Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1843-02-11
he people of rlorids, Iowa, and w,.con'


age. The former is, perhaps, less TO be
dreaded than the latter, as its source is
single and individual, ard may be reached
by The constituent with more ease, Ger.
tainty and effect, than when official res.
possibility is divided among the members
Of numerous asssmb y, or covered from
the public eye BY the ermine Of the bench.
by tile passage Of the uct herewith re.
ported, three governors, eleven judges,
and large number Of militia officers,
will hold their commissions, not as here
tofore, by Presidential favor, conferred
in many cases Tor partisan services, bat
by the suffrage oil those upon whose
persons and property they will be called
on to execute and administer the laws.
II will also secure to these Territories
the opportunity Of intrus.ing to their
own citizens the performance OF the dn.
ties Of these high Offices, which have
heretofore, with but few exceptions, been
confded to individuals not resident in the
Territories, but who were, in many in.
stances, strangers to the feelings, inter-
es.s, aid customs Of the people they were
sent 10 govern.
For these reasons, which your COM
mittee have anxious'y considered, they
ask leave to report bill.
We are under renewed obligations to
our Delegate, the Hon. 4. G. Dodge, Cor
Congressional documents.
Mr.. J. F. Webb will also accept our
thanks for the annual report o! the Com
missioner Of the General Land Office.
| luz ALLEGED ATTEMPT At Bribery
MORE BANK vlLLAINy ExPosED.--We have
not heard what has been the final action
in the House upon the alleged attempt to
bride some Of the members. From the
| report however we learn, that Dr.. Rich
ard F. Barrett, we'll known in this CON.
. munity as land aud bank speculator,
has addressed letters to the Speaker Of
the House aud three members Of the
Council, and that Messrs. Rogers and
Andres, Of the House have been approach.
cd by persons indirectly interested in
the Bank Of Dubuque. for the purpose O.
securing their support in favor Of the
Bank. We have learned from several
respectable persons who were at Iowa
City at the time the Speaker received
DR.. Barrett's letter, that Mr.. Morgan
Immediately showed the letter 10 seyera
persons and expressed his determination
to expose DR.. Barrett by laying his le:tel
before the House, and that he considere.
that the most appropriate time TO do this
would be, when the question on the re
peal Of the charter Of this institution
should come up in that body. !, appear.
from tbe report that the letter 10 Mr.
Morgan, above referred To, contains ;
promise Of private advantage il he, Mr.
NJ, would use his influence in favor O
the bank. We have not seen The whole
report OF the Committee. nor the actio,
Of the lloasc upon the report, and are
therefore compelled 10 conGne our re
marks to less space than we would wisl.
There are however certain resolutions
attached to the report that seem to b.
both ill-timcd and on. Of place, and thcs,
: are, resolutions exculpating Messrs. Nor
gan, Rogers and Andres. The Commit
ted were appointed to investigate certain
charges made by the Reporter aud no
for the purpose Of trying the guilt OF in
noccnce Of any member. For what rea
son then arc these resolutions attache,
to the rcport9 For our own part we arr
truly at a loss 10 discover. These reso
buttons instead Of merely cxculpatin.
those members, place them before tn,
public as having been tried for bribery
when no such t.ial hos been had, neither
} has the charge Of bribery been brought
: against them.
Il cannot but DO gratifying to our cit,
flzens, that the owners Of this swindline
shop selected such members as they did
to aid :hem in their nelarious business
that they selected those whom neithe,
gold nor silver could corrupt; and tina
by an inadverta Mt step in their scheme
/ they have exposed their own villany. l
may be considered as alucky circumstance
too, that this a,temp, a, bribery was made
. inasmuch as it has placed tho seal 0
condemnation upon the institution, it ha
/ opened the eyes Of all, and has given /,
our citizens one more lesson III the vii
Iany and corruption Of banking institu
tons.
When we shall have received the iul
Report and the proceedings in the House
thereon, we will lay the whole subjec
before our readers.
l The annual siatemenic The County Gem
nsissioncrs IF Des Moines County An
error was committed in making out the
annual report Of the county commission
ers Of this county, and the statement
heretofore published in our paper, is par
tally incorrect. The corrected rennr