Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-08-29
Is X a GcnuIne Conversion .

Y ~, especially il hc holds 10 the idea
: OF the Republican party, will enquir
il the sudden conversion of the Dem
ocratic party to the ideas and meas
! u-es against which it has contcndct
;, so strcnuously up to very recent pc
riod IS genuine and sincere. Th,
J. platforms OF the two parties-as now
arraycd against each othcr-do no
essentially differ. Opinions as to th,
fitness OF the candidates will vary
J But the gl cat and essential question
is-What is the real animus and pur
pose of the party which asks the
country to take the government from
the hands OF that party which sup
: pressed the rebellion, abolished slav-
cry and saved the Union, and hand
|, it over to another party composed in
tho main of those who quite recent
ly opposed 10y every means in their
power tho measures and principles
they now profess to adopt? We 10
not now propose 10 enter into any
full discussion Of this question, but
: will barely present fragment Of cv-
idence bearing upon it. We haye
before US copy OF the Lexingt on,
Missouri, Weekly Caucasian, which ;ar
ries the names of Greeley and Brown
a. it's masthead. How widely it rep
resents the true feelings and pur-
poses of the Democratic party We do
not know, and make no assertion
The paper is large, well-prlnted
sheet, of nine columns to the page
The town where It Is published is a
place of 1000 to 5000 inhabitants
1.-THE Caucasian .carries at the head OF
its editorial columns these declara-
tions OF principles which we copy
verbatim
Estate soversignty!-White Supremacy
and Repudiation!-This is Liberty!
Our motto: Never Despair Of the Rerub
lie! Cur platform, the Constitution Of
1860, and the rights Of the States!
| Our Doctrines-This is q white mans
government, made by white men, for white
men and their posterity forever!
| DOWN WITH THE FIFTEENTH DE-
DAMNEDNIENT
Total liquidation Of the monstrous Yam
kec War dett, That accursed, unconstitu-
tional burden, accumulated by an uncon-
stitutional mob, styling itself q Congress.
| in the prosecution of an unconstitutional
crusade, for the accomplishment Of an un-
constitutional and horrid purpose!
DOWN WITH EONDHOLDERS AND
TAXATION!
Subordination of the Military to the civil
authorities!
Down with the Satrars
Eaual Taxation AMI the rightfnl repre-
sentation of all the States or ANOTHER
| REBELLION.
Revolution must be met by counter rev
o!ution!-Violence by violence!-and usur-
ration should be overthrown, if need be,
by the bayonei.
Down with test oaths and registrations,
vive Ia Republique.
| For President, HORACE GREELEY, Of
| New York.
| For Vice President, B GRATZ BROWN,
Of Missouri
Our readers will understand that
the above is duly displayed in CAPT
tails SO as to strike the eye and make
tho most startling portions OF 1t par
ticularly conspicuous.
The copy OF tho Caucasian bcioro
MS bars date July 6, 1S72,-tho
week before tho Baltimore Conyen-
tion-and has at the head OF one of
columns the picture OF a 'Possum ly-
ing on its back, with these significant
words under tile is not dead,
but sleeping" One OF its leading
editorials is addressed to the Balti-
more Convention, then just about to
assemble, and is headed "The Pos
sum-" The drift of tho article is TO
I,oppose the making nomination by
the Convention, but to pursue .
| "possum" policy. Referring to the
word possum and to the picture OF
that animal at the head OF the article,
it says: 1T signifies strength, abili-
" and the faculty OF
e.aaing-rcprescnts just what the
Democratic party, which is to as
semble at Baltimore next Tuesday,
ought to cxhibit-Ability and Gun
ning."
The Cancosna then goes on to
show how the Democrats party
should support MIR. Greeley, in such
manner as not to damage hlm, and
to tell the good things he will do II
elected. The article concludes
"Nuw is the hour TO be wise-to be
shrewd-to be cunning. This is tie
timc to play PossuM-to be ABLE
and CUNNING. Democrats. bo sensi.
BILE. Remember, Now or never will
tho Republic DO saved, a remnant OF
liberty preserved, and Democracy be
| made a porer IN the land, as of yore.-
For Gods sake, brethren, be wise"
lis unnecessary for us to quote at
length from other articles which are
in vein OF bitter hostility to every
thing savoring OF Republicanism.
! Massachusetts is repeatedly and cv-
! srythins styled "Nastychusetts."
Our readers will form their own
| opinions how far the paper from
which VIC have quoted accepts IN
good faith tho platform of principles
on which Mr.. Greeley was nominal
ed. Lafayette county, in which it is
published, has colored population
of 1865 out of total of 22,623, or
about one.tourth of the whole. We
are curious to know how many of
these will accept Mr.. Summers ad-
vice to the colored people to vote
for Mr.. Greeley as surer way of Sc
curing their equal rights and PRIV
ileges than by supporting the Re-
publican party. We suspect that the
number can be counted on the fing
ers OF one hand. If tho Caaeasian
anywhere nearly reflects the spirit of
the Democratic party to-day, then
Horace Greeley did not very much
mistake its character when, in Feb
ruary, 1871, he wrote:
The brain, the heart, tho soul of the
present Democratic party. is the rebel ele-
mcnt at the South, with its Northern allies