Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1850-10-04
The Result.


The special election for this Congress
sional District rs over; aud if ever there
was result that ought TO gladden. the
hearts of the masses of the people of
the District throughout its length and
breadth, j. is the triumph of the true
hearted, the honest yeomanry, the mas
ses of all parties, combined to rebuke
the fraud, corruption, swindling and steal
ing as perpetrated by few Old Hunker
leaders in this State, in their wanton and
dasiardly attack upon the ballot-box. 1t
is triumph OF law, and order, Of justice
and truth; yea, Of freedom itself, over
mobocracy, injustice, falsehood and des-
potsm. And well may every one who
contributed TO secure this glorious result.
be proud of the service he has rendered
our noble young State, in wiping out
from her escutcheon, the foul stain, at
tempted to be fixed upon it by the mis-
cradle sinking leaders Of the old bunker
faction in our midst.
Mr.. Miller, who was fairly elected to
Congress two years ago last August, was
prevented as is well known, from taking
his seat by the arbitrary will of these
Hunker leaders Constitutional law, all
justice, and the sacred rights Of the peo-
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pie were all trampledinto the dust togeth-
er and the certificate of election given
to one Of their own clique, faithful old
Hunker, ready for anything to carry out
the ,rickery and political juggling of the
fraternity. With that certificate in his
hand, and the whole power of The Hun
ker crew, with Dodge at their head, he
met with. whitening rebuke from a
Congress composed of majority of
Democrats, who sent him back, and SAID
10 the people, now say who you want
for your Representative. And this was
done because the Democrats who voted
against Thompson were true Democrats,
and were determined that old Hunkerism
should not ride rough shod over all law
and order.
Mr. Miller, who has laborcd, with
perseverance and zeal, for several
months in the cause Of the Constitution.
Of the freedom Of elections and purity
Of The ballot box, and who has won for
himself a fame, which his vile traducers
may well envy, came back to the sove-
reign people, and fearlessly and manfni-
~ threw his ease into their hands, for a
decision, and notwithstanding the free
use Of corruption fund, a direct offer
10 hribe Democrat off the track, aud
notwithstanding the sluice-gates of sour
rilli,y and vituperasion, and SANDER were
let loose upon him without stint, he has
received verdict from the hands Of the
people, which more than double COM
pensate him for all his labors, and as
sures him of the confidence Of the peo-
pie while i. says in thunder tones to the
in the balance and found wanting. Yes,
the Hunker leaders and their hired un-
scrupulous mouth-p ieces, those ofien-
siyc stagnate pools which at their mas
ters bidding, pour out from week TO
week contagion, disease and death, to
corrupt and poison the public mind, have
tortured their poor whirling brainl in
hunting up approbrious names and vile
epithets, with which to stigmatize the
name and character Of MI. Miller. The
.mad Mormon poet" the "Ghost of Bus
,er," and many other reproaches have
danced through the dislempered magma
tons OF the Toang gentleman who pre-
sides so gracefully over the columns OF
the Dispatch and his acorthy co-laborers
in an ingIorious work, in all the wild
frenzy Of despair. Yes that ghost
which has been the theme of your song
for months-which has startled you in
the darkness of the midnight hour, when
plotting villuiny and trickery, is now
standing before you, like Banquos' ghost,
and before il, convicted as you are. Of
fraud, crime and villany, you may well