The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-05-17

The democratic journals of almost every
stripe and wing are blatant with compromise
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the Iowa City Doug
las organ Ginning in as if the devil were sure Of
the hindmost, and he in imminent peril oil
falling into the cluches of his sable majesty To
such end they are willing to burn the planks oil
the Cincinnati platform, swear that what was
| one short year ago bitter as NORWOOD, is now
as delectable as nectar, that what was then black
as topheI, is now as light as "morn risen on
noon." IL short, they are ready to bury deep
and face downward that Goliath of their loins
squtter sovereignty; bring witnesses to the stand
to swear that he was of Legitimate birth has led
very mschievous life, and unsung and un-
| honored, deserves the oblivion OF the grave
| Their sanctum books full of afidavts to
prove that Buchanan "meant WE'LL" is only a
little crochety by virtue of his excessive age and
| bachelor habit, and that Douglas for his excess
| sive ~ patriotism and his Paul.like zeal to
spread the gospel of liberty, unwttingly stepped
out of the lines, but is now anxious to return to
| the army of the faithful. How lovingly they
eniold III each others arms. Bride and bride
groom never before fell into such cooliul, wooful
| apology and attitude. Buchanan says here is
my other cheek-Douglas says here is my cloak
and both are ready to 60 on a road sown
| thick with thorns and on their naked marrow
bones, the swain" journey. Let us be brethren
till another division Of the spoils Of political war
fare. Moses and Job were not better types Of
meekness and patience, than are the venerable
Buchanan.and the fiery Douglas. Unexampled
brace OF christian patriots and Statesmen! How
patient, how iorg;ving, all for the sake of the
dear Union!
Yes compromise-compromis the pass
word and the spell word. The high contract
| ing parties have pitched the tune and all the
| little democratic journals are required to sing
| compromise. Nothing can be done without it.
Not tide-water nor amp-lighter can be created
more, except by the Incarnation of compromise
cruelty the old faith, rub out the memory OF the
past, conquer your preudces in favor of liberty.
Sing no more peans to the brat squatter sover.
eighty, whisper not State rights, for they are
obsolete before the amghtyness Of the federal
constitution and the wisdom OF the bred Scott
judicary-et down freedoms bars for the ad-
missOin OF slaves and Their owners to all the
territories-build wall as high as those which
! encompassed Babylon, to keep out the working
farmers aud mechanics of the free North. Give
commerce unlimited freedom to capture for the
use and behoof OF the petty despots that dwell
| in the domain OF liberty, the natives Of the Is
| lands and of Africa. Make christian philanthro-
ply, missionary enterprise, and piracy inter.
| changeable terms-compromise hath this ex-
| tent. These are its easy terms and its cond-
tons. OF course modern democracy will make
no wry face at this. Who SO blind as not to
perceive the consistency and the beauty of this
new party shibboleth Compromise, compromise?
RENDER what sweet significance the term com.
promise had in the platform OF democratic
principles in 1852. What damnable heresy it
became in "a, when the Oldest born of the
family of compromises were strangled and
died violent death at the hands of its late
friends. Now in this year of grace, democracy's
Amounted priests summon the ghost of their
murdered Banquo and command the hard rid
den rank and file to fall down:and worship it.
See what brood of great and little politicians,
of great and little journals, whose independence
is as effete as their wit, rush forward, and 10
the top OF their lungs shout pice uire Il roi
compromise. The great wizard of the white
house, says presto change, and the swapping
bug never went quicker from his feet to his
back, and alternately from his back to his feet
than will democracy and democracy's journals
turn the required somersaults. Slavery, thy name
is democracy, and compromise is the plantation
overseer that brings them into the line, yok-
ing the "hard" and the scott the lion and
the lamb, and causing them to lie down where
| they may eat pap together Iowa City Re.
publican.