Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1842-02-25

t0K6n tue painps give ep Gss7 :. ~
ions as to the merits or dement's Ct snnost every
member. The Reporter is quite literal m its encom'
INNS upon the sixteen members ofahe House elected
as Dclnocrrts, with the exception Of Messrs. biggs
and Grant, and these gentlemen r gives pretty
sound currying down. Il makes some statements
concerning Mr. Bggs not very credtabie to ms cnaf-
acer as an honest politician, and tells the oef true
tale that it was from his remarks returned 70 the
Surveyor Generals Office with plats Of his Surveys
that old Harry Clay gathered bis notions about the
western squatters A Christian feeling should teach
our neshbors to forgive the offending gentleman tos
his remarks disrespectn to the honest squatter 4.
the time they were made he had but little knowl-
edge of their true character and may have written
under the influence Of passion. which, when excited
leads captive every good feeling Of his heart re
has expressed deep regret at having SO represented
our souatters, and has thus far been kept in political
existence BY the rbearancc Of the Democracy ofthe
Territory, some Of whom be has entreated to let INN
pass without exposition:
To show that he is led by passion, and that they
are easily excited, will give an instance In the
ed in the Herald, remarking upon the subject OF
economy in Legislative expenditures. Part OF that
communication recitcd acts of expenditure which
neither required comment or explanation at our
hands, but in part oft, conclusions were drawn from
an erroneous basis. A press Of business upon our
hands at the time prevented us from accompanying
it with word of comment and thereupon Nh. Bigss
charged us with disloyaty to the party, in the Leg
islature at least, and expression determination to
have revenge when our bill for printing should come
before the House. When that period arrived, he got
it into Committee composed Of Uriah Bigg, (none
others acting with him. and by report bearing false
hoods Of his own Matching upon its face sought to
cut down our bHto about one-third ofthe amount.
In this he was foied, but it will show that for what
he considers slight offence he can be led to iniict
an injury, even though in doing SO, he must injure
those who never wilfully nor unwitingly harmed
him in the least. Such error is pardonahle in
him. for in his organization he has not selfcontroi
| enough to enable him 10 do justice to bis fellow
men. AS he has stepped bcyon&she mark and his
slanderous remarks upon the settlers have come
home to him at last, fossrhich his constituents will
leave him at home, his name should be hereafter
| mentioned more in the language ofp;ty and sympa-
thy than reproaeh.
Mr. Grant, too, deserves little forbearance. He
is considerably inpregnated with selfimportance,
and has an itching for higher honors than have yet
been bestowed upon him. He fances that his flu
ency in public speaking is the very Of sound
doctrine, and thinking his knowledge of the highest
cast, he feels difidence in setting up JAS Grants
opinions as the standard whereby all should be gov.
erned. Being pretty much of dcmagogue he
chose make economy his Hobby .and began prac
tically, by hesitang to receive the penknfe placed
OH the desk at public expense. He continued to
preach It up to the last, SO if he did not succeed in
bringing the legislature down to his i'll dijested
tons of economy he deserves little credit for his
perseverance. He and Mr.. Biggs disdaining the
stand given them in the Democratic ranks, leagued
with the Wings, and have the glory of having indie
pendcncc enough to stand out and contend against
the majority, if they cannot boast Of much influence.
The Standard plays its part by whitewashing
Messrs i. ,ss and TooIe of the House. l: is Of the
opinion, or pretends TO be- that Mr. Moss is pretty
much of a Tartar, and has reflected so much honor
upon his county that his constituents should applaud
him, ana would do him great injustice by neglecting
to send him to the House hereafter. We know that
many who have heard him in the House do not full
ly appreciate him, consequently the remarks of the
Standard come in good play. We have frequently
heard an expression Of surprise that he ever found
the road to Iowa City, yet we have no doubt he could
have come all the way down himself He is not so
green as n;ne-tenths Of the people would take him
to be.
Itpays Mr. Toole merited compliment, and pre-
maturey, we imagine states that it is his intention
to suffer his name 10 be used more for that Office
Mr.. T. is high minded and honorable man, above
STOPPING to the low tricks Of some Of his ambitious
parzans, and during three four terms, he has &C.
quilted himself with honor. We should be sorry to
see his place filled with Wing.
The editor Of the Argus has lost all his patience,
and raves like a man who has fallen victim to that
dreadful malady, the hydrophobia. He has COM
petey exhausted his catalogue of epithets, in abuse
of all who bore any part other than voting, in spo
sing Of the public printing As the readers Of that
paper have become accustomed to finding in it
abuse of all who refuse to pay homage to its editor
we deem any further notice Of it unnecessary
Never having tried to win favor by flattery, or UNI
merited compliments, nor to retract from the merits
Of those who honestly differ with us in opinion in
noticing the close of the labors Of our Legislators we
shall not go into particulars, but give our opinions
on the general scale. We cannot claim, that the ma
ory Of the Legislature, in the discharge of their in
tricatc duties, have steered clear of error so far as
knowledge of their acts is in possession of The neonl