The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1858-07-28

SAMUEL A. RICE, OF Mehaska county.
FOR RReIsTER LAND OFFICE.
AMOS b. MILLER, OF Cero Gordo county.
coMM'R or DIES MONIES IMPROVEMENT,
WILLIAM c. DRAKE, Of Wayne county.
shcosp cossREss1oxAL p,srs,cr,
WILLIAM vANDEvER, Of Dubuque county.
.Dred scott.''
We forget whether it was Spartacus or som
other distinguished slave, who at one time raj
lied the servile hordes of the Roman Empir
and threatened its existence. 1t has been b
long since we read History, that names are un
familiar TO us, and it is no easy matter to recall
events with sufficient vividnees to justify a,
allusion to them. But Of that, no matter. w,
have been thinking whether the Roman car
tain Of eerfdom, whoever he may have been
stands any show for Immortality since the for
tunate discovery Of the celebrated DIE,
Scorr. The newspapers for some years hav,
been buster with this charactcrtha the ancien
Puritans were with witches. "Aunt Harriet
has written book about him, and the Duchess
Of Devonshire. surrounded as she is with mex
rendable wealth and innumcrable ,nhae starvc
ling, honors the portrait of the Africo Mis-
sourian with q place in her picture CALLER,
alongside Of Wherefore and Howard. If VIZ
were travelling in Europe, we should see and
hear the names Of st. Nicholas, st. James, ST.
Andrew, st. Patrick, and St. George 70 fire..
quently repeated that we should have no diff.
Guilty In determining that we had discovered
tka fa1foIor Saint 81, Sc II !
protector Of the particular region or State
through which We were passing. The Amer.
lean national Saint ia admitted to be "Yankee
Doodle" and from the excitement which afflicts
our Republican friends relative to the "hich
handed and infamous outrages perpetrated" by
Chief Justice fancy and a, majority of the
Supreme Court towards the colored MARTYR
whose name heads this article, stranger would
cdacluds ct once that ST.. Died was the tutelar
god and special Saviour Of the Republican par
ty. No political discussion can take place but
his name is pronounced aui bis spirit invoked
to give victory TO their hosts. Republicanism
without DRED Scorr, would be the play of
Hamlet with the Prince Of Denmark left out.
An investigation intp any question of Consti.
tutional power, or an allusion to the rights of
the masses Invariably evokes the mighty shade
Of this political "slave Of the lamr." He is
ever ready to serve the party which has taken
upon itself the task Of proving that Declare.
ton Of Independence signed by none but slaoe-
holders. necessarily included the liberty of that
class Of beings the fastening of whose manacIes
was among the FIRST acts of the new Govern.
inent. A Fugitive Slave Law" vas most
singular commentary on the "freedom" guar.
anteed to "all men" by the Declaration Our
ancestors must have had strange
appreciation of consistency to declare all the
blacks, ofrght "free and equal" and then pro.
teed to tie establishment of laws providing for
The eternal bondage of those whom, we are now
lold, they intended to recognize as peers!
The decision of the Supreme Court in the
bred Scott case, has been distorted, misreprs-
bented and irterpolated it has been denounc-
ed and mathematical, its authors have been
charged with robbing all the free negroes Of
their liberty, and they have even been suspect.
ed Of having designs upon the freedom Of The
whites themselves!
What is all this rumrus about
There were three points decided, we have
mace to-day TO refer to but one. That was
hat m African or his descendants could not
'scome citizen of the United States, the
Constitution having made no provision for his
reception into the family of citizenship. This
point q one Of the terrific things for which it is
arged, our government, with all its greatness
ind excellence, merits "the contempt of ma.
ions" We have not the decision before us,
md Therefore cannot refer to its language, but
when you hear man say, as you may very fire.
auently, that the Court has asserted ''that q
negro has no rights which white man ID bound
10 respect just tell the fellow that the Court
newer said any such thing. aud then demand
lhe proof. If he can show it, you may draw
ID us for 800, and wen meet it or turn Re.
publican, an alternative that will bring the
money in very quick time. The Court in re-
Isuing to the entire absence of any recognition
II negro rights to citizenship by the trainers of
BUR Constitution and early laws. said that then.
'snd for hundreds Of years prior to that time,
be negro WAS regarded a. having no rights
shich the white man WAS bound to respect
That's I'll there Is of that.
Now We submit If it 10 worth our while to
Isstaliss poor descendant Of Africa with .
Dse~ sscosnitoa Of biz equality with u. and
,hea coolly tell Nm The doctrine is not intend
ID for prset;cal application In the late Iowa
Constitutional vote. how many persons at
McGregor. in Clayton county In this Congress
SIGNAL district, or in the STATE, voted TO admit
negroes TO the rights Of citizenship We all
remcmber the vote was almost unanimously
sgainst il everywhere. If we, here in Iowa.
say that negro sIsH b NO citizen Of ours, with
what justice can We insist upon his right to
become citizen Of any other portion of the
The cry Of the poor African"
10 very creditsble to that thsorizing sympathy
which goes abroad for exercise. but it is marked
b. psactiesl Hypocrisy at home which would
aiagust, il il had not become insipid and un-
worthy Of regard. One grain Of sensible &C.
hon ID worth volumes Of windy badinage, and
We Sssl confident tie people of Iowa will vote
6cr the protection Of their own color fstber than
to eAcouaes Class Of politicisns whose theory
wosh Qot the State OVER With shiftles and
dspssvsd rissls - wAtte labor. Vote IL
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