Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1844-03-30
ssd III From the Globe, March Z.
An Earnest Of victory.

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Congress held joint meeting ia the Senate cham
per On Tuesday evening LAST and we have learn.
ca, with no ordinary degree Of pleasure, that q
better spirit or more cheering prcgnostics, never
animated public assembly. $500 NM eVl
Every party has its grumhlers; but there is
TINS pecuiiarity about the democratic narty--that
The strong, bold currents nj il great primo piles,
oncs larry y motion, sx1eRs on swallowing up,
sectional disc content. thus, on the occasion re- a
erred to, though we surely know chat individual
pleEsnces in regard to the presidency, and shades
n difference in regard TO tariff, had place in
the minds Of some present, yet not single ele-
nent OF discord arose thence to cloud, for mo-
ment, the general harmony.is,s, 9a4tA .a
Measures were taken Tor the organization Of
an executive COMMITTEES, whose buslnessit should
be TO reply 70 that call Of the people now, ON the
eve q sreat political struggle, sounding Up from
W. Senssf q IL ssaeass ais ss
whas the democracy of the country want, and Oh
they want 70 insure succesp, is not mass Of de-
ctamatosy harangues, or Of party rhapsodies, but
Z jadicie0s selectioa Of authentic dUcumcNts,
drawn from the necoris Of the nationy from the
parliamentary history Of Congress-. TKey Want
70 know---not BY vague report, but by indisputa.
biz evidence with date.nd page appended---whst
MS So"S'ess were eoout uuTihg uelr Orlet
hAy-day Of power; the laws they passsi, tho
laws they sought to pass, the professions they
made, aud the practice that followed these pro-
fcsS0nS. @A t In sFS &@ WI NJ tffWssfYt- ~.
Another speaker justly observed that the policy
q our opponents was to put US on the defensive:
70 revive calumnies that have been thousand
times disproved, and dress forth afresh the cast
on humbugs Of 1910. But our true course, he
added, was not to suffer them thus to evade lust
responsibility. They have been in power. They
had majority Of both branches. Their acts are
ON record. For these they are responsible, aud
for these let US call them 10 account They are
vulnerable at every point; aud Il Is our duty 10
afnaga them before the country for the nisdeeds
they have committed.
= A stirring appeal was made by another mem.
Der Of the caucus, that found response ID many q
bosom. Once, he said-once for brief season,
had fraud and FOLLY triumphed over Justice and
reason. The wise and the good looked on with
grief and shame, and honest men half despaired
OF the republic. Across these gloomy prospects,
howeser, the successes Of the very next year shot
. CLEAN Of light. State after State, awakng from
short delnslon, showed, at the ballot,box, their
deliberate judgment OF the party that had scram-
bted into power A second time was the like
issac to be tricd--N second time was unprinci-
Piled intrigue TO take the field in a desperate en-
deavor to sing and shout msn out Of their senses
and their rights. Most fatal would he.the inAu.
ence, hnmiliatiny the spectacle, and deplorable
The consequences, Of second success. But no
such success was possible. The pcople--the
nasscs--were already in advance of their would
be leaders. That was The REGULARITY of our pres.
cut situation. The people we're dragging on with
themt those who sometimes assumed Is guide them.
Never did day dawn oaa Prospest mora cheer.
lng, more enco0raging> mors filled, on every
hand, wah PROMISE of triumphant success, thaa
that now before Us. As
Several Of the speakers touched upon their "a
vonlts peinta--this On thorough reform Of the
ssEiM, Mat 81 the xpedispey cfnwuMpk attention
e Legislative business, md speedy adjournment
Of Congress, but there was no dogmatic allaying
down fthese Or any other tories Good tenn
per pWvaileds hight pleasantrics cnlivencd the
evening, and all separated with the conviction,
that, let the smaller points Of difference among
democrats be rs they will---let there b talk and
variance Of sentiment in the family circle before
hand, --yet let the day of xction arrive. and they
are. against the common enemy, united body,
one and invincible.
The result cf this caucus, cheering as Il is, as
sames yet greater importance, as an indication.
safely TO be trust 4, Of the ananimity and good
feeling that may be expected to characterize the
deliberations and the ultimate decision cf that
larger caucus which is TO assemble in May next.
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