Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-09-28
ack upon his supplications. and spurned him

w Las Is TIC result lie won get u single
electoral vote south of Mason and Dixon's line
applause], nor will he get single electoral
vote north of Mason and Dixon's line. TIm-
mense cheering1
For once has Stephen proved prophet
indeed. Ten years ago, he spoke with singu-
lar presclence of the curse of God which would
llght upon that man who, with impious hand,
would dare to break down the landmark
between freedom and slavery. And oh,
Douglas! how art thou fallen nowl Let all
men take warning for all time to come.
Put not your trust in princes" Applause
and laughter
PARTIES AND THEIR PROSPECTS,,
Why, what are the positions and the pros
poets OF Donglas and the other candidates !?
Hare are the positions of these parties: The
Breckenridge party, standing squarely and
openly upon the ground that ours is a pro-
slavery government-that the Constitution. of
Its own vigor, carries slavery into the Terri
tories everywhere; Mr.. Bell standing upon
the same platform, check by ,jowl with Brock
lnrldge. They are open and aboveboard. 1t
is the lion, with the claws and teeth displayed,
roaring and threatening to devour; while
Stephen, who holds the same ground, like the
little smoothfaced, canning fox, conceals
himself, as ne supposes, wrapt in the meal of
Popular Sovereignty, with his claws and teeth
all ready to pounce upon you whenever you
shall be allured within the reach of his power.
Applause. They are all the same-all in
the same boat, and all destined to Salt River.
Cheers and laughter.
There is some consistency in the Breckin-
ridge men. They are for slavery. They
have ceased to celebrate the Fourth of july.
For ten years in my county it has not been
celebrated. Sensation Ofcourse not. Why
should they celebrate the day the Declaration
of Independence was given to the world
Here is an incendary document just as bad
as Helpers book or the New Testament.
Applause and laughter. They say, "We'll
have none of it." They are open and frank.
Hear the Senator from South Carolina: "The
man who has the money should own the man
who has none -own the laborer, black or
white. The laborer is the mud sill of society.
Slavery is the basis of civilization. The
Declaration of Independence Is a lie. We
are tired of this humbug about liberty and
equality-your greasy mechanics, your close
listed farmers-your unwashed, unterrifed
Democracy, away with it! We will have no
more of it Give us King and standing
army" Such is the South behind the scene
and on the scene. But there is some consist
ency and some vigor in it. Therefore, they
have some votes some States. They are a
power in the state. They overthrow and
build up; they are powerful for mischief.
These men are standing in line with the
South, waiting until the Republican party
shall abuse its trust, when they hope in the
change to get into office, and fatten in the
public corn-crlb once more. Applause. /
And here in the North the Democrats the
long headed old-line Democracy-standw with
them. Where are your Daniel 5. Dickinsons
your Caleb Cushings, your Pierces and
Buffers, the old treasury rats who have beer
all their lives in office, who always scent the
wind, and know how to march with Decline
over hill and dale, prairie and forest, to the
public crib? Laughter. All for Breckin-
ridge-nobody for Douglas but your green
horns and gudgeons. Laughter. Douglas.
ism will die out after this campaign, and there
will be no more of it forever. ["Good, good."1
His followers will have to 60 somewhere else
What are they to do then? Douglas will be
dead, buried and gone, beneath the power of
political resurrection forever. applause. J
Already they are administering upon his
etiects-hls charts and papers, for he has no
other effects left. What are these Douglas
men fighting for? They have no earthly
chance now before the people, nor if the
election goes into the House, to elect Stephen
none whatever. The only object of these
men, who are crying out for Douglas and
Popular Sovereignty, is in the chance to
secure some miserable, contemplate local
ofiice-a place in Congress, or the post of
sheriff, or clerk of the county, or constable,
though it cost the liberty of the people, or
peril the safety of the Republic. 1t is that
they may pick up few crumbs that tall from
the public table. 1t is disgraceful business,
my Douglas friend. Quit it, my dear sir, and
take to feeding pigs, or some other honest
vocation. But if you should, by some posi-
bility, throw the election into the House, then
where does it go? The Senate and House
are already elected, and we know where each
man stands. The House cannot elect, and it
dency will go to 10 Lane. (Rencwed
aughter.) He will be President--a man
who, in conjunction with Breckenridge, is the
candidate of avowed disunionists and traitors,
the leader of men whose great object is to
destroy the Government of the United States
That will be another fruit of this wonderful
Democracy. (Applause)
Their present position is we'll illustrated by
a remark made by an old Hoosier friend of
mine. "Clay," said he, "don't you trust in
this division of the Democratic party.
know them they can't fool me. That quar-
rel is all pretended. Just so long as they
could win by it, they had one candidate and
two faces to their platform lone to the North
and another to the South. Now, that game
is played out. The people have caught them
at that, and they now have two men and two
faces with his face squarely to the North
and another with his face squarely to the
South" (Great laughter and cheers They
expect to carry the election into the Senate,
and there they will all strike hands again as
4 band of brothers, sell out the liberties of the
people, and take possession Of the government
once more. Their conduct reminds me of the
plan adopted by young lawyer, who came
'ut West some years ago. He had just mar
led new and beautiful bride. Under the
ore. emption law then, none but heads of
antilles could take up quarter section or
go acres o: land. "Now," said he, "my dear
vile, we'll quarrel and get divorce; then
I'll take up 100 acres of land, and you'll take
Up lG0 acres, and We'll have $40 acres--a
lice half section. Then we'll get married
gain and have good time gcnorel "" (Great
Now, if that game is to be played
" these men-if this fictitious divorce Of the |
Democracy is to result in new union when
hey have taken the election out of the hands
# the people and carried it to the House |
here to be bought and sold ard traded Cor by |
nercenary politicians, then, in the namc Of
rue Dem ocracy and our common liberty and
he safety of this popular gov -rnment, |
orbid the banns. G4aughter.)
Here a band OF music stationed on an
djoining stand struck up lively air, almost
ROWING the speakers voice.
VoIcEs--Stop the music! |
Mr.. CLAY p No, gentlemen; let it 60 on.
We are the men who can afford to play and
ing. Liberty loves music, and poetry and
ong. Thank God Slavery can have none
these TO aid it. (Apnlause) F |