Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1837-07-15

i Springfield, Illinois, has lately been Il
scene Of disgraceful riot. It+seems that III
Illinois Republican took occasion few dav
previous, to censure the conduct of the Com
mlssioners for the erection Of the State Hoase
ior what causes we did not learn. This excl
ted the feelings of some Of those who have eve
petted one of the Commissioners, and accord
ing TO their wishes, the Office of the Republi
can was broken open by the Sheriff of Sanga
mon county, and the editor and establishment
threatened With violence. The Sheriff and 9th.
ers Of the mob. were put down by the reflect.
ing citizens, and brought to justice: After
being bound over, and verbally promising ia
keep the peace, the Sheriff came up behind
the editor in the street and Knocked him down
with loaded whip. The brothers of the edi.
tor lnterfered, and in the scufi1e, the Sheriff
was cut in several places with dirk knife.
This is the spirit Of Whiggery. Here in a
once peaceful, quiet, and moral town, demo.
cracy has fled, and mobocracy reigns in its
stead,--but It's a vain attempt. The freedom
OF the press, guaranteed by the Constitution
cannot be sacrificed thus easy. Mobs NAV
rise, led by the Sheriff, and backed by Con-
gresham, but the fieemen Of our country will
sustain the freedom. Of the press. 1t is an idle
thought, Of the mobiles, that BY the infection
ofblows any end Of theirs will be accomplished.
Should the life Of the editors be sacrificed, the
conduct of the Commissioners will still be
subject to censure. Fcnl must be their deeds,
if they need the force of a mob to maintain
them. Their conduct is disgrace to the
Wing party---and the conduct of the editor Of
the Republican worthy ofall commentator.
We, this week, have the pleasure of ac-
kno@ledging the receipt of coadjutor, in the
WISCONSIN TERRITORIAL GAZETTE AND Bur-
LISGToN ADVERTISER, neat and well arrang-
ed paper, published at Burlington, by JAMES
CLARKE e. Co. and edited with much spirit
and ability. We welcome them as laborers
in the cause Of sending abroad information Of
interest to the emigrant, with regard to the
Iowa District, and the West generally. The
Gazette and our sheet, are the only periodi-
Gals published in the prospective Territory Of
Iowa, section Of country, as yet little known,
though as rich as any portion Of the West, and
which; if properly described, must attract the
attention of the emigrant. speaking Of
the Gazette, we would mention one thing which
we are happy to perceiye---that is, that spirit
Of opposition to large sheets which is fast
spreading among the people, and especially
among printers. The Gazette is little larger
than our sheet, and contains more reading mat
Ter than the New York Courier and Enquirer.
whose only merit is its size; and less accounts
Of hcrrid murders, fatal accidents, and other
items to fill the mind (already troubled with
The blues or pressure) with horror, than the
Saturday Evening Post, or Saturday Courier,
sheets nearly twice its size.
The junior editor having once been associa-
led with one Of the editors of the Gazette, can
assure the people Of this District that the Gaz-
sttewill ever be found with bow, well strung,
'eady to send the dart at the enemy, when
heir rights are invaded; and that no scurrility
will ever find its way into its columns