Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-04-14
The Ju<sas Embraced BY his new
Federal Allies.

ing among the democratic members, al the AZ
journnent Of the General Assembly. we made
allusion to one exception In the language quotet
from US by the Hawkeyo 10 the article which
we copy below:
THE ADDEEs..-The Grst page Of the low;
| Capitol Reporter is nearly taken up with an ad
| dress Of the loco fccu members Of the Legisla.
turc eto The People Of the state Of Iowa" W.
cannot review il this week; we shall however dc
il hereafter. But We must say, in passing, thai
il 10 made up Of lame excuses sophistical reason
ing, and down right falsehoods.
! Ii appears from an editorial in the Reporter
| that all the democratic members DID NOT SIGN
IT, although all their nance ARE APPENDED
Read the following extract -
In the foregoing remarks We have made nc
exception; but candor eompels US to admit
| that It may possibly turn out that there il ONE
Judas in the Camp. The member here alluded
| TO, with some few others, owing to the hurry
| and confusion OF the adjournment having omit
| ted to sign the address with his own hand, au-
| thorized another member to sign it for him, and
some Of our friends apprehend that he will deny
having authorized the signature
The JrDAs alluded to, is Mr.. HARBOUR, the
ablest debater in the Senate. He has been
| greatly prosecuted BY the locos, in consequence
Of taking an independent course in behalf Of the
people on various occasions and letting his
views be known freely to t.,e Senate. "-[ Hawk.
eye Of March 18th.
The subjoined paragraph which occurs in the
same article Of the Reporter from which the
Hawkeye has made the above quotation, will sui.
6ciently show the motives for our leniency to-
wards the individual alluded to, in RETAINING
from full exposure Of his political treason, and
from giving up his name to the jus. excavations
Of an outIa ;ed, insulted aud betrayed constitu.
cncy:
eve trust that this apprehension may prove
unfounded; and that the gentleman alluded to,
may hereafter be found cordially acting with the
democracy; but should we be disappointed in
this, we are prepared to make out his clearance
and furnish him, gratis, with pass to the camp
Of the enemy. Hitherto. we have carefully re-
Trained from any structures upon the anti demo-
cratic conduct Of him here alluded to-imputing
his errors, in great measure, to his youth and
inexperience; and the same consideration, with
the hope that he will yet retrieve himself, in
duces US, for the present, to withhold his name
from the public eye"
Observe how promptly and unerringly the
wing prints Of this State and the lazaroni scrib-
oler tor the federal organ at st. Louis, pointed
Ous uS pei SVu W WuOH ICISI CHCC was ucIc Tau.
The allusion was quite vague and indefinite, as
there were several other members who, being
deprived, by the hurry and confusion attending
the adjournment, of an opportunity of signing
the address with their own hands, authorized
another to sign il for them. There was much
enquiry among such Of our friends as were un-
acquainted with the circumstances, concerning
the person to whom the Reporter had alluded as
likely to prove traitor. We had occasion to
regret that we had given SO little clue to a
knowledge of the person implicated; as the stig
ma was fixed, in the minds Of many democrats,
upon some Of the truest and staunchest pillars of
democracy inthe General Assembly; for ofsuch,
with this solitary exception, were the younger
members of both branches.
Not 50 with our opponents; they knew their
man. No sooner was the announcement made,
than the Hawkeye, the Bloomington Herald and
other wing prints, simultaneously seized upon it.,
and shouting forth--s'tbe Judas here alluded to
is doubtless Mr.. Harbour of the Senate''-pro-
ceeded, as with one accord, to lavish upon him
that fulsome and degrading species of hattery,
Characteristic of the hollow hearted welcome
with which traitors to democracy are always
greeted to the camp of the enemy.
The facility with which these federal Iackals
have scented their prey-the eagerness with
which they affect to fondle, while at heart they
despise the traitor, however much they may love
his treason-proves conclusively that there was
no occasion for the delicacy which we felt and
evinced in alludiug to his tergiversations. But
we confess that we had some little hope-a hope
based upon the sterling character of the democ-
racy whom he misrepresented and disgraced-
that he would yet retrace his steps. We there
fore chose to give him fair opportunity to re-
pent; and gladly would we yet welcome him
back to the democratic fold, could we believe
that he cherishes at heart those sacred PRINCIPLES
Of democracy which will bring him to contri-
ton and lead to sincere repentance.
We should observe that dnring the first hall
Of the session, Mr.. Harbour acted and voted
with the democracy, and was regarded as firm
and true democrat. Not until that inveter ate
blue light federalst and arch hypocrite, S. B..
Shelledy, made his appearance at the capital,
soliciting place on the Board of Internal I'm
porvement, about then to be created, did Mr..
H. give any visible signs of detection. Blu.
from that day, he was an altered man. Old
Shelledy appeared to be his principal councillor
and confdant; at all events, no democrat enjoy
ed his confidence
His first overt act of treachery, if we recollect
Alright, was in joining the federalist. in their
scheme to accomplish the election Of the Board
Of Internal Improvement BY the Legislature, in
stead Of providing for their election by the peo-
ple-so that the wings and possuns coula place
their own party tools upon the board He had
before voted with the democrats for their cleo
ton by the people, in accordance with true dem
ocratic principles; but on the very day subse-
quent to ShelIedy's advent in this city, he turn
ed square somerset, and thenceforth he was
| nothing more nor less in the Senate, than the
echo Of that notorious demagogue and political
mountebank. The Hawkeye probably alludes
to his voting against giving the people the priv
ilege of electing their own agents to superintend
the sale Of the lands granted to the State, and
to expend the large sum arising therefrom in
the Improvement Of the Desmoines river, when
it says that Mr.. Harbour "was prosecuted BY
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