Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-07-25
State Ticket.
Those Resolutions.

The series Of resolutions recently adopted
by the.Democracy at Desmoines present about
as singular medley Of contradictions, soph-
isms, and prejudces as one often meets with
in these war times. True to their old habits
the leaders of the Democratic party in this
State, by covering up the real design, seek to
secure the votes of the people by plausible
theories and the advocating of impossible
plans.
Now ''the cultivation among the people of
that spirit of American fraternity which once
knew no North, no South, no East, no West,
except as parts of this unbroken Union, is
very good thing to embody in resolutions
which must 90 directly before the people for
their approval or disapproval. But do our
readers for moment suppose that the men
who drafted those resolutions did not know
that with all the cultivation in the world that
esprit " would not grow until the suppress
sion of this rebellion. Can the father who is
mourning the death of his first-born love the
man who deprived him of his idol. Wemust
deal with facts as they are, not as we would
wish them; and instead of spending time in
the endeavor to revive the old love between
the warning sections, we should use every
energy in trying to raise men and money to
compel tour erring brethren ~ to return to
the Union they are trying to destroy.
The first resolution in the platform declares
that the rebellion must be suppressed no,
only by force of arms but by such othe,
measures as common sense, reason and pa
triotism will readily suggest to the governing
powers" That is good sound doctrine, and
no doubt originated with some good and true
war Democrat. Old Mahony steps in mo-
ment afterwards, however, and spoils this SEN
timen: with resolution declaring that the
doctrine OF Estate necessity is unknown to-
our government or laws" That the suspen-
sion of the writ of habeas corpus in certain
localities is dangerous to civil liberties and
should be repudiated by the people. If the
"good sense and patriotism of the govern
ment recognize the doctrine of Estate neces-
sity and think the suspension of the writ o.
h.6eas corpus one of those necessities the
first resolution endorses its action. This at
tempt at double bare back-riding fails,
however, when the platform denounces the
confscation policy as measure that leaves
but little hope for the restoration of thu
Union. The first horse is excluded from the
ring and Democracy mounts the compromise
nag" and gallops wildly around the enclosure
in plain view Of every thinking citizen on thu
seats.
The fact is, as we have repeatedly stated,
the leaders of the Iowa Democracy are seces-
sion sympathizers, who are bent on effecting
compromise of some sort wherein their pei
doctrine of slavery will be perfectly safe. even
though to effect their object the constitution
as it is is remodled, and the "Union as ii
was" completely broken up.
True, there are among our political oppo-
nents many good and true men who hate Sc
cessionism as they hate Satan, but the men
who "run the machine" and direct its infu.
ence are plain, straightforward enemies Of
this war, and traitors. Geo. Wallace Jones
and Dennis Mahoney are bright shining lights
in this assembly Of rascality, and they will
spare no pains to embarrass the government
and aid the rebellion. There is no installing
their policy. 1t is as plain as if it were writ
ten upon their foreheads in letters Of fire.