The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1849-08-16
WHOLE. NUMBER Ii3.
From the Naaiiapton Rerub!lc.l
IuCpFOcD CONVENTION IN IOWA
TAcrrs ~ rng ulrosltoy.


TAtrres ~ Iut. arrustlloy.
We have already stated ,ha, ut I.ocol,co
c"nscntions. recently held in Iowa and
! Maine, resolutions manuiac;urcd out uf tho
staple 1T tho iaioR's daily caumnics
tgainst General TayioR and his Cabinet
"cfc adopted and rumpotcd IL the world
rs ihc Noi"e ut the Democracy nf those two
states. Tho aian heralds these crystal
lila'iens at partition rhcum as tho voice ot
the sovereign people, whilst il treats tho
people 'hemsr.,cs--ih.se vino make Pres
dents, the million voters eho elected Gen.
crll FAVOR - the Chief Maristracy-ns
. motley crew or dcIulca rahh'e. The
Iowa resolutions, like The others, spenk Of
General TAYLOR NJ violu,nr Of pledges,
/ cipher. NJ devoid Of bones, principlc--in-
deed. follow the cNampI,r nj his trndiccrs
here 10 Washington. We uro quite con.
tent Ia have tho Union regard the frantic
slr'chinfs 4. disappointed spoilsmcn ns tho
voice OF The sovereign people; for our.
selves, No shall continue to listen To tho
decisions ot tho ballot-boy for what tho
sovcrcigns have To saw
The burden Of The rcproachcs denounced
against the Administration il "proscrip.
'ion'-,hc loss 81. tho spells. With how
much sincerity the I.oeoloc"s Of Iowa ipu
IA tho chorus -! the Union, facts will show.
The huli ot tho patronage OF the Gcncr-
nj GoIern,ncnt ia Iowa il lodged iu tho
hands "l the surveyor general Of that dis
trlci. Ills deputies sconr the whole coun-
try. aud his contracts for survey ing amount
To larger sums than nj! the other public
revenues OF the state, federal md local.
pr, together. This Office is held Nv MIR.
| DpnIn, a lpcotoco, through whose cxcr-
tons, aud those who expected contracts
from BIN. the State was carried for tho Op-
position, nnd the election of two opposition
L.. =. Senators secured The convention
"h,rh passed the Insulting aud o1noxin,s
resolutions knew this fact and vet the Adj.
min. stra,ipn IL DENOUNCED fnr its proscrin-
ton, and the President scoicl AZ d cipl,cr.
Tac opposition gentlemen from Iowa, who
made interest IN Mr.. Borrm. very probably
Insiigaicd these rcsolutions-if they did
mol participate III their formation, We shall
lo"k in Vain lur any rciu,a,on oi them on
their part.
|, needed NJ additional flr's 10 provo
hat the elaiaor set up against the removals
winch hive taken place IL II Systematic nj.
tempt "a ba'iy the Administration. Tho
lopposiiian required the Cabinet Ia carry
IN The public business without The aid of a
single individual known 10 them. Tho
first removal made 10 ufin. into the public
>crs lee s1meb dV nEgm the members Of
the Cabinet ever saw, was seized upon AZ
prct"N, iur tie iinprcc atoms which have,
sinrc then, been haflcd ughins, tho Pres-
den, win ceasc'ess pronunciation. Il 10
sheer system al bra,ndp intended "a in,im.
liato The Cabinet int Keeping around
them, and Ia public enplosnonis through
'u' the country. officers who sympa,hizo
ia the hatred q. their dciruriors.
Tho President has MT confined his an
poinlmcnis 10 lis peculiar friends, or the
isleisis 81 any 81 ,ltc distinguished leaders
OF Tie party. i!o has gone further, mud
appointed II oilier individuals cf the Oppo-
siilpn--ihsso VIII voted FIR CAss and Bur.
LEg. BIT whether he remove or rctnin
men in Office whether lie app,,in, Wing,
ID an3erai, or Laro.lcu--ii ii all one 10 tho
Opposition. TIC torrent III abuse rolls on,
gaming volume aud momenlum in its
course.
We sboad imagine TINT tho members of
the Cabinet, who know the base!e-sness of
the clamar which IL manufactured out Of :
Few removals, have by this time fathorncd
IFS object. II tho people believe what tho
fnioa md lis followers say, they must
ihlnk that there are no Iocolocos left ia
n'lse. The Cabinet know how this is
They know that even now the Wings arc
n prescribed party. They have sccn tho
Presidents leDiency req litci with tho
rrosscst abuse. They have bcen let to
know that pullic e.icers who have lam
pnsncd tie Administration and the Prcsi.
dent in terms e insult mud bitter scorn.
"'ess deserved removal than the rest who
have been retained. They hive had Z
taste Ct tho bitterness nf these who hold
over from the last udn,iHi siration. Need
they any other suggestion To net?
The 'ni0n invites The attention of tho
President and his Cabine, 90 the resolutions
If the l.ocofoco Convention ofIown. With
all our hcart we second this motion. We
are agreed for on".
We once heard o! . traveller at Penn
sslsnnin hotel, villa rose from his he'd nc
night 10 examine The weather bu, instead of
lanhing out on the sky. thrust his head
through n glass window Il cupboard.
'.Inndori,' cried ihc usioni-hcd man, @lhis
i very singular weather; tho night is %
dark as Egypt md snieiis Of cheese"
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