St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-08-11

ing doctrines were,
l. An advalorum duty on importe,
goods, or direct taxation, for the SUP
: port of the national government.
2. An independent treasury for tn
, safe keeping Of the public money.
g. The unrestricted veto" by tn
President.
4. Opposition to the distribution O
the proceeds Of the sales Of public
lands among the States.
5. Opposition to the construction o
works of internal improvement by tn,
federal government.
On these questions the American
: people were divided from Maine t,
Oregon, and from Michigan to Texas
They were discussed all over the Con
iederacy in every political contest
But since 1854 they have been aban
doned. The Wing party has been dis
persed, and the Democratic party re
constructed on new platform. Any
one, now in the Free States, without
regard to his opinions on the tariff
bank, sub-treasury. veto power, dis
tribution of the proceeds of the sales
of the public lands, or internal i'm
provements, who comedies the consti
tutional right of the Shareholder t.
emigrate with, and hold his slaves in
all of the territories of the republic,
is good Democrat. a Webster
Whig," "a Clay Whig," ga Native
American Whig," "a moderate Whig,"
ian ultra Whig,' without recanting "A
single doctrine maintained in lS40-44
AS or 80, and standing on this plat
form, is now good Democrat. Then
these Wing measures were as "worm-
wood and gall " to the Democracy, but
now, coupled with the liberation of
slavery in free territory, they are " as
sweet as the honey in the honey comb. -
These "old line Wings these "na-
tional men" such as Revcrdy johnson.
and Pierce, and Pratt, and Choate, and
Everett, and j. G. Jones, and Benia.
min, and Clingman, and Toombs, and
Stephens, and Thos. w. Clagett, and
II. w. Starr, and H. c. Dean, are lead
ers in the Democratic party, and are
sent forth to proselyte the nation.
Whether, when they have made a
proselyte, he is, as the scripture say
eth, 1.-TWO fold more the child of hell F"
than before, will not delay to inquire,
farther than to remark that ever rfter-
wards, it is extremely distasteful to
such to hear politics mentioned by the
plous III their prayers, Or the moral
deIlnquencies of statesmen referred to
by ministers of the gospel But they
have recanted nothing-they believe
now as they did then with Mr.. CLAY
that Congress has constitutional power
to improve harbors and rivers, to dis
tribute the proceeds of the public
lands among the States--to levy du-
| ties So as to favor American workmen,
&c. They have not changed one hairs
breadth from the old landmarks Of
the party. But n0w they are Demo-
Gratis democratic leaders-apostles
of the faith-then, they were enemies,
bitter and unrelenting with all these
political tcncts and nothing more,
| they are nat Ro,o Democrats with all
of them, and something else, they are
Democrats What is this " something
else " that makes the change that
converts a bitter, unrclentiug opponent
of the Democracy, to Democrat p
that transforms political heather to
a political christian--a political de-
mon to an angel of light which like
the cloven tongues Of fire regenerates
political hcretics by the thousand, but
without the formality of repentance,
faith or baptism What is this po-
litical alchemy which turns every base
metal which it touches into gold
This philosophers stone is The Ex-
TENSION OF SLAVERY INTO FREE TERRIFIC
RES" This is the only Democratic
tcst-this is the only thing required,
in the Free States, for admission into
the Democratic fold: without this,
none are eligible to membership ::
with this, any one is received with ac-
carnations Of joy. This, then, is the on.
iy essential plank in the Democratic plat
form.
Sd. The Democracy of the Free States
hare surrendered the administration of tie
government 10 Southern men.
The Democracy of the Stare States
control every department of the gov
ernment, legislative, executive and
judicial. Here is an official list of the
twenty-five standing committees of
the Senate as arranged at the last SEES
sion of Congress /:
"On Foreign Relations- Mr. Mason, chair
man, tVa,) Douglas, Slidell, Polk, Critten-
| den, Seward, Foot.
On Ffnance-Mr Hunter, chairman, va. J
Pearce, Gwin, Bright, Hammond, Fessenden,
Cameron.
On Commerce.-Mr. Clay, chairman, (Ala. J
Bigler, Toombs, Reid, Allen, Hamlin, Chand-
Ter.
On Military 4Bairs and the Mliiia.-Mr. Da-
Wis, chairman, Miss, } Fitzpatrick, johnson,
(of Ark. } Chestnut, Broderick, Wilson, King
On Napdl A9ars-Mr. Mallory, chairman.
!Fh',) Thomson, tof n. J.,) Slidell, Allen,
Hammond Bell, Hale
On the Judieay.-Mr. Bayard, chairman,
| (Del.,) Pugh, Benjamin, Green, Clingnlan,
Collamer, Trumbull
On Post Office and Post Roads.-Mr. Yulee,
chairman, tFla,,) Bisler, Gwin, Rice, Ward,
Hale, Dixon.
On Public Lands. Stuart, chairman,
lMicn.) johnson, tof AIk.,l Pugh, johnson,
tof Tenn, Chestnut, Foster, Harlan.
On Pr,cae Land C2aims-Mr. Benjamin.
chairman, ia, Polk, Shields, Thompson, tof
Kentucky Durkee.
On Indian Affairs. Mr.. Sebastian, chairman,
lark: } Brown, Fitch, Rice, Bell, Houston,
Doolittle.
On Pensions-Mr. Jones, chairman, Iowa J
Thompson tof N. j., Clay, Bates, Thomson,
(of Ky.,) Foster, King.
On Revolutionary CLaims-Mr Shields, Chair
man, tMinn.,) Bates, Crittenden, Dulkee,
Chandler.
On Chins-Ar. Iverson, chairman, (Ga. }
Mallory, Ward, Simmons, Clark.
On the District Of Columbia Mr.. Brown, chair
man, Miss } Mason, johnson, Tenn. } Yulee,
Kennedy, Hamlin, Wilson.
/. On Pa,enis and The Patent O1ee-Mr Reid,
chairman, tN c. Thomson (ofN. J. Toombs,
Simmons, Trumbul.
\ On lAfhe 5z'adsrs' and 1rornds