Year: 1862

The policy which is now sought to be in
auguratcd in Iowa by the leaders of the Re-
publican party, actually threatens a people
hitherto united and harmonious, with all the
evils of grave civil dissension.


The "powers that ben and satellites Which
rcvolve about them, arrogant with the poses
ession of authority, (and we'll for the people
were it "br,cf authori'y''), seem within the
past few weeks more resolutc than ever to
prescribe as disloyal and obnoxious to outrage
and insult, all men who cannot square their
opinions by the same standard with them,
nor fall down and worship the Abolition Ba-
al PROSTATE at their feet.


Through their suggestions to the War De-
partnens, arbitrary arrests arc repeatedly
made, accompanied with incidents of malis-
nant brutality, hitherto unknown in the an
mails of any free people citizens of honora-
BILE standing and influential position as well
as citizens from tho obssurer walks Of life,
upon the mere information of IL corrupt par
tisan press, or q malicious neighbor, are
seized by the officers Of the law and hurried
to Government prisons, for no other crime
than that of Democratic adherence to the
Constitution Of the country the Democratic
party, albeit its heroic legions arc scaling in
blood upon every battle field, their devotion
to the flag of the Union, is denounced at cv-
cry street and from every public ros
trum, as traitorous or cowardly the DEM
ocratic press, unanimously advocating the
prosecution of the war for the suppression OF
all rebellion against tAe supremacy of the
Constitution, is threatened with bars aud
bolts by the authorities or with mob-violence
by villains of less degree, if it dare for one
moment to protest against the infringement of
the liberties of q free people and no effort
untried by the political inquisitioa which now
holds high carnival about US. to cripple, dis
tract and intimidate the Democratic party,
as it enters upon an important political cam
paign.


Democrats, whose loyalty has been tested
NOT in the crucble of your Abolition al
chemist. but wherever strong arms and
earnest appeals for the vindication of the Con-
| stitution and Laws have been requircd-have
meekly submitted to this sort of tyranny too
long already. They ask of their inqusitors
an understanding Of this vindictiyc pcrsecu-
ton. They want to know distinctly what is
sue it is, tina. their opponents seem thus
strangely determined to force upon them
and whether, while the Government is
straining every nerve and imploring the uni
ted support of the loyal North, for its own
preservation, it is indeed the purpose, as it
would really seem, of the political faction
which holds the rens of power in this State,
to stir up the elements Of civil strife at
home.


If this be so-if it is the deliberate design
of the partisan leaders Of Iowa, awaiting
themselves ofthc military-necessity doctrine,
and hood winking the War Department into
the furtherance Of their purposes, to crush
out all freedom of Democratic speech in this
State and prescribe whatever may seem an
tagenistic to the objects and purposes of the
ruling dynasty if every Democratic citizen
is to be given over to the tender marcies of
the marshal or the mob, who dares to ques-
ton the wisdom or the patriotism of the ru-
lers, whom the Almighty in his mysterious
Providence, has seen fit to place oyer US; if
all the sacrifices of men and money and
treasure, which the Democracy of Iowa, have
freely made for the support of the Govern
nent are to be counted as nothing, so long
as the party retains it's distinctive principles
and appellation,- it is then high time that the
truth were known and that the freemen of
Iowa accepted the issue and prepared to
maintain their rights.--State Press