Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-07-06


gale was terrific, uprootiDg large trees,
demolishing ohimneys, awnings, and Going
other damage. Many sailing boats in the
harbor were upset, and there are reports
that several lives were lost, but these reports
are not confirmed, though there wei many
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Some Word. About the Fourth.
1t seems to me that this country 10 On the
whole worthy # . good celebration once
year, in which all parties may agreeably
join. But do not zee how the Republicans
can this year appropriately pa ,ic;pate in
any festival that 10 designed to commeno
rate the advent OF American independence.
The ssNstioDal'' Democrats can do tuis and
have "a god time" .. ..
No party that is sectional can appropri
ately raj Q their voices for freedom, or re-.
juice under the brad National tanner
If sseotionalism" is undoubtedly wrong and
Democracy undoubtedly right, we have
good tex. for some excellent political ser
mons and political applications, about which
The Republicans are deplcrsbIy perverse. -
With ell true Democrats the first CO .cluion
is that the Republicans Of the north RI
States are sectional, favoripg northern insti.
stutions and that che people of the south.
ern States are nation>l, tavoring southern
institutions aud the country &c orally. The
second is that tile Democrats uf the north be
ing radically opposed to the Repul licsns, are
therefore national. Things have undergone
changes SO important during the last few
years, that the exact relations Of the
Re, ubcan party to the 4th Of July are with
difficulty understood. To US it appears Ger.
tain that the Republican, cannot app. opri
ately celebrate that day after the old form.
1t might be with them day Of fasting aud
prayer. Whether the Dem cratic party
should be made subj.c OF prayer is a
question l cannot decide. James Buchanan
should be prayed fer during that dav, that
he may have an abundance Of grace bestow
d upon him, that b. may bear thu inves,i
CATION If the "Covcde Committee" with
Christian re.i.nation. They should al,o
pray that the government be restored to il.
original purity ti'st It's power DO no long r
used to perpe' uate the ih~,i'u'i"ns Of bar
ba ism, or t" corrupt the ballot box lat
al depart ments OF the governmt mt may be
changed, reformed, and that the affairs OF
the nation DO equilab y administered,
sole1nnly pledgins themselves to work AID
vote tor these ends.
That portion Of the Demo, ratio part,
called ''old wteel-horses,' who cam see
any wrong under the sun tn I is do, un
der the name OF Democracy, can Celebrate
the All in the old way, and thereby
d. good service to Bre ckinri te and Lane
Our bretheren of thu souh can 60 the same.
those Democrats VINO By association with
Repu ,!icans do not know which way 10
jump would d, vel to attend the meeting
for fasting md prayer, but not as regular
members of tue church. These are now on
probation.
That body of voters (and they are some
what nomerous) who now hold to all tie
principles there are left in the Democratic
larry, ''non-intervention, squutter sover-
eighty" &c., cannot apr, p lately csIebra: .
at all. For, do not the Democrats of the
South say 20 them, 'Did We not tell you 10
vote, as we said, and ye would sos. The
northern storms of November viii swallow
you up in the gulf of sectiona. ism, if we
cannot dictate 80 you as heretofore" On
the other hand, the "Uld wheel horses" OF
the party of the North say to them, s'Wha,
business have you with principles, So
called nou-interven'ion, sa4a,ter sover-
eighty, and the rest? Do not Cur brethren
Of the south tell ycu how to votc' How
dare you to have any thoughts that you call
your own They tell 20. Douglas is dem
agogue, worse en- the Hspa lican etal dard-@
bearer. We have always foIud that they
were right; let US believe them now p
They say to them that ''Satan has somehow
got into the party and split it. into factions
that must be united BY serviitty or Spauld.
ing's glue, it don't matter which, 50 thai
We stick together" Under this outside
pressure the Doutla' men can properly
spend the 4th in reflection upon their pol.t-
ical T. sponsibili Lies that are So great and SO
solemD.
That q les Of Democrats who ar, Office
seekers, (ard they are mauy) WHO now
wiring their hands in the agony Of suspense
not knowing whether to g" for Breckenridge
or Doug.a as, have 10 moral right to &c ebr,,te
at all, although to hungsy men ".oaves and
tishes' are always objects Of rejoicing -
This class would do we'll to bod e form
meetings to denounce political blood suck
els, and the corrupt'ons Of politics in
general. q, "
SRcT1oNA11sx.-Mr. Douglas received in
Baltimore the following Southern votes: aa
q Arkansas, l
Virginia, II Missouri, All
North Carolina, Tennessee, 5
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Louisiana, B -ol s..fAsiaa 29A