The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-07-07

school for colored children. 1t will
do nothing, then, for the education of
the negro, and how will the work of ele-
walton be accomplished, if it is to con-
troll ? But this is not all. They want
stringent laws passed to keep negroes out
of the State, and of course they would
rejoice to have all the other free states
follow the same plan. Many of the South
ern States deny to their citizens the right
to manumit their slaves within their own
borders, and the STAKEHOLDER is now COM
PEELED TO bring his slaves into a free
state before he can perform this duty,
when he is willing to do so. If the free
States would all follow the policy of the
Democracy of Iowa, it would make man
omission very difficult, and in measure
impossible, for the master would be COM
PEELED to go to foreign country with
his slaves before he could set them at
liberty. Instead of facilitating the work
of emancipation, the Democracy would
render it impossible. Like Mr.. HEDGES,
anti-slavery Democrats profess to want
the help of the STAKEHOLDER in the work
of Kidding the country Of slavery, and
yet they desire to throw almost insupera-
BILE obstacles in the way of that slave
holders cooperation. 1t seems to us
that men cannot be more inconsistent
than when they profess anti-slavery prin-
ciples and vote the Democratic ticket.
In reference to National matters, the
Democracy Of Iowa profess to take is
sue with the Democracy of the South,
and advocate Squatter Soverei gnty, with
the very convenient reservation, subject
only TO the Constitution of the United
States. They contend, however, that the
Supreme Court is the expounder of the
constitution, and must decide whether
territorial laws are constitutional, upon
appeal from territorial courts. They are
content to assume that the Supreme
Court has not decided that territorial
laws against Slavery are unconstitution-
al, ana untI sone case IS DlouSn. Doro4o
it from the territorial courts, will hold on
to the humbug of Squatter Sovereignty
Notwithstanding the great mass Of the
party have repudiated that doctrine
knowing full well that it is their only
hope in the North. We showed last
week that the Court had, in the opinion
of the President and many Senators, de-
cided this question, and decided it
against the doctrine of territorial soyer-
eighty, and we should like to know
whether these gentlemen intend to stick
to their favorite dogma in defiance of the
decision of the Supreme Court, and
whether they will refuse to carry out that
decision. If SO, why do they take the
present occasion for SO strongly condemn.
ing such actions The condemnation
is personal as well as gratuitous.
They are inclined, too, to follow the
lead of Hon. THOMAS H. BENTON and
Senator PUGH, and repudiate the decis-
ions of the Supreme Court. holding that
they are not conclusively bound by the
decisions of that body, position pro-
nounced traitorous when taken by repub-
Leans.
They desire incidental protection suffi-
Gent to meet the necessary wants of the
government, while their political brethren
in Congress refused last winter to vote
any such protection, and forced the ad-
ministration to carry on the government
by issues of immense amounts of shin
plasters.
Then, again. the Democracy of Iowa
stand opposed to their fellows in other
sections of the Union, in desiring the
passage of a Homestead Bill-a law
which their own party friends defeated
last winter in the Senate--their own
dearly beloved United States Senator,
Jones, being conveniently absent when
he vote was taken.
But, not satisfied with endorsing Re-
publican efforts to this extent, they open
y and really propose to aid that party ;
or, in their 18th resolution, they declare
hat they will lend their best efforts to
hose who advocate reform and retrench-
nent in our national expenditures. That
S what the Republicans are trying to do,
md just as certainly what the Democracy
ire not doing BY the time these gen.
lemen meet again in convention, they
will scarcely be distinguishable from
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