The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-06-13
From The Loua Republican,.
COL VIM. Fl. HENDERSON.


s.Some Of our readers may be curious TO know
gress in the Second District, is.n-Rapor,er.
Who is Col. William II. Henderson. This
very naturally reminds rs Of somewhat similar
query anxiously propounded all over the country
Just six years ago. 1t was this Who isJames
X. Polk! The answer 10 the latter query already
forms an important part OF the history ol the
country, and should any Of orr readers desire all
the particulars we would, with great respect, re-
fer them to the iron manufacturers Of Pennsylya-
MIA, the friends Of home labor and industry, the
champions OF river and harbor improvements, and
the surviving heroes s.54 deg. 40 or fshtn
platform
The answer to the first question about which onr
friend feels so much soiicitade, may very properly
be stated here, by way OF contrast. He has or
posed for the past twenty years, on all proper oc-
casions, the policy advocated by James x. Polk.
Heis the same gentleman who was deemed by Ills
Wing friends in Tennessee suitable opponent
of this James X Polk lor seat in Congress. He
canvassed the District with his Exceency in pros,
and had the contest been decided BY reason and
argument instead of their antipode, a blind devo-
tion 10 parry, Mr.. Polk could have boasted the
merit Of having been beaten BY as honest man
as Col Henderson. He is the same man who
some wears later, in canvass for state officers in
Illinois, and as the candidate fer Lieuten mt Gov
more votes Than any other candidate on The Whig
ticket. Wherever, during long life, he has ta-
ken i,p his abode, his gentlemanly department
and conduct have onmanded the respect and Sc
cured him the confidence and esteem ot every hon
est man who had The good fortune TO make his ac-
Quaintan e. Fora and raised in the west, for
more than thirty years ne has been an active and
intelligent participant in western att 'rs, and We
undertake 10 say that no man in Iowa or elsewhere
possesses a clearer, more comprehensive, and,
at the same time, more minute knowledge CT
the great and vital interests Of the western people
Nor do we believe that the voters OF this district
can find man within its limits whose thoughts,
and feelings, and education SO admirably tit him
to pres. upon Congress, with fact and argument,
the adoption OF such measures as will be best adj
apted to develop the boundess resources OF our
! Young and growing State. o'he farmer we will
say, that our candidate for Congress Is as familiar
with all the uses Of the plough, the axe and the
hoe as a constant practice with these useful tools
for quarter ef a century in the forests OF Ken.
tncky and Tennessee, and on the rich prairies OF
Iowa and Illinois can render him.
As public speaker, even his pol'ilca! enemies >
in the canvass for the second Office in the glft OF
Of the people Of Illinois, frankly conceded him
| the first rank. In this particular we take Pc
| cuiiar pleasure in challenging comparison
with the distinguished Locotoco orators who du-
ring a period 50 long s'that the memo!y OF pan
A. n<..,trn nruyfsS hau n
rss.n,ad ,he State Of Iowa n the Councils Of the
| Nation. An yet our friend ot the Reporter -
painfully solicitons on account Of the ignorance
Of h.!eads's ana .nem c,'.Gs''y :" nso ~o
.r"s wi;,ar 81 The Reno,ter NAV rest easy il ne
can, when we assure him that the people of the
west, the genuine bone and sinew, know our can
dia'e intlmaIely ma. many 2. .e" ;d na.. IS .;ds
up MIN o;" ,ba, ns his habits. his feeling,
and his interests ore all OF Western origin and
growth, that he sympa'hises with the pioneer,
reciprocote The feeling, and that where thonsht
and feeling and interest are mu.aaa am sn,s,.
ea. ana wne,e and h.,o !, expand 70 lis utmost
caDaciy, is found 10 exist in member Of the class
we have been talking about, and when an oppo,r'
tnnty rs presented 10 Place nus '.e .seM s,sc,