Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1842-09-17

merlts,-yet, US most part OF the wisdom
OF this world is deduced from experiments,
It may not be improper to look for mo
ment at WHAT WE HAVE LOS.. 1v
The loss cfMe State Government Question.
TIE DEMOCRATS, AS a PARTY.
HAVE LOST, at least for the present,
the opportunity o: throw ing themselves
into the scale OF dcmoc ATTIC States where
by their weight and influence. and bv cm.
bodyns their Principles into a substance
possessing all tie attributes Of sove,c irn-
ty, they nigh, have decided The destiny
o. VIC '.stlon, or at least have contributed
essen tally 10 the preservation Of its insti.
tuf .ons. Suppose that by one vote the
ems Of government should be lost to the
4 democratic party, and fall into the gui-
dance Of federal hands,-will the pal,ry
savings OF a few coppcrs comfort the true
democrats Of this Territory for the loss
OF their interests and the defeat Of their
PRINCIPLES in the election Of federalist
to tt, Presidency And will it be a suf.
flclr,nt consolation 10 them to reflect that
they were gsiiea out Of their opportunity
. vote for President by the hypocri,ical
palaver Of whg leaders here, who knew
the people would vote against their can
didstc?
THE DEMOCRATS HAVE LOST
the privilege Of voting against Mr.. Clay,
the wing candidate FOR President, and to
whom s'the settlers on the Black Hawk
Purchase" owe debt that should be paid
The vote Of Iowa might have turned the
scale against Mr.. Clay-yet, for want OF
that vote. he may become President over
the people he has bitterly branded as
"C7u6-Ia,c Afen''-sLawless Bandi.ti''-
and, Island Pirates!n' And what would
be tho consequences flowing from an ad.
ministration with Mr.. Clay at its head
LIST. A Bank OF the United States. Are
the people Of Iowa prepared for this?-
81. 4 High Protective Tariff, to build up
few cotton manufacturing monopoiies in
:, the East, and place additional burdens on
: the people of the West. Are the farmer,
: OF Iowa prepared for this? Sd. Il non.
settlement and non prc-emption 7a,o!! Arc
y "THE SETTLERS ON THE BLACK
HAWK PURCHASER prepared for this,
And yet, whether prepared or not, in the
! event of Mr.. Clay's election, vhich The,
might hare prerented, they will be made
! to suffer the burden Of all these his lavo
!. rite monstrosities!
THE PEOPLE GENERALLY HAVE
LOST the use Of the school lands, which
, would have paid, moro than twice over, all
the additional taxes for State Govern.
: ment for the next twenty years.
= THEY HAVE LOST the five hundred
thousand acres Of land donated to each Of
tho States in which the public lands lie.
as NE law will unqucsiionab!y be repealed
: before we can come into the Union-and
It net, the choice lands will have been
: taken up, and those remaining for tho
:, State will be comparatively yalulcss.
THEY HAVE LOST, tsao Opportunity
Of coming in vim F!or;..a, which = !.
presun::--i will now &c admitted win w.
consia-and ro may thu. be kept out }
LUG or'cii for many years to come-.l
:, cough we have population equal ia
florlda and Wisconsin both put together
This fact, that these little Territoria.
, with half our population, are ready, a
least one Of them, to como into the Union
while We are still hanging back, apaupe,
dependent upon government, ought Il
make us blush!
THEY HAVE LOST, at least for ,he
present, the opportunity Of forming fret
: and independent government-the impor
:, lance Of which ough. TO have bsen Apo
rent enough at the tendency Of the ques
ton, as we were then without Judges or /,
Judiciary, md had been for month, ane
remained SO for month afterwards. We
y shall be subject TO these Inconvenience
g SO long as we remain in state Of tutilage
G to the General Government. Regarded
. as beggars, battoned upon public charity,
we shall not he permitted the privileges
: Of choosers. In other words, a. all our
'ssmall fayors' come to US like gift-horscs
: y will never be polite TO crilicise their de-
. ficicncies.
: - THEY HAVE LOST the time mos,
fitting of all others for the formation Of
an economical system Of government.
3 THEY HAVE LOST AlONEY-and
! lost largely-by emitting, or rather 70
J. lectlng, :he opportunity offered them ol
obtaining an influence and weight and
u voice in Congress which would have
demanded and compelled the removal OF
I those great Instructions to their prospect
! ty-THE RAPIDS-which annually cost
every man in this Territory, indirectly.
five or ten times as much as would be his
share Of taxes for the support Of a State
Government Many farmer pays more
, than what would be his portion Of State
tax on the increased freight OF a single
sack Of salt, occasioned by Instructions in
the Rapids. Many mechanic an labor
ing man pays,evcry month in the year on