Demoine courier., 1854-07-27

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las, and addressed a respectable audience,
one third of whom were Wings. on the
current political topics Of the day. Mr..
Bates fret mounted the rostrrm, and tho
we were prepared, from what we had
heard through the public prints. and 9th
wise, TO see a very ordinary man in ap'
pearance, we found he had been over.
rated, bo,h intellectually and physically.
for he nei,her looked nor tailed like
what we thougbia candidate for the high
Office of Governor ough, TO; and even
our Democratic friends seemed 10 hang
their heads in very shame to think that
in the young and growing State Of Iowa,
a man Of 80 little talent, and so entirely
unified TO the station TO which he as
pi.es, was placed before them to ad-
dress them on State politics, and that
they should have TO support a ''granny
Bates" indeed, or vote for a man oppo-
sed to them in politics. The later al
ternatiye we believe many Democrats
will resor, to, rather than support him.
But we must notice a few OF the points
in Mr.. Bates speech, il a speech it can
really be called. He took the ground
that the repeal of the Missouri Compro.
mise was right; belabored Grimes, the
Wings, F~reesoiless, and everybody else
tina, would not vote for him, as abolition
ISIS, amaigamationists, and every choice
name he, in his vocabulary of slang,
could think Of; and Iabured necessarily
throughout, his ~harangue TO misrepreseni
and place Mr.. Grimes in a position be-
fore the people which he does not occu-
py, forgetting all the time to say one
word about wha. he Bates would do il
elected. We have always heard candi
dates for high Offices discuss the princi-
Piles at issue, but Bates seemed intent on
no object bu. discussing Grimes polili-
cal character, and e~ndeavoring 10 place
him in a false position before the public.
As an instance of Mr.. BIS unfairness aud
absolute misrepresentation, he stalled that
Mr.. Grimes, IN one instance, sustained
Gov. Hemps,ead's veto, bu. forgo, to tell
the people that This vote was almost
unanimous in the House, aud influenced
by the objections of the Governor. and
was given with a view 10 expedite bust.
ness and the passage of another bill OF
the same character to which Mr.. Hemp.
stead could urge no constitutional objec-
iions,-anC that SO soon as the vote was
taken. "Mr. Grimes, (see House Journal,
page 32l) with leave introduced II. X.
file No. 1875, a bill for an &C, submitting
10 the electors Of Iowa, the question oil
a Convention to amend the Constitution
of the Slate;'' that Mr.. Grimes voted fol
this bill ihroughout-voted to pass i. by
the Constitutional majority, after Hemp,
stead vetoed it, and that j. c. Ramsey
of this county, now a candidate for Sen,
ator, lodged the question and did no.
vote at all (See page 4l2-'l3-'l4
House Journal.) Why did not Mr.. b.
tell this? Ii is a matter of record and
cannot be denied. Mr.. Bates also harp.
ed on the doctrine that we pay no inter
es. to other States for the currency which
we use, which every man knows we de
pay; appealed strongly to national wings
to support him. said the Democrats al
held to good Wing doctrine, said he
would not use the veto except on Con.
stilulional grounds. and SET down amid a
chilling silence-comple.ely exhausted
with his tremendous effort to prove the
Wigs aboInionists, Grimes ditto, aid mo-
in favor Of amending the Constitution
and that Curtis Bates was the creates
mat in The State Of Iowa, all Of which
his audience were fully satisfied he failed
to DO. On The whole, Mr.. Bates may
DE considered the smallest Of small beel
poli,icians,-or small potatoes and a few
in a hill.
Mr.. Hal next TOOK the stand, ant
from his character as a speaker we ex
pected to hear a fair and full discussion
Of the grea! national questions at issue
but we are sorry 10 say we were sadly
disappointed in our reasonable expec.a'
tons. lie, too, devoted the most of &
two, hours speech in attempting TO prove
the Wing party abolitionists, and in de
tending and unfolding the infamous Ne
brsska Bill, said lha, Congress had made
three errors 10 passing the Missouri
Compromise bill, one a constitutional err
rer and Two Fundamental errors, reat
largely from the "Hawkeye" to prov
the Wings ~abolisionisls, appealed to Ma
,ional Wings TO come up and snsiaii
him and the Nebraska bill; made ltequen
illusions to Henry Clay and DAME