Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1845-07-26

able result Of last Apgils eAoeaaN 9t5Lliil
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Blidsummer NlaAness.9 aiiias
Sirius, The dog star, notwithstanding
what alman,c makers may say to the con-
trary, commenced raging weeks nso, - we
infer from the effect i appears 70 have had
on some Of The prominent politicians Of
Iowa. The. wing candidate for Congress
has given indications that hs. 4 least. hes
suffered from lie balsful influence. In q
speech made more than I fortnight ago at
Keosauqua, in Van Buren, county, Mr..
Lowe, according to the statement Of : corr.
respondent, gave utterance, in substance, to
this ebulli.ion Of fine ftenxy:" eff" said
he, "fellow citizens, I shall beso fortunate
- to be elected to represent you on, the
halls Of Congress, and turbulence and ex-
element should occur, would Be found As
ready 70 give, - to receive. blows; and
should the worst come to the worst, and
blood BE- spilled, ! shall be found : life
less corpse nearest the Speakers table!!!'
Now this is furious exceedingly, and in
our limited reading we remember but one
passage at all equal 70 it in Sound and
fury" We allude. ofceurse, to the thrill
ling outburst Of the chivalrous Pistol Il,
@what! shall y. have incisieas shall We in
Then aeasa rock me asleep, abridge ~ do,eful
Is days! s.es1tfylogiA :; As 81 ytsse
Why then Jet gricvous, ghastly, gaping wounds
Untwine the sisters thfse! come, Atropos,
i, sss sayP' bes .saejeil sfi3 ID aoiie9,s s5
Sir Robert Peel made great bluster in
parliament recently On The subject Of Ore
gon,, but he, surely was not aware Of the
presence in this country Of such men a
Mr.. Lowe, aelsei his premiership would
have kept remarkably cool. Mr.. L.would
have made an invaluable member in wa,
times, but - every cloud Of that kind ha.
passed away, we presume his peculial
temperament would b useless in peace
ful Congress. By the way, this place the,
call Congress must be IN awful scene .
ssurbulenee and exciienent,' when mel
are ssssssss + q sasi5 ass4 ssS| s Ess
we decline the honor Of ever being select
ed for the purpose Of lying stark and stiff
on the door Of the House. s.san~t-s-Wa
l ,. It may Be, however, that Mr.. Lowe doe.
not esteem i 50 dangerous ! place ~ h,
represents. His remarks may possibly b,
intended only as striking specimen Of on.
Of the varities Of stump oratory, in which
he u wondrous adept. Some one ha.
divided this science, If We may 50 desig.
nate it, into several departments; among
!, others the logical, the pathdic, the 'sgiraf
fc" and the s't;gsristic." Now in sllthes.
varieties Mr.. Z. il most excellent. Wher
he contends for the convention boundaries
then denounces the CHER provisions Of thu
constitution, and then shows that If the PEG.
pie desire admission into the Union undel
this self same constitution it would be NOR.
sale in his hands than in the custody Of it,
friends, this is sample Of the logical
Whsa he speaks, and fselinsly too, Of the
favors heaped upon his opponent By tn,
people, and intimates that his merits have
been oyerlooked-when he calls public at.
11tention to tho ''family influence" Of Gen
Dodge, and then points . his own relation
Hess situation, his auditors know Ne isvere.
ing on the pathetic. When he lays bare Il
the adpirins gaze Of the people his, .cheme.
lef Improvement. BY which The fwatsrs o
the rivers Of Iowa will Be made 70 skis,
The feet Of her thousand Cities and cleo.
tri6es them with the .lnnune;asion thai Ii,
'heart beats ip unison with The great low,
hear" this il intended a. . tit-bit of III,
seirafRc." And when he profIers, fur IN.
lgood Of his constitnsnts, 70 give His bod,
as sacTifioe to excitsd and turbulent mem,
tbsn Of Congress, ~ he did At Kssssuqua
| IN the ssnarkso shove quoted, and which
iars dangerous 70 repeat. he i shen indale.
ling in one q The hishelt exceilencies !
stunp or.tory, 70 WI: the sstigeri.iic.n
Ihge isaedhr node 4 s&p1ining thi,
ouiburst Of selfsihpslaaiag psfIistisa, and
which shows that<ths wings. themselve,