Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-01-19

;iei GU tseH ulstiHcty III favor VI All uHcon-
ii,ional repeal ofthe removal act. This,
together with expressions from the
Statesman, shows Sufficiently the true
state of public opinion in Lee county. In
what kind of prsdica:nant does this place
the wing members from that county, as
well rs those from Desmoines, Louisa and
Washington, who all vbtea for that meas.
IRE? And what course will they pursue
lpon this question for the future? We
shall see.
embellishments osFcd-
erai .'Gaa.i;ss On" .t>s
From the cAucklins Of a few political
mounteblnks over the remarks incidently
dropped by Mr.. Smith, in the course Of
his speech on the 9Th inst, it is evident
that our opponents will make a desperate
effort ito turn those remarks TO account
against the Democracy and make capital
Of them to operate upon the catholics Of
this country. We can informthem in ad-
vance, that they reckon without their host
when they calculate upon :he gullibility
Of that intelligent and patriotic portion Of
our adopted citizens. The jeers and tauuts
Of the federal party against the ignorant
herd" as they styled them, OF "Irjsh and
German Catholics" are too fresh IN the
recollection OF the latter to permit Of their
listening for moment to the hollow heart.
ed appeals Of those wing demrgogues who
bat recently advocated the Introduction OF
the benefits Of common schools to the Ca
.holio citizens Of New York city-who
rejoiced at the cola b!oojtd AMI wholesale
mlder OF catholics in the streets of Ph!a-
delphia land who, when the sky was light
ed up with the red glare of burning
churhces and desecrate1 affairs in that city,
cried "hayoc, and let slip the dogs of
war;"
In the absence, even, ofihose recorded
events which establish beyond successful
dispu'at!en the undying hostility of fede-
raIi~m to our adopted Catholic citizens,
that class are too sincerely attached to the
de,nocI attic faith, to be seduced from ale.
glance to their cherished principles of
equal rights by such specious appeals from
their dradiest political enemies, on accoun,
of few unauthorized remarks touching
the professors of their religion in coun-
try at war with the United States. No
intelligent Catholic will listen moment
to such federal appeals.
The remarks made by Mr.. Smith ailcc-
ted not the Catholic religion generally, bat
only the conduc. and character of the
Clergy in Mexico. Whether those re-
marks be true or false, is nothing to us.
They were not only, as before remarked,
unan'hor;zed, but, so far as they permit,
by any construction, an inference prejudi,
ciaI to the C,iholc church generally, are
absolutely repudiated by the democratic
party Of Iowa. Mr.. Smith, as he states in
another column, over his own signature,
spoke upon this subject on! y for himself as
an individual. 81 far from lis being true
tha, those remarks were either endorsed
or "cheered" by the democracy present,
they were promptly repuliated en- the
spot, by Gen. Dodge and Col. Benton, on
behalf OF our party, both of whom spoke
at.visedly the democratic sentiment on this
subject. 7htir remarks acre authorized,
aud were cordially responded to, we dare
aver, by erery democrat in attendance.
This is TIE true state Of the case.
For the purpose Of showing mere clear
" the i'll grace with which those appeals
come from tie federalists Of Iowa, we
viii now invite the attention of our Cath
ol!c readers 10 resolution formally a.
drpted by that party at their STATE Con
vcn,ion, held in this city on the 9th inst,
wherein The same catholic population spo-
ken of by Mr.. Smith, ere denounced as
the viest and most degraded of human
beings. Those resolutions were drafted
by one of the most prominent Wings 10
the Site, who made flaming speech in
their support, AMI they were adopted by
the Wing party by aoclan .tion. They
therefore en,body the views Of that party
officially promulgated, and are not merely
the unauthorized EXPRESSION Of a single
The resolution to which we
alIude reads as follows; let every Catholic
read it:
"Resotrea; That we view the project of
10 our Republic people who
a'e of different race, Nex;cans speak
ing different language. who have 70
sylnpathics IT, common with us, and ,rho
are sunhen in The dep'hs Of igaorsmcp and
moral depreuty; who have been reared
mid constant revelations aaIh mo, con-
sfnnt practice Of rice NIL crime; as certain
10 distract our councils, dismember our
Republic and overthrow our liberty"