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Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-09-07
IN NEW ENGLAND.

"The dogma that citizen of Territory
derives his power from Congress is the old
Tory idea that the citizens Of the old original
colonies derived their power from the crown.
We exploded this idea in the war Of the rev
oluton; and the principle of popular sover.
eighty was born. We hold, therefore, that
THE CITIZEN DOES NOT DERIVE
POWER FROM CONGRESS, FOR HE HAS
ALREADY DERIVED IT FROM GOO
Siereotyped Speech
in Metc England, in august, go.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-09-07
From st. Domingo.

New YORK, Sept. l..
The sloop- st. Louis arrived at St.
Domingo July 29th. The morning previously,
a Spanish frigate landed number of emf
grants and arms. 1t is supposed that Spain
was trying to recover authority over that
section of the Island. There were were
several cases Of yellow fever in the harbor.
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REPORTED for the Journal
Connecticut,see ,seenOcratic ConVen-
Anads, n. -..-. 81.


d the lot, or h. August so.
The Democ johnson county. -Ation, held
att esay T1sl D. US uses, s1ua 1sket There were
some 400 deieaelss Resent, the Breckinridge
wing being in tao minority. y good deal OF
ill.feellng, interspsrsed with personalities,
characterized the debate between the two
wings. The following is the electoral ticket
ut large Samuel Colt, Of Hartford, and John
J. Penrose. Resolutions were passed en-
dorsing the Charleston and Baltimore Plat
form, and recommending the same for adoption
bv the Democrats of Connecticut, and recog-
nizing Douglas and johnson as the regularly
nominated candidates of the National Dem
ocracy. An effort was made to atiix clause
to one of the resolutions, instructing the del
esates to vote for some other candidate than
Douglas, in order to defeat Lincoln; but this
was rejected-yeas l52, nays 22O.
There will probably be Brecklnrldge
Convention called, and another ticket NOM
mated
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-09-07
From Texas.
NEW YORK, 81

- NEW YORK, Sept. /.
Tho steamer Caranack, from Havana, via
Nassau, has arrived. A letter published
from San Antonio, Texas, says two incen-
diaries were arrested at Henderson, and
lynched. Large quantities of poison were
found on the negroes, for the understood
purpose Of poisoning the wells and food of
the whites. The total loss Of property in
Texas is said to reach $3,000,0 200, and
twenty persons are hanged. o.
Douglas arrived last evening, from
Raleigh, and made speech in the presence
of Is, 900 persons. There was much cheer
ing. .-. t..,.,... ..-
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-09-07
Celebration.

BROWNSVILLE, N. T., Aug. ~
There was grand celebrat ion in this city
last evening, in honor OF the opening OF the
first telegraph Office in Nebraska Territory.
A salute of thirty -four guns was fired. Bon
fires, fireworks, music. speeches, &C., were
the order of the evening. The best feeling
prevailed throughout The line is In flne
working order. Dispatches from New orR
city OF to-day's date were received here at .
O'Clock this morning.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-09-07
attest from Pixies Peak.

- = ST. JOSEPH, Aug. 81.
fk23 900 in dust were brought in by Ex-
press from the Peak last night.
There is no general news of Importance.
Mining news is rather encouraging. One
quartz mill in Lake Gulch had taken for
three weeks $4,000 per week, with run OF
six hammers, and other mills are doing well.
CLARK. Gruber & Co. are coming the dust to
q considerable extent. Their transactions in
dust some days exceed $4,000.
Silver has been discovered, but to whst
extent is not yet known.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-09-07

A FAIR PRoPosITIoN - The Boston Post
says that Gov. johnson, candidate for Vice
President on the Douglas ticket, said, in a
recent speech at Augusta, Georgia, that, if
any one could prove to him that Mr.. Douglas
was in favor of squatter sovereignty, he would
vote for Mr.. Breckenridge .r. .l. a.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-09-07
Look at Douglas Record.
AT WASHINGTON.

81 hold that Territory possesses, whatever
the organic act, and no more. : = |
say, then, the intent was to give to the Terri
torial Legislature all the power we possessed; !;
all that could be given under the Constitution.
Douglas Speech in the Senate, Feb, go.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-09-07
Great Republican Gathering at
Peoria.

PEORIA, H., August SIS P. NJ.
The Republican gathering here to-day
numbered 10000. There was speaking this
afternoon by Owen Lovejoy, Joseph Knox
and others. The procession was five miles
long. All trades were fully represented in
the procession.
The Wide Awakes, to the number Of 5, 900,
are marching and countermarching the streets
tonight, with speaking in the Wigwam and
from several stands There is great enthu-
siasm. Nothing like it was ever seen in Peoria.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-09-07
suddel, Death.

SARATOGA, Sept. l.
Mrs. Garland, wife of Gen.. Garland, OF the
United States Army, dropped dead in the
street, last night, while walking with her
daughter, the wife of Major Dews. She had
been in her usual health previously.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-09-07

Coon ADvIcE.-A writer, who has the use
of the editorial columns of the Boston Post, is
moved to give his Democratic brethren some
novel but very good advice, as follows:
sit is useless to talk about the impossiblity
of Lincoln being elected, and to laugh at the
idea as absurd. Victory never yet was gained
by undertaking the strength Of the enemy.
1t is useless to predict that such and such a
State will inevitably go for certain candidate;
to make bets Of. large sums Of money on the
result of the election; to SANDER and black
guard all those who do not believe exactly as
we do. All this has no weight with sensible
men. 1t convinces no one. 1t is not what
we wantn fF
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-09-07

.3y@ Dean came over the same sentence
here which he has so often uttered on the
stump, during this canvass-that american
Slavery had civilized and raised up from the
lowest depths of degradation 100000 of
Africans, which was more than had been
done by all the Christian Churches since the
Crucifrion Of Christi .-..
Honest Democrat, remember that, when
you cast your vote for Stephen A. Douglas
and Merschel V. Johnson, this vile caumni-
ator is one Of the Electors on the Douglas and
johnson ticket.
However, there is but little difference who
are or who may be the Electors on this ticket
Douglas says he don't care whether slavery
is voted cup or down" He looks on slavery
ada "Christianizer" and "iertiizer."-
In ianola Visitor .
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-09-07
The Janus.Faced Democracy.

Until the day of election, we expect to see
Douglas doctrines commended at the South
as favoring the spread Of slavery, and at the
North as tending to checkit. The Democrats
have genius for this double Interpretation.
They would hardly know how to carry on a
contest, if they had no opportunity for this
kind of warfare. Every mail brings as
accounts of the arguments made by Mr..
Douglas Southern supporters, which his
friends would hardly adopt here. The fol-
lowing is sample, being an extract from
letter published in the Richmond Enquirer,
by Mr.. R. R. Collier, a supporter of Douglas:
I" Let it not be said that the supporters Of
Mr.. Douglas are not advocates of protection
OF slave property in the Territories.
venture, in reliance on Mr.. Douglas record,
that he, in the Presidential Office, would not
give his assent to any act of Congress admit
ting State with and under Constitution
having any provision authorizing any Legs-
lature to divest title to slave property in the
new State"
On the other hand, we find that the Douglas
speakers in the North claim for him public
favor for reasons just the opposite of those
given by Mr.. Collier in Virginia. For instance,
We read that, at a late meeting at Melrose,
Mr.. Bailey, Of the Boston
Herald, made speech, which is thus reported
"Mr Bailey devoted his hour to showing
that the Douglas Democracy is the true anti
'lapery party. Garry out the glorious doctrine
Of intervention, and there could be no
more slave States. Mr. Bailey said he had
accompanied Mr.. Douglas IN his triumphant
,our through Vermont, and he kneao his
0issos."
tits evident that somebody is to be cheated
" this Janus faced party, if it gets into power.
Who will it be-the people Of the North or of
he South? The only certainty in the people
II the North not getting cheated is for them
o vote for Lincoln.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-09-07
Official Vote Of Kentucky.

FRANKFORT, Ky, Aug 81.
The official vote for Clerk of the Court of
Appeals is: Combs 6S,o54, McClarty 45,-
O76, Balling 1854, Hopkins s04.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-09-07

WCassius NJ. Clay is stumping Illinois,
and Tom Corwin intends speaking in Indiana
during the remainder Of the canvass. These
doubtful States" can hardly be regarded as
doubtful any longer.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-09-07

REMARKABLE SALES. - The Bell and Everett
party in New York have sold out to Douglas,
and in New Jersey they have sold out to
Breckenridge. 1t is often said that politics
makes strange bed fellows, but the idea of the
professed Union-sarers selling out to the
party which is professedly the disunion party
is something that never before entered the
mind of the most desperate gambler. -
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-09-07

I /t~pennett, Of the New York Herald, has,
withn the last two months, supported, sue:
fcessively, all the, four candidates for the
Presidency - Bell, Douglas, : Lincoln and
lBreekinridge. He is evidently determined,
namatter which of the four may be elected,
claim the whole credit of the result
Louisville Journal 4-s .9
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-09-07

eW Senator Seward gave the true theory
Of the case, when on being recently asked in
relation to the union movement in New York
against Lincoln, he replied, that 'ethe more
they unite the more they won't carry it,
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-09-07
a-las to Stump Pennsylvani:,.

: =
i A correspondent Of the Press announces
that Mr.. Douglas will soon proceed to Penn
sylvania, and will address q meeting at Har
risburgh on the 7th, Reading on the Sth, and
Philadelphia on the same evening thence to
Easton and other towns Of the State. He
will then return to New York.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-09-07

W"L Landlord, said a commercial tray
eler, ''you do me too tnnch honor you let
me sleep among the big bugs last night"
'.Oh, don't be too modest, my dear sir" said
the landlord II doubt not they have your
own blood in their veins"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-09-07
North Carolisla.

NEW YORK, sept. 7.
The Douglas electors at large in North
Carolina were instructed to vote to prevent
the choice of the sectional President.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-09-07
Douglas.

u ar NEW YORK, Aug. 80:
Judge Douglas arrived last evening at
Raleigh, where he speaks to-day. He receiv-
ed an enthusiastic reception.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-09-07

~ An old Dutchman undertook to wollop
his SOD, but jake turned upon him aud wal
loped him. The, old man consoled himself for
his defeat by rejoicing at his SOM manhood.
He said; ''Vell, Jake is a shmart fellow. He
vip his own daddy"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-09-07

b STERN PUN1suMsNr.-In recent sermon
upon the training Of children, Henry Ward
Beecher gave the following stern advice to
parents ''Never strike a child on the head.
Providence has supplied other and more ap-
propriate places Of punishment" a.28j ~
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-09-07
n-Hear what Herschell Y, johnson S

~ Hear what Herschell V. johnson says
on Popular Sovereignty. On the 25th day
of May, 1860, he said:
81 believe it is the right of the South to
demand, and the duty Of Congress to extend,
protection to persons and property Of every
kind Gncludins slavery in the Territories,
during their Territorial state. his is no new
opinion. I advocated the doctrine as far back
as 1S43, in the Senate Of the United States"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-09-07

TIE .FlRsr SoUArTER Douglas in his
speeches represents nearly everybody who
has been of any importance in the world, to
have been squatter sovereighs. The fret
squatter, the Philadelphia Neao, thinks, was
mentioned by Milton a3'iafH -5.sispi
"squat ike a toad, c.ose at the ear Of Eve,
Essaying, by his devilish art, to reach 2 L2szssl
1he organs Of her fancy, and with them forge
Illusions a. hs LIST, phaatoms and drsams,"s g
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-09-07

/. Wars IN A NAME-Prentice says that
James b. Clay, Of Kentucky, is S''a fourth
rate man, bearing first rate name" -
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-09-07

h-g An editor of religious paper, noting
the increase of ministers in Philadephia,
wrote, ''The towers are now supplied with
watchiiien;'' when a compositor had pu. it
in print, II read, to the establishment of the
writer, t'The towns are now supplied with
Dutchmen." sta.r 80 3,
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-09-07

~ Douglas don't care-that is his own
phrase - whether they vote slavery up or
down in the Territories; don't care whether
slavery is extended over the vast Territories
belonging to the United States or not don't
care whether all the large public domain is
Africanized or not; don care whether any
part of it is to be reserved for the homes of
free white laboring men or not. His is
emphatically don care policy. No person,
who does care for these things, who is in
earnest opposed to the extension Of slavery,
can vote for such don't-care candidate.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-09-07
Coop FOR DEAN.-The Washington Press
says of Deans four -hours-and forty minutes

says of Deans sfour-hours-and forty minutes
sr~"eh at that place.
"After Dean lad GH:.Hnd an old farmer
went up to him and congratulas,a. hin, on
doing some good. Deaa was curious to know
in what particular direction. The farmer
replied that two of his noighbors had been
undecided as to how they should vote until
they had heard his speech-now they were
going for Lincoln. ltis also said that an old
Dutch Creek Democrat, who came in with
the procession from that place, became highly
indignant at Deans disgusting fanfaronade,
and said, 'if that was Democracy, he would
never vote it,' and that he had rather be at
home and hear his calves bawl. And, suiting
the action to the word, threw the hickory
bushes out Of his wagon, and left with the
determination Of voting for Lincoln. It is
estimated that Dean made about50 Republican
| votes by his speech here, Friday" q IL
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-09-07
To the Wide ASVakcs Of tEae State.

GRAND ToRoHM LIGHT Procession AT Iowa
Cry, OCTOBER 4, 1860.-The Vide Awakes
of Iowa City invite the Wide -Awakes OF the
State OF Iowa to participate in a grand Wide
Awake procession, at Iowa City, on the
evening of October i, 1860, the last night of
the State Fair, closing with a grard drill TOR
a purse of one hundred dollars, to be award
ed to the best drilled Company Ut not less
than sixty four members.
The Judges to award the prize will consist
of Major j G. Lauman, of Burlington, Capt.
Cowles, of Washington, Major George Pow
ell, of Iowa City, --, of Davenport
and Gen. John P. Coulter, of Cedar Rapids.
The procession will form at place to be
designated in the programme, at O'Clock
P. NJ. and dnaer the command CT Capt. J. O..
Stone, grand marshal, march to tue parade
grounds, where the drill will take place.
Wide Awake Companies designing to take
part in the parade and drill, will please
notify the undersigned Committee at as early
Captain of each Company will report to the
grand marshal at his Office. a'arg Fl
The rules regulating the drill will be de-
termined by the judges, which, with the pro-
gramme of the parade, will be furnished
each Company on the morning of t!,e parade,
and the judges are hereby requested to NEE,
at the, Office of the grand marshal, on the
evening of the Sd O; October, at o CLOCK, tc
arrange the order Of proceedings.
1t is hoped and expected that all the Wide
| Awakes of the State will be present, and
take part in the procession, whether they
compete for the prize or not.
a. j. Q. STONE, q :
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-09-07

H Senator Trustenl Polk, of Missouri, has
taken the stump for Breekinridge.o5 e -
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ocrats (says an exchange) have an idea that
their political brethren in the slave States are
not amalgamating with the negroes as rapidly
as we have represented. We have no wish
to wound the feelings Of party so pure and
sensitive, and one so opposed to "negro
equality"-s so we will state few facts taken
from the census returns Of 1850, and leave
the Democracy to make the application. The.
mulatto population in Virginia numbered
79,7 in 1850. The Democratic vote in 1852
was 1855. In North Carolina, the mulatto
population in 1850 was "a, O2O. The Demo
cratic vote, two years later, was SO, 744. In
Louisiana, the muattoes numbered 33, 91S in
1850, and the Democratic vote in 1855 was
1851. Mississippi had 2O,3G5 mulattoes in
1850, and in 1852 the Democratic vote was
27,S76. We might extend this comparison;
but it is sufficient to say that, in 1850, the
slave States had one mulatto to every Is
WITHSTAND in the free States there was l
mu!atto to every 235 whites; and these mu.
lattoes in the free States were almost entirely
of Southern origin. Comment is unnecessary.
JUST LIKE H1M.-Legrand Byington chal-
lenges Gov. Krkwood to stump the southern
part of TIE State with him, but requests
forty eight hours between each appointment
to attend to business. That's beautiful
proposition! But it's just like the old skin
flint. Although one Of the wealthiest men in
Iowa, he declined being elector, because Of
the time and erpenss Of canvassing the State.
Now, he has mind to take tour in his
capacity as a sharper and driver of small
BARGAINS in tax titles, and wishes to gain re-
spectahility by travelling with Gov Kirkw ood
Of course, the Govern + will descend to no
such menial service.
THE REPUBLICAN CAMP NJ MEETING.-Among
the many fiattering notices Of our Forthcoming
Camp Meeting that we have met in the papers
is the following from the banks of the Hudson: :
s'During the ever memorable campaign of
40, it was the custom of people in Michigan,
Wisconsin, Indiana, &c., to fit up their
wagons, as overland emigrants to California
now do, with bedding, cooking utensils, &c,
and, taking wife and children along, calculate
upon week S pilgrimage to join in the mighty
sssemblages which distinguished that contest
What was then is now. In the new States,
fifty or hundred miles are deemed of no
account, and a few nights Camping out' is
relished. Hence, while it may seem strange
here, out West, the proposition for a Wide
Awake camp-meeting, OF grand Republican
gathering in some primitive grove, remote
from town or village, exctes no surprise. On
such occasions, every man carries his own
provender with hin, and finds all the shelter
he desires in his covered wagon Or under the
spreading foliage Of the grove chosen as the
place of meeting. To the enthusiastic people
of the West, there is an attraction in these
prairie or forest gatherings which is quite
irresistible. Hence, we predict that the called
two days meeting Of Wide Awakes in Mus
catine county, Iowa, will be one of the largest
and most enthusiastic and effective meetings
ever held in that staunch Republican State
| Albany Journal.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-09-07

The SLAVE TRADERS SUPPORTING DoUGLAs.
The Douglas papers boast that Gaulden, Of
Georgia, has taken the stump for Douglas.
The following extract from the speech Of
Gaulden at Charleston, when he attended as
a delegate to the Democratic Convention, Will
show aoAy he goes for Douglas. Gaulden
said that -. -....-. ..-.- ... a.
"He was a slavery extension, slave-trade
man. He believed the institution to be right,
socially, politically, morally and religiously.
He believed that, if the institution OF slavery
were to be abolished, civilization would 60
back 200 years. The prohibition of the slave
trade had put an end to all hope of extending
the area of slavery at present time. There
was but one remedy at present for the evils
the South complained of, and that was to
reopen the African slave trade. In this he
looked to the Northern Democracy to aid
them. ="
"The African slave trader goes to heather
land and brings the savage here, and
Christianizes and moralizes him, and sends
him down to posterity a happy man."
Dean, the apostle of Democracy in Iowa
a!a0' rroclaims slavery to be Christianizinl
institution, ala those who support him mus
of course be regarded as entertaining tn
same opinion. When we come to beiev
that, we shall look upon the slave trade as
means of vangelizing the world, and shal
advocate it. Are the people Of this land ant
generation prepared to endorse lsuch
monstrosity it+1
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-09-07

{ DISEASES OF DOUGLAS. - We find the
following catalogue of the diseases which
have interfered with the public duties of Mr..
Douglas in one of our exchanges: i>9i
Where was Douglas VIXEN the Homestead
Bill passed the Senate? sEg aaiga-ls !.
.s .-Es lie had the gout. s.... d rg.g
Where was Douglas when tributes of
respect were paid to Broderick?
.. j lie had the pleurisy. 1r.i :"
Where was Douglas when the Davis
resolution passed the Senate? ..ra mn.
.r.,. Hehad the dyseatery. L.....s
Where was Douglas when the bill for the
admission Of Kansas came up in the Senate !?
+. I'D. He bad the 60aoel complaint. yE n
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-09-07
The Bell State Convention.

Aboat one hundred delegates attended thi
Convention at Iowa City Friday last, repre-
senting twelve or fifteen counties. The fol
lowing Electoral ticket was nominated :,
AT LABoR.-Judge McHenry, of Polk
W. II. Henderson, of Marshall. ''''
DIsrRIcr.-lst, g. O. Boyers, of Potto-
wcttamie; %, J: J. Lindley, Of Scott. AS
sistanss: J. E. Wallace, of Musoatine, ;J. Z,
Savery, of Polk. , -se. e.a ,,.,,,',, .,.g
No State or Congressional ticket was
nominated, though many members Of the
Convention were in favor Of it. n.., ,s-ra
1t is understood that the Electors will
stump the State. They are all, we believe,
very respectable gentlemen. We predict
that the ticket will got 1000 votes in the
State. Who wants to bet it won't? ..r.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-09-07

sMembers of the present Congress.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-09-07

gs-Ths Congressional no ninasions of the Repub.
leans in Ohio are nearly completed. They are as