The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-02-08
MISCELLANEOUS.
From the Southern Indianian.

From the Southern Indianian.
CUR Future Political Course.
Circumstances beyond our control have
now forced us to change the Indianian from
a Republican to Democratic paper. 1t is
always unpleasant even in private life to
change ones course Of acting, but much
more unpleasant for Journalist to be COM
PEELED to leave the party with which he has
acted.
1t was arcmark we believe of Henry Clay,
when changing his course on some favorite
political measure, that he would rather be
right than be President, and he was never
SO old or wise but that he might be wrong.
Nothing but sheer duty has compelled us to
make this change. We were raised whig;
gave the last vote we ever give for Presi-
dental candidate to whig Gen Scott, and
acted with the wings as long as the party
had an organization. In 1856 we had no
voting residence and did not support either
candidate. Since that time we have acted
with the opposition branch Of the Republi-
can party. Recent events, we'll known to
news paper readers, have shown clearly that
the most ultra views are to rule the Repub-
lican party, that sectional man is bound
to be the Presidential candidate in 1861
We cannot consistently support such can
didate, and we will not be forced to by any
political organization.
We acted with the Republican party be-
cause we supposed it was about to cut loose
from the abolition party, and take conser-
vative, national grounds. Since it has fail
ell to thus act, we cannot act with it. Tn =
Democratic party, We are aware, is cursed
with a set o. sorehv AIDED, disaff ,cted disun-
ionsts, as well as the Republican party :;
but as these contr,t the action Of the Re-
publican party, while in spite of them the
Democratic party, still continues to take
high national grounds, we have no alterna-
tive but to act with the Democratic party.
We regard the present as the most critical
period in our national existence. We have
heheld men banded together, going into a
neighboring state, and putting to death
peaceable citizens. And we also have seen
leaders Of a great party eulogizing those
murderers as heroes, and casting all manner
| of obloquy and contempt upon the federal
authorities, for bringing them to merited
justice. We have seen also these same po-
!itical leaders, who occupy high places, aid
ing IL scattering broadcast over our country
documents and publications calculated only
to breed uisunion, and set one section of
the Union at varience with the other.
In noting carefully the course of both
political parties for several months, we have
become convinced that the Democratic par
ty is no danger of being controlled or driv-
en- from a true national course, by the few
disatfected in the party. On the other hand,
when we see the New York Tribune, the
Cincinnati Gazette, and numerous other re-
publican papers, publishing speech after
speech, from Beecher, Phillips, ,Cheever and
others, of the most violent abOlitonists in
the Union, with little or no comments, ex-
| cept IN the same strain, we are forced to
| conclude that they sympathize with them,
| and have an obj ct in view in so acting
Papers that can publish in this manner, the
most violent abuse Of the State and Federal
| authoriues, and eu!ogise as heroes, men who
have been engaged in wholesale butchery
| Of our fellow citizens, must have some SYM
pathy with them. Treason is one of the
highest crimes known to the law, and if a
| party sustains traitors to the Govcrnme mt
| we cannot tell what next to expect of it,
| These arc some of the reasons why we have
been compelled to change the politics Of our
paper. Other reasons will be given from
time to time.