Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1867-07-26
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Tie State Press of July 18th, /. sues an s.Ad-
dress to the PEOPLE of Iowa. by Hon. Chales
Mason, Democratic nominee for Governor. and
makes the very liberal promise Of issuing it
again this week. and striking off several
thousand COPS for gra.ui;ous distribution
This address TO the People of Iowa. is a
most remarkable production in many respects:
but its chef feature is that element OF extern
ton called length.
Aeter stating many interesting and edify-
ing facts, too voluminous and ''vasty'' to be
briefly expressed here,-prominent among
which facts, ais these, that il had pleased his
friends to place him before them as their can
didate for Governor that lie had not sought
it, and should not now decline it; that he
therefore presented himself for their cal did
considers ,ioi, aii si,ouid afterwl,ile present
himself for, the more important matter of.
their sntfraees: that he yielded a ready as
sent to the principles set forth in that master
~ instrument known as the platform adopted
by the Iowa Democratic Conventions, that,
In oil particulars, this document did not quite
SOU IRE with his own exalted notions of per,
lection. but that lie yielded q ready assent
nevertheless that he had never known a
platform that hid: and that in adopting Plat
forms 1t WAS as necessary to evince a spirit
OF concession and com rom'se, as it was to
adopt the platform; that platforms were only
something On which for political parties to
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stand. an tina, in his view, as they were only
temporary-mere i.changes Of base.-it vas
not essential To-. t.lein to be strong, Mr.. Ma
son proceeds to review the instrument above
named some what in de- tail.
On the first article, which relates to the
time honoied = doctrine of State Rights. so
useiul to the soalh in getting ont oil the Union
and 80 useless in getting in again, he says:-
III was only necessary 10 mention i. among
Inc articles of Our Democratic faith to chow
Ina we nave no aposiatized from the political
religion OF our fathers" Now this was an
important Ioint TO make. Look at its force
1t means 10 sill keep voting for Jackson
1t IS the a.aa4neut iiIat solaces a lazy old cow
when she lies down on = railroad track on n
cool summer evening and chews her cud till
she Is helped of. But inertia is an i'm portant
property of matter.
On the article in opposition to striking the
word white out of the State Constitution
more wlud is spent thai on any of the others
But the principle thing in it-af.er STATING
ma they ''ars not prepa, ed 10 receive the col.
ored population into political ass,ciationn-;s
the now, and. forever una ouest;on.
would our fathers have sanctioned such 4
course There, now, are your afathcrs'
again. II is q matter of absolute necessity to
have had, a, hast, one father, but not 80 nee,
esssry to go TO school in the same house he
did, or to pillow with his old pillow.
The talk about the tariff is mere buncomho
The main question before the two parties in
this State. is the final adjustment of that NO.
liticsl maxim in the Declaration of Indenen.
dence, to carry which into practical effect il
TIE great corner stone on which the Republi.
can party was first built, Viz ..thst all men