Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1844-07-20

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Another assertion, equally = ground
less al the one we have bon noticing, was
made BY Mr.. Reid, viz: that the U. s.
Bank Of Pennsylvania was chartered BY
the democrats. In charity to Mr.. R. we
win suppossssEat ~ msds ihis statement
from ignotance d ths faets, and We VIII
therefore briefly slate them. The Bank
alluded to was chartered asa Stale institu-
ton under the administration Of Gov. R1r-
srs, {whig,) md the House Of Represen-
tatiyes which passed tie bill contained !
handsome wing majority. In this body
the vote was strictly party one-every
wing voting br the bill, and every dem
ocrat against il. The Senate was DEM
ocratic BY small majority, and to carry
the bill through il became necessary to Sc
care three or four democratic votes. The
brihe was offered, and sufficient number
of Judases found to take the silver; but
from the day on which these traitors cast
the votes which gave new Ii . to this great
est Of all swindling institutions they ceosed
to rink as democrats. Their indignant and
betrayed constituents drove them from their
confidence, and they are now, every one
Of them, in filll communion with the wing
party. II, then, charter which was vot-
ed for BY all the wings and opposed BY an
the democrats # the House-voted for by
al the wings Of the Senate and opposed By
all the democrats offhat body except three
or four, and approved by wing Executive
-can make the late q. S. Bank i aloco
concern" as Mr.. Reid declared il to have
been, then was it 50, but not Otherwise
Certain it is, however, that the democracy
Of Pennsylvania waged unceasing warfare
against it, and from the start predicted its
ruin and downfall.
There were other points in Mr.. Reds
speech deserving notice, but to do 50 would
extend our remarks beyond the limits pre-
'scribed. His assault upon the democracy
Of his own town was rude and out Of place.
We know something Of the democrats Of
Fort Madison, and feel well satisfied that
the charges made against them BY Mr..
Reid Of attempting to rule by club-law is
unjust and unmerited. sjt
Mr.. WALLAcE, the defeated wing cam
didate for Congress, took the stand after
Mr.. Reid sat down, and spoke for prob
ably half an hour; but as he uttered moth
ing particularly worthy Of comment, and,
to his credit be it spoken, eyinced none Of
that fell spirit which would cruelty man
for differing with him in opionion, We
pass him over.
Mr.. GR1MEs was next called for, and in
response delivered the best, though, we
feel constrained to say. next to Mr.. Reid,
the most disingenuous and unfair speech
Of the evening. We shall notice but two
points upon which he descanted, viz: the
ineligibility # members Of the Legislature
to seat in the Convention, and the dam
ger, shoald the democrats have the maiori-
" in the convention, Of the. judiciary be-
ing made elective, and thus become the
plaything and sport Of parties. Mr..
Grimes object in raising the question Of
as he had the honesty to avow,
is to affect the election of Messrs. Letter
and Wright ON the democratic ticket; but
in this, we feel sanguine, he viii be grest-
y disappointed. The absurdity Of the
doctrine that the Convention Is q legal
body, and those who holl seats in it are
officers, is too palpable to be overlooked by
even the uninformel; and MI. Grimes, ifhe
wishes 70 add to Or even preserve his rep
utation, had better abstain from volunteer
ing any more such legal opinions. A cor
respondent in to-day's paper handles this
subject at some length and with muchabili-
~; and we think It will puzzle Mr.. Grimes
and Ill others who coincide with him in
opinion. if there be any, toextricate them,
selvesfrom the dilemma which they are
made to occupy. A seat in the Conven-
ton is either an Office or i mot. lift is
then the law authorizing an election BY
the people is an infraction Of the law Of
Congress organizing the Territory, and Of
course nugatory; for It j. positively de-
dared in the 7lh section Of that act, that
"the Governor shall nominate, and by and
with The advice and consent Of the Lepis-
laiive Council, shall appoint al judicial Of.
fcers, SC. and ~ scivI e6ioss nat herein
proUided for." We take Il for granted that
lhe.e are none among u who viii contend
hat Il vas ever intended any Executive
should exercise power 30 important ~
he one which sgr. Crimes construction
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