Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-12-08

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ty are the friends Of their country and in
favor Of vigorous prosecution Of the war.
Show them to your honest wing neighbor,
and convince him that now, as of yore,
federalism and toryism are one and the
same thing.
Will the Bloomington Herald publish
this letter, and thus end the dispute as 10
Corwin's true sentiments? II we mistake
not, the editor of that sheet was the yer.
liable chairman Of the committee which
drafted the wing resolutions constituting
Corwin and Criltenden the guardians Of
Iowa in the United States Senate.
Wing Expcd cncy Il Consistency.
II we are to have called session, there
is no mislaking the object Of it, aud the
Governor and his advisers must pre-.
pare themselves 10 shoulder the response
bility Of a measure of such doubtful ex-
peGiency.-W allude TO The election OF
two ocolocc Unite States Senators. Take
your own course gentlemen, but we ad-
monish you there is day Of reckoning at
hand. Standard.
So the sage Of this federal organ regards
" the election Of two Locofoco U. S SEN
tors" as "a measure Of doubtful e1pedien
cy' Is 1t not passing strange that fedc-
raj philosophy should lead to such con-
clnsion in relation TO political ''expedien.
cy?" And then, we are told that ''the
Governor and his advisers must prepare
themselves to shoulder the responsibility y
Now, will not the Standard consent to
share tia. responsibility? It would be SO
consoling to the denocracy-to :lle Gov
ernor and his advisers ..
But what has become, all at once, Of the
Standards double distilled thunder Of in
disnation against the democratic members
of the Legislature for defeating, as it
charged, the election Of United States
Senators? How changed its tone from tie
do!e'ul strains Of horror and panic With
Nh'rh it teemed, up TO the August cleo.
ton, on account Of the suffering interests
Ut lHwa, unrepresented in the United
States Senate. That sheet and all Of The
same llk in the state, which were, be ore
election, as roaring lions in the path of the
democracy, menaciog them with political
death and destruction for deprising tie
State OF her representation in The y. S.
senate, as they alleged bat in reality, fer
thwasting the designs ofiederalsm in that
behalf, have since become as gentle as
so many sucking doves upon this subject.
Nov the election Of Senators is Of
" doubtful expediency" with them! Oh
"higgsry, wIiiggery! where is thy con.
sistenc.? Oh shame, where is Thy blush?
But cannot the Standard consen, to share
81 the responsibility on another ground?
Not lorg since, speaking in the same i'm
Perious tone to the democracy, that sheet
assured US that an extra session would be
absolutely Necessary to secure our repre-
sentaion in the lower house Of CONGRESS.
1t informed Us, as officially Gu the part Of
tie wing p'rty i'll hat body. that Iessrs.
Letter aud Thompson would no, be per
united TO take the seats TO which they
were elected, unlessour General Assem-
bly, should meet and pass a law touching
the matter.
This Is not all: Last June, the Stand
ard "venuIed' 10 assure the democratic
members that the whig members would,
even at tia. la'e day, accept the PROPOSE
ti"n OF the former 10 resign their seats, if
SONS by authority loco:oco EDITOR would
only assure it in turn, that the Governor
would order an election to fill tie yacan.
cies, and ccft1ialy call an extra session,
whatever might be the result. Will the
Standard deny this? Ii necessary, We can
show '',he documents.
We might also ask the editors Of that
sheet if they lave so soon forgotten the
urgen. demand for revision Of tie code
OF laws aud sundly o.Ler important mea-
snres, Which could only be effected by an
extra session; but we !orbear.
" But we admonish you there is day
OF reckoning at hand !" says the Standard
in conclusion. 1t cannot be denied that
The fejeral leaders in this State, and the
senior Of the Standard in particular, have
had some bitter experience in "dsys of
reckoning" This menace to the deinocra-
cy, therefore, is to be regarded merely as
The effect 0! morbid Imagination acting
upon the organ ofhope, raising its victims
momeniarily from the depths of despair,
and, by sort of optical illusion, trans
posing the position Of parties. True is,
however, that the great "day of reckoning"
with themis yet 10 come; for, by refusing