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

and what was still more SURPRISING .c.,
the thing had been done, to large ma.
'ty OF those members themselves, was tL.,
the question was put upon the resoln,;or
and it was permitted 10 be announced -
the Chair that il had passed! '!
but now, as this act, which, under H..
gulse Of an effort to sustain Mr.. Harbo.
is nothing more nor less than r;r,.' :,
condemnation Of the conduct of his SU".
democratic members ofthe Senate and E 1ao0
Of Representatives., who, with few if an,
exceptions, are known to have stron aIy
disapproved of his course; and and 40 : KY
thus siding ari,h the "Whig" press to MS - IS
up one man, who they, 1.-THE wh;o.p Iop
seems thought, (whether justly or 9 No; !; u
IS needless now TO inquire. was so act;, u
as to subserve their interests, Will =
strikes at and denounces, By indir,c,;o" ,'e !, 1t
democratic compeers; as these, say, are ~, %'s
true features Of this act, stripneJ' az are the
false c0loring that may be ATTEMPTED r. any ny
given to IT. Just permit me to tell Won o ~ pe
manEr OF its introduction, and Iom :; - , sne
P1he IoO was
Ahe Hore remarked, such a mo,.u.
was wholly unlocked for, by, I ven,'
vention. VI me con-
lha' body sat huGdlea up in a anal,
room-one half of them, indeed did ~, s a..
at all, but stood-and so crowded toas, I s.s
wers they, that it was difficult At t;ss
Tor wAse present to ascertain distinc,ln
what tbs going On. This | know IVY
more or less the case with myself at .sch
one OF the half dozen times that 7 w.s ~
the room while the convention was in Coz
sion. And at no one time, excent rho.
voting for candidate, was anything like
the whole number of delegated presentN
Many OF them were frequently out of thu
house--and often at distance away from,
it; and this was especially the case wben
the resolution, striking at, (,hroueh tn.
cloak Of the Iowa Capital Reporter, and
eondemning the democratic members ofthe
Legislature-and all for the benefit of NJ
Harbor-was under consideration.
AS TO the uote upon that resolution T am
assured by several who were present
when it was taken, that there were not 70
exceed ten voices in its favor, while 9th.
ers declare that there were not half doz.
en-, all told and yet it will 20 to the
world that the resolution was passed (2S
By the convention; and that thus Mr.. Hsrbor
was whitewashed for abandoning his demo.
cratic friend. in the Legislature, while
those friends are condemned for abandoning
him!
The resolution was suddenly sprung up.
on the convention, and was suffered 10 h.
pronounced as passed against the iudpe.
ment and feelings ofa very large majority
of its members. This l am thoroughly
convinced is the fact and l Judge so from
what has since been said to me by many of
those members themselves.
l have conversed with at least twenty
different members, and have found but one
or two out of the whole number who an.
prove OF the reso. ution. On the contrary
nearly every man OF them condemns it
unequivocally; and among those who do 50
in unreserved terms, are the President and
one ofthe Vice Presidents of the conven.
ton. Those gentlemen, too, were mem.
bers of the Legislature, and ought to- as
they do know, whether or no! there were
just grounds for the article which has cal.
led forth this Remuneration of YOU BY the
friends of Mr.. Harbor. Ofcourse. neither
of them voted for the resolution; nor did
some Of the delegates from Mr. Harbor's
own county; (though he himself, being one,
rose from his seat, as | am informed, and
became the champion of his own caus;)
nor but very few of those from others.
AS to the motires which led TO the intro.
duction of the resolution, have nothing
to say at present. This much, however,
| will say, that as large majority of the
decidedly disapproyed Of it,
and would have voted it down if time for
proper reflection upon the matter had been
given,or lit had been brought up for recon.
sideration, SO, | am sure: would the mover
Of it never have introduced it, if he had
understood the whole object
which it aimed to accomplish lie ras
not ats originator; and if he had fully IN.
derstood its true scope and bearing, would
not, am confident, have permitted himself
TO become the instrument for assaiing in.
directly the action Of the democratic mem,
bers of the Legislature, (for this It clearly
does; they, nearly to man, differing with
Mr.. Harbor, and if he was right they
were wrong,) and attempting TO strike
down the organ of the democratic partyat
the seat Of government of the State,
Very Respectfully.