Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-07-19
A word TO Men la Masks.


A duty, no less painful in its discharge
than are the circumstances requiring it
matter Of sincere regret, calls loudly for
admonition from those who, like ourselves.
are placed upon the political watch-tower
Of our party, to guard il against foes within,
las well as against the enemy without.
Against open and avowsd opponents
even against those calling themselves by
the name Of democrats, while acting openly
with the whigs--it is not the purpose Of
this article to caution the democratic fold.
These can always be known by their CO.
lcrs. But with those Evolves in sleeps
clothing" who steal into the fold and at
tempt to decoy away those Landings Of the
flock whom they lack the courage openly
to attack, the case is different. They are
dangerous only from the fact of their wear
| ing the mask Of democracy, to do (wheth-
er designedly or not, we will not say the
very work set forth by wing leaders to be
accomplished. These remarks, though in
tended in general way to apply wherever
the state of political regeneration above
alluded to may render them applicable, are
Especially made for the benefit Of a few in
two or three particular portions of the Sc
cond congressional district. Here, unfor-
tunately, we had almost said, the democra-
cy have reached that measure of strength
when many are apt to regard the main tug
Of war to be in the convention, and not in
the election.
/ To particularize, then, we would re-
mark, that course has been taken in some
particular localities, which, if persevered
in to any considerable extent, cannot fail,
even while falling far short of its object,
to be the death-knell of the political hopes
and characters of those who are engaged
in it. Under the specious pretence Of
zealously laboring to promote MIR. Letters
election, certain class of friends CD yea
lousy propagate the black falsehood that
the people, the masses, are opposed to him.
Occasion seems also to be zealously sought
to inform the credulous but astonished au-
ditor, of the reason for this alleged oppo-
sition, TO wit: that Nr. L. has been remiss
in his efforts to advance certain work Of
internal Improvement in which the people
of the district almost universally feel "a
deep interest. Now, the crying evil is,
that these individuals, while p, BLENDING to
be doing their best endeavors to do away
with this false impression-which perhaps
they are themselves the first and only ones
to create-are really fostering and making
it strong for evil. For there is abundant
evidence to establish the fact that Mr..
T.sAor, instead OF hsins iALlA tothe charge
Of remissness in regard to advancing the
proposed improvement, has done every
thing that it lay in his power to do for it,
opposed as he is, in the lower branch of
Congress, by hostile wing majority.
But, as we have before intimated, these
favorable facts are either not taken advan-
tage Of, or are carefully concealed by these
insidious co-workers of whiggery. While
disclaming unjust imputations against any
one, we would say to these individuals
beware, you are watched; your actions, AS
well as the motives which prompt them,
are subjects Of careful, aye, mindful scru-
tiny. AS for ourselves, we have no apo
logies to make for these desultory notes of
admonition. Where our remarks are APP
plicable, there we intend them to apply.
1t is not for us to shrink from responsible
ity, when duty calls us to warn the demo-
crazy against foes without, or outward
bound foes who are still within, even tho
in SO doing, we may hit some formerly
high in the confidence of the democracy
and the recipients of its official favors.
We would address to all such, whoever
they may be, the language Of Holy Writ
"Let him that standeth, take heed lest he
tH"
LAND SALEs.-We invite attention TO
the proclamation of the President for the
sale Of Public Lands in this State. As
will be observed, the quantity offered is
unusually large; and as for their quality,
we undertake TO say that they cannot be
exceeded in richness by any in the Union.
We believe that it is now generally adj
mitted Git not so, it is high time that it
should be- that the soil OF Iowa, general
lily, is the richest, surest, easiest to till,
and the most admirably adapted 10 with
stand the extremes Of both drouth and
moisture, of any in the United States, or
for that matter, in the known world.
j. Let us distrust then all those decla-
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