Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-09-08
wolves I'm Sleeps Clothing.

Wolves I'm Sleeps Clothing.
The Democratic party of Iowa
have adopted various expedients In
the last fifteen years, during which
they have been in an almost hope
less minority. During the first four
years of this time their canvasses
We're made almost exclusively on
the charges of alleged corruption,
and, extravagancein the Republican
Administration of affairs. Older
citizens will remember the "awful
disclosures" that used to be made by
Tomlinson & Co., who run the DEM
ocratie State organ, and the fabulous
dimensions and the almost incalcu-
fable cost, running up into the
millions, which Democratic orators
were wont to attribute 10 the Hospi-
tai for the Insane. But all this
passed away. Time demonstrated
that the management Of the affairs
of the State by the Republicans was
honest, economical and judicious.
Our State taxes during all these years
of Republican ascendency have been
lower than those of almost any other
State in the Union. The State is
practically out of debt, with good
surplus in the Treasury, and there is
nobody now silly enough or dishon-
est enough to attempt to impeach
the integrity and ability of the party,
as exhibited in the administration Of
our State Government.
The war came on, and new tactics
were adopted. The expedient of
running r-democrats on anti-war
platforms was faithfully tried. The
Tpttles, Bentons, Merritts ct omne
genus, were successfully brought for
ward, but it was Of no avail; the
people kept on electing Republicans
by steadily increasing majorities.
The "nigger" finally came to be the
sheet anchor of Democratic hopes.
They have opposed the extension Of
free territory, and failed. They
have opposed the war, and failed.
They had opposed emancipation, and
failed. So they took their last stand
on the "nigger. He never should
be enfranchised; no, never, never!
They "would fight it until - frOze
over, and then fight it on the ice."
But that, like the boast Of their reb-
ell friends of dying in the last ditch,
has finally played out. The colored
individual triumphed. The XIV
Amendment is acquiesced in. The
Iowa Democracy acknowledge the
corn" That issue Is dead, dead,
dead!
But the party imagine they are not
quite dead yet. They will make
one more gasp. Thereare no lawful
disclosures" no corruption" no
'textravagance," no "usurpation,"
no nlisrule in the State or National
governments, no bad enactments by
a Republican Legislature, no "nig-
ger" no nothing: only we, the old
time Copperhead Democracy of Iowa,
are SO nearly exhausted, that we
abandon everything, we give up all
of our old principles, we go back on
a lifelong record, we nominate q set
Of men whom nobody knows outside
OF their respective localities, we
adopt platform which says little
and means less-in short, this Is our
death-bed repentance, and we want
to die decently.
Such are the wolves in sleeps
clothing who make one more effort
to deceive and defraud the people Of
Iowa. Will they succeed, or even
make one step towards success? No.
The great majority of the voters Of
Iowa are intelligent, reading, think.
ing mea. They will not take Cop
perhead poison, no matter how
skillfulIy 1t is sGgar-coated. Once
more TINT party viii be defeated
routed even worse than its friend
Napoleon was In the valley Of the
Rhine. Then they will curse their
own imbecility and cowardice, and
R,aeh their teeth rs do their fellow
workers on the banks OF the Styx
---Hasrkeys. at
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PARIS, Sept 5~-There Is great dis
appointment at the name OF Thiers
not appearIng IN the list Of the Pro
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