Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-05-17
For the Reporter.
An Answer to an Enquiry.

.Messrs. Editors-I find the following
enquiry in your paper of the 18th ult:
"Who are these FIVE individuals, who as
sumo to say that 'the friends of General
Taylor will meet &c.
Subsequently you say: eyes, we
have 1t; they are the same-two of them
at least : the very same sneaking indivi-
duals who, in secret circular, a year ago,
recommended one James Harlan to the
faithful whigs of Iowa, as candidate for
the office OF Superintendent of Public In
structlon-no more, nor no less-the iden-
teal Wing State Executive Committed"
1t therefore appears that you have found
out tUo of these beauties, and only wish
that you had given US some gleanings from
their history. Fitz Henry Warren, OF
New York notoriety, you know. Eb.
Cook you also know. John NJ. Colman
you can hear of in Hoosierdom, and will
give you an inkling of Mordecai (not the
Jew 'Aobley, and George (not the saint)
Wilson.
That same identical Mordecai is no other
than one of the crafty wire-puller of
magnificent humbug which once existed in
Illinois, land by means of which not only the
people Of that State, but the State itself.
was teeced out Of some hundreds offhou-
sands Of dollars. 1t is we'll authehtica-
ted fact, that the Illinois Bank brought on
all the paiseries which are now entailed
on the people of that State, and that it had
combined with Eastern Capitalists in the
purchase Of agricultural productions until
it caused one third of the farmers to leave
the State, and it fell among the rubbish of
its own creation. Mordecai's occupation
was gone when the bank breathed its last,
and we next find him connected with an
attempt to bride the members of the Iowa
Legislature in order to have new life in
fused into rotten carcase, once known as
the Miners Bank of Dubuque. Finding
the Democratic members of the Legisla-
ture too honest for his base purpose, he
settled down into Brokers office in Du-
buque, and there he continues, NJ orde-
cal like shaving and fleeing ;he unsuspect-
ing: and bribing the willy to operate at his
nod. He is the drill sergeant of northern
whiggery and the sponsor Of species of
Possumery, which once lived but to die in
the "diggins." The rambling Jew who
cries ''ole clo'' through billingsgate mar
ket is not more intriguing in copper pence
than Mordecai is in politics, and Dubuque
Will yet have cause to rue its connec-
ton with Lin and that "snake in the grass"
his catspaw oil the Mayoralty.
Farmer George was candidate for Of
ice last year, but the people thought he
could be spared! He was never an Office
seeker-never an office holder-never fed
at the public crib. He WIS nothing more
nor less than plain George Wilson, the
farmer. This was the way wing CANNON
ran! The truth is, there are few men in
Iowa who have fed more ut the public crib
than this Taylor farmer. The meat, drink,
and clothing-washing and lodging of Un-
Gle Sam, were conferred on George, free
gratis for nothing, when he was only at
the age Of seventeen years, and until he
was spewed out of West Point Academy
full blown soldier. And such a soldier!
he was as brave as Lion for several
years within the Barracks at Prairie du
Chen, and woe to the poor private who
smelt Of grog between the wind and Lieu
tenant Wilson; but no sooner had the brave
Osceola rallied his warriors in the swamps
OF Florida-no sooner was the then Col.
Taylor ordered on the Florida campaign,
than the Lieutentant's chivalry oozed out
and he resigned rather than fight.
We next find this soldier a clerk of the
U, S. District Court. Next superinten-
dent Of the Indian farm, but always and
in all cases in Government pay. We next
find him an heir to large Indian Grant,
and for several years past, U. S. Deputy
Surveyor. Even within the last six months
he received some $1,000 of Government
money: Look through this mans life and
you will find that Government pap has
been his support since he was born, for
his Father was Receiver of a Land Of
fice. How badly those Locofocos treat the
wings when every administration from
Jackson's first election to the pres
ent day has been sovery unkindto George
Wilson. leave old Hawk to comment.
... A SCRIBBLER.