The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1858-11-24


occasion to say that he will PROVE to be an able
and industrious worker in the field Of letters
Our intercourse has been very harmonious.
As this article is handed to the compositor
tho paper for this week 10 about Cup J" this
rrecludcs formal valedic'o,y in this issue on
the part OF Mr.. Fullrr. Mex; week he may
choose 10 cay farewell TO the readers Of the
Times.
Politics.
The recent elections have orened up the
political future to an extent which enables the
small prophets Of the country 10 tell with great
accuracy exactly who will be the next Presi-
dent and what policy he will sustain in his
administration. The overwhelming success of
the Republican candidates throughout the north
though at sacrifice Of the narrow views enun-
ciated in the Phla platf"rn, has given their
enthusiastic Llowe:s and strikers IN idea that
nothing remains TO be done by he present VIC
tors. bat to pluck tic fruit maturing for them in
1860 But among our opponents there is
large class of thoughtful men who know that
the union of Democratic sentiment in the U.
States is just as fatal to the hopes Of sectional
ism, whatever guise it may assume, as pure.
Tracing. healthy atmosphere is to chills and
fever. There never has been a success of the
anti Democratic forces except by an adoption,
direct or indirect, OF Democratic views. Gen.
Taylor, the last president OF the opposition,
was the hero of the war which lis supporters
denounced, while Fillmore behaved so nation.
hEy on the Compromise measures of 1850, ms
10 forfeit compl teIy the confidence Of tho great
mass Of his supporters.
IL is an easy m liter to find fault with an
administration aad to organize party on SEC.
tional jeaousies, but, at last, there il no remedy
for any politician but to come back to the gen.
eral practice of the Democratic party and make
1t the rule Of national observance There is
no way by which this Union can be preserved
but by a faithful and scrupulous attention to,
and protection OF, tho vaious interests Of all
the states hence u chart Of Of inions based up,
on the pressing demands of the North or of the
South, of the East or Of the West, must Weld
70 matcria! modification when it becomes nee.
essary 70 consult the wishes Of the whole union
This necessity must ever compel an adherence
to principles defensiblc in all the states. and
those principles will ever be Democratic A
good strong fight vas made years ago in Yer
mont on "Anti-Masonry" and OF late years
very solemn 'ahaking Of boxes takes place an
nually among the democrats of New England
b. means Of The slavery agitation, bu: when
re ',joir hands round" for .ationaI dance, we
are obliged "to keep step to the music OF the
lnion : or prepare to surrender all its benefits
and blessings TO the Utopian theories of fanatics
and knaves WHO are ready to dscry all the ex-
cellenccs OF our great political system, for
position in Congress. or a two-hundred dollar
county Office. The Democracy caunot die till
the Constitution of your country is declared
fable aad Tbs Union league nth he'll
therefore The hope of permanently defeating it,
is simply presumption.
BY the Statement. Of Mr.. Seward ia bis late
Rochester Speech (and VIC thank him most cor.
daily for his s,ats'ics) the Democratic party of
today began its life in the Adminis.ra ration of
Mr.. Monroe, and in the same speech ne are
told that that same party has done all that has
been done il the une1amrled march Of p.o-
sress which has since distinguished US as
nation Il is often f.ppantly said that the
Jackson party Of 1898 to 1896 had no political
ancestral connection with the present demo-
rrscy, hut Mr.. Seward has settled that question
by an admission as candid as it is truthful---
10 he sure, we often insist. and with good
grounds too, that our father in politics was
Jefferson, but the concession made by Mr.
Seward places us back far enough for all pur-
poses Of party legitimacy. and we are too CRATE
tul to be cautious. This ancient date in orr
origin (8l6) credits US with ;3S years of public
confidence against twelve years Of opposition
success. and We submit it to our fos- II the four
years Of Mr. Tyler and the three years of Mr..
Fillmore were rot much more democratic than
otherwise in their effects upon the country
In this admission Of Seward is embodied the
fact that oil the various organisations against
W. have succeeded in administering the govern.
mens for the benefit Of their t1:ends just IL
years out Of 6ty.two, and they have succeeded
10 nothing else, not one solitary measure stand
ing or the Law Books Of the y. States to show
that such party ever had power! These
statements are not made to insult or even to
irritate, but they are strictly historical and it is
proper that our readers. particularly the young,
should know who has given patriotism TO our
councils and energy to our progress.
The present defeat is not nearly 80 radical as
tue defeat of 1854, and yet in short two years
after, we had President and both branches Of
Congress. Thus will it be again and again. SO
long a. our eople are true to the interests OF
the whole confederacy. No party, based upon
personal prejudices, church organizations, ques.
lions strictly of moral nature. the accident of
birth or isolated special interests. can stand be-.
fore those who -giA ys scope 70 freedon,
OF Thought and ,--.o demand, as Precipitation
to the Csusc Of American Liberty, surrender
Of those contracted views which would divide
the people into petty factions, each having some
trihinx hobby Of its own and which would
ultimately effect the overthrow OF the only gov.
ssnment now on earth that is worth preserving
Aasumrtion.--The Wisconsin scheme oi
State R. Road assumption meets with no favol
from the great mass Of the people. Ever.
City and almost every county of Wisconsin
has pledged its bonds to greater or lee
amount for the construction Of Railroads.
The proposition now is to have the State tax
al tina indebtedness on its own shculdera