Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1850-08-02
WHOLE NO. "a.

ehIty -hihe uthes, anu the senator from
Iowa say that have made the statement
to which he alludes repeatedly. The
other day, when | was making some re.
marks TO the Senate in answer to a sug-
gestion made by the Senator from vir-
ginia. (Mr. Mason,) in relation to how
much discretion was left TO him, stated
that believed the Senators from fourteen
States had about as little discretion left
on the subject on the one side as the
honorable Senator from Virginia had on
the other. That was the remark which
made. Some friend sitting near me
added "fifteen, Delaware is in the same
position;' and Immediately added "Del.
aware" If that can be considered as
stating repeatedly" that Delaware had
instructed her Senators to vote for the
Wilmot proviso. | am certainly guilty of
1t. | do not wish to make any further
explanation.
Mr.. Dodge, | thought it was the
Senator from New York who had made
the suggestion that Delaware had given
such instructions; but let the Senator
who made the remark acknowledge it.
On morton of Mr.. Wales, the resolu-
tons were then laid on the table, and a
motion to print them was referred 10 the
Committee on Printing.
We copy the above, TO show our read
ers exactly the position that Dodge Dem
ocracy makes the State of Iowa occupy
before the assembled wisdom of the ma.
tion. The naughty ruler of the Loco
foco party in this State, demands, sin
his place." 10 know from the Senator
from Delaware what are the relations
subsisting between that Senator and the
State he represents. He wants to know
"if we are to have the Senators of Della
ware voting with Abolitionists here" and
the question is put with all the tone and
bearing of authority that Southern mas
ter might be supposed to put on in adj
dressing couple of his slaves, whom
he suspected of an intention to DO wrong.
How long, we beg to inquire, if there be
any who can answer, is the State Of To-
wa to be thus trotted out on every possi-
bic occasion before the Congress of the
U. s., and the whole world, as the most
stupendous and highly perfected peice of
doughfaceism extant? While every 9TH
er Free State, and the Slave State of
Delaware to boot, have felt called upon to
hold up to more prominent view, at this
great crisis of public affairs, the sublime
doctrines laying at the foundation of the
Federal Constitution, our own State of
Iowa is made to crouch in the dust before
the band of slavery propagandists, a
craven monument Of the absolute rule
exercised over her position and opinions,
BY the man who thus degradingly exhib-
its her for his own glorifcatjon and prof
it. If the people of Iowa desire to put
an end to this disgraceful state Of things.
they have fair opportunity to begin the
work at the approaching August election.
We believe every Locofoco candidate
who has been brought out bows the
knee to Dodge. and swears fealty to the
slavery propaganda. Let the free voters
Of the State mark them, and in repudia-
ting them, repudiate the power tina.
breathes into them the breath of political
life. Judge Clark. who aspires (all un-
expected to himself to play second to
Dodge in the Lower House OF Congress
was most emphatic in his speech Of We'd
nesday last, in making known his bitter
and unyielding hostility to the Wilmot
proviso. The Judge, we understand,
has dabbled a little in the "fesh and
blood" merchandise, in his day, and for
aught we know, he still has some Of the
article on hand to dispose of, and thinks
the enactment OF the Proviso would de-
preciate the market;-but let that be as
it may, he undoubtedly desires to make
OF small capital Of "Ora-
tory" and "Statesmanship," (uide last
Express) and believes that unless he can
get in with Dodge & Co., there is but
poor chance of profit. This leads
him to new and exalted ideas of the pa
triotism that lies in being a doughface,
and declaring that "under no circum-
stances" will he sustain the Wilmot Pro-
viso. II such are the honest sentiments
Of Judge Clark. he has no business 10
represent the Free State Of Iowa in the
National Congress;--if they are not his
sentiments, he makes himself hypo-
crite for the sake Of power and place.
and deserves defeat for that reason.
We repeat. there is now fair chance
to scatter at least one brood Of incipient
doughfaces, by leaving out every locofo-
co candidate in the State. If elected,
they will every one of them play into
the hands Of Dodge & Co. Mark it,