The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-08-06

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= hSGo 0aj0fisy Of. lhooe Who compose our
present population we're cieisens Of Iowa during
our territorial foru Of government, and are Of
coureo familiar with tho squattef sovereignty OF
that day. Slavery vas prohibited here by the
ordnance Of 1857, and also BY the Missouri
Compromise oct Of 1890 All this was by act
Of Congress, and there Vas no complaint at that
day that Congress had, % far a. Iowa Was con-
cerned, legislated slavery ont Of the Territory
Nobody complained Of this-nobody called
in question the power Of Congress-no one
asked that any new tangled doctrine Of squat
ter sovereignty' might be given to us in order
that We might, for ourselves, determine whether
We would or would not admit slavery. We all
got along first rate without thts hfalutin priyi-
lege-this notification dOgma-knowing full
well, that when 10 come to exercise the high
pserogative Of establishing State sovereignty,
We could, q free people and . sovereign State,
do just q We pleased in the premises. The
fact that slavery Was prohibited BY Congress
never Vas felt q hardship-on the contrary
it was justly esteemed q . blessing and has SO
resulted = by nipping an evil in the bud, il
ensured 70 ~ an Active.. enterprising and free
population, coverinf our prairies with free la
borsrs, Hourishing farm and thriving villages,
and precipisating 70 Aolf . century in ad-
vance Of what would 01ksfuise have been ouf
fortune, and giving ps people enough for .
State government fpll twenty Eve years sooner
than We should have had them under Nebraska
slavery admitting "SQustter Sovereignty" .
So much for the effect Of Congressional legis-
lstion against slavery and in favor Of freedom
and 20 much tor the difference, in practical
point Of view. between the old and the new
''Squatter Sovereignty" 81.
hands we're tied BY the Missouri Compromise
no one felt that the Ordinance Of 1857 limited
Or in any manner interfered with the exercise
Of his sQuatter sovereignty. On the contrary,
be only regarded these provisions as favoring
his interests By keeping out slave labor, and
exalting the dignity Of free labor. For this.
and Ito resulting advantages, he was willing to
forego the empty and ptoftless possession Of
an abssract.right. By thus adhering to the OBJ
legations Of solemn compact, the Congress
which created Iowa, and threw around it those
wise safeguards against the admission Of slave.
~, not only redeemed the pledge Of our fathers,
but laid the sure foundations upon which as .
State We are daily growing in wealth, popula.
ton and political importance.
An enlightened regard for the interests and q
decent respect for the feelings of the free white
man required that similar legislation should
have been had in favor Of Nebraska, but nulli-
6cation counsels prevailed, and free white labor
has been reduced to Q disgraceful competition
with the slave interest.-Telegraph, July 2lst,
1854.
The repeal of the Missouri Compromise is
believed, in this part of The country, to have
been unnecessary-an act of bad faith-dan-
gerous to the peace of the country-an insult
to the North-and in violation Of party pledges
made ae Baltimore. It is also known to have
been rushed through Congress by trampling
down all just rules Of legislation, and to have
been precipitated upon the country without the
consent and contrary to the wishes of the peo-
pie. 1t is also known that it is now supported
in many quarters as party measure and that it
uhS UecH OcclattV u party tcsLs Mcu nave
right to protest against such test-they have
right to repudiate it and its authors-it is their
duty to contend that ambitious leaders in Con-
gress have no right to make new tests and to
incorporate new planks into party PLATFORM
Considered as an insult upon Northern interests
and Northern honor, as we'll as aa insult to
those who have in good faith stood up to party
pledges and xealouslJ sustained all the Com
promises, the late action Of Congress loudly
calls for indignant expression at the hands Of
the whole people-and any attempt to interfere
with such q purpose can only recoil with morti-
flying effect upon those who may make the
effort.
1t lie not only the right but the duty of the
people to speak. If reckless Congress may
60 on in its wilful way without rebuke, what
safety is there to the country? II ambitious
leaders may, session after session, spring new
issues upon the country, and lash them TO
party platform without consulting the people,
where 10 the use. of party. Are men to be
reduced to mere voting machines, bound to
swallow whatever may be coered them, simply
that particular individuals msy be kept in high
places! Where would be tho honor, the pa
triotism and the self respect of a party based
upon such policy? al, .es.-...
For one We hold that the repeal Of the Mis-
souri, Compromise is not only an outrage upon
good faith, the country aud party, which ought
to be rebuked, but that it 10 the wanton begin
ming of q series Of consequences, which threat
en- the stability Of the Union, and which ought
to receive summary check at the hands of
the whole people without distinction Of parry
Telegraph, July IL, 1854. - aa.
Thus freedom shrieked in 1854 when Gen.
Morgan gave voice to the indignation of the
people of Iowa at the repeal of the Compro-
misses, effected through the recreancy Of their
servants, Hem. Jones and Dodge. We have .
high regard for Gen. Morgan and therefore
present him above in what we conceive to be
the best light of his true fame as the author of
the foregoing one Of his many sharp rebukes of
squatter sovereignty humbugs and their un-
faithful authors. A man possessing such opin- |
ions, with tho courage and ability thus to |
avow them, deserved better fate than that of |
. return to the wallow of Lecompton. Buchanan.
Democracy, with compulsory clause requiring !
his adulation Of the small politicians be then |
rebuked. In the far future, which we hope is |
reserved to US both, We shall endeavor to /
throw the mantle Of oblivion over his present I
impulses and only think Of him as he was in |
"a, the honest, outspoken editor Of an indie
pendent press.
A PROBABLE MlsTAKE-We would suggest |
to the Democratic Central Committee. that pos.
pibly they have made mistake ard placed the |
platform of the Democratic party Of Mississippi |
in the hands of Gen. Dodge, instead of the |
platform Of the party in Iowa. We judge SO
from the speeches Gen. Dodge is making, in |
which he vindicates the humanity and chris |
Eianizing influences of the African slave trade,
(which takes the poor negroes from the heather
ungles of Africa, enlghtens. civilizes and |
finally saves them in heaven" The Committee |
had probably better look into this, for it would |
be pity if the General should expend ali his
energies in trying to uphoid,he wrong platform.
Ma. KIRKwooD.-It is hardly necessary for
Us to say that all statements In Democratic |