Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser., 1845-07-05
stitution framed BY convention in Octs1
Der last, as thoroughly democratic asa
worthy of their confidence and supports
our next Delegate.

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Our next Delegate.
We had last week the Satisfaction Of siis
nouncing the denomination u Hon. A. 6
DoDer to tie important station he has late
" filled, 40 creditably to himself and 70
advantageously to the interests Of the Tsrs
ritory, by The unanimous voice Of Cons
ven,ion in which every county was repre-
sented with the exception Of Mshaska.---. +
A nomination more satisIactoryto the Ds.
mocracy Of the Territory could not have
been made, and large majority Of The
people Of lows will embrace this oppor.
tunity OF bestouing their voice Of approval
upon the Delegate who has 50 ably fepa
resented them. and so faithfully guarded and
advanced tlei, interests The qtes,ionto
be decided b, each voter In making his sc-
l lection from tie two candidates, - simply
this which. under all the circumstances,
can do Inost for ihe T.rri,ory9 Aad tbs
D solution OF this question is, to our mintiss
! perfectly easy. Gen. Dodge has been %
long il The pubic colncils---has become -
intimately acqu inted with the present
!, mcnbers ol tie Cabinet. and all those MhO
control he aifa rs Of the casntfy and has
lccome 50 famii n with the routine " Cois-
gressiunal business, and the manner IN
which public affairs are manayed, thai, -
must Be evident 10 every man ofreiiechons
. he can do vastly more for the Territory
than new man4--one unacquainted 8
Washington, and who u Under the neces-
sity of making napc and an influence fuz
himself before he can effect any thing fof
his constituency. The ensuing session
will be an important one for lowa-our
A Constitution is again TO pass tie ordeal
of that body-and il is consequently ot
J, vast Importance To Us that we have IN Con-
gress Delegate who, from his intimate
acquaintance with puplic men, and COM
! inanding infuece, can project and advance
our interests. These qualifications we are
4 certain Gen. Dodge possesses, and we
have the private assurance Of men high IN
official station, and in the confidence Of the
public, that In the last Congress he main
sained high rank, and exerted strong
influence. -
| 1t is reduced to an absolute certainty
that the Democrats will have . large ma
iority in the next Congress. Party fsc!-
| ing and party sympathies are known 70 %
strong the world overs
4 Men are more ready influenced by ons
whose principles are identical with their
own, than by one entertaining cpposlts
opinions. 1t must hence be evident to
men Of both political parties, that DEM
M ocrat can effect much more for Us in the
next Congress than a Whig--especialy =
Democrat who is already prominent
man in his party. We believe these
considerations should, and will, operate
3 farorably upon the minds Of the people,
and induce many Of them to vote for
Gen. Dodge. lie has already proved !ailh-
full 10 his constituents, and we caiihs; be-
, lieve they are willing to desert him how.
The Joking Hawkeye, in opposing our
= candidate, asserts that his conduct in iela-
, ton to athat Circular and the boGhdaries''
. win operate against him. We have NO
fear upon this subject, and the Hawkeya
} is welcome to dftrmm TO make Whatever
political capital II pleases out or its con-
tinued Misrepresentation Of Gen. Dotlge'd
conduct. /, will deal in general asscr-
: tons, but Il caiinot specify single act q
his y hich when rightly understood can opa
, crate to his disadvantage. Upon thissHb=
ject Geh. Dodge is willing to submit biz
! conduct to tile scrutiny Of Ills constituents:
( II il be charged, as it has been, that he il
} "comlRittedo to the Congressional houn-
, darics, we answerth that The charge IS Ialse;
: and challenge his opponents 10 put tl,eiz
} fingers upon single act he ever performs
| ei--a single vote he ever gaye--a singis
word he ever uttered or 4 single syllable
: he ever spoke that committed him 10 the
) Congressional boundaries, or that would
3 be inconsistent with the most perseverine
> efforts to obtain for lie the Convention
boundaries Ills true that. ii Ills Cirtu.
t lar he expressed the opino,,---and II VA,
nothing more than his individual opinion.
! that Congress had given us on il cvei
J would give. Was this committing him.
: self and cah Il possibly prevent Gen
Dodge from endeavoiinR, by every meant
IN his power. ii obtain FOR us the Conven.
) tioa b5undasirsP Cannot all individual
4 strive earnestly 10 obtain what he has fio
: the most sangliiuc hopes Of receiving? Bu
: 50 far from 'scemrnitting" hinself to ihs
Congressional boundaries. who Of his con.
j 6iihenls docs MI remember thist upon III
final passage " The bill adopting them, I'll
I arose in his place, and il The mime of4dsl
E hundred Thousand freemen, earnestly pro
. tested against such an abridgeuent u tAeil
1 boundaries. The people have sanctioIett
/ this protest. and will send back 70 C5h
grass the faithful servant who uttered II.
. Bloomastns Htroid.
HicH WArERs.-Thc river al this poin