The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1863-07-23
Democratictl) Meeting.

Democraticl Meeting.
On last Saturday, that portion of the
Democrats who really deserve the name
of Copperhead, number of whom are
not known to ply any useful avocatioo,
assembled what they called Democrat
ic meeting; but the meeting aud the
speaker were of such reasonable char
acter that those of the Democratic party
who deserve the name would not end rse
either. The respectable, thinking, law
abiding portion of the party with few
exceptious) was not there. And those
few exceptions left the meeting declaring
they cou not endorse the doctrines pro.
mulgated by the speaker.
The orator Of the day was a Mr.
Wright, lying, egotistical, treason
shrieking reprobrate who was forced to
leave Missouri for Missou'i's good.
As "a preface to his traitorous harangue
be stated that "there is time when en-
durancc ceases to be manhood, and tn at
time is now at hand" He next introLuc-
ed his theory of the formation and char.
ac;er of the Government; fallac;ous in its
nature and based on assumption, 10 which
the gentleman abounded He said cit
was no difference what State wished to
secede there was no power to cocrce,'
anu "that the Government could only ex-
ist by consent" and that "if South Car
olina scceded she would have no right to
control her harbor, because it was against
the American policy. Every act to co.
cree is unconstitutional" "Old Abe
was right in calling out 1900 men to
enforce the laws" "Since then he has
done nothing that was constitutional
"Alabamo, Mississippi, Louisiana, Vir-
ginia, Texas and Arkansas" he said,
chad been driven out of the Union on
account Of the action of the President to-
wards South Carolina,' and "there is no
word or act Of his which points towards
restoration of the Union;' but the cow
ardIy renegade forgot to tell his hearers
that nearly all Of the Confederate States
had initiated secession before Lincoln
was inaugurated.
After vllifying the officers of the Ad.
ministration for being Abolitionists, be
said "there was no purpose on Tie part
of the Administration to liberate the
slaves; it was all hypocritical whine
The only object was to fasten a despo,ism
upon the people, aud ",hat no subjects
Of any nation had been degraded as the
American people had"
After stating that there were no laws
in any of the Confederate States agains,
the education of negroes, aud telling
some other whoppers, he said Gas he hat
done frequently in the course of his har
rangue, ABE Lincoln is not the rresi
dent Of the United States. Ihope these
limbs may be stricken from my body if
ever recognize him as such" lie is only
usurper and the people will not be salts
fed until his heart is torn from his body
You must arise and drive the tyran
Lincoln) from power" He urged Their
not to submit to the tyranical Admins
tratiou, but to resist; and If they wer
} called on by any of the pimps of Lncol
, and were oyerpowered, he would expe,
them to 90, but be would expect the
neighbors to follow after with the mea,
j. Of rescuing them. lie denounced II
t conscript act as being demonstrations
D and counseled his audience to resist
9 He said, 81 expect to WELD these arm
in the west, and the time is coming VIII,
every true man will be found on one sic
c and every coward on the other" "Tl
: true man meets the danger while it is
). the distance; as soon as its shadows a
cast toward him he runs out to meet
and it seems to me that when the Provo
Marshal calls should resist" lie sai
he knew how the people of Iowa felt. L
| was at their Democratic State Convex
, tion lately, and saw what passed there
he saw that "thcir hearts were sick WHIT
they saw the prospect of nominating o,
of Lincoln's minions." (Tuttle } B.
d he did not tell how it happened that
a majority of them voted for Gen. Tuttl
He wanted Lincoln to hold the armi
where they we're until some conscrip
= should try the copstitutionalty of Il
n law. In the course of his remarks
i frequently eulogized himself and 9th
4 secessionista, who were obliged to lea,