The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-07-09
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
urom the Iowa Oltisen.1
TIL E pLATrORNS. II

: OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
: rFEom The Iowa Oitisenl
. THE PLATFOR Ms.
e We are ready to 60 befors the people Of l,
Va with the platforms Of the two Convention
. % our text The Republican platform contain
; 10 novelties. IL ennnciates no new doctrine
It speaks out boldly and fearlessly upon th
2 are wont to speak who have nothing to cor
oeal, who know they are right, and dare I
> speak the whole truth, and to vindicate
: before the world. The Republicans believ
that one hundred millions Of fdollars annually
; y too much money to expend in administer
/ ing this government, and thew say CO. Tn
. freedom Of the Territories is proclaimed, be
, cause it is the doctrine Of the fathers Of th,
} Republic and Of the Judiciary in its bette
} days. The necessity Of maintaining the pur-
ity Of the elective franchise, and Of guarding
the rights Of citizens, native and naturalized
against infringement is proclaimed, in view
Of the frauds that have been perpetrated
upon the ballot box, and the action Of Mas
; sachusctts in regard to the latter-class oi
citizens. A Slave Code for the Territories
Is denounced. The revival Of the Slave Trade
by the connivAnce Of the Administration, il
treated.aa such an atrocity should be- The
Il Action Of q democratic Congress in defeatSaa
tue Homestead Bill, 10 branded as wrong in
principal, and infamous. m practice The
anti-democratic doctrine of Gen. Cass that
would except this Government from the res
possibility Of protecting its citizens abroad,
reeeeives no Quarters. The maintenance
OF economy in State expenditures is demand
ed; and the State ID congratulated on the
unspotted record Of its public servants. The
fact that the State Tar acds reduced last year,
dndit Is to be further reduced this year, il
arrayed as standing rebuke against increas-
ing county taxation.
Now turn to the platform Of the 50 called
Democracy. The first resolation, (if it
means anything,) is rebuke ofthe admins
tration at Washington, for its deliberate
abandonment Of the Popular Sovereignty
doctrine. ~ evinced BY its attempt to force >
constitution upon Kansas and its denial Of
the right Of territory to exclude Slavery
Not only does it reflect upon the President
but it flies in the face Of the Supreme Court
of the United States Yet it utters not
QNe tcOrd in condemnation Of the measures
and actions by which the non-intervention
doctrine has been repudiated and spurned.
II merely crawls in the dust and picks up
the repudiated principle with the hope Of
once more galvanizing it into life, that power
may again be secured for violating 1t with
impunity. Which is most to be pitied,
party that thus clings to ridiculous issue
or President who is thus indirectly con-
demned BY those who fear to speak out
I'd resolution. Can any man tell what it
means7 The first portion Of it is stale
truism that no one disputes The last por-
ton OF It is designed to weaken the first by
reminding US that the Supreme Court and
the President OF the United States say that
the constitution denies to the people Of the
Territories the right to legislate against
| slavery '
Sd resolution, SEEMS to deny the right Of
Congress to enact Slave Code for the Ter
ritories, and to recognize the right Of "un-
friendly legislation y but brings up again at
the foot Of that everlasting slavery ridden
Supreme Court, aChich has already prejudged
the case, and decided against the rights Of
the Territories. This is reasoning in circle,
with vengeance. What folly to recognize
and sanction as final and just, the action Of
court, and yet profess to cherish the doc
trine it repudiates;
4th resolution seeks to absolve the party
from all responsibility for the decisions Of
the Supreme Court, but admits ehe obligation
to obey them What is particularlyunfor-
tunate IN this case is, that Buchanan, Doug>s
las, and the Democratic party in and out ef
Congress, by and through conventions, fu llya
endorse, as ri3ht and proper the very decis.
ions OF the Supreme Court which the Iowa
Convention Of 1859 would have us believe
the party is not responsible for
9th thresotution-As if to cap the climax Of
thD absurd attempt to undo and unsay in
one resolution, what was said in the other,
the nth resolution administerssn lecturD on
the sancity of Courts ofJusticey
Oh resolution comes again-justswher
the slave power comes with such unbounded
conddence-at the feet ofthe Supreme Court
administering rebuke to the people and
Courts Of Wisconsin, for daring to vindicate'
State Rights and sovereignty agAisnt federal
encroachment This j. the Convention, mind
You, that had just been seeking to relieve it
self OF the responsibility fer the dssisions Of
the supreme court IT,
The 1tH resolution is q decided 80 back
ward 1t discardssthe necessiey for and de-.
slres the justice Of protecting American in
dustry. It recognizes q Tariff for revenue
only, as democratic. If protection is given
at all, IT must bean incident Of the system,
not part Of its design. We had thought
that the Sham Democacy were cured Of this
folly by bitter experience. Buchanan in
his last message, felt sconstraiAed to come
back'to the old doctrine Of protecting Amer, !,
lean industry. The Iowa Democracy take
issue with him, and With Clay.and Jackson
and insist that tariff = o burthen apon the
people as best thats n comes d6t of and 10