT'S clam
uuon their confidence, and then qLetl'
! al aug their verdict through the bal!o
box. Meanwhile our country has Coz tt
nc,. to gov N prosperity a4d grahdeGr o
proper. ous, until 1t chail .nges ~ once III
admiration and envy of III proudest Moi
arca.ea; until the American Stars al,
Strips command throughout the world,
respect which is not accord, d Ia any n3ya
Ensign and in Nh. reunotrst corners, IL
crowd i mar y, or the ducai pa'aces o
Europe. the name AID lite of BIT Amer.c 81
citizen % pas port equal TO th4t OF Nobi
ny.
But of late, lie times nave sadly changed
The position ana dryiA;at.o $ Of the psr'y
or parties, arrayel aga.hst The NalIona
De.not SaCy, are omiuo1~ Of u. most fear
fu.consnquences 10 The fair fahr c of this
K.public, uai-.s promptly tebulsed al
arrested ~ their calee. hy lh. calm JUL,
lnent OF people cheri~hln- deeper inter
ct in the peace aud safety OF the Uniof
than IN the mere succcss CT any poll.lca
party.
We ale upon lie eve of contest wl.ic
ia 10 try the strength OF tie Union, aud e
ther dl$rrnye or vrrifvths predictions II. ID
long 20 hy those foreign enemies % OF
form OF govrlitme t who are even no
!oosIag n VII! lie i 1T al! a:,t'ci, At on q
No .,cctac e hcrr prrsen'.h. l. il CT
test wlich Is to decide between the supren
acy Il law a il he Constitution on the on
hand, ana ANARCHY o the other: bclwec
The pea eful aihltrameut # iu,iicia. tribu
na;e. and tha. of the sword an! the ;fa
between peacefai, bright ana happy Fl
,ure to millions Il united frremen, aud I'll
dread alternative Of warning clemens b,
tween TIE etfechl. {. a.lneats, geographic
ally divided, al once prey 10 mutual r
: vairv towards each other, to intestine feuI
among them sci, cs, and to the rapacity c
foreign powers. II is a contest which
TO decide whether 'hat social fabric who
arose in beauty and slofy from III: Amer
can Revelation, g'atd hing the hearts Z
our patriot fathers. shall at last b. destro,
ell without a bow from f,r.iyn elem
iy tie fratiicidAl conduct OF her SONS
whether couniry's history, the FIRST pac
whereof was written in The blood of lie
enemies, mingled with that q the martyr
Of Liberty, at Leyins'or, at Saratoga, Z
Yorktown and Bunksrhiil. shall be close
with page written in the blood of her ow
children, with heritage Of scorn and
ha vts, Of misery 10 re descendants G
those who bcqneahed us freedom and 81
entity, peace, plenty and prosperity. Dc
pendent only upon the virtue AID wisdol
in ourselves ~ retain them.
THIS, fellow-ciizens. is no mere vsgar
Of the Imagination. Would TO heaven
were! Thomas jefferson, in addressin
hm eointrym.a, prayed fervently that til
time might never c"nir when any porto
~ them would calculate the value of tn
Union. That time has com first f. re
shadowed by the nr,'erinrs oe aboli,io
fanat.cism. in the North, breathing bitter
ness AID malevolence Il wards our breth
| 80 sl no
nucleus Of sectional party al length for
ma!ly inaugurated at Washington CITY, b
the combination which cleo ted as Speake
of the popular branch OF Congress. iha
man who shameiessly declared as a poiiti
cal alternative, tia, he would ''let tie Cno
slide" That alternative was, in the fa.l
NE Of compelling the South 10 submit, un
condi'ional'y, to the exercise by Congress
OF powers never delegated TO it by tn
Constitution. That combination was wit
party based solely upon distinction 0
oasses, or prescription for the accidenia
birth, en-. q a. l,s'a n,i-l denial Of the 81.
10 worship God according to The dictates o
conscience.
! Such i, the orig n, and such the characto
1t the Fusion, self'siyied Republican
party. From the original germ of Abe
liiionism, growing INTO the shape and pro
portions Il party purely sectional, unit
Al the end Of half century it has atiaine
the magnitude TO swallow up other Aindre
factions, and thus become pregnant wit
those Furies which are now let loose upo
J tie country, like the plaques Of Egyyp,
threatening desfru. ton to everything cher
ished and held dear BY the American peo
pie Without one national principle o
measure NJ national policv ITO h>.:.
with no awoyed policy touching the Fl
nances or the Revenue OF The country: wit
, no declaration IF principles upon Interna
Policy of Foreign Relations, except sue
as tl.ey have CLEANED, piece neal, for mer
rlausibili'y. from the national Democrati
platform they come before the peorl
with the one solitary issue of eectiona
strife and hostility 10 the South, while 70
aid they appeal 10 the jealousy Of classe
and the preiudices Of creed and birth, con
Jointly with that same fana,icism which il