The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1860-10-04
The Begging Democracy.

'efiiliiles III his own mind whether n,
will again employ either of these at III,
expiration Of the time for which the,
were first employed. The question
with him is, has he promoted INV in
terest by being honest and faithful p
Ii he determines this question in the
affirmative, he then cntertains the prop.
osition whether he had better contin.
ue them in his employ. But if he de-
cides i'll the negative, he at once
informs them that he has no f:,rthe,
need of their services.
Such should be the peoples course
IN the selection of their rulers.
/ The Democratic party has been in
power, in the Union. for two success
i've terms. At the expiration Of the
hrst, they had managed affairs 50 ras-
cally, that they were obliged to confess
It and ask for new loan of power in
order, as they asserted, to retrieve
their broken fortunes and assure the
world that they could manage our ma
tional affairs to the best possible al.
vantage. They acknowledged at the
close OF Piercc's administration. that
their leaders were contemplate scoul-
drels, who without authority or
pretcxt, had abused the rights Of
the people, and had betrayed the great
Democratic party, the bulwark OF
constitutional freedom (:) With these
apparently humble contritions, accom-
panied with million Of wry faces.
they went before the people four wears
ago asking for another loan of power
under a new sci Of rulers. This the
people were at length persuaded to
grant. Now what has been the result?
n wicked and perver>e aalninistra-
ton whose prodigality a IL rascality is
even condemned by large majority
which placed it in power. They come
again with their bitter imprecations
against their own party for the purpose
Of decei,ing the people again, and
thus secure continuation of power, in
order to share the sroils. From the
highest to the lowest they are engaged
III these denumciations of the admins
tratiou Of their own maLinr
On the 18th day Of last month, ut
Syracuse III y. u, Stephen \. Douglas
said:
''But while the President of the
United States, his Cabinet, and the
newspapers in his pay and his federal
Office holders are deno,ncillg squattcr
sovereignty, you cannot induce them
to carry ont their oaths of office and en-
force the laws against that squattcr
settlement at Pixies Peak. (Chcers.)
The President is bound bv his oath to
enforce these laws but he has allowed
them to be violated every hour of the
day, and every day in the year, since
the first settlement III that Territorv.-
tremendous applause and cries Of
''llear, hear" lie thus stands by.
sanctloning a squattpr sovereignty
while making war OH me for main
tanning popular sovereignty. Enthu-
siastic applause"
The Dubuque Herald in its issue of
the 9th ult said:
''The expenditure Of the United
States Post-otlice for the past wear. was
over sl4,00o,O0O, and the revenue less
than ss,ooo,0oo, leaving a deficit Of
about s7.Ooo,OeO.
There is no branch Of the Public
Service that requires thorough over
hauling more than the Post office De-
partment. It is rotten from bottom to
top"
Now all these confessions arc for
false show Of honesty, to again deceive
the people. We ask will they be thus
deceived? Shall they again be en-
trusted with power to involve the coun-
try in debt and endanger the stability
Of the Union by an administration like
the present one, which has been con-
Quoted III 4 manner notorious for it's
prodigalitv and recklessness Let al
those then who are opposed to 4 con-
tinuation Of this state Of things vote for
Abraham Lincoln, and not fritter away
their votes upon Bell and Everett, or
still worse Douglas and johnson.
Every Republican Township,as well
rs County Candidate for office, should
have the ballots containing their names
printed. The election of a number Of
officers may depend alone on this: for
1t frequently happens, that many care
but little for whom they vote to fill a
town office, and will take the first tick
ct presented them. Now if they have to
wait for it to be written which is oft the
case, some other person will present
them with ticket which will be de-
posted in the ballot box. Another rea-
son is,ol1r party is in the majority in the
County and many persons cannot read
lvrIfInrr ncnno1o1Ix.