Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1845-07-19

brought 70 our county for trial he has had
. most severe responsibility resting upon
him, but he did not shrink from its dis
charge. The warm appreciation with
which his conduct throughout is spoken Of
by his fellow citizens is the best reward
he can coyet, and the only one he can re-
ceive.
Mr.. Lowe aud the Consultation.
The whig candidate Cor Delegate, We
learn, admits in his speeches.. thaa be i OPP
posed 10 the constitution, bat ssssss that II
1 majority Of the people vote Tor that in
strument he viii. in the event Of his cleo
lion, conceive il to Be his duty to 'sput i
through Congress- with the boundaries
therein designated. This is al very well;
but let US look : little further into Mr..
loves elsciioneering harangues, and see
what other positions he has assumed be-
fore, the people in relation 10 this subject,
and whether they leave him in situation
to fulfil his promise, should he be elected.
Mr.. Lowe, in his speeches, takes the ex-
traordinary grouad, that to rui;ty lie CON-
stitrfioW in dueSst merit i 10 rati)y he
Congregational boundaries. We have moi
been informed II The train Of reasoning By
which he arrives At this ssge and 10 him
original conclusion. but It is certain that in
nearly all the speeches he has made in the
southern counties up to the present time
he boldly avowed this to be his opinion.
1t is not necessary that we should 60 to the
least trouble to show the utter fntility Of
snch conclusion, for we apprehend that
with the exception Of Ralph P. Lowe there
is not in Iowa another man who has given
the subject the slightest attention but will
concede its erroneousness. A simple ref
erence to the act Of Congress itself, which
requires that the changes made in the boun-
daries shall be asserted to BY popular vote
Of the people, TAT THE TINE and in the man
ner prescribed BY the constitution" itself,
Or BY the State legislature, is all that is ne
cessary to show the nntenableness Of Mr..
loves position. But admitting, for the
sake Of argument, that he is right, in what
kind Of a position does it place him on the
boundary question, should The constitution
be adopted andhe go to Washington as our
Delegate? Having proclaimed, in advance.
hat we cannot Adopt the constitution in
August next without also adopting the
boundaries prescribed BY Congress, will he
not be bound, as consistent and upright
man, to maintain the same position before
Congress? How, then, can he redeem his
pledge to. "put through" the constitution
with the convention lines? We are II .
loss to conceive hsw Mr.. Lowe will man
ne TO avoid the dilemma in which he has
placedhimself, goaded on, doubt
less, by his inpIacaLle enmity to the con-
Gen. Dodge, in his desire TO
deal openly and frankly with his constitu-
rnts, gave it as his opinion that we would
not hereafter be able to obtain more ex-
Tended surface for our State limits than
hat embraced within the boundaries Of
Congress; and for this avowal the wings
pretend to deem him disqualified to press
D II claim in favor OF the lines called for by
The constitution. If It be true that the
simple expression Of an opinion as to what
The future action Of Congress will be dis
qualities Mr.. Qodge, j. not Mr.. Lowe still
further disqualified to oct effectively in
faror Of the extended limits our people de-
sire BY the declaration he everywhere
makes in relation to the connexion EXIST
ing between the ratification Of the consii-
tuition and the boundaries Of (ongressP
How can he get up in Congress and ask
that the constitutional lines be given to US,
with his own repeatedly avowed opinion
staring him in the face, that the boundarie,
Of Congress have already been adopted by
the people? With what force can he urge
G ngress to recede from it's action Of lasa
winter, when, according TO his own des.
larations, made to the people before HE
election, the adoption Of the constitution il
an approval Of that action By The people
such an approval 40 The ct itsslf reqaires::
Shoald Mr.. Lowe be elected with 4 fun
knowledge Of the opinions he enlerta;ns
and avows on this subject, will not Con-
gress infer land will it not have perfect
right to infer-tllat the people are in favor
Of the boundaries Of Congress, ard in vot-
ing TO accept the constit,tio contemplated
adopting such boundariesY Such, aaques-
would be the inference; and al
though Mr.. Lowe might make an effort 10
redeem lie pledge 70 "put through" The
constituiioa without mutilaaion, in The fscs
Of the circumstances to which Ne have IL
ludsd + wo''ld tax his fsebls powers Ia
ysin. His position on the question i tsu
tinee nore embarrassing ,kan thel y Cep.