Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser., 1842-11-19

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in carrying out measures a. variance
with his PRINCIPLES. 1t is true that a
straight forward and honest course has
sometimes the eject Of rendering man
unpopular with his immediate consti,u-
cn's, but It is equally true that in tho
end such course will evcn.uate TO his
permanent benefit, and oltcn!imes be
praised by the very persons who were
first and foremost in their disapprcba-
ton OF it. Honest integrity, and upright
motives will be appreciated by the mass.
let the situation in life, Of him who prac.
tees and not simply processes, be what
it may.
VHlG ARirnMETlc1aNs. That the whig
editors Of the prcsen, day are apt schol-
lars in arithmetic no one cat Tor a mo.
9ent doubt after reading the following
examples from the whig ari,hmetioal cal
cu!a,ions Of 1912, made by the whigedi.
tors generally throughout The United
States and Territories: q.
| DIVISION.
EXAMPLE In 1871, the democrats
had majority Of e5 on jont-balot. in the
Pennsylvania Legislatures. this year,
"they have half that number;'' thus:
divide 25 by the product is e5, (be;ng
the majority on join.-ballot this year.)
Coroliary.-"llad the wings been un,ied
they would have had U majority Of le on
jointsballot.
EXAMPLE 2.-Last yeur, in New Jcr.
Esey, the wings had majority Of le on
joint-ballot, this. year sthey have gained a
splendid victory!" thus: The Democrat.
ic majority in the popular vote of the
State e 9,943) divided by tho whig MAORI.
ty on joint-bello, (8) leaves the following
product: 'sNew Jersey is whig 10 tho
coren'
uorollcry.-Gefrymandering a State
does not effect the popular vote!
SUBTRACTION.
EXAMPLE 3.-At the Wing Barbecue
at Dayton on the 99lh Of September +,
there were 10000 wings present; a, the
polls. Of the Ohio election, on the. lI,h Of
October, there were only llo,56l whig
voters present, consequently large. num-
ber OF voters could not have renchc1l their
homes in time, to vote, thus; ..subtroct
lH,5Gi, from 10000, the remainder Is
10000 that dad not vote at all.''
corolla'y.-lf pipe-laying Ind not been
detected the wings would have elected
Tom Corwin.
EXAMPLE Al tho late election in
Maryland, the democratic majority on The
popular vote was 1000, and the Legisla,
ture is democratic by majority Of 6 on
nt-ballot. Maryland is whg State,
thus: subtract 'indiAtrence'' fron, 2ooo,
and ''local causcs'' from 6, and whio
majority remains. .
c~ollary.- United We stand, divided
we fall"
1hisis the manner in whicl, The whirs
cast up election returns, iand were. the
readers of, w!'ig journals to rely solely
upon the Statements OF lpnjority Of ihe.
Whig. editors for correct election news.
we doubt much whether they could come
10 any rtconclusion than that none Of
the State elections that have taken place
this fall were test Of the strength ofthe
whig party. =
We-rxpcct inthc course Of another
ween to .-eceivc resurss from New York,
when we s;n..l nrobaby be ab'e to give a
few more cxamp...es IN addition and null
tiplication, and should ..'eEyY' Clay con
Iinue 10 be the whig candidate w will no
doubt be called upon togiye an exa,.n p's'
n the double rule cf ONE. 1
ADDITIONAL STATISTICS OF HENaY Cory. !,
Fy-since compiling the statistics :of
Henry County which was published In
The "Gazette" several weeks since. we
have been politely furnished by..E. Kill.
patrick Esq.,.of Mount Pleasant, with:
some additional statistics taken from the
assessment return Of that county. lor
1912, and which will Hs found below.
There are atpresenti in Henfy County.
1903 horses, valued ut e49,94o; 1854
'eat cattle, valued at $780,. 1890
'ogs, valued at $l2,97o;. 49s wagons
md carriages, valued at $22,2oO;- and
Es4 watches andclocks, valued at ST. 300.
The assessed value Of land and town
OTIS subject to taxation is $45s,ooo; and
ne number q persons subject to. a poll
ak is 9l7.
By comparing the foregoing with the
'tatistics Of 1910, il will be seen that
henry County is rapidly improving in
wealth and prosperity. II
The Mlsslsslpl RlvER.-It has been
aptly said that ''The Mississippi is the
great Steamboat Urava vnrd of A,,,a.: >, I