The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-08-25

no longer, and instead of keeping up the
cry of peculation which he had original
ed, WILL ToMLINsoN, of the Des Moines
Journal, when Messrs. PATTEE and NOR
Rfs went out Of office, came down with
the handsome acknowledgment that they
were excellent gentlemen, had made good
officers, and left clean record.
But no sooner had the present contest
commenced than this same ToML,NsoN, at
the head of the whole pack of Demo-
cratic spouters and scribblers, again
commences to below forth, and write in
large letters, with any amount of excla-
nation points thereafter, the words +" Re-
publican extravaganza" 1t was their
whole stock in trade last year, and not
withstanding it was unsatisfactory enough
for both themselves and the people, they
are compelled again to fall back upon it,
from absolute inability to procure any.
thing better. They dare not talk of ma
tional matters, and SO insist that the latter
have nothing to do with the contest, not
outstanding they are aware that the ques-
ton of United States Senator is involv-
ed. They must keep in the background,
at all hazards, the whole question of
slavery, the unparalleled extravaganza of
a Democratic national administration, the
attempt of the party to increase the rates
of postage, the defeat of the Homestead
bill, and the many other sins of the Dem
ocralic party against the rights of the
North, because, if discussed, it must be-
come apparent that the great bar TO the
cause of free labor is Democratic Uni
ted States Senate, and with that convic-
ton will come determination to allow
no man belonging to that party to mis-
represent Iowa's interests in that body.
The great effort which the Democracy
is now making is to carry the Legislature
this fall, in order to give them United
States Senator in the place of that noble
Republican, JAMES HARLAN. This is
the reason why they desire to cover up
national matters, insisting, in the face Of
the facts, that they have nothing to do
with the present contest This is the
reason why they have again attempted to
blow up this exploded bubble of State
extravaganza.
But the game cannot win. The facts
are again being laid before the people,
and the INSCRIPTIONS lies of these gen.
tlemen exposed. In the face of the res.
olution in the Democratic platform that
the State expenditures are constantly in.
creasing, comes the exhibit of the State
Auditor, showing that the State tax Of
1853 was 100000 less than in 1857,
while that of 1859 is $4l, 900 less than
that of 1858. Our readers will find this
statement in another column, and can see
for themselves how effectually it disposes
of the lie put forth by the Democratic
State Convention.
The Dubuque Herald has been among
the noisiest and most INSCRIPTIONS re-
tailers of these lies, and every day some
thing of this character has been the bur
den of its editorials. 1t protested to
make comparison of the per centage Of
State Tax levied under Democratic and
Republican administrations, and arguing
from its bogus figures, endeavored to
make the people believe that Republican
ism was certainly destined to ruin them.
1t exhibited these figures in every con-
ceivable manner aired them in its col
umns day after day and chuckled i'm
mensely over the havoc it supposed they
were making in Republican calculations.
But DoRR commenced the story little
too soon-early enough for timely ex-
hibition of their falsity. The Herald
gave the following as the per centage of
tax for eight years under Democratic
rule
lS47 the rate per cent was 9 mills.