The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-11-02
THE ISSUE



by the 9a3W ksEye.
The Gazette Of Tuesday contains an elabor
= and carefully written article. in which .
u Great Principle Of Non intervention is glo
% fed, a. the true and earnest sentiment Of
good Natioral Democrats. Read and ponds
- "Ail good National Democrats believe to I
i fullest exten:, that the people Of each State q
', Territory should be free to form and reguls
= their own domestic institutions in their o.
way, subject only to the Constitution of the u,
d ted States"
: We are really most anxious to know 1
meaning Of The sentence here quoted. 1t m
be all plain 10 a Democrat, but to our "Bla
= Republican" understanding it is sheer par
dox. If it means anything, it conveys, a
was intended 10 convey false impression.
> downright Saxen it is lie. And why is it
; lie: Because it is designed to convey the i'd,
that the Democrats all over the Union, are wi
ling to confer upon the people Of the Terrific
ries, before their admission into the Nation,
Government as States, the right to establish {
exclude Slavery as = majority may determin
BY their votes. A falsehood so unmitigate
and notorious, deserves to be branded with i,
proper namc-a lie. This right is denied, Q
1t least not secured in the Kansas Nebraska
Act and has never been conceded by one.fourtl
VI the Democratic party. 10 1866, it was sc
up as party dogma under the name of squat
ter Sovereignty" by few honest hearted ans
simple minded Democrats in the North, but il
was everywhere repudated and spurned by the
entire Democracy Of the South, where the bull
Of the party is found. With them "Dsmoe-
racy' is q horse Of another color, and with q
verv different rider.
The new doctrine trumped up by John G.
Calhoun in ls47, that "ths Constitution Itself
,,ishout the all Of local lars, carries slarery into
all the Territories Of the Union," is now en-
braced universally BY the Democracy of the
South, and denied BY few il any of tha. party
in the North. This wild. till then unheard Of.
and guilty fantasy, Matched in the bsdevilled
brain Of South Carolina STAKEHOLDER, is new
the fundamental, and 90 far 20 we are advised,
the only article Of the creed of modern Democ.
racy. Repuls;ve as we know it must be to
low it or leave the party. We suspect it is .
nauseous dose TO the Editor of the Gazette, and
we sympathise with him in the many gaggilss,
and spe wings, which it must have caused him.
But he dare not reject it, openly, and boldly
We challenge him to do it. Now, Mr.. Gazette,
if this is the doctrine Of your party, own up like
man, and say no more about ''the Great Prin.
cipls Of Nonintervention." Are you ashamed
of it, Verify we hope you are, and in case you
have that much manhood left. you will disclam
it with indignant scorn, and let the world know
where you stand. Have you the pluck to do ii?
May the Lord brace your back, and s,iffen your
knees.
Why should there be any doubt as to what
are the real principles Of the partys This very
Cilhounism, hcsh as it is, and subversiye Of the
Constitution, has been affirmed by the Supreme
Court iii the Dred Scott case, and that decision
was made by the slaveholding judges of that
court, for the express benefit of tho Southern
Democracy, vino have already succeeded in
it down the throats Of their fellow
Democrats of the North. Does that decision
leave "the people Of each Territory free to form
aad regulate their own domestic institutions in
their own wa,?' You know i, does not: ard
tEas you lie when you say it does. And yet
you have the brazen sudaciiy to prste about
'ahe great principle Of non intervention" How
oag do you intend to practice such frauds-
Your language put into plain English would
read thus:
"Ali good National Democrats, believe to the
fullest extent, that the people of each State and
Territory should be left free to form aud rsgu-
late their own domestic institutions in their own
way, subject om,yto The Dred Scott decision which
for6ids them to do any thing of the kind"
There is your real position, Mr.. Gazette, and
that Of your precious party, with "non interuen.
tom all in your eye. How do you like its-
And how long do you intend to hang upon
these two horns Of the Democratic dilemma
Intervention for slavery and
squatter sovereignty! Do you not present
b autful spectacle.
"Oh wad some power the giftie gle Us,
To see oursels as ithsrs see u.s."
You may as we'll loose your grip, on one or
The other, as you cannot dangle much longer
'som both. o. course you will let go the squat,
ter horn, because you are commanded to do so
BY your Southt RI masters. 1t is your business
20 obey like deg, or a doughtace, and the
sooner you do it the better, unless you are will
ing to be "read out Of the party" Had you
aot better drop the name Of democracy" Also,
Sc eing that you are recent spaua, whe,he
you stand on the principle Of squattsr sover-
signty or that Of constitutional intervention
ou are not even an amalgamation Of the old
Democratic party, but contemplate pro .sla-
very brat, in blood and feature, flesh and bone.
Yet this is the party Of whose "historical re-
aorn" Clay Dean boasts so much. Had 20. not
better
"Go and pretend your family is young,
Nor own you have been base so long"
Seriously, why do you continue to gabbls
.hout "non-iu terventon?' Dc you suppose
-FOUR readers are fools? Your interrention has
,lanted slavery in Kansas, in spite Of majority
,f ten to one against it, but thank God it will
De routed by "tho unhsllcwed Black Republi.
,ans" when Kansas gets leave to govern herself
rhe doctrine that Territorial Legislature can
Ibolish or exclude slavery from q Territory,
while it 10 Territory, il no where 80 universal
y denied, 30 cordially hated, and go csntsmptu-
,usly derided, as by this new tangled Demo-
ratio party. And no one knows this better than
he editor Of the Gazette! What then 10 the
lss Of lying about it now that the election 10
,ser! Come out, We say again, under your
. us colors, and no longer remain what Burns
calls
"A mixtie maxtie motley squad.
t8 II being very generally conceded that
lie Republicans Of this State have achieved
glorious victory, complete and thorough, We
rave heretofore made mention Of those who, in
'ar estimation, deserved praise for their acsivi-
y and efficiency in the canvass. Many others
IRE doubtless equally deserving, whose labors
lave not come uader our observation. Among
his number is Edwards, Of Lucas, and many
/, Il. nv ~ tha .io0> DE- 80.