Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-02-08
vn. white People Of Iowa.

The white People oil Iowa.
,t.eems strange to head an article
Tins. but OF late years so many cdlto-
r;.,. have been headed slavery" AMI
"The Negroes Of tho South, their Con
dition, etc." that we think it is about
tine some attention was paid to the
white race in the iIaykeye State, and
some interest taken in their prosperity
and affairs. We have had so much of
the nepro,-the eternal negro, the negro
morning, noon and night, IN the pulpit,
on the bench, at the forum, and III the
Journals Of the day,-that stranger
coming into the country, and uuacquain-
ted with the real .tatc Of affairs, would
imagine that the negro was some royal
race. children OF the Sun, and the grea.
American people their devoted wor-
shippers. For the great Caucasian lace,
that since history began have been re-
nowned in war, the arts and sciences,
TINT have given to the world intellccts
that in their grandeur have lowered
almost to tie God-like, in this nine
teen,h century seem run mad after the
negro,-the descendants Of those stolid,
brutal heathens who for centuries past
have been killing and ealing one
another on the Guinea coast, utterly
careless, to all appearances, 10 the phys-
icsl comfort, the social aud moral I'M
provement Of the poorer class OF whites
around us. in our midst--neg lectiul Of
those who are starving and sitting
darkness at our own door--we extend
our sympathcs upon the sleek, greasy,
well,fcd negro of the sugar plantations
Of the Southern States, weep maudln
tears over the generous Mrs. Stoves
tales of horror, and raising our eyes
heavenwards, pass on the other side,
and rive the cut sublime TO the white
laborers at home.
But negro worshippiug has had its
dav; the affairs Of other States and Ter
ri,ories. the outcries about Slavery and
Freedom and Bleeding Kansas sre abou:
to be dropped, and the people OF
low the whites Of Iowa, at tins
iunclure are determined to attend
to their own home affairs and ex
anime the condition Of the State. They
wish to know where the money wrung
from them in onerous taxation has gone.
They wish to know how it is that Re
publican officials after few short years
in office grow rich and retire to spend
the rest of their days on fat farms, well
stocked with costly imported cattle.
They want to know why it is that after
appropriation after appropriation has
been taken out of the State Treasury
for public works, those works still re-
main unfinished, and heavy additional
sums are asked. They desire to be in
formed why when the Democratic mem
bers Of the Legislature desired to make
retrenchment in our State expenses, the
Republican party having the power pre-
vented them and would not listen to their
Suggestions, and this too at time when
the farmers of Iowa are scarce able to
pay their taxes.
The condition OF our own achite popu-
lation at present, the best means Of allcvi-
atlng their dlstresses, the most advisable
legislation to relieve white men ground
to the dust by capital, are, We feel sure
much more interesting subjects for the
pen OF the journalist or the brain of the
statesman than the. fanced aggressions of
Slavery on Freedom, or the mock hero
ic speeches got off by by seedy Republi-
can members Of Congress at w Washing.
ton. Let US attend then to Iowa, to the
condition of the white laboring classes
here at home, to the embarrassrnents and
troubles OF our farmers on these broad
prairies, and let the negro hoe his com
and pick his cotton in peace.