The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-06-06
LIrTLEToN, May %, 1860.
Mr.. GUARDIAN

Mr.. GUARDIAN
The campaign seems TO be fairly
opened, Judging from the number of con.
ventions that have been held already, and
the nomination Of two Of the candidates
for the highest Office in the gift of the
people. From present appearances this
canvass will be one in which there will
be grea; deal of bitter recrimnation,
occasioned by the partial and unjust acts
Of the Administration, and the determi-
nation of the Republicans in Congress to
ferret out its corruptions and expose them
to the eye of an awakened and justly in
censed people. That the so-called Dem
ocrats feel very tender, l do not wonder,
and | will be careful not to be over harsh
while l mention some of their inconsis-
tencies.
There are Democrats who are church
members, { Christians p and are strong
ly attached to the Temperance cause, and
can see clearly that law to prohibit a
man from selling ardent spirits is consti-
tutional and just, and that the property
Of the rumseller may be seized and de-
stroyed at pleasure, because it is the de-
stroyer Of the bodies and souls of men :
reduces man, the Lord of Creation, to
the level Of the beast of the field, causes
the separation of families, makes more
widows and orphans than small war,
and brings forth wretchedness and mis-.
cry in abundance. The man bold enough
to advocate law less stringent than this
they Immediately brand as a topper, and
as utterly unworthy the fellowship OF
Christian people. But speak in their
presence Of that sum Of all villainies. j"
in which one man keeps another in sub.
lection by physical force, denying him
the right to his own body, or even to
think for himself. tears away the wife Of
his bosom, and the children on which
his affections are set, and sells them al
the shambles like cattle yea, men have
sold their own daughters to CRAFTY the
Unsuitable lusts Of some demon who had
money enough to tempt his avaricious
and sordid disposition. Speak of this al
disreputable, and these piety and temper
ance loving democrats are Instantly arous
ed, their honor CD is touched, and they
denounce you as an Abolitionist, or 6
blinded fanatic. They cannot be brought
to see that slavery is a nuisance and
ought TO be abated, wherever il can be
lawfully done. just as the rumseller's
property should be burned, without max.
ing him compensation, or even asking
his leave. They believe, or at least pre-
tend to, that slavery is great institution
for civilizing, enlightening and christian
izlng the black race, and therefore 90
IN for Its extension, in the face Of the tes
tlmony of those who are acquainted with
the working of the system. that it's ten.
dency is 10 brutify all concerned in it
They give literally TO support mission
aries, and to print and circulate the
scriptures among the heather nations,
and think they are obeying the injunc
ton to +" Go into all the world and preach
the gospel toeyery creature" while there
are four millions here in our own coun.
try who are kept in absolute ignorance
and even when they are allowed any
teaching, those who teach are strict en-
joined 10 employ only oral instruction
Thus is the Bible and nearly every other
means of moral and intellectual culture