New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-19
POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE.


Iowa The whole number Of yo.ss polled az IL.
clued by the Legislature, was a, 1872; Of which Mr.
Grimes Anti. Nebra,ks received q, 22O, Mr.. B,,es
Dem 81, 1o2 and scattering 10: Crimes majority,
2los. This 10 considered pretty fair ,iority, and
rather better than generally supposed Wood.
bury County gave Bates % voter, and Grimes none;
while Mitchell County reversed the figures and the
operation, giving Griues 81 aud Bate none. With
this exception the counties generally will be found TO
correspond better in political principles, though Da-
buque ard Henry are the banner counties OF their re-
spective parties. considerable number Of counties
cid Tot send in their returns TO be canvassed.
Both branches Of the Legislature have organized.
The Senate did rot organize, permanently, for
ersl days. Mr.. Hampstead, the retiring Governor,
sent in a Message. He again reness his reconmen-
dation that q Cou'missioner Of Emigration be sp-
pointed, to reside in Nes.Yort, whose duty It shall
be TO eDlighten enigr1his TO the West, aud the
best means of reschng II. The in;olersn, ard pro-
tcrptive treatment Of foreigners, by portion OF our
people 10 strongly depIec .ted.
The funded debt Of the State cunts 70 so 7e5 -.
The OF SIC Az 05 b. came due last May, and the
balance will fell due in s56-7 and 9. From the lst
dsy of November, 1852 DO the 3l.t day Of October,
1854, there bad been received into the IreasuH
el25 4G2 81, and during the same period there hal
rttD PAID Out on AnCl.Or = NcTrautt, sIlo,0f- W
leaving balance in the Treasury the 3lst day OF
October last. Of els 522 %, including the sum OF
81 COZ e. which var III the Treasury on the lst day
Of November, lejo
On the 10Th list the Hon. James w. Grimes the new
Gov err or ives insugura,ed. HE address ass moe,
eloquent production and is highly spoken Of by our
Iowa exchanges. He touches on all the imp)rtan
State matters. lie lie for liberal syIten of Educa-
tioD ard reIdt ring every assistance for the practical
education Of the rising generation. The Governor
rays that the establishment VI State Charitable lnsr-
iuiops is ureenily required. He j: for submitting to
the people the question Of revision OF the Consttu
ton. Tie enactment Of Prohibtory Liquor Law
is cslled for "to dry up the streams Of bitterness
that this traffic pours over the land The Cover
nor calls the attention Of the Legislature 10 the Repeal
of the Missouri Compromise. Ibis CopproGase was
the only Compromise which favored freedom, and its
repeal was brought about in defiance Of tue Remon-
STRANGE Of the people, and by palpsbe violation 0!
Parliamentary rule. He says:
The renovsl of that great Landmark Of Freedom
the Missouri COMPROMISE line-@hen il bad been ga
credly observed anil Slavery had acquired every
inch Of coil south of IT, has presented the aggressive
character of that system broadly before the county,
Ii is shown d al al compromises with Slavery, that
are designed t. favor Freedom, mere stripes ~
sand TO be broken by the frst wave OF passion or IN
t.rest that may roll from the South. II has forced
upon the country gu rsue between tree labor, poi-
cal equality ard manhood on the one hand on the
other slave labor political! degr idition and wrong.
IL becomes the people of the tree States TO meet that
issue refOluieIy calmly and with sense 81 the mo
meitous qucnces that VII dow fiom is decision
To every esctor in view OF thst issus, might aPrrJ.
rriaely be applied the Injunction anclebty lddressed
TO the Jewish King: BE strong, and show thyself
man."
II IL both the interest and duty Of the free Ss,os
to prevent the inoIesse and extension OF the slave
element ~ power. by every constitutional means.
t. do 20 successfully they must adhere to the prnc
pies OF the founders Of the Republic. la the view OF
those principles Slavery is local institution de.
Del ding wholly the State laws for It's existence and
continuance. Freedom being The natural condition
of az men and authority being delegated TO TIE
General Government 70 establish or protect slavery
Coppes can pass law establishing or protecting
il in The Territories
II Congress con pass no such law INV IA lees 1t
delegate such authority 10 the tertorii legislature
er whose acts il has ever exercised supervisory
and restraining power BY wide departure from
coD.'utiorel principles Slavery has been t,lera'ed
ia some of the territories Let such liberation for
ever cease. Let the Government be brought back 10
is ginal purity. Let the PRIME pie be authortt
lively amour ced and perss'enily adhered TO- that
there be Slavery outside OF state soveregnties
Let the Government in all ITS relation be divorced
from the system and the agitation of this subject WIZ
c. ase the conscience of the North wN be quoted,
and the rights of the people OF the South fully sas-
tail cd. IL only by an entire ciseonneet,'n oil ths
that the people Of the free States nd safety and
honor. In 10 other way can they maintain thsu po-
lica equality and stand acquitted before the bar OF
al Enlightened public sentiment.
Ii becomes The state Of Iowa-the only free child
of the Missouri Compro nise-tO lot the world know
that she values the blessings that Compromise he's
secuted 10 her, end that she will never consent 10 be-
cone party to the naturalization Of Slavery.
THr CONTESTED STAT ~ CoSGRI IS, FROM Iowa
The Hon. d. !. Miller of poll-book notoro,y, Who
de h0lCed of his at Dv the stealing OF
the poll books in Il stronghold Of his iriends, mss
again been on the track Of the hidden iniquy OF the
Nebraska Democrats of the south Of Iowa. He has
discovt cd and eApoundod the fraud. and with his
tairty that Rufus l.. Il. Clark, the Anti-Nebraske
candidate for Congress in the lid District IS enfheI
10 his iedt though BY the official returns, his aota
opst had some liority of several hundred and
got his certificate oi election. Surely the people OF
Iowa have TO thank lie fortunate stars that the
influence and power Of sham Democracy i' on tue
whne.