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

The Senator from the Wapello and Mon.
roe district, is one Of those firm, FEARLESS
and devoted champions of equal rights who
are ever sure to incur the most inveterate
hatred Of the vindictive devotees of FEEDER.
al'sm, and of whom those pampered min
ions Of modern whiegrry who are unwor.
Thy to buckle their shoe lstches, can never
speak except in terms OF derisi.n. 1t is
not, therefore, TO be wondered at, that the
vena' wing press Of this state, and the pack
OF hired scrib5lers at our capital for the
! ~hig prints abroad, should select that gen.
tleman from among the democratic mem
be's of our General Assembly as a prom.
inent mark for their msst poisoned shafts Of
malice and envy; nor that, after exhau.tinp
in vain the vocabulary of fish market slaLe
and rIbaldry, in their efforts to malicn him,
they should resort to direct and open false
hood, in order to disparage a man against
whose political character the breath of cal
umny is powerless.
The vile assaults of these federal har-
pies upon Doctor Davis, have frequently
met our eye in the wing prints, and have
as often been passed BY with that silent
contempt which their low vulearity only
merits; but when coupled with falsehuod
respecting his political course, las in the case
ola letter from the Iowa City correspon
dent Of the St. L"uis Republican, from
which We publish an extract in another
column, justice TO an honest and faithful
member Of our party demands tina, we
should vindicate him from the imputation.
We care not-nor will he-for the mis-
representation Of The Republicans cores.
pendent, to the effect that Mr.. Harbour
had given the whole democratic party.
land more especially the gentleman from
Wapello. thorough drub6ing for killing
'h- [Desm ines river1 bill, ia which he
reviewed the genileman's conduc, through
the whole session with severity "l'ogeth
er unexpected by wings or democrots. -
Not one word need be wasted on this
branch Of the subject. Mr.. Harbour's ur,.
parnlelled severity and his talents, have
OF late become proverbial with the whie
,c'ibblers, as are those of every man, tho
he be an idiot, who may turn traitor to the
democracy; and We will not controver,
the fact which they appear SO anxious Ia
establish. His letter, published in another
column Of this paper. in which il must DC
acknow ledge tina, he annih,lales the D.c.
tor, settles that matter beyond all conlro.
versy. 1t is worthy Of remark here, how.
ever, that if this missile did knock the
Doctor cold, yet the Desmoins improve e.
ment bill happened not TO be killed, ate,
all the mise, as it rould hnue been, had no,
the wings, thinking tina. discretion was
the better part Of val"r, backed out of tn.
aE'i-democratic position which Mr.. Har.
bour persisted 10 the last in maintaining
as it inevitably would have been, had thew
encouraged as they were by his supper,
doredto have put their threat 10 defeat il
III execution.
| The t"l>.h hood 10 which we have aboy.
more particularly alluded is, tina, Dr.. D vi
was some Yeas since defeated as Deieyai
to Congress /" This, as every old ci,,ze,
Of Iowa we'll knows, is palpably false. |,
The first place.the democracy Of Iowa wer,
never defeated in delegate election. BIZ
the injustice and injury attempted TO b,
done 10 that gentleman, is by creating tn,