Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-01-26
The Cloven Foot

| We are no. in the habit Of making charge:
| against our opponents without being fully assur
ed of their truth, or which we are unable to sub
| stadtia,e. The doings Of the fcderaIists of 10.
wa are dark and mysterious. Their every move
is made, their every plot concocted and carried
out,witt .hati cautious secrecy and stealth which
are characteristic alike of the night prowline
coon, the cowardly assassin and the disguised
and hooded burglar. But occasionally theil
tricks and populations will come to light
though it be by mere accident. Sometimes thei'
own carelessness or fool hardness will disclos.
their plots of crime and treason. Sooner q
later, s:nurder will out''
AS proof of what we have charged agains
them as their designs with reference to the ex.
ira session, we lay before our readers the fol
lowing letter, which came into our posscssinn,n nc
matter how-we got it honestly, and publish it
without any violation Of confdence-from J
Farwea'her, Esq, of Burlington, to Mr.. Sells
the Hon. Representative from Muscatine coun.
tv. Hereafter we shall comment at greater
length on the letter and the action Of said Sells
together with that OF his federal compeers in the
House, in pursuance Of the instructions therein
contained from his worthy and HONEST constit.
uent, Farweather. .
We will only premise that the action of the
House has been in strict pursuance Of these in
structions, which coincide perfectly with those
received from the whig committee at Washing
ton, through their agent, Fitx-warren, who
took his place day by day in the House, and
there remained from morning till night during
the whole session, assiduously watching every
move and giving the cue to those federal pup
pets who willingly danced to the wires pulled
by such contemplate creature as this FITz-
WARREN.
Observe, TOO, what is said of volunteers, and
the hope Of the wings that they will s.sETTLE
III, Mexicoe.' Charitable and honest! Will the
Standard, the Hawkeye, and other kindred
prints. have the face to again claim that great
majority Of the volunteers are whIcs-that our
battles are fought by wings, while the s'loco-fo-
cos" stay ignobly at home?
Lest our opponents should deny the authen-
ITCHY of the letter, will say that it came reg
ularly through the mails regularly post mark.
ed with the Burlington Office stamp-~postage
paid, cents--and that the hand writing is most
unquestionpbly Fayfweather's own. The letter
is genuine, and if he dare publicly deny it, we
pledge ourseif to prove it on him. 1t may be
seen at our Office at any hour.
We should say, before closing, that this Fayr-
weather is no other than Fitz-warren's partner
in the hog driving operation, year ago last fall.
The following is the letter, verbatim, ct litera-
tim-italcs, capitals and all, as in the origi-
nal. @
BuR11SeTos, January Is, lS49.
Friend Sells IL am happy to acknowl-
edge the receipt Of paper from you, con-
tanning certain doings Of the Legislature
and Of the wing convention. Tho arrival
of Mr.. Starr last evening cheered the
wings of this place not little. We are
exceedingly anxious to defeat the Dodge
faction, and no matter what may turn up,
TO prevent an election Of any one. There
is but one mind and one voice among the
wings here on this "pint." You can hardly
imagine the anxiety ofboth parties here to
learn the news from iowa City, L5-and
the most welcome news now would be,
that the Legislature had adjourned, and
that without electine Judges or sena-
tors.eEK Let US have one more trial in
."Old Desmoinss,'' and thrust We ehali not