The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1857-11-25
"Broech cloutS,"

In cx; laining Tie success vii h has crowned
the Minnesote democracy. much is said ty our
opponents Of the "brcechclout Democrats"
frauds practiced by the ,i,tors." &C., &c 1t
is natural in political contests. for the dcftattd
arty to assign some reason for any want Of
strength VII. oh tic r:salt exhibits. and the cry
Of "fraud' is so easily got up and so readily
swallowed by sympathis;ng friends that it is
only necessary to make it and start it round the
country through a class Of presses Interested
in covering up the folly OF their predictions
p:ior to the race. Both parties do hist, great
extent, anl it is almost always the case that
there is more or less fraud in allour clectims.
We have q very contemplate opinion Of that
man who speaks and wr'tos as though all po!ii-
cal virtue was to be found in his own party, and
all the villainy Of the world was embodied in
the opposition. Twenty years observation has
taught us that the moving spirits Of both par
ties endcavor to succeed. and the t.ickery by
which victory may be obtained is covered, If not
justified, by these who have benefited by it.
This ought not to b, 81, we admit; but none
but an innocent youth or practised knave " III
deny that politics is REGARDED by these who
play it. as a game, and the old Jesuitical dec
time "ahe end iustifics the means is p:acticcd
in nearly all the strife in life. -.... g.,
TIE Indian vote of Minnesota was author.
lied by constitution agreed lon by both par.
ties, and if the Democrats obtained the largest
share of it there should b., no complaint on the
Fart of the Of position. In the Lake Superior
counties large bodies of Indians supported
RAMSEY the Republican, and gave him ma
jority there greater than the whole number of
resilient whites in that district. Our opponents
are careful not to refer TO this fact, nor do they
tell us whether their milan allies in other parts
of the Territory came to the polls in breech.
clouts or blankets, but they see neught but
villainy in the support the democracy derived
from these "coppcr bottomed' citizens, clothed
as they express it, sin simple brcechc.outs and
bcgrimed with the dirt of their wigwams. -
There is no proof extant that the Republican
savages wore silk stockings or were in any res.
pect more attentive to their toilets than our
unwasl;cd vo:e-s. Tho Constitution admits to
the right of s:frage all Indians who abjure
their tribal laws and submit TO the authority of
the U. States. The Demos rats beat their op-
ponents in the game and for this the complaint
is made. Each patty did its utmost The Re.
publicans maintain strenuously that "all men,
should be allowed to vote, and they should be
the last to complain Of the workings of their
own philanth-olic system The Democrats arc
partial to colors in politics. but as this voting
was done by virtue of the Constitution, they
would have had no reason for growing, had
they been defeated. ,f -- @s.t u
It's scarcely deniable that Mr.. Chase is row
Governor Of Ohio by virture of the NEGRO VOTES
cast fer him in ncighborhoods that regard moral
sentiment and political necessity as Of prior
Importance to the Constitutional qualification,
'all white male citizens" dc. Even. in Iowa,
uegrcs have voted in violation of law and the
oaths Of Election Judges but the party bene-
fitted by this PERJURY Of the board of inspectors
pockets the advantages thus secured and knav-
ishly points to the "FraUds of Minnesota -