St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-07-12


Congress to lcgislatc for the exclusion
OF slavery aud in behalf of freedom in
the territories. The Democrats saw
they arc opposed to Congress- doing
any thing III favor of human rights.
ana SO III every measure, they arc up-
posed to every thing that is calcula-
ted to advance the interests of tho
white labOring man of the North
They tell us, if we can under the con-
sttuton lcgislatc for the exclusion Of
slavery i'll the territories, we can leg
islatc for its protection. Docs it ne
ccssarily follow that because man
is honest he will steal ? Does not the
Declaration of Independence and the
Preamble to the Constitution suffi-
ciently define the motives which the
men who made the Constitution had
in view? Does not the Preamble to
the Constitution declare that one Of
the great objects to be attained was
to secure the blessings of liberty"1
Did not the men who made the Cunsti-
tuition know what they were doing1
Dld they not, Immediately after its
adoption, lcgislatc to restrict slavery,
and to exclude it from the great North
West? Did not President Washing
ton sign bill rc-allirming the ordin-
ancc of 1887? Has not almost every
Democratic President signed bills ex-
Gliding slavery from the territories Of
this nation
But, fellow citizens, the Democratic
party OF to-day is not the party of hu.
man rights. 1t is, in short, q black
bird party, with two black wings and
black head and tail. The Admins.
tratlon represents one wing, Brecken-
ridge the other, and Douglas the tail.
1t is said that the Democratic party is
divided, and cannot be united Do
not be too confident of that. Samp.
sons strength was in his hair, and tho
strength of the Democratic party is
in its wool ! That is all that has held
them together for years, and they in o
wool rope may yet be tied see that
they are trying to do it. Wool is all.
powerful in the Democratic party.
Mr.. Douglas has told you that he
does not care whether slavery is vot.
ed up OF down. My father used to
tell me that Don't Care went to tho
gallows and think that is the case
with the Little Giant :" for who
will say that he is not already hung
higher than Hannah was, and that on
his own gallows?
In speaking of the Democratic par
ty, ! speak as one having authority;
| for there was a time when | was in
good standing in the Democratic
church, and could have got a letter
any time that wanted it, recommen.
ding me TO the brethren.
But, gentlemen, stayed with them
as long as there was any democracy
left in them, and then l left In 1852,
we told the people that the slavery
question was settled forever. We
went forth to the people Of the United
States with Mr.. Pierce as our standard
bearer. Mr.. Douglas told the people
that the compromise line of 1920 was
not disturbed, and hoped that the arm
that was raised against it might be
paIslcd, Yet in less than two years
his o'cn infamous hand was raised
against it, and the slavery agitation
was rc-opcncd with renewed vigor
and bitterness. | say to Mr.. Douglas,
AS Nathan said to David, "Thou art
the man!' To Mr.. Douglas say, as
the old common law indictments used
to read" Not having the fear Of God
before your eyes, and being scduced
10y the instigations of the devil" You
did create this agitation which now
threatens the peace of the country.
And you, Douglas men, are clnging
to man whose parents must have
been prophets, and must have fore
seen the dcstinies of their son, when
they gave him a part of the noted
Revolutionary traitors name
Gentlemcn--I am not in the habit
of praising the living, even if | am
called upon to preach the funeral ser.
mon OF some dead politician. am
not here to praise the standard bear
or Of the Republican party. once
knew a farmer who took two calves
to market one, poor one, and one
a good one. When he offered them
for sale, he said Of the poor ONE
" There is a calf that | can recon-
mend" The butcher replied that he
had better recommend the other
"Oh," said the farmer, that one rec.
ommends itself" So it is with our
Honest Old Abe. He recommends
himself whereves honesty is appreci.
ated.
Now, Mr. Chairman, allow me to re-
ply to Mr.. Mobiles speech of this of.
tcrnoon, and | will close. He told us
that Mr.. Johnson promulgated certain
doctrines on the 4th of June last. 1t
reminds Inc of a lad who was hauling
water for making mortar He swore
at the horse like Il young pirate, when
| told him that if he wished to work
for me he must quit swearing to this
the boy replied, Mr.. Berry, should
think a man who knows as much az
you do ought to know that man can
not drive horses without swearing"
Now | think that man who has had
the experience, and seen as much Of
the world as Mr.. Noble has, ought to
know that democratic politician can
easily change his principles in one
month and be ready to swear that he
never believed his former professions.
One man here today, said he had
come to see how many lies we would
tell abont the Democrats. How green
he must be not to know that the truth
told about the Democratic party is far
worse for them than any lies we can
invent
They call the Covode committee q
" Smelling committe" We read of O
certain war horse that "smelt the bat
tie atar Off" and if it smelt as bad as
the corruptions of the Democratic
party, | don't wonder at it-for the
corrnptions of modern Democracy fill
the whole land. ......
The Democrats say to us, if you arc
sure Of eIecting yonr man, why mako
o. p,n,.h fuss ahnyt -