Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-04-01
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y. J. Milis' IL wa History

vsun ihe L,on. cry Advocate
y. J. Mile Bswa Histor,
1t seems TO have become necessary
i'll the course Of events, 10 publish H.,
political History OF Mr.. 5. Mills, To
Republican candidate Tor .'dgc OF ihi.
District. 1t has become nee, ssarl ioi
this reason: that Mr.. MIS-, in the hope
OF getting Republican votes, absolute.
DENIES the position which he h,,
heretofore occupied as a partizan. |,
IL also necessary because there Al,
many Republicans in the district /,
whom both candidates are unknowr
aud who in that case would 20 iol
him lMills) supposing that he wi.> q
competent and reliable man inu~muct
M lac was a Republican they wouIa
prefer him. To such we present ,heat
facts and ask for them careful peiu
ga.
We gather them up aud publish
them in an extra ion the reason that
his denial Was not known until our pa
per OF Saturday last was issued, an
further that papers containing IT,, ,t,tc
mcnts given below were not found un
I'll too late for that paper, and ifd,ay
cd until our next regular issue thcy
would be too late 10 ,IrcuIatc through
out the district. We hope therefor
that this may not b. Looked upon II,
MI Lieci'onefing docum,"i. bat Is it
Is, u true history Of Mr. Mills political
course while here.
1t WAS not supposed that MN
seeking the Office Of Judge, which OH
{. should only be filled hy the most
honorable and upright, would dare. il
40 inclined 20 pander aud LIE il the
vain hope To gam votes -l Ii he viii do
this before he il elected, with wha'
safety could he be trustc.! To- admins
tel law and justice from til bench. II
a. not that Mr.. Nils i a Ecpuhhcmu
that We make thcs, statements. HI, il
i. TO show the people how much rel
snce can be placed in The man tha. Re-
publicans are asked t. vote for, ios
Party purposes, ana to advance j,.ttv
interests. 1t is not that We care lot
What the politics OF judgcarc. tut il is
that we believe il the people Of this
district knew those things. they would
almost unanimousl, rtjcct such ,an
jidate. Ii We believed him to IL i
nj man, We would not ,ay one word
against his election. rs II is VI ron
eelve II To bo our duty To Ia III, L.ct
1.jon Mc lcoptc that the, may see
what all honorable candidate is ple>en
ted by that party, who were - yer,
afraid OF contamination b, mixing with
the Democracy Of the district in a uni
ted effort 10 secure the Nomination Of a
competent man for the place.
We invite rAhTICtLAgAlI 10
the Statements also, as the most with
eflng cohttadlet1ui come from the
Lyons Mirror, III. hspublicau organ
oi this County, IN IT, two statements
the one last Fall, and the other nor,
and from NJ. MILLS HIMSELF. who
not only MADE I'M srEkcu gpot,d b.
lac but REVISED TIE REPORT
VI III As PUBLISHED and himself with
Dr. Chatterton. the President OF the
meeting REQU ESTED lis to PUB.
LlSH IL. which last fact We s,aud
ready to qualify 10 il Necessary. CON
planning at the same time OF the art.
Gle in the .Nirror which We Also Give
here. Furthermore .Ur. Mills purcha
sed and mailed about two dozei, of oul
papers containing the speech opening
each one and MARhINe IHE SPEECH 1,
attract attention. These are facts which
Mr. Mills ,ciU not come tsfore IN ,u,
dsny.-The following is Mr.. Mills
81 czech AS published in our paper OF Tia,
9th Sept. 1856, as REVISED nl HIM.
SELF,
fibisAaore Mrctiug.
The friends of Mr.. Fillmore held =
public meeting in this City On Tie,
day evening, the 25th ult., which WA.
highly respectable in point of numbers
character and enthusiasm.
On motion Of S. Il. Williams DIR /
CHArTEEroN was appointed President
Dennis Warren Vice President. ane
). X. Williams, Secretary.
The President n taking the Chair
made an appropriate speech, re,urnin.
his thanks for the compliment paid hin
in being called to preside over the tirs
Fillmore meeting held in this city. II
alluded to the principles of Webste
and Clay as forming basis upon whicl
National and Conservative men coul,
unite. and regard those principles fiji,
represented in the person of Millar,
Fillmore, and the American platform
The president then introduced Samuc
): Mills, Esq, recently Of western New
York, now . resident Of this city, as "a,
old line Wing"
The call for Mills being loudly re
peated and continued by the audience
that gentleman arose aud favored then
with one Of the best speeches it ha
been our good fortune to listen to. l,
ssrle, mannera and impressiveness it Ger
tainly WA highly crsditabls to him
he was frequently interrupted witt
seu1ds u applause. We will not q.
senpe . report in full but TO give mere
II q idsa q bic address. He proceed
a y ~ That he had found he h..
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