Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1850-07-05
The Canvass I'm the list Distric
Wright and HEM. Hf

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The people Of this county were adj
dressed on Friday last, at the Cour,
House, in this place by the Congression
al candidates. Messrs. Wright and Hem.
The attendance was pretty good. Mr..
Hem lead off in talk of an hour, (for
he cant speak. He had no sooner
reached the stand, than he struck off on
the old tune familiar TO every school boy
in the land, who has ever heard Loco
foco stump speaker, Of Alexander Hamil.
ton. federalism, Banks and high tariffs
&c. After laundering along few min
utes on these hacknied topics, display
ing much ignorance, and stupidity in re-
lation to the political history of the coun-
try; he launched forth into his chosen
theme Of personality. misrepresentation
and abuse Of the President and his wI,ig
friends, for removing good patriotic, COM
petent Locnfocos from office; like him
self, who had fought, 6ied and grown
rich on the spoils of Office. And really
il would have melted the heart Of the
most cruel savage, and brought tears into
the eyes of the Hyena, TO have Witness
ed his weeping and wailing over the
loss Of the dear spills. Yes, General
Taylor was wretched, mean old man,
that he was; for equalizing the Offices be.
tween the two parties. and carrying out
the old Jeffersonian and Jackson rule of
filling the most important offices with
their political friends.
The picture drawn BY Hem, Of the
removal of Post Mistress, some where
up north. was truly distressing. All
who heard this chapter of lamentation
to the end, went away well satisfied Of
one thing; that the sum and substance of
Henn's charge against the wing admin
istration was, this IL had been sucking
Government Pap for long series OF
years; had grown sleek and fat; and was
delightfully."- situatedand well pleased with
my comfortable birth; | was dreaming
of long years of ease and happiness,
when behold, the American people de-
,ermined to place Old lack at the helm
of State, aud in an unluckly hour; Oh!
me miserable; he disslpated all my pleas
ing rereries, struck down my fond hopes,
and placed another man in the office.
to which thought my good services had
given me a life estate.
But Mr.. Hem was all over in love
with the Des Moines River Improvement.
In this he would succumb to no man
but the Immortal Cesar. Dodge was
General in this business, and he (Henn)
was captain. Well, at one hound he
was asiride this Improvement hobby
horse, and bolt upright, and from the
lusiy manner in which he applied spur
and whip, some thought he was right of
for Washington. Bit it was no go, too
many had before rode into Office on this
hobby. The people had, he found-cu,
their eye teeth in these paris, and il be-
gan 10 be heard around the room; tina,
the lands were sold, the money squander-
60, and there was no dams to show for
it. The old Board, the new Board and
Thompson had made stronger aud better
promises than HEM dare make when
begging for votes; but once elected. and
what have they done; echo answers
what! So Hem found to his sorrow
that this desperate attempt of Dodge g.
Co. to manufacture rirer thunder was a
miserable failure, and oily served to
place him in an unenviable position.
Mr.. Wright followed in an able, forci-
BILE and lucid rejoinder of an hours
length. q aeFe7
Mr.. Wright refuted the false positions
Of Hem, and showed up his pitiful viii
ming attempt 10 create sympathy on the
ground of removals from Office in their
true light. Wright struck to the bone
and .'every lick the feathers few" Mr..
Wright came out on the Slavery Cues
ton manfully and boldly. He was well
satisfied that Congress had the consiitu.
tional right to legislate for the Territories
on the subject of Slavery. and he would
insist on the exercise Of that power, up
to the time that its passage would endan-
ger the Union. Then he would pause
and not till then--but by the Union he
would stand, at all and every harvard
He said he had requested Mr.. Hem to da-
fine his position on this question at ey-
cry place they spoke, but SOAR he would
not do so.
And now he had not done so in his
sneccl, here. ha cha rced II ho ma uron