Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1843-01-28
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Ills position. ss.
Hunting and fishing were the primitive
occupations of the red men; and the hatit
had become so incorporated into the body
mental nnd physical Of the whites, xIhat
many Of them seemed to. continue. the
routine Of gaming, no, SO much ac,uafed
by the spoils obtained, as iinpelled by
some invisible destructive spirit inspiring
withiss them propensity to im,nolation.
There were 2)so many other traits ex-
hibiting this, tohim, almost inexplicable
Sympathy, among them might be nsn.
toned the migratory disposition NANTES.
ted by many: new settlers, who were fre-
quently changing their residence md
that, 100, under some circum stances, with
most astonishing rapidity. Ilc would 10:
prete,d to say Tor what purpose, whclh.
err i; was to escape. pecunary demands,
and thereby save themselves from the
disgrace Of their liquidation by taking
the benefit Of The Ban krupt Law. or to
escape the vigilance of Justice, for other
offences; bat tris much The could say
from personal observation, that among
his constituency il had been carried to
such an extent. that he doubted very
much il he would be able To retain his
seat in that House AT he next session Of
the General Assembly
Another striking instance Of this fel.
)low-tee!ing, continued the speaker is
shown in the aliuchGen, ev.uccd by a
certain class Tor the female portion oil
these children of the forest, whenever
their proximity to our large town, or
villages renders then, accessible. He
hal viewed thls sub. c, with feelings Of
min .slel horror and regret, 5u. h. he
iirsed ne Mas now prepared to affirm,
thai the Indulgence OF an intercourse
So nausea'ng aud repugnant no longer
existed. ii indeed. il ever nd exist. Che
would NOT say anon. The members Of
that moral aud enlightened body,) bat in
The community generally. He should
propose, however ut .'some future day.
clause, for lis entire extinction, III be in
! corpora:cd IN the BIZ, entitled. ..An Act
toi the Prevention al Certain Immoral
Pracl!ccs"
y, this Stage Of The gen,eman's re
marks most OF the members hal fallen
nSicop; and, of course ieit, or pretended
10 feel lutte or no interest in this part ot
the argument! \ pause ensuing, The
Cs,a'. succeeded in awakening them, and
Nh. & was about TO resume, when Mr.. !!
MndIy, having partially recovered him
sell, rose and salt.:---
He had an l!,Iislinc, recollection OF the
last sgnt"sce OF the gentleman remarks,
hut he wished him to repeat il.
Mr. Cullen here reiterated what he |
had already said.
al. IFuaay.-Did he understand the
gentleman To say that certain lnmoral
practices prevented III this House? and, il |
SO. did he mean to al'udc to him?
Mr.. Gle had merely said. ..f they
ever d1a exist. (he would not say among
the members OF that moral and enIig5t
had used. lie did n.,, for u moment,
think Mr.. W capa6!e Of such iniul gen,c.
Mr.. Windy then declared hlul~e,fl
perfectly satisfied with the expl nation
,he gentleman! had made, ai,l that he had
AWAY eA.e t, nol nolc n,ner than tie
kln lllesi ice Tags toward han.
Nj, Guilem Mighty exu ,pefa I'd. con ia
ucd by saylng, that III: a,aith, ev,nc. ID
by the members present, on u subject; a.
such vital Importance 10 the punilc, had
induced hm TO urge it no farther. 1t
was The last time he should address them!
he did not think that they cared ID
tor the. welfare o. their constituents, So
that they could pass away their lime nd
poke, their three do.lafs IL day!! As
for h mselt, he had no farther business.
save The presentation Of thirteen pe.i.
,ionS, and waen he had done this lie
81 ou,d re,ir.. IN disgu>t from an assembly
which had shown >ucl, want ot interest
on tn. subject OF c,rn-dm9gers, and re-
turn To his constituents.
Inc worthy speaker here sat down a.
midst the jeers and misses Of his friends;
Alas, how trans,:ory is fame! The lau-
res which he had won only Yesterday
have thus rudcly been torn rom his
brow! and all for slight inJiscrelion in
telling the truth
\ bill has been presented for the pur
pose OF incorporating the Scott County
Hydraulic Company" its object being
10 Tx Il Standard for the Rising and
Failing "l' Streams, and 10 Regulate the
DRINKING OF Slough Water!
MIR. Buretn begged leave to present a
memorial from ciizens Of Bur!ing Ton,
PRAYING Tor the redress Of certain yriev
anccs aud the removal OF certain nui-
slhcts. SHALL enleuvor 10 obtain a /
transcript OF this curious document Tor
my next.
Yours &c