The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-08-05
Democratic Convention and Meeting.

Democratic Convention and Meeting.
Ey The Democratic Judicial Conven-
ton for this district, assembled in this
place on Thursday last, 2ath ult. II was
but shiny attended, Dubuque. Buchan-
an, and Blackhawk counties only being
represented. But little competition for
the various nominations was manifested,
and the following ticket was nominated
by acclamation
For Judge-T S. Wilson, of Du-
buque.
For District Attorney--W T. BARKER,
of Dubuque.
For Member of the State Board of Ed
ucation--O. II. p RoszELL, of Bu-
chanan county.
This ticket is very respectable one,
and backed by Judge Wilson'S popular-
ty, in a district about equally balanced,
politically, will be hard to beat Still,
we hope to do it, and with ticket equal
ly good, which we shall doubtless have,
we think we shall be able to record Re-
publican victory at the end of the con-
test
In the evening, large audience Of
both sexes assembled at the Court House,
attracted thithcr by the announcement of
a speech from BEN M. SAMuELs, the
great gun Of the Democracy, (as he him
self gave us to understand he was whose
oratorical powers have been lauded so
highly by his political partizans, as to
make us all anxious to hear him. The
hall was, therefore, pretty well filed, the
majority, as far as we were able to Judge,
being Republicans. In the effort of the
speaker, however, there certainly were
but three things to extol, namely a
good address, fine voice, and the truth
full remark made in his closing, that he
"was quite sure he had done himself no
credit We think, ourselves, that the
gentleman can do better. His argument
was simply no argument at all, Sinking,
as he did almost entirely, the very issues
he protested to discuss. He dwelt at
much length upon the doctrine of Popu-
lar Sovereignty, extoling the principle,
and claiming for it the consistent sup
port of the Democracy, and yet, when
bo n,r,a Ia tbo oo,.;J ocof;a, of .bn nrod
Scott Decision, which the Democracy
likewise endorse, and which undenably
conflicts with this boosted principle, he
skips entirely over the question involved
therein, and goes off to the consideration
Of the negro's claims to political rights
Here, he stands where Senator HAMMOND
and the most ultra slavery propagandists
of the South stand, declaring that the
negro has no rights-that he was made
by the God of Nature subservient to the
white man-and that all attempts to ele
vate him must prove abortive, and end
~-.iy: LsiH5 down the superior race
TO the others level. Educate them
teach them the sublime truths of Chris /
tianty-and, even then, BEN was sure
they would degenerate into barbarans.-
He was dreadfully afraid of amalg CANA
ton, and therefore wanted no free ne
groes. In other words, he believed Slav
cry to be the natural condition of the
black man, and that the Declaration of
Independence had nothing to do with
him, and was never intended to apply to
him. This was the inevitable conclusion
of his argument, though he may moi
have made the deduction in these words
In regard to Lecompton, Ben had but
little or nothing to say, which was the
more surprising, as he confined himself
entirely to national politics. That is a
question. we apprehend, that has had
something to do with national affairs for
some time past, and one which rests with |
some weight upon the Democratic party
at present, and therefore, we think, is
worthy of some notice. He forgot to 7
mention it in his sophisms in reference to
Popular Sovereignty, and throughout his
whole eulogium of the Democratic party,
and its devotion to this principle, never
said word about the support which the
party in Congress gave to the bogus
Lecompton Constitution, where but fifteen
out of one hundred and sirty-one Demo
cratic members in both houses stood firm
ly by Judge DOUGLAS in support of the
principle which they eulogizc SO much.
With this fact staring them in the face,
We cannot see how Mr.. SAmuELs, Mr..
LEFFISGwELL, or any other man, can
have the cffrontery to claim for the Dem
oeratic party any credit for the support
of this principle. With a Democratic
President, elected professedly upon it,
and vet ipnorinD II as soon as he reaches