The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-10-07
For Clerk of the District Court
EDWARD BREWER.
What is MahOnyism !!

Gs- DENNIS A. NANNY, is unqucs-
tionably the leader of the party in this
State now warning upon the government,
and seeking TO compel the administration
to make terms with the Rebels. He, as
editor of the Dubuque Herald, has been
their oracle, their exponent. They have
declared this by cheering Mr.. MAnoNY
and the Herald in their judicial Conyen.
ton, and in nominating him for Con
gress III their Congressional Convention.
lie was most prominent and most potent
In the Stale Convention, debating, at
least, what should not be put into the plat
form. He seems, therefore, to be the
embodiment of the ideas and principles
Of the party, and we have a right to go
TO him for an expression of the pa.ty's
will, and FOR evidence Of the party's aims
This Is particularly legitimate, inaamuch
as they seek 10 place hlm in the Council
Chamber of the Nation, to impress their
views upon the policy Of the government.
They have nominated Mr.. MAHoNY, not
because they expect him to give up his
views and represent others, but because
they coincide in his views, and know that
in representing his own he will also rep
resent theirs. 1t is moi the man, bu,
the doctrines and principles which he
holds, that they desire to advance and
uphold.
What, then. are his views what is
MAHoNYIsM and what does the voter
endorse who votes for DENNIS A. Ma
HoNY and with the party seeking to OK.
alt him We can readily reach the
matter, for Mr.. MAHoNY has very fully
defined what MAHoNYIsM is.
The pretence is that the first principle
Of MAnoNYIsM is "7He Constitution as IL
as" Is this go? Let Mr.. MAuoNY
speak. On March eth, noticing with
approval the commentator given to the
Montgomery Constitution by the N. Y.
Herald, Mr.. MAHoNY says:
90 For our own part, we w0uld aeilliaqlg accede
10 tie amendments oftte Constitution Of he Guited
States proprsed by tie Seeded States 2Hey ask
for nothing rhieh ii rcH injure tie NorM to ac-
cedc to-
Here Mr.. MAnoNy proposes to SUB
STITUTE THE CONSTITUTION OF
THE Seeded STATES for that of
THE UNITED STATES Does that
look as if the cardinal doctrine of Ma
HoNYIsM is "lhe Constitution as it is ?"
Mr.. MAHoNY proposes 10 throw away the
Constitution made by the fathers, and
substitute that made by the infamous
traitors at Montgomery, who boosted that
Metr Constitution was based upon Afl
can Slavery. Is Mr.. MAuoNY to go 10
Congress 10 effect this change? Who
doubts it, who listens to his own and his
followers talk OF concession TO, and com
promise with, the rebels"
Aud again, Mr.. MAnoNy says, on the
Sd Of May, 1861:
- We would, TO whatever extent we could,
make such notifications ia The Constitution, and
IT need be, for the preservation of the govern
nent and Union, SUCH RADICAL CHAN
GEES In IT'S FUNDAMENTAL PRINCI.
ILES, as to adapt it to the present condition of
the country. Why not do this now, instead of
plunglng the country into u civil war p
Here he is for changing radically the
Fundamental principles of the Consiitu-
tioa That sounds well, certainly, for
the candidate Of party persslently cry
ing ont "lhe Constitution as it isl
The second principle Of MAHoNyrsM is
said to b, Tile Union as "a aoos" j.
this fact Or Pretencc Let Us see