Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-05-26
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an aceAH OF tRe ciRhGtbtine manner u
which spurious whig resolution wa.
faistsd fpcn the Fairfield convention ani
sent iaih to the GRID a. The voice Of The
sterlin. democracy OF that dstrict-a pre-
sumption Which is libel nIon their CHAR
acter. The resolution set our BY "disap.
prusig" Of our "att0cks on sarne Of the
must respectable members o! the demo
cratic party" and then rs the most respec.
table DE OF the s'moss respectable mem.
bers olthe democratic party. "ihe instiga-
tors ofth~ foul deed selected The case d
| R. K. Harbour, whose political trrgi, err
satiensH e had ielt it our duty 10 expose
b.caus the FEEDER ,lis's. with whom he had
acted y s,.me important questions during
| the lat session, hal seizsd npan his de-
'ectoi w,ih a,dry. as, ppiifi'ai capital Il
turn e.in>t the true drmocrscra
| II pp.ar> thai they did not consider il
| pclhia cite any Other is noes, Though
th.. Ugh, have instances scare # such
f''resn:sable" democrats, whom, IL guard
1.-THE dtnoeracy against their trescherou,
and d.aUning Vaccinations we have held
up to the Indignation 81 an outraged com.
nnni;y. Al the head Of that respectable
Iist stands prominent and invetera,e
office sedtr ard guardian independent
candidate igr Governor; next in order come
| the Meca',s, the Langworlhss, aud all
the lonearray Of mongreIs sot every hue
and grace, both North and South.
Were we to jealous and .,igilant in
Eerving ,ur party in these cases? Should
I've havaheld Our peace and conni,ed at
HE treadlerous efforts OF these men 10 de-
, lat the esmocraey whom they protested
serve,by amalgsma,ions with the fed.
eAhsts, Fho stand ever ready and eager
tGecelv them with open arms: Should
|. w fiave bermitted them to sery two mas
ter, or rther, TO serve the enemy under
ihehag democracy Should we have
folad Oh arms, and seen our party 60 to
run for he want Of faithful sentinel to
s"'ih III alarm? Or, have we simply,
bur ai,hilly discharged our duty to our
party inpro'eeiing u, SO far as lay in our
p"wr, a'ins' The c"'rnpt Vaccinations of
pre'e'ds friends with open and disgais-
I'd fo,s2
Tfe alhor or autho, Of lhs resolution,
(>hei.ri b. hind an unwuting ins,ru-
mer,, &c intent with selecting tina, per-
s"h as q mot prai>.aorthy among the
list OF Use with whom they appear 10
synpatlle, must cap the climax BY most
fn'nmen nd Disgusting eulogium upon the
moral nth, political integrity and abili.
ty,'' msRrpub!ic serrices. and true md
firm deacracy" OF that individual WIN
openly serted the standard Of bis party
in The hIr of need! By asserting that
our exHure Of his detection was s.t only
"unwmrtablt," bu, untrue,' also. they
have ME il necessary Tor us to produce
the proc which we shall do at our EARL
est commence.
| We red not say how deeply the democ-
racy othe State are concerned in this
maiter.A precedent has been established
in ssel i'm q,srter-'heugh this Is not the
fir>t ms nee for Offering a bounty upon
p"lItic fefsc'ior, aud holding up those
who bt"y their parry rs worthy. no, only
! 81 all scepta'iop, itll # imitation. ais;
willie s,s- uio stand firm and defend
tie out'srs wi h fd.h are ro to be toll
| I'd ,ut denounced with oil the v,ru.
l-nce .I'.,-,sl naievotence We knou
that thsenlig'lenrd md m gnanimnu- de.
mocr d OF Iowa prize their principles too
mrhIyn sanction this ru'nous precedent.
Il nstls tot that we slluie 10 the stig-
/ ina attt this resolution l., striking al us,
seek. attach to r:ery true democrat IN
the Gr.ral Assembly. This laa,ter Is
i,horeshly Understood. Il was sought to
di.prae us in the eyes Of he, world, but
we ca endure SUCH Disgrace temporarily,
;; whenneeessariiy shared by the democrat
cy with whom we are identified. With
tl'emwe are disgraced not by any act Of
our own, however, but by the ulterance
Of such sentiments under the cloak Of de-
nocrac|. 1t remains to be seen whether
cur patty vii! long endure this foul blot
upon aIeir escutcheon. ....
Tie first animation which we received
of tie dark transaction, was by the notes
of by and exultation with which il was
henlded to the world by that embiitered
orgn OF federal whiggery, the Hawkeye.
AMI well may the inveterate foes Of equal
rig Its exult over the event; for, so far as
1t g,es, II is a genuine federal triumph.
K is anold adsgr, bnt none The less true,
4 Nr,ass, q i L., r.,