Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-09-05
REPUBLICAN DOCTRINE.

In announcing the nomination of Hon. j. F. nuucombe
the Democratic nominee for Congress from this Dist,
we took occasion to say that he opposed to the
constitutional and yranncal measures OF the adninstra-
ton and the last Congress. One Of our exchanges Re
publican paper, and organ of the party in this section,
thinks that opposition to Unconstitutional and Sranl
col measures Just for the people not to vote for
Senator DuncOmbe.
In other words suppose good Republican quaIifca
ton for Congress would be, 10 be IN ucor IF u@constm-
tioHat anil ty,nnicR HtedSeS. We shall see this fall
whether the people of the 9Th Dist recognize it good
qualification, or not.
The above appeared in the North 'Fest
Democrat OF last week. There seems to be a
difference of opinion between Democrats of
the Mahony school and Republicans as to
what constitute unconstitutional and tyran-
meal measures" The Democracy say that
the confscation act, the emancipation policy,
the arrest and Imprisonment Of traitors, and,
in fact, every measure that will tell heavily
against armed treason is unconstitutional
and tyrannical." On the contrary, should
we allow the South to peaceably sever the
Union, steal the government property, and
take possession of territory paid for out the
national treasury, we would be acting consti-
tutonal and humane On the other hand,
Republicans say that the arrest of open trail
tors, the confscation Of the property of reb-
els, and the emancipation of their slaves is
but righteous justice, sanctioned by the Con
stitution, and in accordance with the usages
of civilized warfare. The Republicans and
loyal Democrats say that the Union must be
preserved at all hazards, even though slave
ry and all connected with it be utterly wiped
out. Now the Democrat says that its candi-
date for Congress, John +. Duncombe, is
opposed to the unconstitutional and tyran-
meal measures Of the administration and the
last Congress" We want to know what
particular mcasurs have been enacted and
enforced that Duncombe and his organ con-
slider unconstitutional and tyrannical"
win they tell US ?-the people want to know.
John f. Duncombs must be, from his po-
lit:cal associations, an anti government, anti
war Democrat; one of those small potato pol
iticians and aspiring demagogues who are
continually shrieking that claptra cry of
the "Union as it was, the Constitution as it
ID, anu tic iiiSsSeiS as ehey aie, WITH tiie
fact is,--and proven by their acts,-they
care nothing at all about the Union or Con-
stitution,- only desire being to make
partisan capital out Of the national misfor
tune. According to the Democrat, which
may be supposed to speak authoritivcly, Mr..
Duneombe is opposed to the administration
as regards the war. He does not believe in
hurting rebels; he would rather the Union
would perish than that Slavery should be
molested he would hang Northern abolition
lists and pardon Southern traitors he would
place the government again under the control
of the leaders of the rebellion, and he would
make Slavery the ruling and governing pow
er,--thc cornerstone Of our political and civil
rights. The people of the Sixth District
want no such man to represent them in the
next Congress. They want an uneondi-
toaal Union man, a acar man, and that is
what Duncombc is not.