The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-07-18
McGREGOR, IOWA, WEDNESDAY, JULY IS, l860 Who'll

valid, is it not certain the country woult
| have beer thrown into the highest excite.
menf? But by their rejection Noninter
vcn;on was practically adhered to, and the
publr mind is satisfied and quiet. Let
us l4aint"iH It firmly and faithfully. We
| are bbund to it by every consideration OF
interest and obligation Of compact It's
Abandonment will prove fatal to the Nation
al Democratic party, and ultimately to the
Union Itself 1t will drive the South
into sectiona'sm, ard the North into the
ranks Of Republcanism. do not
say eTery man of the North, for | know
that fhe great body Of the Northern De,
moclfy will remain rue to the Constitu.
ton, despte the overwhelming food Of its
relentless cohorts But | mean that 1he
free labor States would be controlled bv
Repubiaanism and would not be
ab'c to re.urn n single member 10 either
house of Congress friendly to the constitu-
| tional rights Of the South. | trust that
such condition of things may ne:v' ex-
list; but if it should, know Of no way by
which the Union can be saved. Hence thp
doctrine of Congressional intervention, as
advocated by this new born Scn:ional par
ty, is fraught with peril to the country. =
The question is now distinctly presented to
the people, whether they will adhere to .he
doctrine of non-ntervention, or whether
they will abandon it; whether they will re-
open the slavery agitation by requiring
Congress to take jurisdiction over It, or
whether they will give repose to the public
mind and security to the Union by leaving
it where the compromise leaves ito the
free action of the people Of the Territories
under the Constitution of the United States.
The issue is fairly made up. 1t is inter
vention or non-intervention It's decision
involves the destiny of this great Republic,
and the highest interests of tie civilized
world. Compared with it the aspirations
into utter inSignitiCrrce. Where shall we
look for deliverancc from these threatened
evils? 1t has been the mission of the De-
mocratc party of tn. Union, in thousand
perils, to rescue our country from impend-
ing calamities. It's past career aoounds
with heroic passage and is ILLUSTRATED with
the most glorious achievements in the
cause of constitutional liberty. It is the
party of Jefferson and Madison, and Jack
son and Polk, whose administrations con-
stitute grand epochs in our national history
1t is the party of the Constitution, and
look to it with confidence. Where else
shall the patriot look in these times of po-
liticai DETECTION and sectional agitation -
Let its integrity be pc manontly destroyed
and the doctrine Of non-intcrventioE be
ovcrthrown, anil thea the best hopes of the
statesman will be cloudrd with gloom and
darkness. IT IS TO maintain these that
consent TO take the position now assigned
me, and welcome the consequences of per-
Sollal good OF personal i'll which ti4at posi-
ton may bring Nothing else could induce
me 20 brave the dctrnction which it invites,
and incur the heavy responsibility which
it imposes. have lnthing 10 add out the
expression of my thanks for the honor so
unexpectedly conferred upon me, and nay
cordial acknowl >dgemenlS fo. the fsatterng
terms in which have been notified of my
nomination. Wh&tovc. may DC honorably
done shall cheer.uliy ID 70 maintain the
integrity of the parey md the triumph of
its principles.