Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1843-03-17


10 appeared as what We are COW 'o'o ~
q paper i. was designed to be. to-wi.: "no'
Z. muc,, as an editorial Of the Gazette, as an
sfl,ess from lis senior editor TO tho people Of
MS (Des Moines) county. giving his reasons
| for voting against the law whe" before the
legisla, ore''-had it we say. appeared as such
.an address, over The signature OF its author,
course we should have had not word TO say
| mon the subject. We should not have called
| in question even the propriety Of such step o"
The mart Of the senior editor" Of the Gazette
and much less his :. right to take it. But the
article referred to die no: appear as snch " an
address," On the contrary it appeared ed':o-
r;aUv. and with the declaration on the part OF
the writer that what it expressed was said ny
him :. not less as editor Of public Journal
than as member vf the Legislature who had
voted agains. the law. And thus appearing
had we no right TO notice il, and to dissent
from its views, which we knew TO be at varl'
ance with those Of many OF the Democratic
members of the Legislature (including the two
colleagues Of its au,l,or)-and had every rea-
son for believing did not accord with the SEN
,ments Of large majority OF the Democracy
Of the Terri,ory-had we, we repeat, no right
TO notice the Gazette's article! Such posi-
ton will hardly, we think, be assumed; and
vet some such inference forces itself irreslsta-
bly, upon the mind, from the language now
l. - H. rho - 2ooiae Edifor'
Of the Gazette ought to know. if he does not,
that any design of interfering between him
and .shis constituents" or of ''arraigning"
his conduct, was farthest from our thoughts.
Suppose we were to throw out the lnil-
nation Of design on his part-whch, how
ever, we are sure had no existence-to ar
raign the conduc. Of his colleagues. and other
fellow. democratic members OF The Legislature,
before their constttu ,nts, for the votes which
they gave, differing with his own Is not his
editorial article, condemning the valuation law
in unqualified terms, quite as open, to say the
least Of it, to such an imputation. as were our
remarks with reference 10 that article! Let
him pnt this question TO himself, and reflect
upon il for moment. That such is the opin.
ion of some other persons we have reason to
k.ow--and yet we are equally sure that no
such design ever entered the mind Of the ''Se
nior Editor of the Gazette, when he was
penning his article.
But, with the Gazette, we cheeIfulIy 'sJls-
miss this question:" having pursued what we
not only knew TO be our right" but conceiv-
Cd o BIO duty in regard to IL We regret
ted to see the course pursued by the Gazette
upon the subject. honestly believing it to be
wrong both as TO principle and policy, and cal
culated to work injuriously. We expressed
this opinion Without a shadow of unkind feel
ing, and in the most respectful terms. The
Gazette has, TO use an appropriate vulgarism,
fared up at our remarks, proving concusively,
we think, by its evident soreness upon the SUBJ
ject, IT'S conviction that it was wrong.
If we breach the subject again, it will only
be IN case it shall become necessary in self
defence, Gas it is at presently fully concuuing.
as we do, with the Gazette, that both it and
the Herald have plenty Of other work Before
them (and in the performance Of which they
cordially agree,) TO occupy all their leisure
moments until after the next election.
T The conductors Of the Wing press
in this Territory, it matters not whether
they be the ostensible editors. or the
cIiques who control them. in their zeal to
dispIace Gen. Dodge in the high es,ima.
ton in which he IS held by the people Of
Iowa. are not perhaps aware Of The high
compliments they are weekly paying him.
With no other evidence before them ,ha,
he is 10 be the next candidate for Dele
gate than is to be found in the general sat
isfac,ion tina, he has given. his name. has
been KEEP, before the people as a candidate.
and as such he has received all the abuse
which could be heaped upon him even if
he occupied that position before the peo-
pie. BE it so. From the eagerness with
which they grasp at every act which they
can cons,rne to his prejudice, all will infer
that if his name is again brough, before the
people. the books are posted up and no
new tissue" TO borrow phrase, Is TO be
made. From the general satisfae ton which
Gen. D. has given, and knowing ,ha. the
Democracy can appreciate his services.
we presume he will be the nominee of the
convention. yet we know that there are
others, worthy and competent, from a
mong whom another choice mlgh,Ihe made.
The Democracy are lied to no man, and
if our Wing neighbors will treat Gen. y.
as The candidate Of the party, it must be
from q consciousness If h;s .,n,c;,v ,nL
faith in the good judgment of the Democ-