Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-01-13
A Democratic Paper Refuses to
Eat Dirt.

Eat Dirt.
The Dubuque Herald, the ablest and most
influential Democratic paper in Iowa, pub.
fishes the prospectus of the Cleveland Plain
dealer, and recommends it highly as an table
and spirited Democratic journal and.uewspa-
per-" 1t says: ".Adhering with unflinching
spirit to democratic principles, the Plaindea-
Ter has been one of the ablest and most zeal.
GUS champions of the Democratic party, and
has contributed as much to Democratic sue
cesses as any journal in the Republic. We
can most cordially recommend the laindealer
to all national men in the North West" Al
lnding to the fact that in the arrangement of
the committees of the United States Senate,
every Important craftsmanship has been given
to Southern STAKEHOLDER, the Plaindealer
says:
"In inveigling Old Buck into his Lecomp-
ton policy, the South would have blotted out
the Democratic party North, but for the
powerful and timely interference of Senator
Douglas. As it was, it made slaughter-house
ofthe free States, carrying every one Of them
over to the enemy save one, and that one
was where the defiant leader of the Northern
democracy resided, and carried on the cam .
paign in person against Buchanan, Black and
the Black Republicans, alias the world, the
| flesh and the ID.
at tore down a towering democratic ma
jority in the House; il has nearly obliterated
the Democratic majority in the Senate, a ma
jority that has stood triumphantly against all
opposition for near fifty years. Lecompton
sent Senator Jones, Senator Wright, Senator
Shields and Senator Pugh into retirement,
and substituted Black Republicans in their
places. 1t will soon end the days of Senators
Bigler, Bright and Fitch, aad leave Douglas
the last Democratic Senator in that body
from all the free States, the sole survivor Of
his race
elected from any free State who in any way
endorsed that fatal measure. Douglas is the
last commissioned on the list, and if the pres
ent southern dynasty is to be perpetuated, in
81 he will be the only Democratic Senator
representing any portion Of this great Con-
tederacy north Of Mason and Diron's Line.
At present the South have the President and
Vice President, and Cabinet. Does any one
doubt that? The South have majority of
the Supreme Court. Does any one deny
this? By their late action in the Senate they
have control of our Foreign Relations, our
Commerce, the Post Office Department, Ter
ritories, Naval Affairs, judiciary, &c. And
still, this same South are threatening to dis
solve the Union because they are persecu-
ted people. The little State of Florida, which
has not as many voters as Hamilton county,
is honored with the craftsmanship of two sen.
atorial committees, Post Offices and Naval af
fairs, while Ohio, with more votes than Flori
da, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas
and Georgia, put together, has nothing. And
vet it is the South who are continually rant
ing against sectionalsm."
The Plai,,dealer, it will be remembered
was warm supporter of James Buchanan
for President. Its desertion is one of thu
strongest proofs Of the rottenness of his ad
ministration and the party that could be of
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