Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-01-30

attended by mixed-a Uery mared-assen
blage of ladies and ',jolly blossoms" number
ing perhaps 800. About twenty Republican
were scattered about the room, choking fror
the reasonable utterances Of the lecturer an
the strong Erin-go- -Braugh odor. The her
of the SGD Psalm presided The orator cam
upon the stage and deliberately drew fror
his pocket manuscript, and proceeded:
1st. To make Indignantly wicked ar
disreputable attack upon the Pilgrim Fathers
1t was the first time in the history Of our lif
we ever heard word Of malice against tn
little colony that laid the cornerstone of
new, better and stronger government. w
had read the noble tributes paid by Webster
Adams, Clay and others to the little MAJ
Flower band-the theme of song and of vers
but it was left for u, to hear Mr.. Thaye
traduce their characters We saw few mer
of New England origin, and wondered a
their approval of the speakers sentiments.
ID. Wltch-burners, quaker-whippers, &c.
came in for share of denunciation, but not ,
word about the child-stealers, s,women-whippers
and men burners, in the South, and SWAY
ward sisters"
Sd. Bitter invectives against the church and
clergy, which were well received by the Irish
and some others, who never heard a clergy
man or saw the inside of a church. We only
regret that the church-going portion of oul
population were not listeners.
4th. The slavery agitation by the Puritans
was his fruitful theme, through which we
have no room to follow.
5th. Charged that the Republican party
was responsible for this war, having pledged
themselves to make the country all free,
and refused to accept the Crittenden Compro-
mise, in January, 1861. Said nothing about
his refusal to compromise with Southern fire.
eaters in the Charleston Convention; moth
ing about those differences in the Douglas and
Breckenridge wings Of Democracy, that led to
the success of Mr.. Lincoln.
9th. Declared that the original purpose of
the war had been basely perverted by the Ad-
ministration, to free the negro-which Mr..
Thayer knew to be deliberate lie.
7th. Charged that the country was on the
verge of ruin, and that to restore the Demo-
cratic party, which had always been consistent
in its devotion to the Constitution, would be
to restore peace to the country. Said moth
ing of the united support given to Andrew
Jackson, for his arbitrary arrests at New Or
leans. Nothing about Democratic consisten-
cy, under Buchanan's reign. ..s
Sth. Said the people must send up one
loud cry Of Peace against further bloodshed
in favor of an armistice-and in case the
Administration needed not the cry, then let
the people rise in rebellion.
The harangue was uer6atim repetition of
his Upton speech. It was applauded by ev-
cry ignorant bloat in the hall. Its counsels
of resistance to the authority of the Govern
ment-its imperative demands for peace-its
denunciations of the Puritans-were we'll re-
ceived by men who never read or think. 1t
contained many of the most glaring false
hoods, outrageous sophisms, and as gicat an
amount of treason, as any truthful, loyal man
can conceive of or JEFF. Davis applaud. In
the Revolution, such speeches would have
been punished with hanging.
Mr. Thayer was followed by an attempt to
be very funny, by the ex-Secretary Of the
Agricultural Society. He made only one false
statement. His toryism seemed sufficiently
radical, as he was warmly applauded by his
old political associates, the Irish.
We believe two-thirds of those present,
save the ladies, can neither write their names
or read word.
Democracy.
We believe this is the soubriquet applied
to party in the Legislature of Pennsylvania
that has just succeeded in electing one Buck
alew, a friend, cheek-byjow of Buchanan.
A correspondent of the New York Tribune,
on the authority of prominent Democratic
editor, gives the manner in which about 20
car loads of roughs, shoulder-hitters and
FOUNDERS were sent to Harrisburg, at 81 per
head (usual fare being $500. Many of them
were under an indictment in Philadelphia-
all being the very scum of society. Among
other things they designed seizing the State
Arsenal, but were thwarted by the prompt
preparation of Gen. Porter. Their main OBJ
ject was to prevent war Democrats from vot-
ing for Republican Senator; to accomplish
which so great was the terror of the War
Democrats, and the danger of their assassina-
ton so imminent, "they trembled like aspen
leaves, as the clerk called their Names" They
filled every foot Of space about the Capitol
and so great was their pressure that the SEN
ate with great difficulty made its way to the
House to meet in joint convention. Bucka'
lew owes his seat in the United States Senate
to this outrage on the free choice Of Represen
tatives. We trust that he may be frequently
reminded of it. Yet, we are told that this is
Democracy evidence of that revolution
among the people.
New SENAroRs.-Within the past few
weeks, a large number of Senators have beer
elected by the Legislatures of several States
now in session. The following is complete
list, we believe: Maine, Lot NJ. Morrill,, Re
publican; Massachusetts,, Charles Sumner
Republican; Michigan, z. Chandler, Repub
lican; Minnesota, Alexander Ramsey, Re
publican; New Jersey, James W. Wall
Democrat; Illinois, W. A. Richardson, Dem
ocrat; Pennsylvania, Chas. R. Buckalew
Democrat; Indiana, Messrs. Turpie ant