The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1855-12-12
However interesting might have


History. However interesting might have
been the discursive reflections Of the Lectm
or, in the remainder Of his discourse, upon
our authors, and poets, and artists, and our
achievements in Literature and Science, By
land and sea, in reaee and war, we confess
TINT the defect alluded 10 seriously marred
the interest Of the production as a consistent
.ohoie.
With the manner of the Lecturer our citi-
zens are generally well acquainted While
his vocal powers do not admit of the highest
flights Of oratory, yet his utterance is gener
/ ally well mc3uiated, distinct and impressive.
Iii. tones, though sometime. peeuliaF, ate on
the whole pleasing. Tho listener sometimes
wishes more animation and force. yer eeucr-
ally gives undivided attention.
We cannot close without speaking u good
word for the LYcRux W. sincerely hope
this may prove an suspicious opening Of tie
winter course Of Lectures. The audience
was good, though }Y no means So Iarac as a
population Of seven on eight thousand INTEL
ligent people ought TO furnish Mr. Turner,
+ President Of the Association. stated that
PARK Benjamin, and Or. Post Of ST. Louis,
had been engaged and that arrangements
have been made to secure AL the Lecturers
\ of distinction who may come Ids far west NJ
tic Mississippi. The labors Of the officers
arc worthy Of honor, and deserve tLe car
nest corporation and encouragement at .ll
aood citizens
/ We l5arn from the Chicaso Pes that
shines Judge Trumbull was admitted to his
seat IN the nited States Senate, protest
has t.@en presented setting forth that Judge
1rumbull was ineligible. for the reason that
ha Was elected Senator during the term for
which he had been elected circuit Judge Of
4 Illinois
! The Press calls attention to the singular
fact, that these honest gentlemen. members
Of tho Legislature, all voted for Mattcson.
the competitor Of Trumbul, against whom
there excited precisely the same objection.
i Had Alatteson been elected, il would all
\ have been right, and the Constitutional OBJ
lection would have gone for nothing, bat un-
fortunately it turned ont that he was defeat
cd, aud now these consistent politicians urge
/ an objection against his opponent which they
utterly secuted when voting for him.
This case had its parallel in Iowa when
! Harlan beat JUDGE Mason for Superintend-
I ent, and thereby opened the ewes Of thu I.o-
coioco leaders to see clearly that the election
was not authorized by law.
RATHER Sorr.- Quite number of our ex-
changes through the State are spreading
themselves upon magniloquent editorial puis,
in addition TO the publication Of lengthy
Prospectuses of various Eastern Newspa-
pers Of the uishy trashy class, all in eonsid-
GRAFTON Of an exchange with the aforesaid
sheets
As long as We have such ninng hammers to
conduct the Western Press, the public rre
perfectly justifable in leaving them 10 whine
about the lack Of efficient support for their
own papers.
IExAs LOOKING AFTER FUcIryE SLNf~ Is
MEXICAN SOFIA correspondent Of the New
Orleans Picdyune, writing from Texas, un-
der date of Nov. 10th, saws about three
months previous, d citizen Of that ncigbbor
hood went into Mexico in pursuit Of forty
runaway negroes owned b. another jnllyidu-
a, Tor whose recovery he was to receive half
their valae. The writer continues;
''He went t. tens. Langberg and yidaurri.
Offering them "A large bonus for their assist
ance, without which he found it impossible
a T. he no Al "A l.
was a private individual they could have
nothing TO do with him, could render him
no assistance, nor enter into any conniyanee.
But they also told him that if lie would
come properly accredited from the Governor
81 Texas. he would find them willing ana
anxious to DO all IN their power to settle the
yexed question Of fugitive slaves and fuoi-
TIVE poems, rs We'll as TO cooperate with the
people on this side IN the punishment al the
Indians. Well, Mr. p came back
without the negroes. but brought documents
from both Gen. Laneberg and Gen Ni,laurr
70 the Coy. Of this STATE, stating their will
ingncss to act with any one he should see lt
TO aeeredit. These dispatches were put into
the hands Of Il gentleman IN san Antonio for
translation, who soon after died. and thev
were never forwarded to the Governor till
last week, either by oversight cr design"
sympathy with tne Hieh4.
The New York Erang Post thus strong
" gives expression to the sentiments and
sympathics Of all right minded men of the
north.
The Posi- says in relation 10 the Kansas
difficulties.
III is impossible not to feel an intense
ENmpat bv with those WI IA hay. faE tba 90
titu4e Of bold and determined resistance 10
the DEGREES Of the pretended legislature
which sat at the Shawnee Mission. Every
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