Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-02-04

appear to entertain no very favorable notions
of American buccaneers, or fiihustiers.
Athome, the question seems to divide both
parties; at all events, the Republicans in
Congress seem not to be disposed to give any
war capital to the Democrats by opposing the
Cuban speculation. This shrewd non-com-
mittalism embarrasses our Democratic friends
not little. 1t places them in quandary,
they thereby having no one to fight at home,
and not being prepared to fight any one
abroad.
We predict that the whole excitement will
evaporate in words lighter than air, and that
when Mr.. Buchanan leaves the White House,
Cuba will be farther from the possession of
the United States than when he entered it..
As Republicans and opponents of slavery and
aristocracy of all kinds, we can afford to look
on perfectly Indifferent. Both Cuba and our
own couatry are cursed with African slavery.
In Cuba, the slaves outnumber the whites
three to one. According to Humboldt, the
fear of the slaves is the only consideration
that has restrained the Cubans from throwing
off the oppressive Spanish yoke years ago.
The yoke of the Spanish government, and the
yoke of the Creole planter, are one and the
same, and the same hour that witnesses the
breaking of the one will witness the breaking
of the other. Do our credulous Democrats
believers in the manifest destiny" of this
country to slavery extension, territory steal.
ing, and robbing and piracy of all kinds wish
to know why it is that all the excitement
about the acquisition Of Cuba is ending in
words? Why, after all their terrible bluster,
when the hour of action arrives, our Southern
countrymen suddenly stop short, as if
troubled by ghost or avision? We will tell
| YOU. They have seen ghost and dark one.
They have found out that when Cuba comes
into the Union, it will be AS A BLACK STATE.
MoRR1ss DEFALoATIoN-The Democratic
papers at Desmoines admit that Norris has
received receipt in full from his successor
in Office for all the money due from him to
the State, the Statesman says, "$lO9, 900 we
charged him with having, included" On
this fact the Gale City makes the following
Just comment .'These pro-slavery tools
attempted to carry the last election by down
right, unmitigated lying and ruf6anly swag-
ger. But they fell short of their purpose.
The people have observed their tactics and
listened to their tales just one too many
times to give credence to them. And as,
since election, their fabrications have been
exploding, one by one, until this the last,
most unblushing and best stuck to Of the lot,
| is confessed to have been slander and an
outrage, we don't think they have a great
deal of popular confidence to 60 on in the
new campaign"
| PRESIDENT BUCHANAN CONTEMPLATING MAR
RAGE. Bachelor Presidedt, it appears,
is seriously meditating matrimeny "in his
old age" The New York Times Washing
ton correspondent says: "There are abun.
dant rum0rs affoat to the effect that the
President is likely to lead to the hymenial
altar an accomplished and estimable widow
lady of Georgia. Perhaps this accounts for
the especial care and elegance of our bach
elor Presidents dress. 1t is matter of fire.
ouept remark that Mr.. Buchanan, in his
handsome brown frock coat, white vest and
cravat, and patent leather pumps, is one
of the most elegantly dressed oung men in
the capital"
ToAsr AND REPLY.-While rejoicing over q
political victory, at Lafayette Ind, crowd
were drinking toasts and making speeches
in an irregular sort of 3 way, when Mr.. At
torney General Mcdonald was called up,
and made heavy, prosy Democratic speech,
Of the regular stump pattern, concluding
with the sentiment, 'sThe United Democra-
| cy--.he gates of hell could not prevail
against them." Mr.. Terrill, of the Lafay-
cite Journal, was called next, and remarked
at he thought McDonald's sentiment very
appropriate and just. When the United
Democracy presented themselves at the
gates of hell, they would find that the
gates" would not only not prevail against
them, bat would give way and let the whole
crowd right in."
CATHOLICISM IN THE UNITED SrArEs.-The
Metropolitan Catholic Almanac, for 1859,
states that in 1908 there were in the United
States bishops, 6S priests, and 80 churches,
i. g., church edifces. Tn years later there
were 10 bishops, 232 priests, and 230 church
es. At the close of the next decade there
were II bishops, 432 priests, 9O7 churches.
|
2,11s priests, 1884 churches. The eompi-
lers of the almanac refrain from estimating
the Catholic population of the United States,
on account of the ''intrinsic difficulties"
which the subject presents, but an estimate
of 800 members to each church would give
1,s67, 200 as the Catholic population of the
United States. a
| HuNe.-We are informed that runaway
| negro was caught in Black Hawk, few
DAYS ago with hand of a white man in his
| pocket. 1t is said the negro confessed that
he exhumed the body and cut the hand OF
the dead mans arm, to act as charm in
keeping the dogs from following his track,
and on the strength OF his confession, he was
hung. A white silk glove was on the hand
when it was found Vicksburg Sun,
~ A Democratic orator in the House of
Representatives at Washington, in blood
and thunder speech said, tall the old Fede-
ralists are modern Black Republiesns."-
How the ears of old President Buchanan
and old Chief Justice Taney tipgled, and
how their wrath ragsl at this grave charge,
brought against them by a Democratic speak.
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