Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-05-25

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That party has always been s rongest
in that sec ion of The country where
medieSa al traditions prevailed. It's
strongest to-day in those parts where
there is the most ignorance, ard
" here the o'i slaye-holdins Spirit
tnraciousiy survives. Eeitucky,
Maryland, and the Southern Ssates
in which the late rebel feeliug is The
strongest, are the clief Dep ocra tic
States. TIE Democracy d those
States hate equal citizenship What
world they gain in the object most
precious TO them bg nominating Mr..
Scnner or MIR. Adams
1fthe Democ. lie Convention, con
trolied by them, s..ou.d poless &C
qu;eacerce in FL that t',ey notorio s.
~ hate, the county woa'd deserve
disaster II it supposed they meant
anything but 20 obtain power, to be
used for their own purposes, not Tor
those of their opponents. Or if
the Northern element Of the party
should impose declare lion Of ac-
lquiescence uron the Southern wing,
what man in his senses would VIII
'ingly confde the honorable main
1 teaance Of the national settlements
to party SO divided upon the ques-
ton Of their validity that it must be
left to the chance Of majority in the
convention to decide? The actual
condition Of the Democratic party
may be seen in the discussion be-
tween the New York World ard the
Southern Democratic papers. The
| World says that the Southern Demo
Gratis viii never believe that the
Northern understand tire sentiment
Of their section, and SO perpetually
insist upon platforms and candidates
whose defeat is a fOregone conclusion.
The Southern Democratic press re-
] l'Il's tithb ~ hpiIto EbiljttHIIlS, anu
not nothing; that it cannot see what
the Democratic policy gains by the
election of President Of Republican
principles; that the World has no
faith in'the great objects of the party,
and would buy the chance Of success
by surrendering all that makes sue
cess desirable. The Mobile Register
declares that the UOrM is an inn
practicable, which shuts its eyes 90
this reat power Of race iDstinct.o IL
sti%matiZes it as an unbeI;ever-a
trimmer. at is afraid OF It's own
cause" And the Uorld, which
made the same struggle in 1868, and
was defeated at every point, foresees
the conflict in lis party convention,
and SO cOniesseS that the issue is
whether the party viii seek to abol-
ish equal suffrage.
1t is mere folly, therefore, to sug-
gest that the Democratic party should
try short cut 10 power by the nom
ination Of a Republican. little gen
tIemen named by the Springfield
Rcpubiicdn have renowned their
principles, their nomination could
hardly strengthen the opposition.
II they have not, their election would
merely result in their dependence
upon Republicans TO carry out their
policy. And to suppose that thetwo
great parties can be dissolved at this
crisis is to suppose national faulty.
! The Union has been restored: the
Constitution has been wisely amend
ed; the civil administration is more
efficient than for many years; the
debt is steadily Diminishing; faxa-
ton is constantly reduced; industry
and confidence are revived except
where the Democratic Ku-Klux pre-
walls; the great foreign difference is
on the eve Of harmonious settlement;
| tiip vi VIC clIltIu t)tdlto W az
never so honorable, its power never
so respected, as now; and the prac-
tical question which the country is
beginning to answer is, whether the
party and the principles by which all
this has been effected shall be trust
ed, or whether those who plotted and
waged the war, who caused the debt,
who debauched our politics, who re-
sisted the settlement upon equa! citi-
zenship, who insist that nothing shall
be considered settled, and perpetuate
anarchy in the Southern States, shall
be called to administer the Govern
ment. The Democrats could as sens
IDLY nominate General Grant us Mr..
Sumner or Mr.. Adams or Judge Da-
Wis, and they are quite as likely to
do so.-Ha,per's Weekly.
Iowa Governors.