Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1854-05-17
From the Washington Union.
The Election in IOvva--A Voice
from the North west.


The election i. lows Iowa came of on On The ID in.
ssant. Inc only ola'e omceI 70 oe elec.eo ~
vo's was h;.h pfcs III da,p uv
nc NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.! which o'nce ,"1 oe,"ocracy'
10 regular convention, nom'nc T ~. ames y.
Iaus' - TOT Mauu. ..ss neu =
Gu ,a"u 'n.uo Ho'n."e'.oue 1vI Sss.e VI
ncers 20 Se run attire coming august elections
ton = blank in their ticket. with the under.
standing that Dr. Shedd. an avowed abolition.
ist, and lately the candidate Of that party for
o"5s sn 20 n e.naS.,s .nd .ho"i% r run as
the whir support. Immediatejv after the adj.
journment Of the whig' convention, DR.. Shedd
~ .t nnss cauu.ua.e, ua:, portion
snc nae,on.i wings MISUNDERSTANDING, "e was
.ha1:.: ~ u:Sne "II uaAo iool ~ auo.ner
aoo,uon wig Pes, WV was not 4u,Ce SO ooi'
ous ~ .ns .o.al wngs, a.u why 'ney antic
80 49, ~ II. ...e s:a.. -. ~. Dia.e
Law men o. sne o'ase; oes.oss.ne was preach
s.cnn", =, pru a"u Ssnc.p.s ufh oa anas
se.. .';,i ~ ~; Uy '"a"y us"o''s'' u "i' own
II .S.,;.;a -. az. Lii; 81 -.
.o.a,,s S,.," ~ Ills: Inc ~g. n"I :. .neiI
tic Nshrasl. iii .n% ,.f,saJ ~ unuuucsu
so,ar,.,r ,aso,u,;na. .nJass;n ~ ~. III ~
n.,;onai ri. tn. his s." ~. ~.
~. H. So -. p,.: usn
bsen nas. h;,,erlv omnos,"n ,ho N ah,asu. "a;,
md -. ~ fou,a ..os
fof IN O1 he other hand, neatly ar Tie DEM I'M.
ocratic papers IN the State have taken bt ID
grounds in favor of:that bill and the PRINCIPLES
Of non. intervention.
And what is the RESULT Why, instead Of
usual democratic majority Of 300 or 1000.
DIR. Eads, the democratic candidate, is elected
by from 2, 700 to 3, 500.
We are proud and happy 10 inform the read
~. u.: ~. ~. :-:.,
ms o"J mas osen
since been swelled to 4OOO Large" thus sig.
nalizinx the supremacy of the good old cause
over the combined forces Of our onnos;t,or
IN, oFpO''''o''
NIu.l
This, however, Is not the only gratifying re-
suit connected with the Iowa election. We
are informed that in one ofthe judicial districts
in which the wing candidate had been twice
elected and had presided for anumber Of years,
his democratic competitor triumphed over him
by majority OF $40 votes! Mr.. Casaday, the
successful candidate is said to be a gentleman
Of extensive legal and political information,
and was from the start the open and avowed
friend of the Nebraska bill; while Judge Nc
Kay hi; whig competitor, and personally highly
popular, took strong grounds against in Al.
though other issues were involved. vet the re-
suit shows that the people of Iowa arc not Ia
be frightened from their propriet ' nv 4 mere
proposition to extend to themselves. IN com.
mon with the people Of ali the States the right
of deciding what their own domestic instiIu
tions shall be.
Among the most pleasing incidents NJ th;s
election which have come to our knowledge IL
that relating to the county Of Linz. which has
heretofore given democratic majority Of from
25 to as. On the goth Of March last Hon.
John P. Cook, the whiv representative in Con.
gress from Iowa. addressed a letter To one az
his Constituents. which was published in ,bs
Linn County Register, hut a few dave hafo,s
the election. in which he denounced Inc Ne.
braska bill "a pile sche,ne of noy,bs-, ,-...5
erv." ard his co,leapuea Messrs DnJoo ana
Jones, of the Senate. and HEM. Of the House
as committing "tyeoson bv their roice and potes
In this county DR.. Eads, The democratic. re-.
ceived q majority Of l7O-Jeino more than dom6.
le the usual aeanocyetic majority.
When il is recollected that Iowa vas the an
" northern state whose senators voted for All
cast tsoo Of the three northern votes for The ~
C;t,ye slsve lsv ssna,or S,nr ros ~ III p INC ~
vania giving The thirdl-thar her d.mocr.cv
never pssssd Wi,mo.. prov;so I rr.cInt;"ns Z,
her Legislature alone Of ali those IN tie nor.
theru States refused to instruct her senators =
favor Of the abolition moyements that were
made ia Congress from Is45 10 la5I-and NOW
when we Contemplate the hold ana naf;ono,
stand taken by her people at homo. a.. veil as
her democratic REPRESENTATIVES here-vh.,
supporter of the constitution and r.. comnrc'
m,ses can.bu. admir-. the political conrse Of I'M.
noble north v est.rn Statei The vo,nr,se, rr"'
d,ct;ore cr tho Nau, VI r.: P,c-