St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-09-01

crnmcnts derive all their Just powers
from the consent Of the governed
They maintain that those who perform
the simple and unskillcd labor of the
country should be slaves that CAPT
talists should be able to own the labor
needed in their business pursuits and
avord competition in the market that
God has reversed the decree that man
should earn his own bread by the
sweat of his face, and has provided a
weak and docilc race to earn bread
Tor those who are strong and powerful ;
that the cnSlavemcnt Of those who
perform simple labor is absolutely
necessary to pcrpetuatc the freedom
Of the intellectual and more highly en-
dowcd that this alone will secure
the development of the highest de-
gree Of civilization and refinement ::
that consequently slavery should he
EXTENDED ; that free States of a neigh
boring Republic should be conquered
to open new field for the expansion
Of slavery For this purpose they
have secured the repeal of all laws
excluding slavery from the territories
OF the United States and 10y an unjust
formation of the judicial circuits or
districts, securing the appointment of
a majority Of the Judges of the SUI
prcmc Court from the slave States,
they secured from that court dcclar-
alton denying the right Of Congress or
OF the territorial legislatures to pro-
tcct by law the rights Of personal lib
crty IN the territories and maintain
that whoever holds enslavcd human
being i'll Slave State may continue
the bondage in any Of the territories
BY cngratting themselves On the Dem
ocratic party and securing the control
of its organization in the North as
we'll as the South, they have succeed
cd in clecting a President of the Unit
cd States, a majority of the Senators
and Members of the last Congress, and
have thus controlled every department
of the government, and are now max
ing bold attempt to fortity their
power by securing Cuba and Mexican
States to be reduced to scrvitudc The
unparalleled protligacy of the Admin
istratlon, the enormous increase of the
expenditures from forty odd to over
eighty million dollars per annum the
past six years, and the consequent
hard times under which the people
are groaning. are but Incidents, com
pared with the great evils that await
their final success, if not avertcd.
TO countcract these influences, and
to bring the government back to the
principles that controlled under the
administration of Washington, Jctlcr-
son, Madison and jackson, the Rcpub-
lican party was organized. 1t was
organized to defend the principles so
lucidly set forth in the Declaration of
Independence by the great men who
formed the government, and the doc
trines of the constitution as under
stood and enforced from the date of
its adoption in 1889 to 1854.
Its first triumph was achieved in
Iowa i'll 1854 in the election Of James
w. Grimes to the Office of Governor,
amembcr Of Congress, and II majority
of the members of the State l.cgisla-
turc, and, by their votes, a L. :. Scna-
tor. This was followed by similar
triumphs in other States. In two
years after its organization, it pollcd
more than thirteen hundred thousand
votes and in the next Congress it
will have two Senators each from
Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire,
Massachusetts, Rhode Island Conncc-
ticut, New York, Michigan, Wiscon-
sin and Iowa, and one each from New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois
and California, and probably from
Minnesota, and about half Of the
House of Representatives. And i!
true to the principles which called it
into existence, it will elect Prcsi-
dent and Vicc-prcsidcnt in 1860, and
control the Government of the United
States, and the local governments of
Il majority of the States.
For past triumphs the party has
been greatly indebted to the well di-
rccted efforts of many thousands Of
our adopted citizens +; and especially
to those from the States of Germany
The German Republicans have been
and must continue to be an effective
clement in its organization. We
should regard their wishes and they
ours-we should ascertain on what
platform we can all stand as brothers,
and shoulder to shoulder fight the com
mon enemy. Heretofore we have
had harmony in our ranks, neither ma
tive nor adopted citizens have de-
mandcd anything outside of the ma
tional platform. We ought not now
to change the issues, and attempt at
the very moment of victory to re-or-
ganize our grand army Of patriots of
native and foreign birth. Why run
the risk of decimating its battallions,
and weakening the attacking column
by an attempt to modify the naturali-
zation laws, by attempting to make
the time either longer or shorter !!
They have remained unchanged in
this respect for more than fifty years /;
why not let them rest ? They may be
imperfect, it is true--for what that is
merely human is not imperfect But
as Republican, their faithful execu-
tion is all that am disposed to de.
} mand.-And in this, native, as well
as naturalized citizens have common
interest.-For these reasons | am
compelled as Republican, to say in
; reply to your first interrogatory, that
} | am not an advocate for any materi.
al change III the naturalization laws
} to the second, | do not approve OF
: any discrimination whatever against
the rights Of naturalized citizens =
: to the third, that | would not, if |
, were citizen of Massachusetts, adj
: vocate the adoption of the proposed
7 amendment to her constitution.
$ Your obcdicnt servant,
5 JAMES HARLAN.