Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1844-07-27
For the Gazette.

Mr.. EDrToR:-lt may perhaps appear
unnecessary for any democrat to notice the
tricks of certain wing ex-member of the
Legislature from this county, who would
have had himself nominated as one of the
whig candidates for the convention, had he
considered it probable that there was ar
entire certainty Of success; and l would
pass by the profound legal opinions he sees
fit to publish BY means Of street corner
harangue's and communications and edito-
rails in the federal sheet printed at this
place, together with his false statements,
demagogueism and sophistry, and all his
pretended d,sinfercsfcd opposition to Messrs
Letter, Wright and Hepner, were it not
that | considered il the duty of every dem
ocrat to aid in exposing the tricks Of fed
eralism, aid to fasten upon every federal
list his proper mark. / will therefore ask
the use Of your columns for the purpose Of
exposing this would be great mans oppo-
sition to Maj. Hepner-leaving the unan-
swerable argument contained in the COM
munication Of "A Democrat" as proper
offset to his malignant attacks upon the two
first named gentlemen. Isuppose it would
be needless to allude to the unsuccessful
attempts heretofore made by him to defeat
Mr.. Letter, both BY means of legal argu-
ment and the use Of cold Clothes" were it
not that his own defeat was the cause Of
modification and resentment, both of which
still wrankle in his bosom; and hence the
cause Of his bitter opposition.
My object, however; Mr.. Editor, is not
to make personal attack nor to refute the
many legal opinions which that gentleman
has SO often obtruded upon the public,
nearly all of which have been repudiated
by the welr informed Of both parties; but
to Join issue with him upon the legal opin-
ion he is now publishing from the stump
and through the columns Of the Hawkeye.
| allude to his opinion relative to t. hight
Of aliens to hold and convey real state
within this Territory.
We will suppose, for argumentes sake,
that aliens have no such right. Let us
then ask in what way they have lost this
right. The 49th section Of the law relative
to wills &c., approved 25th of January,
1889, decl0res that they have that right,
and that law having been repealed by the
Legislature Of 1928, Of course, if there
is no provision in the new law which acts
IS substitute for the 49th section, and if
hat section was not mere declaratory lao,
hen the Legislature Of 42-3 was the cause
# foreigners losing this right, and upon
hat Legislature will devolve the blame OF
aking from that worthy portion Of our cit
zens (foreigners) one Of the dearest priv
leges they enjoyed. But let US see on
what members Of this Legislature that
blame should fall.
BY reference to page IS Of the Journals
# the House Of Representative for that
ession It appears that committee Of re-
.isicn was appointed 70 revise and compile
he laws Of the Territory, and that that
committee was composed Of Messrs. Wal
ace, Teas, VIM. Patterson and Christie on
ne part Of the Council rs wings and one
lemocrat1 and Messrs. .Mc.aiilldn, Andres, |
Felkner, Hackleman, Lescis, NesDel, Rob-
rtson and WalscortA on the part Of the
louise E6whigs and 3democrats.1 On page |
e @ same Journals, we find that Mr..
Acd chairman Of the comnittee On
he pas ( House, INTRODUCED ! III r.
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