Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1843-03-25

hcrei. distress! Well, anon. the op.
poncns of your Military Service Bill,
was NJ. Underwood Of Ky. whose cnn.i
ty 10 the claim, nc said, was based on the
fact tina: these Iowa soldiers had fought
against hei. fciiosc citizens. Gen Dodge
Immediately Put the gentleman hors Le
coal3at, i'll !, way. strange 10 say, per-
iectly satisfactory to the gentleman him.
sell, by declaring tina, Ii had, under his
command in that campaign, soldier who
Trad served scita liz U. at the scige Of
Fort Mcigs-,was wounded sci,h him in the
sortie, under The gallant M.LLsR-and
sciM him taken prisoner by the British
''cou!d such 4 man he charged with en-.
:sasing in al '.jusi war either upon an
invasion or an insurrec,!on?' The Ken
lucky mea'5er was too happy TO be made
known as q soldier to offer any further
resistance to the righteous claim; and it
passed the p1ousc fo.Muih!
E.sow not that moro impressive Or
circumstance has or can pro
sent itself, in the annals Of legislation,
than that Of q fathe. and son. sitting side
by sije--and combating shoulder to
shouler-n the civic Hall of Represen-
ta.iyes, as they had lone in the battle field
for the rights and liberties Of their fellow
man! HENRY DoDGE and AUGUSTUS C..
Dodge arc not unlike Ulysses and 1ele
machus--fit champions OF the young Mo-
Their and the blooming Daaghter-Wls-
coNslN and Iowa.
Congress has done so little good, except
the undoing some Of its own evil Wing
deeds-that it is bootless to refer to that
quarter further just now. The mex, ses-
sion we shall have some democratic ac-
ton; and, ii you desire it, l willacauaint
you with its saIatary doings.
! cannot close this missive without re
terring TO the passage by the Senate OF
that grand transn1oHtatne enterprise the
Oregon Bill-through the sole energy Of
its Ajar lebanon, Senate: Linn. BY
b, eaking through the black barriers
raised against him in that body by the
jjealousies Of Tie South and the British
wing con!caeracy oil! the East, he has
given new world to the march Of civil
zatioa--''pioncered," as he beautifully and
e!oquently expresses it-'sby the Pass,
the PLoUGKsnaEE, and the BlBI.:s!''
But why should the South have her
jealousies? Long before The hardy yeo
many Of the North and West have raj
sed all Empire in Oregon, this "sing'e
Star of,he South" (rexas,) will be mer-
ged III the silken folds Of the National
Banncr-and the onward Southern march
Of political freedom and religious tole-
rance will not stop there. Mexico will
furnish yet other luminurics from her
dark abode Of Ignorance and superstition
10 the galaxy OF the Anglo-Saxon. Wa
X
The rrosts OF her Siberian soil are trot
this day by the foot that is destined &c
press the carpet Of our Legislative Halls
at Washington, in the proud stand Of ;
Representative Of Freemea!
Then let the whole American cont
nent give assurance that the predicted
mellenium is 10 phantasy-but, like the
beautiful machinery Of the Solar system
present an apparent crowd of confused
flights, but really constituting harmoni
,,us movement Of each one perfectly Sc
cure in It's own orbit-and not, in tho
slightest deg.ee, impeding the course Q
another. The mus;c 8 The spheres viii
yet be heard on GARTH
Capt. Tyler IS praclicing the theory O
his quondam comrade, Clay-who vaun
tingly swore--sg give ne the patronage q
the Government and will make mysel
popularm Blu, he, occasionally burns
his fingers, for Blake his COMMISSIONS
Of Public Lands, besides being hostile Il
the best interests Of the humble settler
not having soul enough in his curcase K
appreciate or entertain the anti-scrub
ar.stocratic virtue Of liberality to the poo1
man-and governs the ''nose Of wax" Gas
Webster calls iD Of the "Cuptain," in all
his decisions upon the petitions Of the
emigrant settlers for .postponement Of
sales to more favorable seasons, or to re.
move Land Offices to places they can
moro conveniently approach-all which
obstacles are easily overcome by the rich
specnlators--wlich decisions have, u.
you doubtless know, been uniformally
made against their prayers-besides all
:his, the Captain has but furnished COM
Portable grass plat for an adder--ior
heard Blake declare on the floor Of Con.
gress, where, by some accident or other
he had an ephemeral existence few
years ago-that he had enabled his flag
to the masthead Of Henry Clay, and
would sink or swim with himn'
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