Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-05-19

unless the democrats should, "by chance, y
elect majority Of the members; and there
fore they refused to resign. What a mon
strous assumption! and what large calcu-
lations must they make upon the Ignorance
and credulity oftheir readers!-to suppose
that they can make them believe that any
Executive would dare TO clog the wheels Of
government by refusal to act in accord
ance with the popular will SO clearly and
emphalically expressed as it would be in
this case that he would dare to disre-
gard the popular win so far as to refuse
to call session Of the General Assembly
in pursuance Of an election held by the
people under his own proclamation, FOR
that express purpose!
In the first place, it is not a supposable
case that majority Of federalists could be
elected. This they knew, and this was
their true reason for refusing to resign
In the next place, it is altogether out of
character for men who make pretensions
to honesty, to charge what our democrat.
ic Governor uould do in certain event
which they are determined shall never
transpire, even admitting that it were at
all probable. This is good specimen of
wing honesty, wing consistency and wing
magnani.nity; to clainaa certain majority
on new election, while they refuse to
make the trial, and to charge the Execu-
tive in advance with design to thwart the
public will, while by their course they
Gu. off all opportunity of the charge being
proved or d;sproved. By making that
charge thus gratuitiously, they merely in
dictate what they, themselves, would do
under the same circumstances and, in
fact, their refusal to resign has the same
tendency and amounts to the same thing
which, according to their charge, the Gov
ernor would be guilty Of
1t is needless to say that this is a mere
get off on the part Of the federalists. The
pretext is too palpably false, too far fetch
ed and ridiculous, to deserve moments
serious notice. The presumption that any
people are SO grossly ignorant and stupid
as to be influenced in their judgment by
such shallow sophistry as this, is base
libel upon their character for intelligence.
But the wing editors think i: good enough
reasoning for the people of Iowa /; which,
by the way, is not very strange, inasmuch
as il is the best they have 10 offer.
The Hawkeye led off with this pretext
soon after the adjournment; the Bloom
inston Herald readily followed suit; and
the Des Moines Valley Wing, with one
or two others, after hesitasing for some
time, and seeing that it was the best that
they could do-that they must "go It
blind" on this pretext, being "neck or
nothing" with them-all chimed in to the
same toue. q 3H
Lest i should appear incredible tina,
our opponents could rest their case on
such miserable weak ground as this, we
subjoin the following extract from the Des
Moines Valley Wing, Of March I9th.--
That sheet, in apologiziing for the refusal
Of the wings to resign, says:
s'suppose the members had all resigned, what
would have been the RESULT A special election
would then be held at great expense to the peo-
pie. If the Loeofocos should by hook or crook
succeed, the Locofoco Cover nor would all a spe
cial SESSION of the Legislature, aud, could these
fellows agee, then there might be Senators and
Judges elected. But should the wings retain
their majority, then this Locofoco Governor
would be very clear of calling special session
ofthe Legislature for the election Of Wing Sena-
tors and Judges"
We will agree to forfeit all credit for
political intelligence, if our readers do not,
one and all, concede that this is decidedly
the weakest, most cowardly and sneaking
subtersuge ever resored to by any party
or set OF men to extricate themselves from
a dilemma. Isthere under the broad can
opy Of Heaven another set of men besides |
the wing party of Iowa, who would ever
think Of creeping out Of so small hole?
There is not. The miserable shifts to
which they resort in their vain effort TO
sustain themselves pro,es one thing most
clearly, to wit: that they know and feel
that the Judgment of the people is against
them, and that certain and irretrievable
ruin awaits them whenever they meet the
democracy at the polls.
The expense q FAN election is held up BY
this federal sheet, forsoo,h, as an excnse
for the refusal to resign! TIE egreoi
expense y says the Wing" Pray, how
many thousand dollars would special
election cost the people Of each county,
Tell lis, If you can, sage gentleman, the
enormous amount Of Clerks and Judges
fees! Away with such ptiful dema-
gogues!
1t is only necessary to add, that, had
the federal member seen fit to accept the
proposition 10 resign, as made by the dem