St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-02-18
From the Dubnque Express and Herald.
Official Madness.

1t is a maxim older than the Roman
Empire, that whom the gods intend
to destroy, they first make mad" and
its truth has been proven in every
age of the world, as far back as his
tory reaches.
We were among the first in these
United States to advocate the name OF
James Buchanan for President, and
now that he is elected to that high
Office, it is painful to find an occasion
arising, which compels us to dissent
from the views and dicta which he
has seen proper to proclaim But his
late singular Message, in behalf of the
Lecompton fraud, drives the true De-
mocracy of the Nation to the alterna-
tive of either protesting against his
Lecompton arguments, or giving aid
and assistance to enforce and carry
out one of the grossest outrages upon
popular rights ever recorded on the
pages of history
On the 25th ult, the Washington
correspondent of the Philadelphia
Ledger "a gentleman who seems to
be in the confidence of the Administra-
ton, wrote as follows:
"The Lccompton Constitution will soon be
laid before Congress for deception. The Prcsi-
dent will send a special message to Congress
recommending the immediate admission OF
Kansas with the said constitution. He will
| urge upon the Democratic party strong consid.
! erations in behalf of this course, and will. in
fact, make it a party measure After the mes
sage no one is to he recognized as belonging tc
the party unless he goes with the President OF
this question.
When we first saw this paragraph
in the Ledger, we could hardly believe
our own eyes. The last sentence o!
it, we thought, must certainly be a
grievous mistake, and thus allowed
the matter to pass unnoticcd. But the
Geographic synopsis of the Message
which we published yesterday morn
ing, seems to indicate q literal fulfill
ment of the predictions in the letter o
the Ledger's correspondent.
According to that Message, as giver
by the telegraph, the President has
taken his stand in favor of the Lecomp
ton Constitution, with all its injustice
its frauds, and its memorable slavery
provisions, and evidently means t.
make the support of his position ;
party test.
That any administration can force tn,
Democracy of the North to shoulde
and carry bcf,re the nation such ;
load of iniquity as that hidcous thing
of Lccompton, is hope which no man
with the eyes of his understanding
open, could entertain for moment
The Administration could not posi-
: bly, adopt a more effective means OF
annihilating either itself or the Demo
cratic party, than by making fealt,
to the Lccompton swindle test qucs
ton.
} 81 an The State" has been the max
= i'm of European tyrants but 81 an
the Democratic party," has never We
been recognized in America as a max
i'm for Democratic Administrations.
The political horizon is darkening
around us, and pcrilous times are near
ard it has now become the duty o
every Democrat, and lover of his cour
try, to make his voice heard, and hi
} influence felt, in behalf of truth, hon
esty, and fair dealing in political at
, fairs, and in behalf of the Constitution
: and the Laws, as they are embodic,
in true Democratic principles.