Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1854-06-15

ac,ly the reverse. What did say, wha,
intended to say, and what as southern
man, will maintain, is. tina, an intelli-
gent and judicioLs master. having his
slaves around him, in Missouri or Ne.
braska. would be as acceptable neigh
Dor 10 me, and as ! thought, would be to
Iowa, as one of these new emig.an,s.-
| hope, now that am understood on
that matter
Now II must be apparent to any fair
minded man, tha, Iowa was not separated
from the other non siaveholding North
western Sta,es-because OF any sup
posed difference between her neighboring
sisters-bui she was selected simply as
an illustration, because of her proximity
and neig kborhood to Missouri and Kan.
sas. The remark was intended to illus
trase the opinion that gentleman of
good character in Missouri and Nebras.
la, notwithstanding he holds slaves,
would be as good neighbor as newly
enigrated foreigner from Germany.
never had il in my mind to think Of Iowa
as State, that would allow or introduce
the institution of slavery in her limits.
| am, gentleman, with true respect,
yours, A.. +. BUTLER.
|, seems that Mr.. Buffers own friends
drew the same irferences from his re-
marks ,ha, did. Now | am no, gong
to enquire how far Mr.. Buffers explana-
,ion justifes the inference that | drew.
| am not driven TO .ha, necessity. lean
sustain my original statement by the
most iriefragibe record evidence. viz:
Senator Buffers recorded speech. Mr..
Butler delivered long speech in The
Senate on The Nebraska bill, that IS re,
ported in the "Globe" of the 9Th April
last, (evening edition.) in which he uses
the following language:
"Why, sir, the STAKEHOLDER, with his
slaves well governed, forms a relation
,ha, is innocent enough, and useful e
nough. believe that it. is a population
that Iowa TO morrow Vouid prefer to an
iaundatton of those men coming as en-
igran's from q for IGN country. totally
unacquainied with the institutions Of
this comtry-and nearly oil continen
tai comers are of that class. The
same remark cannot be made of those
who, like the English aud Irish, haze
Hued ,tder the administration of ht
common ia,U."
The emigranis referred to are Ger.
mans. and Mr.. Butler unhesitalingly ut
ters The opinion that Iowa would PREFER
slave population to such emigran,s.-
Why? Because, in his opinion the
State would be more prosperous. Lee
it be remembered that this declaration
was uttered in the United States Senate
tn the presence of the Io,Da Senators
was reported in the" GloLe' newspaper
the official reporter Of the Senate, and
that it has never been denied, questioned
or rebuked by those Senators.
Where is the boasled chivalry OF the
South Carolinian who can accuse me o
misrepres cntation and of not having reaC
his speech, when he knew that his
speech of eleven columns, reported in
the "Daily Globe" OF the 9th April
contained the foregoing extract! | sub
nit to The people of the State whether
the language of Mr.. Butler is not stron
ger and more comprehensive than ex
pressed il in my address, and whether
the a,temp. to divert attention to his re-
marks on another occasion, and on Z
differen, day, as afterwards, changed by
him, is not pitiful indeed.
stated in my address that ga distin
gulshed Representative from Georgia
had declared .ha, Iowa would be Slave
State in fifteen years Whereupor
Messrs Dodge and Jones address Il
Messrs. Toombs and Dawson, the "Sen.
alors" from that Sale, the following
note:--
SENATE CHAMBER, April 26, '54
GENTLEMEN:-lti is asserted by Jane,
| w. Grimes, Esq, the Whig candidate
for Governor Of Iowa; tha. .'ds,in
guished representative from Georgia has
declared that Iowa will be a slave State
in fifteen years." Will you do US tn.
favor to inform Us If either Of you ha,
ever made such declaration, or hav.
ever heard of any of your colleagues il
the House of Representatives giving ct
terance to such an opinion! Very res
pec,iully, yours, G. w. JONES.
A. G.. DODGE.
Hon. VIM. Z. DAWSON and ROBERT
TooMBs.
And received the following reply:-
SENATE CHAMBER, April 26, "a.
GENTLEMEN:-Your letter of to-day
is received. We answer, each for him
self, that we never used the expression
attributed to some representative from
Georgia. and we believe the whole to bs
sheer fabrication. We are respectful
ly, your obedieni servants.
Il. TOOMBS.
VIM. G.. WSON.
Hon. A. G. DoDaE and G. w. JONES.
Now why did they not address theil
note to the Representatives. from Geor.
gia? Were they not in attendance upon
Congress, aud could not an answer be
as easily procured from them as from the
Senators of that State! We're they mo-
assembled every day under the same
roof! Dothe Senators from Iowa ignore
the existence of House of Represen
i tatives? Is their posliiOn SO exalted thai