The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-08-09
are many now bearing up the banner in.

who never have full y understood or who
have forgotten this tarnished page in his
history. lfhere has crcr been a more
determined toc 10 the gro,rh cf.tree1}om
in Kansas, or to tie princjplcs of the
Kansas -NebrasAa bill Than S.,phen A.
Douyias, he has b5en able to keep himscJ
very much under cover. 1t is gratifying,
however, to make single remark in his
favor; it is this : that he seems as willing
as the most ardent of his friends to di
vert attention from this period in his ca.
recr am not aware that, in either cs,
say or address he has venturcd to recur
to it; but on the contrary he seems dis,
posed to treat as blank in bis life.
Whilst these proceedings were pro-
crossing in the Senate, the other branch
| Of Congress carried resolutions efiavas.
tigatiou under a close division Of parties,
and sent select committee to the ter.
ritory. The consequence was such an
exposure as satisfied the country not on
" of the truth Of everything charged, but
of existing conspracics beyond anything
that had been imagined. TIE publishc d
evidence effcctually revealed the inten-
tions of the South. and made deep i'm
preston upon the North. It was then
established that neither law nor propric-
ties were to be allowed to stand in the
way of slavery extension; and we arc al.
most driven to the conclusion that the
repeal Of the Missouri Restriction was
but part Of general and wcll-maturcd
plan of operations, at the head Of which
stood the sclf,crowncd chief Of popular
territorial government Mr.. Douglas
term of office was now approaching its
close. 1t is not unlikely that desire
for re election, and a knowledge of the
conviction forced upon his State by the
examination alluded to, induced hin t.
lock with different eyes upon Kansas, and
created an anxiety on his part to take up
the cause of her robbed and wrttched
PEOPLE, | cannot certanly y say how this
may have been, OF Y State sudden and
miraculous change came over him, and
for while he seemed to glory in the
name of "rebel." lie opposed the ad-
mission of Kansas under the Lecompton
constitution with seeming seriousness,
and then uanonaccd hts determination ~
rotc for the greater iniquity, the 'Enyiish
BW." 1t was then the honored and he
roic Harris, who now sleeps i'll death,
shed tears Of anguish, and gave uttcrancc
to his despair. Over this again the veil
has been carefully and closely drawn by
the guardians Of Mr. Douglas fame
His admirers have acted wisely, as it has
prevented, doubtless, many unplcasan,
surmiscs and suggestions. TO that bold
est, truest, and greatest, Of all the war
riors in the battle for the right, David
G. Rredari.k ia Mr DOUGLAS indebted
for his rescue from whirlpool which
would certainly have engulpAcd him
from stain which would have oblIterat-
ed his heroism in connection to the cause
to which he has 50 ostcntatlonsly profcs-
~cd to devote himself | withhold the
word. l. which the scathine rcbuke was
clothed. Aud yet this nobiest and most
self-sacrifcing of men, Mr. Douglas pro-
tector, the martyr to truth, who in the
fullncss of his heart and on his dying
couch exclaimed, they have killed me,
they have murdered me, because | was
opposed to the extension Of slavery and
corrupt Administrations" upon his return
home, and in the hour of his stornest
trial, when fighting, like Spartacus upon
his bendcd knees, against the pensioncd
hordcs Of the present dynasty, and at
time when he had right to expect all
possible aid from the man whose interest
he had made his own, found al the sym
pathes of Mr.. Dougl's extended to his
opponents, and himself treated as an enc
my aud an offcast If we would respect
the memory of Broderick we cam never
support Douglas it would be mark of
baseness aud scrvility. If there was cv-
cr true son of the North inhumauly
broken in spirit, and who had reason to
cxclaim, "save me from my friends,'
that man was David G. Brodcrck. Had
Stephen \. Douglas but discharged the
duty lie sacredly owed him, he would
have gained a victoryfor freedom in Cal
ifornia, and would, to dayin my opinion,
be living in the laud and acknowledged
as one Of the foremost men in the Re-
public. lie laid down his life to attest
his sincerity; many who profcsscd to
love him, will, in wild revel and reckless
exultation, utter the name of him who
could not find time nor opportunity to
speak word in culogy over the grave Of
the departed votary. Inscribe the name
Broderick in fiery characters upon your
banners-he was your champ pion-and
YOU at least can aAord to do him justice
lie rests in peace on the heights of the
proud city of the Pacific, where no in.
gratitude can longer wound him, relieved
from the warfare of heartless factions,
and where his ashes will remain an ctcr-
nal memento of his faith and his conf
dence in the ultimate triumph Of a down
trodien humanity.
These references have been made for a
single purpose-to satisfy, if doubts ex-
ist. that in the great struggle between
the South and the North, to secure the
long lost equality ofthe latter, Mr.. Do"g-
las is agairst as. Should more recent
evidences be demanded, then let an cX-
animation be made Of the Congressional
Globe containing the ballots for Speaker
and Clerk during the last session of the
House of Representatives. Ascertain
what the action of the Illinois, Western
and Northwestern Democracy was dur
ing the protracted contest for an organi-
zation. Ecrry cate that -M Douglas
couV influence ,eas in,ariabN cast for
such canaidates as the Somh presented,
inciuainy those Of Me most extreme and