The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-09-19
CHAs. B. PARSONS,
WELLS SpICER,
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IS Modern AbOlitiOnism Defined"

WELLS SPIcER,
Modern Abolitionism Defined"
Is the heading of an article that occu-
pies considerable space in the last Demo-
crat, and as the term is frequently used
by the Democrat, we give it in full, that
all may understand what it means by
that term: 49, ...
awe believe that modern Adolf
ZIONIST is in favor of the overthrow of
slavery, even at cost of the dissolution
of the Government that he advocates
the disobeying of our laws and higher
law doctrine that he believes in the
social and political equalization of the
races that he breaches secti ,nalism,
strife, and agitation throughout the
land"
There it is; and if the Democrat be-
lieves, and it so AYERS, that an Adolf
ZIONIST believes all that, and that all Re-
publicans are Abolitionists, then we do
not wonder that it is deeply exercised,
in view of the fact that Republicanism
is likely to sweep the State in October.
We will not find fault with the above
definition; but we do object to its say
ing that Republicans are Abolitionists
in that sense, for it is simply untrue.
The Democrat gives a long string of
pretended quotations from the sayings OF
individuals, to show that they were in
favor of some of the things above stated.
Now, if it was true that these indivi-
duals named, believed what they are
charged to have said, it by no means
follows that the Republican party, to
which some of them belong, believes
those doctrines also. 1t might as well
be charged that the Democratic party
believes in horse stealing, because some
members Of that party have avowcd
themselves in favor of horse stealing, but
we would not have the Democrat think
for moment that We would say that il
favors demonstrating. Most of the quo.
tations ale mere garbled extracts, not
showing the connection in which they
were used, and may, for auCht that ap'
pears in the Democrat, have been just
i'll reference to the subject under consi.
Iteration and We are strongly Of opinion
that the remarks attributed TO Horace
Greeley have been denied by that gen.
tleman. We would be happy to have
the Democrat tell us when aud where
Mr. Greeley made the remarks The
other most ultra quotation is from man
who never was claimed to be a Republi.
can, and who never pretended to be one
lie declared during the last Presidential
campaign that he preferred the election
of MIR Buchanan to that Of Mr. Fremont
The Editors of the Democrat know who
and what VIM. J.. Garrison is and has
been. In proof Of its assertion that the
Republican party believe as above, the
DEM crot says: THE Republicans in
the Iowa l., ~islature last winter made
the negro socially equ~' with the whites
and, if had not been for a cons trtional
objection, they would have made him
politically So" Now, this we deny, and
ask for some proof 1t is, as we see,
easy for the Democrat to make assertions,
and then argue from them, but what is
the argument good for, when its asser-
lions are false. We deny that the Le-
gislature I" made the negro socially equal
with the whites" or that they desired
to make him politically SO; and we call
upon the Democrat to prove its asser-
ton, Or acknowledge its error.