Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-04-14

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u,enudiatiOn-.-Th Acts OF the
rederaalists in Ohio brought In
Judgement against their fellow
C0Ons in Iowa.
The most remarkable feature in federal
ism, is the facility with which its yotaries
ran accommodate their. india-rubber con-
sciences to any circumstances IN which,
for the time being, they may find them
selves placed. Under no circumstances
do they ever experience the least inconve-
nience from that inherent attribute OF hui
manity; for, before man can be recog-'
nized as good and faithful "Whig," he
must learn successfully to stifle the voice
ofthat monitor implanted in the human
breast BY the hand Of Deity-must disci-
pline hi, mind to that peculiar process Of
reasoning which assumes for its basis, that
"oll is right in politics. must snbdue him.
self to Abe rule of ethics that ''lhe end
iustifcs the means," however revolving,
and harden himself TO the commission of
the most henious crime, if necessary to the
success Of whiggery. The plant materi-
al in their composition, Of that which, in
the breasts Of uprigh, men, is firm and un-
yielding, offers no resistance TO the consul
nation Of the most diabolical schemes Of
federal misrule, or the preparation OF the
most daring ou'rages upon the sacred
rights Of freemen.
These reflections upon the facility and
ease with which our federal opponents can
'iump Jim Crow" shift positions to suit
their present purpose, and trim their
sails to catch the breeze necessary to watt
them into any port, might be drawn out to
much greater length; but as it is I'M
pleasant to dwell upon the subject Of
human depravity, we prefer TO come i'm
mediately TO the consideration Of the cir
cumstances which have suggested those
reflections on the present occasion-the
course Of the wing party in the Senate
of Ohio, as compared with the action Of
the whig branch Of the Iowa Legisla-
ture, upon the subject Of legislative
printing. Though the positions occupied
by those two kindred bodies are diametri-
cally opposed to each other, the acts Of
both are marked by the same reckless
disregard of constitutional right, the same
violation Of plighted faith, the same reck-
less anarchy, and the same unmitigated,
damning perGdy. Any intelligent man will
see at half glance, that the acts of these
two deliberative (?) bodies rise up in
mutual Judgment and condemnation, each
against the other.
We will but briefly allude to the fierce
hue and cry which was raised by the fed
eral party Of Iowa and its venal press, SO
long as they were in the minority in both
branches, on account of the pi,iful amount
Of patronage bestowed upon this press by
our democratic Legislatures. Then their
voices were raised long and loud against
what they were pleased to call political ia
xoritisn and espionage upon the treasury,to
feed up and maintain a partizan press at
the public expense. They introduced
resolutions and made flaming speeches in
favor Of disposing of the legislative print
ing to the lowest bidder. Failing in their
attempts 10 ruin the business which they
could not control, and thus, at the expense
of the public interest, to place the federal
press on par with the democratic press,
they soughtto fan the flames of discord |
among our party, by arraying the other
democratic presses in opposition to the Re-
porter.
But the moment they obtained the as
.cendancy in one branch of our General
Assembly, they commenced feeding up
their own press most munifcently with the
"crums Of comfort" at their command. AZ
ter having lavished between fifteen and
sixteen hundred dollars, for incidental prin-
ting, upon one press, and after the printing
olths House journal-by far the heaviest
and most profitable job ofthe session, and
the only additional one at their control
having been disposed Of, Gas it was sup.
posed, they then sought 10 let out tie
printing Of the laws alone 10 the lowest
bidder, merely because they had not the
power to bestow that, also, upon their own
press and at their own terms. /
BY far the most glaring instance,
however, Of their inconsistency, fac
'ious turbulence and needless party ia
voritism, is their course with reference
o the printing Of the journal Of the
House; with the principal facts of which