The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-10-04

passed them or not an0 tOst ne cOulO
not be opbosed to the eItenS:.H pr llsve-
~ unless he sigued % vi to tkAt effect.
We presume Mr.. Korick neverfread that
passage from one Of j .ferson's letters in
which he says, in speaking Of slavery,
g tremble for my country when reflect
that God is just and that His justice
will not sleep forever" 1t would really
seem to common man that Que who
looked at SLAYER, in this light v uId not
be iu favor Of its exteusion. Yet from
another remark that he made it would
seem that he had heard Of this letter Of
Jefferson's, as he told US that Jefferson
in common with the Northern Democrats
Of the present day, held that slavery was
great moral und political evil, aud u
few minutes after said that there was no
use in talking about the abstract right Of
slavery-tha, where it was profitable
there it would and should exist, and
where it was Improbable there it would
not exist. lie tells Us that Jefferson
said as that dividing line between the
North aud South would be the, ruin Of
the country, thst it was virtually 90 &C.
knovled gment that slavery had right to
come up to $50 80 aud freedom north Of
that liue, but he don't tell when Jeffer.
son said that or where we will find it re-
corded. He forgets also to tell US that
some Of the greatest s stesmen this coun-
try has ever produced were members OF
the Cabinet ut the time the Missouri
Compromise was passed, and to whom Of
course the bill Was referred, aud that
that great apostle of pure Democracy.
James Monroe, signed the bill. Rorick
however knew one thing jnst as well ..
anybody. He knew that Juckson ,cus
elected by the Democratic party This
remarkable fact he announced twice in
the most emphatic manner. Your Re.
porter begs leave to tender to Z Rorick,
Esq, assurances Of his heartfelt graft
tude for this valuable information -
Rorick also said that jackson believed
in Popular Sow. ren.ity. We wonder it
Rorick ever heard that bill to extend
the charter Of the U S Bank was passed
ty members Of Congress elected by PEG
pie from I'll parts Of the Union, aud
Jackson showed his respect for Popular
Sov-r.n ity by vetoing it.
tf course Rorick had something to
say about the Ordinance Of 1897, and
while saying this something he took oc
casion to correct certain mistakes that
have been made by all the historians that
have gone bef"rc him lie informed u
thar the said Ourdinace of 81 was pass.
ed in the year Of our Lord 1887, while
these States were yet colonies, instead OF
some years afterwards Us we have always
been taught to believe. But this is MT
the only discovery that Rorick has made
tie sets US right on another impo, tan,
point "Nrginin,' he tells US, "pro
posed to ccde to the Cohoaies that por
ton Of her possessions known as the
North West Territory, on condition, that
neither slavery nor involuntary servi
tude should ever be permitted to exis,
there. "And ladent she" asks Rorick
"a perfect right according to shs doe
iriDe Of Popular Sow rrn ity to put tina,
restriction upon her own Territory ?"--
Most certainly she had, . wonderful
R"rick. Only We always laborcd under
the d.lusmn thnt Congress put that con
dition in the bill .-
In view of all these facts We would
suggest the proprIety Of appointing a
committee to wait on the gentleman aud
try and prevail on him t. write new
and correct Political History of this gov
'rnnent from the time William Penn
discovered America down to the present
day. with notes by the author aud ref.
erences to the speeches Of Stephen A
Douglas, aud G. Rerick. Esq Of Jones
county. but it would be an almost cnd
less ta'k to notice all the absurdities and
contradictions Of his speech Forgetting
that Douglas had lately made speech in
Pennsylvania in favor Of the Tariff. h.
poured out the viais of his wrath upon
that mcasurc-said that the opponents
Of the Democratic party had aIwats
abused them most shamefuliy. and beforc
he was done he vilii6cd tue present Ad
ministration worse than the IL publican.
ever did. lie charged the free. State
men Of Kansas with wanting SLAYER,
established there because they pr"ph, sled
that it would be; charged the r. publ
cans with supporting the lnceudiaries Of
Texas, and after asserting that Stephen
A. Douglas was the only real live states
man in the country. wound up with an
exorta,ion to the Democrats to all vote
for the Little Giant and save the Union
which he told them a few minutes
before was already dissolved Thus
ended speech which for barefsced im-
pudence. ignorance, imbecility, misrcp-
rcscnta'ion and down. right fslseheod,
surpassed anything We ever had the mis-
fortune to listen to.