St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-10-18
James T. Brady and Fusion.


". hold him to be one who never does
my thing calculated to lessen his own
therefore, it is not WON
lcrrul that he should exercise a con-
trolling influence over the Catholic
Irish population of New York city and
State. Because he does exercise such
an influence, he was nominated by
the breckenridge section of the De-
mocracy, for Governor and for the
same reason, the friends OF fHs'0n
were most anxious to have him par
ticipatc in their recent proceedings at
the St. Nicholas Hotel. But MIR. Bra
DIV could not be found, and would
not attend at the st. Nicholas nor
would he consent to let any one speak
authoritativcly for him in favor of Flu
sion. Then again, he was announced
to speak at the Anti-Lincoln gather
ing at the Cooper Institute but be-
hold, he was not there, and would not
loan his name or give its influence
to any proceeding which, by POSSIBLE
ity, may give to Stephen \. Douglas
solitary Irish Catholic vote. Ills
policy heretofore, has been to elevate,
and not to degrade the Irish Catholic
voter; and if he continues true to
that policy, he cannot be instrument
tai in persuading any one OF his coun-
trymen into the support of Mr.. Doug
las. In 1854, when commenting upon
Mr.. Douglas conduct in procuring the
repeal of the Missouri Compromise,
| he said Of that outrage
81 cannot reject the ample and CON
elusive evidence, that it is the JOINT
production of proiligate adminIstra-
ton and an ambitious intrigucr."
Again Il cannot and will not he
led or driven from the Democratic Par
ty, though | refuse TO adopt the new
dogmas of trickstcrs man@uvCrlng
for the Presidency"
Lamcnting over the passage Of the
! Nebraska bill by the Senate, Mr.. Bra
= DIV says, 1T would not have been SO
if there had been spared Of its former
great minds, even ONE to whose ma
5 turc the designation of giant might be
5 applied without derisioa!"
: Again: d" regard the consumma
l. ton of the Nebraska plot, as anothe
d of the comriranceS so numerous IN Tin
4 machinery Of President making. Ma.
y il happen as in former instances, tina
) the engine designed to injure others
,. mag destyoy oniy its inrentor."
= And in closing his letter, he pray
t that Heaven will avert from the coun
I try, the curse of elevatingt to the Pres
p idency men on descending scale il
relation to qualifications, each o
# whom is smaller than his predecessor
e until the practice shall eliminate il
y the election of Stephen \. Douglas
e whom he pronounccs incompetent an
unmorMy--onc whose only rclianc
will be founded on the unscrupnt0o
t, use of the articles by which sEl.FIs
;, prMAGoGrE. elcvates himself at the cA
{ pcnsc Of and detriment, IF nat dtsgrac
to his eonmtry."
Such was the opinion Of James /
Brady in relation to Stephen \. Doug
: las in June, 1854 and such or worse
is his opinion of him at this day. How
was it possible then, for him, by his
, presence at the st. Nicholas or at the
Cooper Institute, to be instrumen
tai in leading his countrymen into the
support of such man? In the same
letter in which he thus describes MIR
I Douglas, he said of his countrymel
and fellow Democrats, 81 hope tina
, none of us will give the slightest sane
ton 10 any device for ertending .Slore
RI, or permit the least elimination c
any right which belongs to the North
!, And it would indeed be disgracctr
to him as a man and politician,
i be instrumental in any such proccc'
0 ing. He, therefore, kept aloof fro'
G all those disreputablc movements, I'll
. object of which was to scduce homes
I men into the support of Mr.. Douglas.