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

NO. 81.

feast for that length Of time; but the people,
1rue 10 their common country when it is III
danger, rallied in their majesty to the polls,
and swept from the chess-board the political
workers Of iniquity of that day, and with them
their glory. IS 81
We now come to the victories Of 1887, TO
which the gentleman has been so long and SO
loud singing glory, assisted by those Of his
friends who could join in the chorus, and those
4 who could not, done their part by looking ct.
lJect to the best advantage.---Sir, if justice to
the subject would permit, would not for
moment disturb the member and his friends il,
the enjoyments of their supposed victories,
butt feel bound 10 make some expeditions in
relation to the recent elections. The mers5er,
IN his extacies, makes some assertions that the
true results of the recent elections will not
bear him out in. He tells US in his shouts Of
Joy that the people have risen in their strength
from Maine to Missippi, and denounced the
President g. Loco Foco Sub Treasury scheme.
/ suppose he has reference 80 che result Of the
elections in Maine, New York, and Mississip-
pi. AS all this display of victory and glory is
Tor home consumption and party effect, il is a
duty owe to the cause, and the party sup
port, TO give some statistics that will present
these elections in different light. Maine has
not polled her strength since 1884. there has
been no excitement in that State since, suffi.
Gent 10 draw her voters out at that time her
Democratic vote was $4,000. and her Wing
vote $4,000, the aggregate $4,000. In 1887,
the two candidates for Governor had about
81 900 each, il is not known which is elected.
The Senate Of Maine is decidedly Democratic.
1t is evident that the Democratic strength was
patriotism, their strength and their majesty,
haI l,,s
the political iniquity by which they were de-
by the election of Andrew Jackson, and by
which the violated Constitution was restored.
and the right of suffrage securedl Was il
then that the member formed his attachments
for the dear people, and his confidence in their
wisdom and integrity! Or was it in 1889,
when the same people elected the same distin-
guished Office, which is the highest in their
gift, and the highest that man can hold, and
that, too, in gratitude for prostrating a faith
less, that the member is now sustaining, TO
tho utmost of his ability, in defiance of the
thrice expressed will Of the same people, to
whose wisdom lie is singing hosannas! Or
was it in 1894, the memorable panic era! This
was time that tried mems souls; corruption
and bribery walked naked, shameless, and
fearless, in the highways. The wealth ofthe
arstocracy was spread over the land, to the
corruption aud bribery of every man, and eve.
ny man, and every institution. The newspa.
per presses were brought iii the public market,
and in open day, and bribed at midnight in
secret corners. The doubling were made TO
trembIc, the firm to fear; but still the Demo-
cFacy stood fast: they rallied TO the standard
OF The man that never deserted them in their
counlry's greatest perils. The country was
sacred, and the Constitution was sound. Was
it then, ask, that the member in confidence,
and in gratitude, throwcd himself into the
arms Of the people, and embraced their faithi
The President, in conformity with the du-
ties he owed to his country, aud the solemn
administer the Government according TO the
best Of his skill and ability, regarded it as an
imperious duty to remove the depostes Of the
public money from failhless, worthless, dam,
gerous, and unconstitutional institution, that
had been vetoed by the people, and by the ex-
ercise of this duty had drawn upon his devoted
head the concentrated wrath and Indignation
of the United States Bank and the arstocracyi
Of the country; but the old soldier, who knew
no fear or any interest except that Of his COM
mon common country, met the storm and tri-,
umphed, for he YVES on the side Of justice and
the people. ask, was it then that the mem.
Der enrolled himself on the side Of the people1
or was il the little, petty, short-lived Wing
victories Of 1857 that have removed the scales
from his eyes, and brought him to sense Of
the power, the wisdom and the justice Of the,
pcope1 ns u
The member seems apt at calling Names,
and with others Of his party colleagues here
at preierrng charges against the Democracy Of
Executive influence, vassalage and corruption.
These charges seem to be as coinmon as tho
ordinary day business Of this House. ] think,
sir. charges Of this kind come from the Oppo.
sinon 10 bad taste and worse time. A party
nho with many honorable exceptions, ann
happy to say,) live, move, and have their po-
litical being, and daily support, by and from
the banks. No southern slave whose bondage
is absolute and unconditional, is more under
the dominion of his master than hundreds and
thousands Of that party, (who, by their repre-.
sentatives, are daily making these charges a.
gainstihe Democracy aud their representa-
livee,) under the control and dominion ofthe
banks. Look, sir, at their newspaper pressS
es; how far have they fallen from the holy
purposes for which they were originally IN.
vented and established! In place Of being the
mediums through which virtue, science, and
general intelligence is 10 flow to the public
mind, they have become tho fecePtac!es OF all
that is abominable 10 Islander ana vile IN doe
traction. Their columns have become the 81.
thy suers and pullu,ed sluices. through which
there ia no sIander too base, or falsehood too
malignant and poisonous, to pass to the de.
struclion of morals and the peace Of society.
The yirtuous and the patriotic find no advo-
cafes in them. The warrior and the statesman,
whose lives have been worn down in the ser.
vice Of their coun,ry's highest interests, are a.
like the subjects OF their abuse and detraclion:
And look, sir, at their swarms OF letter writer's
who annoy you atcvery step and every corner,
who, like lank, lounging, hungry degs. dat