Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1838-03-03


country. They depend aoi on banks nor on the
smiles Of The Aristccracy Tot their maintenance.
They depend upon their sweat, their toll, The
fields that they have cleared with their own
hands, and the rains Of Heaven, for all they
have and all :hey wish.
In the hurry in which our FIRST side was pu,
10 press, an importan, ,ransposiiion occurred.
The following should have followed thirty
ninth line of las, colnmn Of frs, page. /,
should read, "the Democratic strength was
no, At the polls by Between four and five thou..
sand, while The entile HMg strength was
their vote being the same that it was in 1884.
The absence Of the Democratic vote can be &C.
counted for from the fac; that the Democracy
Of Maine, as well as of every other State in
the Union. are The laboring classes Of society,
and never all turn out 10 elections, unless there
is an exciting question.
How is il with New York; By the returns
Of 1884, "a year Of excitement, and the only
one since that tine.) compared with The re.
turns of 1887. there is an aggregate deficien.
cy Of near 81 900 votes; there is Democratic
deficiency Of Al 900. and Wing deficit Of 49,
600. How, then, let me ask. car New oEk
be said to have denounced the President and
his Loco Foco Sub-Treasury schemet Does
The result Of the elections in New ! ork either
sl..v change Of political principles in that
State. does i, denounce the Presiden; 10 the
nnmeasurcd terms represented by the member!
But how stands MissssiPpi!---gallant Demo.
cratic Mississippi must be logged into The ju-
bilee; she must be dragged forward 10 sweet
,he Federal triumph, for which this day seems
10 be set apart. Ii wa"ld tiIat policy
4 i.b
gard 10 Mississippi. lest the whole object Of
all the bacclianalian feas,s would he disclosed
10 the people in whose eyess il is intended 10
ihfow dust.
I, is welI known that Mississippi has jus.
elected Democratic Governor by large ma
ioriiy; nearly all her cai,ine, officers and
large majority of both branches Of the legisla-
ture are Democratic. The JTaig, have indeed
returned two members 10 Congress, but The
election was entirely one-sitled business. The
present worthy and talented members Messrs.
Claiborne and Gholson) were elected in July.
When they presented themselves to be qusil-
fed as members, tine Opposition number on
this floor objected on the ground that the cleo.
ton had been ordered for the extra session on.
". and was, therefore, null and voii.
The objection was orerrulej, but The whole
case was referred TO the COMMITTEE OF Elec.
lions. The Committee reported in favor Of
the sitting members; and after proirac;ed.
careful, and deliberate examination of the
whole case and The circumstances connected
with il, Of both a legal and constitutional char
acter, this House sustained tho report. AMI a.
dopied these gentlemen members for the en-
tire twenty fifth Congress. These gentlemen
were not candidates at the fall elections. The
Democracy Of Mississippi held no election for
Congress. excep; where they were nnspprised
ofthe decision of this House. BUl the modern
Wigs Of Mississippi. in character wit, their
party elsewhere, regardless Of law and The SO.
Tenn decision Of this body, assuming that
Congress had not the constitutional right to
decide upon the competency Of its own mem-
bers, "a right which Is as palpable and as ex-
press as any other power on the fice Of that
instrument, and until now has never been de-
nicd. went on to vote for candidates. and iav-
Ing no opposition, Of course elected them. If
this be mig victory, the member and his par
~ are Yelcpme to il. win all the oiher rictn-
RES over which they are now clarifying. But
when the free people Of this Union look at the
result, they viii say that the Democracy Of
Mississippi have gloriously iriumpficd, and
that their Congressional election was the mere
spasm OF an expiring faction. The last sirug-
gle Of a party which. whether known as Fed
eralis,s, National Republicans, Bank men,
Anti-Aiasons. or Modern Whigs, have always
been known by their unyielding and uncom-
pfising hostility 10 The Democratic party and
tho Demociatie principles, as well as tteirlaw
and constitutional dsfyipg spirit. So much for
Mississippi aud her recen, elections. Now.
sir, ] will ask. in the spiri. Of candor, where
is the cause for all This Wig rejoicing!--.-
Where does the member find reason to justify
the broad assertion, that The people from
Maine to Mississippi have denounced the Pre-
silent or any Of his measures! Is there any
thingin the resn tot these elections that wonld
justify the President in deserving the principles
he has always practised, the party 10 which
he belongs. and the measures upon which he
was elected, The people will answer this.
The member has amused US with some fine
sayings and sweet stories in favor, in approba-
ton. and in confidence ofihc dear people, and
IN confirmation Of their capacity for self.gov-
eminent When did the member acquire this
late confidence in the wisdom Of the people,
90 at war with every principle of The party 10
which he belongs. Will the member be 80,
good as to favor us with his experience that
has brought about this wonderful conversion.
BY which he is brought 10 worship ut the
shrine Of the peoples wisdom4 Was it by the
glorious triumph Of popular suffrage and the
Cons'isn,ion over corrup,ion, coalition and
bribery IN 1929. when the people, in their
patriotism, &c.
Hero should follow the fortie,h line on tho
last column on first page.
But the member calls names. lie has de-
sounced the whole Democratic party, with
bitterness and yindictiyeness hope unworhy
OF his heart, as I.oco Focos. Ia,a unacanaini.
ed with the meaning Of tho term Loeo Foo: +,
IL Of 4 tongue unknown to me. Ii the ter m,
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