Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-09-28
Flash IN the Pan.
GAZETTE FALsEHOODs EXPOSED.

II has been our duty heret oiorc TO expose
n countless number Of ialseho"ds uttered by
the Gas'He e'nce the prorrlciors OF that pa
per became Sanies AZ Brother.
In the editorial of Saturday under the
head of Some more Thunder Exploded,
the iniau, says that
Pennsylvania, New York. Connecticut,
Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont. Ken
lucky. Mississippi Alabama. Virginia. Della
ware. New Hampshire and Missouri have
substantially the ssme clause in their bills
OF Rights. rs the Constitution ot Iowa has.
lat erty Of any Individual the individual
shall have righ, Of trial by Jury We
know that the Ga<,ts pretends to take it
authority for this assertion from some name
less writer. Bnt the assertion Is a positive
| untruth W. have examined all the Con
stitutiou- alluded to. and the result IS M fol
low
la Pennsylvania -" In all criminal prose
tut,o',s, the accused shall have a speedy
TRIAL hy m impartial jury &c" which a.
every LAWYER knows. means entirely differ
eni from "all eases inroiriu9 life or liberty.
\ prosecution can only he carried on under
the laws OF the State where the crime was
committed But am arrest for crime corA
United in another State. does tnrofoe the
liberty of the individual. and he is allowed
jury trial under our Constitution
In New York" The trial hv jury in all
cases in which it has been heretofore used
shall remain inyio.ate forever" This Is by
no mean a similar provision with that OF
our Constitution
In Connecticut" In all criminal J,yostca
ron, speedy and public trial by an impair
,,al jury, DC
In Rhode Island language is word
Tor word like that of Connecticut
la Massachusetts -" No person shall e
arrested. tired. de, hut by the judgemen'
nt hi peers rr the law Of the land"
In Vermont In all criminal prowcu
tons kc a speedy and public trial by all
impartial jury"
In Kentucky" In all criminal iroSec'-
fio''S" right of II jury trial is provided.
In Mississippi -" In all criminal l'ro~cu-
tons he same rights are guaranteed
In Mahama-"In all criminal prosecu-
items As in Mississippi.
In Virginia" In all capital or criminal
prosecutions. &c.
In Delaware" In all criminal prosccu-
tipns" the same a. in Alabama.
In New IlampShre-' In all criminal
prosecutions the trial of facts, in the ricimify
rhere they happen" and the remainder is
like that Of Massachusetts.
In Missouri" In all criminal prosecu-
iions" speedy trial by jury is guaranteed
Thus We have carefully examined the
Constitutions Of all the States alluded to-
and We find that the Gazette and Its author
ity. is utterly and incxcusably wrong
That not one of these States have clause
in the Bin of Rights in any manner similar
to the multiplying clause in our Black Repub
lican Constitution. That all these States
provide for n jury trial only in cases Of Grim
inal "prosscutions" word, which. in law,
means bu, one thing. namely: q trial on the
merits Of the case. tor n crime committed
within the jurisdiction of the State All
other cases of arrest are not prosecutions,
but they may involve life and liberty, >
such AS fugitive criminals. and fugitive
slaves.
Thus have We exposed another base false
hood Of our INSCRIPTIONS foes. who defend
u Constitution encouraging all the criminals
of the Cnion to come to Iowa, where. if ar
rested for crimes in other States, they can
not be taken ont Of this State, but may have
jury trial here There is no escaping this
| ignominious and shameful clause. 1t is a
dark spot upon the reputation Of Iowa. 1t
dramatically iopposed to Federal laws.
yet it is defended by the spoil hunters and
stock jobbing gamblers Of the n. n. B. r.
Abolition Coalition.
| But in an other, article the Gazette utters
baser falsehood still, only from chronic
habit. however. 1t says:
AT the close Of the labors Of the conv en-
ton. and when the whole new Constitution
was submitted to vote Of the body, we
saw every Democrat vote for it but three. .
This is utterly false. The vote on the
new Constitution was a. follows
Yeas 26-Nays Z. All the nays were
Observation-Disclosures, Emerson Gibson,
Hall, Harris, Peters. Solomon. But four
Dsmoerats voted Tor observation-disclosures, Gu.
kepy, fAsasissa sAd fsiiA Thus sAly jost
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