St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-08-02

better been lett unSpokCn. We nova
the example to be an offence against
Presidential dignity, to characterize
it by no har>hrr phrase. Very certain
is it, that not George Washington, nor
Thomas Jefferson, nor any Of the sage
and vcnoralcl fathers who filed that
high Office, would ever have thought
Of converting it into an cIrcti"n"crinG
rostrum Never before has the White
IInusr--thc property Of the entire coun-
try-bcrn pruStjtutrl to such ignoh'c
ends And, if the manner of the
speech hc offensive, it is mhappily
not at all relieved hy any compcnsa-
tory features in the matter. Both are
alike cNccptionablc. We have only
time, today, to point out few Of its
gIaring Inconsistencies and fallacies.
Mr.. Buchanan charactcrizcs the
nominees of the ScccssiOnists as con-
wrratirc" statesmen. Yet he fOrgcts
to state, whatever their own charac.
ter, that they are the representative
candidates of all the DisuuiouistS, null
lilcrs, Scccssionists. and radical fire
caters Of the country. From such
" conservatism " as they would bring
us, may the country forever be de-
Iivcrcd
With characteristics cfrontcrv. the
sneaker claims tp have "cvcr been
4I,o rr;nrd of rn~urar nominations
and thi. in thc vcrv teeth of the world
l.r,u,n fact th,t hc was. and is vet.
tIn vrr, Lo,d and front Of the DANTE
Lnrns 1rmoniz,tion in lllinois-an Or
,,o7,;Ioti,7 sn mot,riouslv usurpcd and
irrrmnlar thnt tIc Seccssionists them.
saly1s Gilt uI,Iimcd to reject it by q
rn,nimnns vn,n ot Charleston AZ
t', LnnrI;r.. nr his officr-holdcrs as
Ln L,s Innr to Jcrcat and destroy the
DETERMINATIONS Of thc nartv there.
mi rI.rwLnrr now 70 defeat tho
,,'o,,,i',,. ,..,,,ir,t;nns of tLc nartv in
49, 7T~i,r--yh,t rnrsummate eflrontc-
~. ~, T., ,I,i,, f. Lavc .aI7raus been the
G'icnI r. rcmnIar nominations" and to
Iar.n nnvn, strncl, a remular ticket !
r,n l,,nnc,isy mo further
,TLH' anoa,;iH1 that Judrc Douglas
L,I,(,+ - t,rn.,I,ird vote Of the entire
nnn,in,+irn. lodv. os it existed before
/ ,rn scrr.S;,n and, therefore, is not
~, rcmn,,r u,mincc of the party, is
49,, rrnnnstnrous rs il is historically
'urtrur Mr. buchanan is LAWYER,
.amI Lr must have learned. when vet
r,,c,,sin,. in fine Quarter Sessions Of
,mca.t.T cnuntv the Icral maxim, as
.amr;nnt as i is truc. that " No man
,,an Lr snfI,.rrL tn tak ke advantage Of
lie avn wrnnr" How dishonorabI,,
tr.,r H.. I,...-iruists. led on bv YAM
GOV ana O. +, enter the Conycnti,a.
,tinmrt +, control its proceedings, bu.
. ,,.L.r r,irlv and bnnoral,Iv bcatru
t,En f. tbrir heels. and then MAKE
,nnntl,s L,,l, ot tLr rnuainiuo. d.l,-
".atrs arI t.rrt them with the allie
.,rati,1 tha, thrv have not two-thir!s
~ , rnIl hnIv ! This is the reckless
moss Of the rambler. who stakes Il
'l,ryr sun, ON the throw of a card. r.
s,ryrI that if he wins he will take
n,r stakes with ivy. but if he loses.
he will crab the entire bank, and pro.
.crrI to ihe nearest magistrate and
.loIsc cYnllaint against the keeper
And this kind Of Political grab.gamc
this renowned sticllcr for regular
nominations. from the very windows
..,,I stems nr tine Whit, iIousc, ap.
.nr,vrs and endorses OH, shame,
where is thy blush?
Nnnfhrr If Mr.. Buclanan's rlarin~
r,;src,rosn,t,tiors consists in the al
I,,..,,:,., +l.,t ,In ~upremc Court have
Inc;I.I in f,yor nf the rirbt Of the
.Io,'LnIlnr ~ r,Iry his slaves into