The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-10-06

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Tag DtnoCRAfs AND CARI ScnuRx.-Q Quite -
malicious - old Pope, ard equally impotsnt a
. portion Of the anti-Republican press of the
country. An illustration Of this shall Be given.
In the Journal Of Cummeree the othef day, md
In several other papers, moved BY tbs sans BIT
teFness Of spirit toward the Rsphhlican party,
the following paragraph appears, purporting to
be . fair qaotation from speech delivered last
winter 1t Springfield, Ntss, by Carl Schurz:
aat'There 10 your Declaration 0fInaepsndence, .
diplomatic dodge, sdoptsdmerely for the purpose
ofexcusing the rsbcllious colonies in the eyes Of
civilized mankind. There 10 your Declaration
oflndependence, no longer The sacred code cfthe
rights Of man, but : ahypocntical piece Of special
pleading, drawn up by batch of astful pettifog-
sho ho: ~ 2 'se :.
alayeholders, but styled In the rights of man, In
order 70 throw dustin tha eyes Of the world, and
to inycigle noble-hearted fools into lending them
aid and assistance. These are your boastcd rev.
olutionary sres, no longer heroes and ssgcs, but
accomplished humbuggefs and hypocsisss Who
said one thing and meant another; who passed
countcrfeit sentiments - genuine, and obtained
arms and money and assistance and sympathy
on false pretences! There Is your great Ameri.
can Revolution, NO longer the great champion Of
universal principles, but . mean Yankee tsieh
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nutmeg-the most impudent imposition ever
prnctised upon The whole world. fsaff'a t4iaS
. Having printed this % fair quotation, thess
papers proceed 70 comment ppOn it. with the
harshness belonging 70 their style, visiting With
an indiscriminate lssh Xr. Schur1, the people Of
Springfield who heard him, and the whole Re.
publican party. es.Nark, now, how plain : tals
shall put yoa down. ~ slsH ayswlsJ aahasls
Nj. Douglas had given TO the Declaration Of
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70 white men, and had said that the opefdng sem
tence was only meant 70 declare thae British hsnb.
jects in America wers . GOOD - Dritish sahjscta
in Great BEitain. With sll the force Of his elo-
quencc, NJ. Schurz opposed This doctrine, and
Insisted that such theory would render neces-
ary new reading Of history. Than followsths
paragraph quoted above, and joined TO il in the
original, but suppressed by these dishonest jour
mails. appears this sentence: s1bag IN 80
THAT is the way Mr.. Douglas wants you =
read and to understand the proudest pages Of
American history! That IL the Kind Of history
with which hs finds Unnecessary % prop his nCn.
grel docsriDe Of popular Sovereignty. a. That u
what he calls vindicating the character, the mo-
tives, and the conduct Of tbe signers of the Dec
laration Of Independencen WA n ssHaa
The intelligent reader cf any party, needs no
proof to convince him that Nr. Schnrx could
never have been guilty Of committing 80 stupid
an atrocity as that charged upon. The very
clearnesso Of this truth, however, enables 10 t0ses
beyond the possibility of mistake, tlat tho mis'
quotation referred 70 xasin, svery case delihr
crate, pisifal. cowardiy " IN. y, Tribune. u
"A Ntcs Pam Douglas and johnson are :
nicely matched pAir toeE1as 3enies shas slave.
~ eoes into shs Tsrfitoriss under The Constitui
tion-Johnson a6lrma that j dOeA Qonglas a.
arm. that The Inhabitants OF the Territories