The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-06-08
COMMITTEE Room.
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fo the Hon A. &. DoD0E ana G.. w. JONES
Gentcmeu:--Your communication OF tie I'D INST,
has lust been reccycdyou call NY attention 10 GER
tain extracts Which you quote ftom circular letter ad-
dressed by James W. Cfrimes-to the people OF Iowa
connected with the GuhcrItoal eetie Of that State.
The remarks of Mr.. o.. far as they are Applicable
to mys IL are wholly without fJundaon. lhefe notice
one Of taem sample of the others Mr. e., 81! $:
bhor the sentiment announced b. senator butter
that Iowa would be more prosperous with the lnstl-
tIiion of slavery than with her industrious ana patri
ic & sraan populaton.' have never said an!th ig
W ch could authorize such n remark and think that
it will be seen that this gentleman has iuised more
in the license of :ttributiou than disposition 10 con
su the truthful statement of iact--l prtsumetl inus
prcsune) that he never read my remarks mace IN te
Senate, upon the only occasion on which spoke q
Iowa III connection with the institution OF slavery u
would seem that Mr. g., had found II more convenient
RELY on assumption than to consult accurate iniori;i
ton. The remark 10 which aliude VIII be found OF
the eth page of my speech delivered the s5th OF Feb
lasi-.tld is as follows:
"sonc of my friends had supposed that, in playful
remark which | made yesterday, assnulated the
q .rnans coming from Bremen and other ports OF Ger
many lht black men, and regarded them rs equal
My ncnti IN eXactl! the reverse What did say
what intended 10 say ahd what as southern man.
Will maintain. is that Intelligent and Judcious mas
ter having his slaves around him. In Missouri or Ne
br.ska would be as acceptable Eeshhor to me, aGe
rs thought, would be to Iowa, as one Of these new
cmigras. hope, now, ti'si a'l hdsfstoo'i Oh TIA
matter "
Now II mast be apparent 70 any fir m nded man
N Il Iowa vas not separated from the other noaslis e
holding Northwest ,rn Satts--bteauSe OF auy sup
posed difference between her and her naighboriiss
sister-bu she selected simply as an Illustration
clsc of her proximity and neighborhood 10 Missouri
and Kansas The remark intended TO astrat
the opinion data gentleman OF good character m MIS-
souri, and Nebraska no.w wlstand'ng ne oias si:tN
would be as good neigAlor as u newly ethgratee
f,repD from Germany. never had II IN III! ihliit
10 think Of Iowa as a State, that would allow OF intro
duce the institution of slavery in her iinitts
Iam, gentlemen, with true respect yours;
A. +. Bt tTIIR.
| It seems that Mr. Buffers own friends
drew the same infrrcnces from his remarks
that did Now am not going to enquire
! how far Mr. Buffers explanation justiies the
Inference that | drew. | can sustain my
original statement by the most irrefragIbie
recorded evidence, viz: Senator Butter :
recorded speech. Mr.. Butler Delivered
| long speech in the Senate on the Neorashi
bill, that is reported in the Globe ot INC
9th, April last, (evening cditlon) in whcl
he uses the following language
"Why, sir, the Shareholder, with ms
slaves well governed, forms relation tna'
liz innocent cnough and useful enough
1 Jbsiiere it is a population That io'ca tomorrow
rouH prttSr 10 an inundatioa Of those nph
comia1 as taai9rants from. a foreign country
totallg uaac9tqintsd rih the institutions O
It5js coMatrv--dad nearlg all coRttaeatH conieT'
ore of that class. The same remark eaaaot u
,,,oas Of those ,cho. HE tie English and fr'sh
bors hired uader he administration o. h'
common ld,c
The emigrants referred to are Germans
and Mr. Butler unhcsitatingiy utters thi
opiniou that Iowa would PREFER slave
population to such cmigrants. Why BE
cause, in his opinion the State would o'
more prosperous. Let it be rememoere'
that this declaration was uttered IN tn
United States Senate, an the presence o. ~
Iona senator's, was reported in the =" ulooe
newspaper, the official reporter OF the Sen
,atc, and that il has never been denied, ques
tioned. or rabuked by those Senators.
4 Where is the boasted chivairy OF III
South Carolnian who can accuse nae 9
! MISREPRESENTATION and Of not having rea
his speech, when he knew that his specs,
) nj eleven columns, reported in the Daii
Globe. Of the 9th April, contained tho lore
goinp extract. | submit TO the people
, he State whether the language OF Mr. bu
, ler is not stronger and more comprehehsW
than expressed it in my address, az
whether the attempt to divert aueh',oh
: lis remarks on another occasion, ana on
? different day, as afterwards changed oy MI
is not pititul indeed,