The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-06-27
Ehr Gazette.
ALFRED SANDERS Enron.
DAVENPORT:
THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE u, 1850.
HON. LINCOLN CLARK.

IL
We had the pleasure upon last Saturday
and Monday afternoons Of listening 10 40,
dresses from, The above gentlemen, who are
the opposing candidates for Representative
10 Congress from this District.
Tho address Of the former gentleman
consisted mainly of TRADE against Gen.
Taylor and the present administration, and
euloeies Of Clay, Webster and Cas-. Up.
on the great questions agi,a,iog the Union
and the all important one concerning the
people Of this neglected portion OF our
State, he was almost entirely si!ent.--
While he would not pledge himself to use
his cxcrtions in firtherancc Of the interests
Of the Central Railroad, and spoke dispar-
agingly Of public men binding themselves
with pledges, wishing his constituents to
be satisfied in his case with the remark oil
the American officer 10 The Mexican war,
81 will tfs!n be 9, the same time spoke
unanimously against Gen. Taylor Tor hav-
ing entered upon bis administration with
out pledges. Iie was elected as the pco-
Piles candidate and averred that he would
not be the President Of party, but no
sooner had he entered upon tho duties Of
his Office than he commenced the work OF
prescription. In the frs, four months OF
his administration two thousand removals
from Office were mlde-but we have mo-:
the space to follow The gentleman in his
remarks.
When Gen. Taylor entered upon the adj
mioistraticn Of our government every Of
flee from The highest to the lowest was fill.
Cd by Democrat Now ii he had made
no removals under those circumstances,
We ask any candid man, would tha, have
constituted him a no.pariyn or "people's"
President? By no means, but in order 10
be such he should remove one-half Of those
incumben,s of Office aud replace them with
Wings. Has be done..sn? Ga the. contra
rs. a large majority Of Clerks 10 the Gener
al Post Office, to which Mr.. Clark par,ica.
arly alluded, as we'll as in all other Depart.
ments, are Democrats.
On only one single point, if our memory
serve us, did Mr. Clark ayow his principles
he was opposed to the WiImot proviso.
Tho address Of Col. Henderson was plain,
practical and sound. lie spoke not ngains.
the Democratic party, bu. confined bis re-
marks to those subjects in which he deem
ed his constituents most interested. He
believed that appropriations Of lands for
both projected Railroads in Iowa could be
obtained--ihat the present time was pro-
pi,ious, while delay, from the constructions
Of other roads, was dangerous. lie teltas
sured tina. If il be the will Of the people of
this District that he represent them 10
Congress, he could obtain that grant OF
lands. He suggested many ideas calcu!a-
ted to arouse the reflection Of his hearers
and which proved him to be man accus-
toned 10 take enlarged views Of those sub.
jects in which he interested himself.
The remarks Of Col. H. upon the subject
Of slavery were decided and practical. -
Born and raised in slave State, yet he
had sought The fertile State Of Iowa TO es-
cape the evils entailed upon man BY that
institution. He was opposed to its extern
sion over free soil.
We have mol the time 10 draw parallel
between the two speakers. From the re-
marks Of those who had listened to both we
formed the opinion, that every one was sat
isfied with the candor and frankness with
which Col. Henderson had treated those
subjects in which we are all interested,
and dissatisfied with the manner in which
Mr.. Clark cvaded their discussion and con-
sumed his Lime 10 rejecting upon measures
which he himself declared 10 the outset,
would cause his hearers to inquire the
connection they had with the object Of his
mission 10 the town Of Davenport.