The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-08-08
Mason's New Platform.

uSucA0uC pOct says TUch6 QccenSN
Averni"--that Is. 1.-THE descent into hel
IL easy" Of this Judge Mason furnishe
agood illustration. When the conspir
ators banded themselves together to de
stroy the Government, he chose his no
sition and his friends, and gave then
his hlora influence for secession and re
bellion. Having made this long strid,
upon the road to hell, every thing |.
easy aud certain. Knowing the poten,
spirit Of evil which governs and control,
him, he believes all men governed BY
their evil passions and propensites.
Ills manifesto to the people of Iowa,
which baars his name is about as bad as
may be and exhibits shameless effiuut-
cry not possible, except by a man tray
cling the broad and easy road aforesaid.
But this did not satisfy his ambition
Like the bag in Tam O'Shanter, he is
bound to be conspicuous figure in the
d. dance, even If his garment is short.
He is writing series Of elaborate and
labored articles for the nameess and
fameless thing of infamy printed in this
!, city, and which the editors, having moth
ing to lose, are fathering. by placing in
the editorial column. There is no ques-
ton about the paternity. The ear marks
are undoubtedly those of Charles Mason.
Translated into English and Invested of
verbagc, the Judge makes the following
points:
LIST. State Sovereignty. The rebel
states had the same right to contract
debts In the interest of rebellion and
secession, that the loyal States had i'm
the interest Of the Union, to defend the
nation and preserve its existence
ID. yhe loyal States in compelling the
Confederate States to repudiate their
sacred obligations Incurred in an unsuc-
ccssful effort to destroy the Governments
have done great wrong, and set an ex-
ample of reputation of solemn oblga-
tons, which will finally result in sepu-
diation of our national debt.
Sd. The war for the Union was wrong,
and III violation Of the Constitution, and
therefore the debt contracted in carry
ing it on ought never to be paid.
4th. The debt is large, is hurdensome
to the people, was incurred as above
stated, and therefore will and should be
rcpudiated.
9th. The slaves were never freed To-
goliy or constitutionally, and therefore
must be either re-enslaved ~ or paid for
by the nation.
Judge Mason, as he clearly indicates
in these articles, wants the negroes nut
back into their normal condition of
bondage, and the rebels and copperheads
into ONCE and power, and his faith in
MS friends and co-Workers l. such that
he is perfectly satisfied populations will
follow fast enough
Had we the least doubt as to Mason's
being beaten out Of sight and hearing in
the Gubernatorial race, we should urge
the general circulation eff these articles
among the people without note or COM
ment.--B burlington Houk- Eye.
Those of the disloyalists of Tennessee
who have been employing colored men
are discharging them because they vo-
ted the Republican ticket Oh Thursday.
This Il specimen of what used to be
called Southern "chivalry" but fortu-
nately that ficticions Institution is on
its last legs. The freed blacks of Tenes-
see, ifjeft in idleness, would probably
be more damaging to their late employ
ers than they would be damaged them
selves by being refused employment.
1t is likely, however, that the labor
market in Tennessee, as everywhere
else, will be controlled by the demand
and supply and not by the political
whima or persanal caprices OF bogus
'chivalry."