The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1849-02-22
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE
REVIEW OF THE SESSION.
No. III.


bill, the violent attack upon the nervous
system Of the caucus nominee, and tho pas.
sage Of the bill creating the office Of State
Printer, ] next come to the bill introduced
in tho House Of Representatives by a dis.
s'ngnIshcd member from the "hary nalion,"
which emanatcd 10 caucus, having Cor il.
ohjec, the repeal Of tho net organizing the
county Of Pnt,awa,omie. This county was
organized some timc lasi summer by the
Judge of the fourth Judicial District. The
inhabitants Of the county elected all their
county officers, Justices Of the peace, &c,
and its organization wns made as complete
ns any county in this State, and by our
constitution and laws the inhabitants OF
tho county were subjec. to the payment Of
taxes, md entitled 10 all tho immunitics,
the same rs my other organized county in
the State, and ye, the Democracy in the
Legislature determined that they had the
right to dsorganize tho county. take away
vested rights, leave judgments on Justices
docke,s standing as perlec. nullhy, and
cast the inhabitants out from the protection
Of the State md dsfrnnchise them AZ ciii.
zens! This bill unconstitutional in its pro.
visions, arbitrary in its principles, breath.
ing tyranny and persecution in every sec.
tion, actually passed tho Iousc--,hat dig.
nltied body which Mr.. Speaker Bonham
declared contained n majority tina, consid-
cred themselves responsible Tor the doings
Of tho General Asse,nbly--and would have
pnssed the Senate hut for reasons I will
explain hereafter. This bill coming up in
the Senate created as much interest lor n
short spnce OF time rs any thing that came
before that body during the session. The
Democracy were asked 10 give ono single
reason "why such a bill should pass; wha,
their object in thus disorganizing count,
containing five thousand inhahitsnts.'' No
reason could be given other than the inhab.
i,nn,s were mostly Mormons, "a set of cut
Mroats and land p;raies," &c. When
they were told tina, iar the safety aud secu.
rity Of the pcaceablo Inhabitants If the
county of Pot,awa,amie, aud the counties
adjoining, there was greater reason E,r
keeping up more thorough organization
81 the county that offenders might he
brought to Justice, tho only reply was ad.
diiional cpithc,s aud dcnunca,ions agains,
The Mormans; that they would control the
elections in the county, and people enter.
tanning such religious notions ongh, not to
be allowed To vote. or be recognized by the
authorities 81 the State. While the l.ocos
thus gave SO many reasons for their course.
il only weakened their cause in the ewes
nj NIL honorable men, md proved tina, they
were instiga,cd BY political considerations
alone. |. is well known that the Loco,o.
cos in the State OF illinois petted and up.
Leld the Alormons in that State. and ravc
them exclusive privileges By Legislative
cnnclmcn, iha, they did no, give 10 others;
md when they were driven from there and
settled on tho frontier oil Town, the Democ
rncv organized their coantry into n county,
for the express purpose Of getting their
votes at elections. In this they did no,
succeed, for the reason tina, the Mormons
might well distrust n party who had once
cour,ed their favor and then turned round
ind driven them from the S,a,c By mob 81.
"lcncs; hence, they preferred trusting Gen.
Tnylor's administration and accordin.l,
voted for him.
The reason for disira nchising this class
Of people was Cor political etIsc. aud "no,l,.
ing elsc;" but take il il you please upon
the principle Of religions tolerance and the
attempt 10 take AWAY from them tho pro-
lection Of our State government, while ci,i-
zens IN al organized county, and the his,o.
ry OF this country does not furnish so gross
violation Of our constitution rs this des.
pera'ion Of progressive Democracy to out.
taU American citizens on account of their
religious belief lknow nothing abou, this
misguided sect Of people only from infor-
nation, md all accounts agree that there
are good men, and bad men; sincere men,
and selfish men among them. This 10 in.
cidens 10 nil communities, and oil denomi-
nations, consequently the greater necess-
ty for a rigid execution Of our laws that the