The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-04-26

The HaSmonlous Democracy.
The troubles and dissensions Of the Iowa De
mocracy deserve the commiseration even o.
their bitterest opponents. Meyer before has Z
political party been at 90 dead stand-still, and
with less hope Of better condition 10 the fu.
ture. We do not wish to be understood q
meaning that II has heretofore enjoyed uni
form state Of health;-far from TITLED 40 Il
has been with disease, sensible men have seer
clearly that ito dissolution was speedily ap-
preaching, and that it was beyond all hope o'
ultimate recovery. But VI. had reason to e1pec,
that whatever little strength remained would be
carefully treasured and judiciously employed
But even it's weakness has not promoted union;
but has rather led to further dissension. The
great body Of the party are friends Of Douglas.
They evidently see that the party is daily grow.
ing more and more corrupt, and unwilling to
give up entirely the organization, eagerly cling
to the f'st champion Of anything that resembles
conservatism. Next to these is the Dodge and
and their friends and admirers. Now what there
has been in the career OF these two gentlemen
to attract around them clique is question az
yet undecided. but whether it is that they we're
our Representatives for many years, or whether
their friends are indebted to them for liberal
dspensation Of public patronage, still there is .
small band who consider ttem the exemplars Of
every virtue, and the upholders Of our country g
greatness Similar to these in their tenets, is .
third division consisting Of the Buchanan mer,
which is composed chiefly Of Postmasters and
Government officers, whose allegiance is pre-
served BY the powerful influence of Govern-
mental pap. Well, these three factions of the
harmonious Democracy have lately contemplated
a desperate struggle to recover their fallen for
tunes to lay aside for the time their several an
imosities, and unite on some standard bearer
who was particularly noted for chershing no
very deeply rooted opinions on any prominent
political subjects, but by the judicious use Of
sounding generalities" might draw few votes
from the weak and simple. Such man could
easily be found in the person of our late Minis
ter to Spain, Brigader General Augustus c.
Dodge. He would answer every purpose. He
he's been abroad while all the great political
questions have been agitating the country, and
has let fall no expression, either Of sympathy
for the oppressed, or of endorsement Of their
oppressors;-a man, committed to nothing, who
can easily be moulded to any purpose whatever.
Thus. naturally enough, the eyes Of his friends
turned eagerly to him as the leader around
whom to make last desperate rally, and no pen
can tell with what anxiety they watched lest
their absent hero should drop some unlucky ex-
either with democrats on the one hand, or hon
est men on the other. But the Brigadier pre-
served a discreet silence, and all looked bright
end hopeful, till some turbulent and ill-disposed
fellows cast irs.brand into the camp by OBJ
jecting to yield the Dodge and Jones faction,
with which they had SO long been at swords
points, the highest honors-and Immediately
the whole plot burst, like bubble, and left
them hopeless and despairing as they now are.
Our redoubtalle Senator Jones even declined
mission to Bogota to be able to assist in this
democratic jubilee, but few days at home suf.
feed to convince bin how little be had to hope,
and he speedily recsnted, choosing rather 10
suffer banishment in the wilds OF New Grana-
da, than to remain a passive witness of the
death Of party of which he has always been an
undertaking aud unfalter;ng supporter. But
men Of sense ought to have expected the result
to which we have come. A State which is ra-
pidly filing up with intelligent farmers, who
live and thrive from the benefits Of free labor,
cannot long be induced to support party whose
principles are opposed to their truest interests,
and which is day by day acceding to tue de-
mands Of an oppressive oligarchy, and sanction.
ing acts which are almost without parallel in
the annals Of tyranny. The Great West is tend.
ing to one common sentiment,-a lope Of free
dom and a determination to resist the ertenSioH
Of sidrerv. Whatever party incorporates this
principle into its platform will receive the hearty
do SO, is anti-democratic, anti-republican, and
will be indignantly repudiated. The Democratic
party has no such deep and abiding principle
for it's foundation, and therefore has not the
elements of permanency. And it is easy to see
that when the patronage of the Government is
out OF their power, then there being nothing to
sustain it, it will crumble to pieces like huge
.ower which has not the solid stienetb to resi-
the storms. 1t needs no gift of policy :.
predict its future: in few years it will exist
only in history, save when the curious traveller
occasionally meets some Rip Van Winkle (such
as we sometimes see now, whose intelligence
has been asleep since the days Of Andrew Jack.
son. who, far behind his age, will, in the same
breadth, inveigh against labor saving machines,
and eulogize the "god-like" administration Of
Franklin Pierce, or the manifest blessings Of
popular sovereignty. y"
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