Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-10-11
THE REPORTER
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n~,roDAv. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1SA8
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Tnc Cloyen Foot Of Whiggcry.
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The missouri NCPO'', ~ "AO VI
o,n Of that State, says that Vice President
Dallas. in presiding over and addressing
democratic meeting lately in Philadelphia,
"fcreot' The dignity Of his station" Now
this declaration furnishes pretty fair in
dex to the real, but generally artfully con-
cealed sentiments Of leading wing parti-
zans. Let us look at these two pictures
the acts Of prominent leader Of one par
,v and the sentiments which an organ Of
the opposite party has seen fit to avow,
relative thereto:
George M. Dallas, Vice Presiden, Of the
United States, and second only to lis Chief
Magistrate, laying aside the arduous du-
ties of his official station, pays visit to
his friends at home. While there he min
giles in popular assemblage, met for mu-
tual interchange of sentiment, and takes
advantage of the occasion to express his
own views, as one Of the people, relative
to questions of public policy; and being
called upon to preside over their deliber-
atoms, as he had done over those Of their
servants at Washington, he gladly accepts
the distinguished honor. Mark; he does
not say, either by word or action-as this
Taylorite editor has done-that he whose
business it is to preside over the masters
Of the people, would degrade himself by
presiding over their servants, the people
themselves. He neither says or does any
such thing. Mr.. Dallas holds to, and acts
upon creed which recognizes the people
as masters, while it regards their repre-
sentatives as servants. This whig editor
processes to hold to the same creed, while
he proves by his own declarations, that he
does not in reality believe in it at all, OF
simply recognizes it as an abstraction
For while Mr.. Dallas acts upon the belief
that in presiding over the deliberations Of
the sovereigns themselves, he is stepping
up from his position as President of thei,
servants, the representatives, the editor Of
the Republican says that in SO doing, he
"forgot the dignity of his station" and
stepped do,cn TO preside over the people
Thus it is with whiggery: Judge it by
its professions, and it is a saint; by its
practices, and it is devil. The fair out
side, hypocritical garment of professions,
is artfully made and worn to cover foul
cloven foot, which, whenever an opportu-
nifty has offered of placing it upon the
necks of the people, has been used with
out mercy in crushing them in the dust Of
social and political degradation.
TAYLoRIsM GETTING THE Borrs.-ln
another column will be found letter from
John M. Bolts, the man that didn't head
John Tyler. The wing press of this State
appear determined to blind the eyes of
their readers to the real state of things in
their own political household abroad. By
SO doing they hope 10 smother that disaf-
lection at home which is developing itself
in open 1mu,iny and logged inaction.-
We therefore hope our readers will show
this letter from one of the most radical
wings of the Union, to their wing neigh
bors, in order that they may see how the
cat is jumping.
S4The Hon. Bedford Brown, former