Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-09-26
Stealing Our Thunder.

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The Democratic party is noted for its ter.
giversations. When the inimitable Jack
Downing announced that Its principles
were to fight asin Wing principles" he tolf
only half the truth. The party has no prin.
ciple or set of principles that it has evel
originated and attempted to carry out. Il
stole the principles of tho old Wing party
and solemnly affirmed that it always was ir
favor OF them. And this proved the deatl
Of the Wing party. 1t was literally crowd.
cd off the stage of existence by its exactine
and Protens-like opponent. When the Re.
publican p 'rty was organized on the glori
Gus platform of "No more Slace Tcritory''
with Free Kansas" for its watchword and
ral!yng cry, the Democrats occupied direct
ly opposite grounds. The leaders tried des-
perately for awhile to sustain their position,
before the people, but failed, especially in
the North. Repeatedly repulsed, they saw
that they must change their tactics. They
now come before the people with strong
protestations that they are "as much oppo>-
ed to slavery as anybody" and swear they
always have been opposed to it and in favor
of Kansas becoming Free STATED How
these asseverations are belied by their acts
our readers already know.
That it, may be seen we do not misrepre-
sent their present position, and that the par
ty elsewhere is endeavoring to place itself
on anti-slavery grounds, We append reso-
luton adopted at Convention of the De-
mocracy in Louisa county, merely premis-
ing that many of our Democratic exchanges
are persistently trying to dodge the true is
sue in the same way:
ResOlred, That the Democracy of Louisa
county in convention assembled, do cast
back into the teeth Of those that circulated
that we rs Democrats, are in favor of The ex-
tension of the institution of slavery in the
Territories of the United States. As untrue,
and that the authors thereof do know that
hey publish that which is false and wiltully
made for political effect and that only.
But will not such protestations coming from
the Democrats of the North be fatal to the
boasted Nationality" of the party? Al
ready we hear murnurings of di.satisfac-
ton from the masters aud employees of
Northern demagogucs.
The Southern Statesman, q leading DEM
ocratic paper, hls no sy:"pathy with the
northern Democracy. 1t attributes their
defeat in the north last fall TO their two faced
policy, and their persistent lying effort to
make it appear that Buchanan would bring
Kansas in rs a free State. In the South,
where the true aim and policy of the party
is avowed, the denial of the slavery test by
Northern Democrats is regarded as false and
deceptive and so it is. Let no one be de-
ceived by this outward change Of tactics
The Democratic party is now as heretofore
welded to the slavery extension power, and
it becomes the duty of every anti-savery
voter to cast his influence in favor Of the
Republican party, which is alone true to its
professions.
In Iowa, tile only issue outside of State
policy is Freedom or Slavery. From the
distinct ayDwal of the two candidates for
Governor, the issue between them cannot
BE misunderstood. A vote for Samuels is
vote for Slavery A vote for
Lowe is an expression of sentiment in favor
of our motto-"No more Slave Territory"
A vote for Democratic candidate for the
Legislature is vote to return Gen. Jones
to Congress, where he has uniformly used
his influence against Freedom and for Slave
ry, and acqulesced in all the usurpations of
the South.