Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1838-02-10

as much as the holders Of its notes were in.
terested in knowing. Had We given minu,,
detail of what was said against the Bank, W
might have involved some men in difficulty, Al
their statement would not coincide with tn,
report Of the committee; and if we had gon,
into outdoor particulars then, itwould be ex
Pected now, and surely Mr.. l.. does not de sir.
the world to know the part he played duriue
the excitement.
| According to our construction Of that clause
of the Constitution which guarantees the lib
erty of the press, its liberty consists in the
right Of its conductors to control it in the man
ner that may to them seem fit and proper, and
not to compel them to put forth all SLANG
and abuse that others may wish. We have
acted on this occasion as we shall upon all O.
theirs. refusing those communications which We
think proper, as well as all demands for the
publication ofunwritten communications. scor.
ming dictation from whatever source it NAV
come, and never shrinking from that response.
bility to which our course may subjectus
A meeting Of the Wings Of 10 Daviess coun.
~. ILL.,, was called at Galena on the eth ult.
for the purpose Of nominating, BY THE People,
candidates 10 represent them in the next Gene.
raj Assembly. This is doing things in the
RICH. way--,hrow off the yoke, and take the
trouble upon yourselves. 1t seems the Who's
have become dissatisfied with tho. nominations
of Col. Wight. as the CO... took good care Of
number one, and always nominated himself
for the highest offices.
The meeting was held in the manner of &C.
neral election. The greatest interest was felt
J., the selection of a candidate for Senator. -
Geo. ". Harrison, A. G. S. Wigh, and DR..
n. Newhall were balot,ed for. The hardes.
pull was between e. W. Harrison and Col.
Wight, the former receiving the greatest mum
Der. The Col being somewhat disappointed
refuses to .'knock under" but co.,es out in
the Gazette, says hard things Of some of the
Wings, and says there was unfair goug;ng---
that the whole was an entire failure, and tha,
in the other counties he can beat his compel,
titor two to one. The Gazette, too, saws i,
left matters just where they were before, and
created dissatisfaction and bad feeling. The
proceedings are not published, but the Gaz-
cite says it adjourned to meet again during the
Circuit Court, when we presume all will be
fairly done, provided, the Col. is nominated
The editor OF the Miners Free Press is in
a snarl abou, the Miners Bank Of Du Buque,
the extra session ofihe Legislative Assembly,
&c. We arc sorry TO find the editor in such
a condition, as we had anticipated little fun
will, him, as soon as our derils fingers &c,
well, so that we could find little time to al
tend to his case. We must, however. defer
it, for we should dislike 10 see him sent 10 the
mad -house, and az evidence that We are no,
in the supposi,ion that little vexa.
ton would render him Fit subject, We give
few extracts, sword for word, and comma for
comma" as Mr.. Fletcher says, from the Free
Press Of the I'd inst. Here they are.--
N"l'he Legislature has adjourned to meet a
gain on the second Monday Of june. They
rave passed as near as we can learn. nearly
me hundred laws. the greater part Of local
these laws the people will for a long
lme be governed by. without knowing their
character, judging from the past what the FIJI.
ure will produce. We need not look for their
publication until some time in July, it is true,
he Legislature have authorized every news
paper i'll the Territory to reprint them, but it
will be SO long before we can expect them to
come 10 hand that it will be almost useless,
he last paper from Burlington, which came
" mail was dated Nov. 23. 1887; query,
when will the next arrive. and how long at the |
same rate Of travel will il take for us TO re-
.eive all the numbers contain was the law Of
he 1'erritcry!'
snow whore do they derive the power 10 sit |
'gain? IL they have right 10 meet in June,
hey had the right to continue the session just
:losed until thu, time, let il DO granted that |
hey have this power and the present incu,n-
,ents arc tho members forever. We have
leard il said that a suggestion was made for
heir adjournment Of the past session so as 10
cave some ten days for the adjourned session,
hen The meeting would have been legal, hut
70, a majority VIC understand, concluded that
hey could inset and then ask Congress to lie.
.alize their acts. the people would like 10 see
he man who would dare rise in his sea. and
l,us expose their folly-..the world would mark
he citizens of Wisconsin as sc, of fools, and
hoy would become the by-word and laughing
tock Of the United States. Therefore, be il
,nown, that as citizens Of Wisconsin. we do
low protest for our own reputation, against a.
y such procedure and request some worthy