Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-12-16

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enough to even hint at such sentiments; in
view of these facts, it is mirth- provoking to
see Northern Locofocos get down on their
knees, and, with tears coursing down their
cheeks, implore Northern men not to dissolve
the Union! Gentlemen oo-Hoos, are you
not ashamed of yourselves DAILY, 14M.
The BOO-HOO Resolutions.
We publish, to-day, at the request Of the
officers of the late Boo.Hoo meeting, string
of stuff which they denominate resolutions
1t had been intimated that their authors had
become ashamed of them, and would not
present them for publication. But they have
mustered courage to bring them up, and we
present them, over the signature of the officers,
to an edited public. Itwould be no idolatry
to frame them and worship them, for they are
like to nothing in the earth, or under the earth,
or in the heavens above. We don't think
them dangerous, for no one can extract any
sensible meaning from them. Fl, IL
John Browns guilt bears no comparison to
that of the distinguished author of these res
olutions. Brown, through misguided zeal
in the cause of Freedom, placed himself in
position where he had to kill others in self
defense. The author of these resolutions
murders the Queens English, perverts the
truth, SANDERS his neighbor, and NEEDLES
with the religious opinions of other men where
he has no business-to make himself the next
Mayor of this city. This will do for Mr.. Slime.
We have another word to such of the Boo
Hoos who make it their business in political
meetings to call their neighbors to account for
their religious belief and the phraseology of
their prayers. Our esteemed friend, the
County Judge, at the recent meeting of the
| Boo-H oos, stated, as an illustration Of the
spirit of treason abroad in the land, that quite
a number of persons in the North had actually
been heard to pray for John Brown (which
astounding statement wrung groans of pious
horror from the hearts of our friends Mac,
J. G. s., A. c., and other prominent
Boo-Hoos.
| Now, we suppose that, if anybody in this
world was in circumstances that needed pray
ing for, that person was John BROWNIE
cannot think of any one that needed them
more, except, it may be, Gov. Wise, or Presi
dent Buchanan, Or the Locofoco party. Now,
it may have been in bad taste in these persons
to waste their prayers on John Brown, when
these other objects needed them so much more.
But we submit to Judge Thayer that this is a
matter to be left to each ones own private
Judgment, and that it exhibits singularly bad
taste for politician to drag the private relig-
ious opinions and acts of others into political
meeting. Wewish better choice of subjects
to the Paul Prys and Boo-Hoos of this city at
their next meeting
81 We congratulate the citizens of Iowa
that the feeling in favor of State Aid to Rail-
| roads, which some time since threatened to
overwhelm our commonwealth, did not prevail.
There are some, yet, who favor the mad and
foolish project; and as they were wont, when
it was first mooted, to point to Missouri as an
| example of its benefits, we now invite their
attention in the same direction Missouri has
| now debt Of twenty-five million dollars
incurred for railroad purposes, and yet her
private spectators and treasury vampires are
besieging her Legislative halls, and voraciously
demanding more aid, while her railroads, only
barely commenced, are languishing for the
requisite capital to carry them forward. Such,
also, would have been the condition of Iowa,
had the speculative scheme of stock obbers
and broken-down railroad operators succeeded.
LETTERS FROM Cook AND COPELAND Cook
and Copeland, who are to be executed at
Charles.own, to-day, Dec. 10TH, have
each written letter, which appears in the
Cleveland Leader. Cook denies positively
that he has ever trembled at his fate, and says
that Coppic has exhibited equal fortitude. In
his postscript, he describes his last interview
with Brown, confirming the description of the
scene which has been published. Copelands
letter is addressed to his parents. He processes
to be animated and sustained by Christian
hope, and exhorts his relatives not to grieve
for him, as he is to die for holy cause, and
hopes to meet all who are dear to him in
Heaven.
AN OLD AND UNPRoFIrABLE DoDGE.-The |
latest threatened change of Locofoco tactics to
keep the next President is for Congressional
caucus to nominate ticket over the head of
the Charleston Convention, by way of forcing
that body to indorse the nomination. This
was tried in 1924, with Crawford, but
miserably failed. g.,
NEW York CRY ELECTION. - Fernando
Wood is elected Mayor of New York city by
1926 majority over Havemeyer, and 1923
over Opdyke. The whole number of votes
cast was 1865, or 23,s6s more than were
cast last Fall. So shoulder-hitters, thieves,
and the whole fraternity of ruffians have once
more triumphed in the city Of New York!
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KANSAS STATE OFFIcERs.-The Republican
State officers, to assume Office Immediately
after Congress has admitted Kansas as State
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