Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-06-23
.Bribery ana Corruption. ],

BRIBERY and Corruption"
! This article is advertised through the
Hawkeye for sale in its purity, wholesale
or retail. by the editor Of that sheet and by
the chairman Of the wing executive COM
mittee at Burlington-may be had slso at
the wing reading room in that town-"or-
ders from distance to be sent immedi-
ately" by mail, post paid.
/ Our eye being arrested BY an adve rtise-
ment in the last Hawkeye, under the start
ling head Of bribery and corruption" we
attempted to read it, and got along very
well as far as "Price 20 cents;" but when
we came to the words s'most astounding
deuel. opements !" we became 80 sgitated
that our sight grew dim and we tire W
down the paper in despair.
We then, to soothe our nerves, took up
the Davenport Gazette. and read as fol-
lows:
"BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION, is the title of a
pamphlet we have received from the Hawkeye
Office. II is an expose Of the disgraceful at
tempt to bride Nelson KING, member of the
last Iowa Legislature, to vote for Locofoco
Senator TO Congress-"
This threw little more light upon the
subject, and short reflection as to the
inducements which could have led to the
crazy freak of publishing this vile end
scandslous document-for, if correctly re-
ported, it is the most vile and infamous
proceeding that ever disgraced legisla-
tive hody-brought US to satisfactory
conclusion. The wing members of the
House Of Representatives, and especially
the principal actors in this disgraceful dra.
ma Of bribery ard corruption, knew that
they had worked out for themselves such
an exceeding and eternal weight of infamy,
that their names had become kissing and
a scorn in the mouths of all honest people.
They were all heartily ashamed and sick
Of the bribery game which they had got
up BY putting their man King in market,
and in which they stood SO fully detected
that they earnestly wished the whole trans
action erased from the book Of remem-
brance. With all their ribald abuse and
gasconade, you never could hear lisp
from wing member after the adjournment
concerning the bribery affair. Why, then.
this publication Of their shame? --our read
ers will ask. We will briefly tell them
the why. 1t is purely pecuniary spec
ulation on the part of that sordid, merce-
nary old creature of the Hawkeye. We
do not believe that the leaders of his par
ty would, on any account, have permitted
its publication, had they been aware of his
intention.
But what kind of speculation will it
be, you will ask? We acknowledge that,
under any other circumstances, it would
be very poor one, and indeed, he will not
find it very bright, at best. But if we are
not mistaken az to the manner in which
ne has got it up, he will make few cop
pers out oft, in addition to the amount
which he calculates to get from the State
treasury for printing it in the journal of
the House. where it has no more business
than has the report Of Polly Bodine's trial.
1t will be recollected that some weeks
since the editor of that sheet told how he
supposed we had made "a fat job," by use
ing twice the matter set up for the school
laws, and that he said "this is all fair."-
Well, this, we doubt not, is the very way
in which he gets up his bribery and coy
ruption pamphlst-by setting up the mat.
ter for the Journal, and while up, working
off the requisite number of extra copies
for his pamphlet. This saves the price
Of composition.
So that he expects the State not only to
pay him for printing the journal, which
ne was never legally authorized 10 do, but
swells it enormously and increases the ex-
pense, by printing this bribery testimony
in the journal, while at the came time he
seeks to make an additional s'speck" on
his own hook by retailing "bribery and
corruption"
As the fools are not all dead vet, it is
supposed that he will sell quite number
ofcopies. Silly members fthe whig par
ty, who do not understand the disgrace
full game played here last winter, by their
leaders, will doubtless pour over it with
the most intense interest, and with the
highest admiration of the Hon. Nelson
King, the great hero of of the bribery az
fair--the almost unbribed, and the lion of
the Starr chamber inquisition. But from
wings in this vicinity, where the circum-
stances are well known, we have heard
but one expression Of universal disappro-
baton and disgust with reference to the
forth coming pamphlet. ....
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