Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-06-08

MONDAY MORNING., JUNE 3. 1887
Know Nothings in overwhelmingly

MONDAY MORNING, JUNE y, 1887.
Know Nothings in Iowa.---Explanatory.
There are thousands Of Northern men that
honestly supported Mr. Fillmore la, Year.
who are now Republicans, and Their. ar.
thousands who are now Democrats When
the Democrat commences Questioning the
true Democrcy Of all former Fillu,ore men
now In its ranks some importance NAV be
placed upon its doubts Of the honest Repub
hcanisrn Of those now to be found array.d
IN this party.-Gaxette
The Gazette Of Saturday morning
presents its readers with another arti-
Gle upon the subject Of the alliance
ot parties in Iowa and as it is comics
sedly written by the Junior, 'or whom
we entertain the greatest personal re-
gard, we will reply to il in the spirit
candor which We hope always to exhih-
1t towards an honorable political oppo-
hent. We disclaim any intention OF
making personal reflections in an edlto
rial of Friday when We referred to the
Know Nothing antecedcnts Of the
Junior. That he edited Know Moth
ing journal in Indiana he does not
deny, but aflirms that no,r he is as good
Republican as he was then *. N.
and we have no right to question the
ccninencss Of his conversion. We will
for the sake Of argument admit the
sincerity Of his present political faith,
and then we will say that If he has re-
pudiated X. N.ism, what right has he
TO say that the Democratic party is
tainted with it, because other Know
Nothings have repudiated their faith
and become Democrats The Gazette
copied an article from the Louisville
Journal charging odiition Of Dem
ocrats and X. Ms in this State in the
late election, and then bellows out "scc
that, dear Germans, and beware" Now
this all means to charge the Democrats
with making compact with X Ms
for the sake of victory, when the Ga
xeNe knows il to be as foul libel as
was ever published in that paper, and
that is saying much. Where is the
proof Of its Has there been Demo
cratic Convention Of tins State that has
not in the strongest language possible,
condemned the whole gearing, doe
trincs and objects Of the Know Moth
ingss Was not the Know Nothing
party the only party opposed to the
DE mocracy two years ago, and the
Gazette its organ. Have we abated,
one iot or title Of our faith, or made
any compact, compromise or agreement
We defic the proof Of the charge male
by the Louisville Journal and echoed
by the Gazette. We know that the
Gazette was not sincere in rcitcrating
the foul calumny, for Saturdays nom
ing paper confesses as much in the
quotation which we have placed at the
head of this article. The Democrat
does not "qucstion the true democracy
of Fillmore men now in our ranks. "
They are welcomed to Join our time
honorcd party, and fight the battles OF
liberty with us and under our banner,
but they do it without the slightest
hope Of ever seeing the Democracy
adopt or sanction a single plank IN the
X. N. platform. What party is arraycd
against the Democracy in the entire
South The Know Nothing. What
party is arravcd against the Democra-
CIV Of the North The Republican
Know Nothing. The principles of
the National Democracy are the same
in Maine. Iowa and Alabama Its
enemy is an amalgamation Of every
broken faction, and Of every shade OF
political faith. Its opponent has no
bond of union save hatred OF Democra
cy and love of "spoils." When We
speak Of the Democracy We speak OF
something that is tangible, permanent,
stable, and well defined 10y pure and
clean record that dcfies the criticism OF
shrewdest But what of the opposi-
ton 7 We are obliged to fight its
demagogues because it has no princi-
pies. We are compelled to watch the
national treasury against its burglarious
combinations. We keep guard around
the Constitution to defend il from the
profane vandalism Of that opposition
We are obliged to defend everything
against a nameless, shameless, army OF
political Migrants, as the inhabitants OF
African cities do against the wandering
Boudeoins. We have until now pro-
tected the Union and Constitution from
destruction. We hope always to be
able to maintain the liberties Of the
country from the mixed robbers called
Republicans.
Thomas Francis Mea&her.
We have been kindly shown . letter
addressed to 90 Irish gentleman Of this
city, from New York, which states that
this distinguished lrishman and patriot