The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1848-09-28

The vote OF the kanesville precinct in Pot
tawattamie county. giving n majority Of
463 for the Wing ticket, is tho one upon
which this grand larceny has been com
mittcd. Aud here lie, il he remarked, the
very men who were parties to this fragrant
outrage, were the identical persons who
took all the initiatory steps towards the or
ganization Of this same precinct. Locofo-
CO commissioners. locoloco clerks, Iocotnco
sheriffs and locotoco candidates for the
House and Senate joined hands in the Ia
Dor. Everything was adjusted with strc.
regard 10 all the legal ,cchnicnIi,;es Of the
law OF elections: aud that nothing should
deaden the chorus OF this s'western thunder"
the whole vegetation OF the wide tract Of
prairie which divides the two flanking por-
tons Of the State, was ,rampled down by
the inpatient chargers Of locofoco cmissa-
ries, as mission followed mission. For
weeks before the election, the whole light
corps Of tho land office and post office de-
partments were detached upon campaign
duty, until the drafts upon tho commisaary
department exceeded the whole campaign
fund, aud left the manufacturers Of "wes-
tern thunder" to ndop, the example Of the
chief Of the Bureau at Washington, aud is
sue promises to pay. Yet with all these
facts, not only known, but notorious in tho
whole southwestern portion Of the State,
the elective franchise OF these people was
siified in the grasp Of a partizan clerk, aid
ed aud nbet,ed by mn INSCRIPTIONS accom-
plicc who boastcd TINT the had the money"
to cancel his official bond. fnr so trauspa.
rent and palpable prostitution Of his office
and his oath. Nor does it stop here
The leaders Of the party utter no rcproba-
ton of the foul act, and the press, true 10
its degrading muzzIe, are now exhausting
all the power Of partizan sophistry in ut
tempting to prove The absence OF all right,
in thcse mon. tdecitizcnship. all legal abil-
" to vote. What 10 you is tho rcsult?--
Your representative in Congress is compel.
led to obtain by contest and investigation.
what should be his without cavil or contro-
versy; Wing Senator elected by more
than three hundred majority is denied his
post. and n candidate heavily in the minor
| ity occupies bv usurpntion, his seat, and
gives controlling votes 10 the body 10 which
he sits, not only without. bu, in open vio-
Ia,ion of the law. The moral sentiment of
the State is to be wrongcd in his person and
acts; the ardent aspiration lnr human free
dom. and the deep deiestaiion Of slavery ey-
tension which CLOVIS in the breast Of our
whole population il to be perverted and
pros,iiuicd in the election OF two supple,
scrvlc, aud subscrvicnt Office mongers and
office beg yars TO the Senate Of the United
States. An administration fostering in
corruption so all pervading, that il can
hardly sustain the vital principle Of life, for
its bounded and brief cxistencc--an admin
isiration false TO every great interest Of our
State and nj war with our prosperity-an
administration which has woven nbout us
the meshes Of iis TREASURY vcnalitv, and
executive patronage. until like the lion in
the tolls Of the hunter. the free spirit Of our
body polite struggles in vain for voice--an
administration which has wasted the best
blood Of the nation in war Of conquest.
and mortgnged the industry and capital of
posterity Tor one hundred md fifty millions
in its unbridled lust Tor subjugation-com-
mcnced under the prctcncc 81 securing Tin
demnitv for the past and security for the
FUTURE" and concluded with s.ndemnitv"
in the worthless ridges Of the Sierra Ma
drc and the s'howling desoIation" Of the
great basin, subject to tho Indian title yet
to be cxtinguished by purchase or military
conquest, with 'ssecurity for the future"
in the engrosscd parchment Of govern
nent whose lease Of life is hold by ten
urc as frail as the MONDAY shadow or the
autumn leaf--an administration guilty Of
Of all these cnormities and greater, is to
have in the persons Of two plant party
machines. who will barter your vital inte-
rest for treasury "potisge," IN endorsement
falsely expressed md lraudnlcntly obtain
cd. Worse than oil this; should it be the
bchcst Of Heaven that we cxpiatc our
transgrcssons ns nation by another four
years Of executive dcspotism, ycilcd under
the thin DISCUSSES Of rcpublcanism--if TO
the plaques Of murrain and locusts under
the present, We nrc 10 be cursed with the
lice and frogs Of future administration
copying all the precedents and continuing
all the abuses Of the rcigning dynasty, then
indeed you will have in those plant minions
ofthe ruling power most worthy oracIes
through whom to demand the protection Of
your local rights, and the aid for those
grcnt works ofimprmemcnt, without which
the labor Of your hands. can yield to you,
no adequate return. Will you give in your
support and adhesion to men who avow
that most fatal heresy to your welfare
ssthat tho government has no power to car
~ out general system Of internal i'm.
provcmcntsr' viii you consent to the
election Of Senators from Iowa who, rccre.