Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-04-01
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y. !. Mile Sswn missor,
II seems to have become ueees,ar,
III the course Of events, 10 publish H.,
political History Of Mr.. :. } Mills IL,
Republican candidate for .'dge OF thu
District. II has become ncct ssar, 10
this reason: that Mr.. MIS-, in the hop,
Of getting Republican votes, ah>olutcl,
DENIES the position which he lrt
heretofore occupied as partizan i
IL also necessary because there a,
many Republicans in the district /,
whom both candidates are unknown
aud who in that case would 30 iur
him (Milis) supPosing that he WAS 4
competent and rcioLie man ina,lnucl
M he was Republican they woul.
prefer him. To such we present ,he,.
facts and ASK for them a careful PER-.
sa'.
We gather them ny aud publish
them IN an extra tor the reason thai
his denial Was not known until our la.
per Of Saturday last was issued. an.l
further that papers con,ainingtl stall
mcnts given below were not found ~
I'll too late for that paper and ifd,lav-
cd until our next regular issue they
would be too late 10 circulate ,hrouph
out the district We hope therefor
that THIS may not be looked npon "a,
MI Eieci'oner,ng documu,f. hut as it
Is, n true history OF Mr. Mills political
course while here.
II was not supposed that nan
seeking the office oi' Judge, which OH
&c should only be filled hy the most
honorable and upriqht, would dare. If
~ inclined 10 pander and LIE in the
VAIN hope to gam votes If he will do
this before he is elected, with wha,
safety could he be trusted to admins
tel law and justice from II" bench. II
's not that Mr.. Nlls i, Republican
that We make thcs, statements. Ia, i,
la TO show the people how much rcli-
Ance can be placed in the inau tia, Re
putlicans are asked t. vote for. lor
PTty purposes, and to advance J..rtg
interests. II is not that we care 4 lot
"hatthcPoiltics OF "a Judge are. hu, il is
that we believe if the people Of this
district knew those things. they would
almost unanimously r,ject such a can
dldate If We believed him To- be u
MT man, ", would no, SAY one vurl
against his election rs II is We con
eelve II to be our duty 10 L,l III. ,.cts
1.,o~ he lroph ,ha, the, may see
what an honorable candidate is pl,>en.
Ted by that party, who We're - yer,
afraid of contamination by mixing With
the democracy Of the district in uni
ted effort to secure the nomination of a
tomPetent man for the place.
We invite rAHncrLAG ATTENTION. 10
TIE statements also, as the mos, with,
erlng contradictlu come from the
Lyons Mirror. the Republican organ
VI this County, in its two statements
the one last Fall, and the other aoc.
aud from Mr.. MILLS HIMSELF. who
not only MADE IHk SPEECH guoitd be-
loT but REVISED TIE REPORT
or IL As PUBLISHED and himself with
IT. Chatterton, the President Of the
meeting REQU ESTED usto PR.
LlSH III, which last fact We stand
ready to qualify to il Necessary, CON
planning at the same time OF the ar,;.
Gle in the -Nirror which We also Give
here. Furthermore .ur. Mills purcha
sed and mailed about two dozen Of our
papers containing the speech opening
each one and MARkiNc me SPEECH H.
attract attention. These are facts which
Mr. Mills ~iN not come J,Jore as and
deny-The following is Mr.. Mills
81 czech as published in our paper Of the
ON Sept. 1856, as REVISED INK HIM.
SELF.
FILLMORE NlccttuS.
The friends OF Mr.. Fillmore held
pubic meeting in this CITY on Tues
day evening, the 25th ult., which Was
highly respectable in point Of numbers.
SuSs~SSct 0uu cutnuSlaSni
On motion of S. K. Williams. Dr. J.
CHAr1EEroS was appointed President,
Dennis Warren Vice President and
). X. Williams, Secretary.
The President IN taking the Chair
made an appropriate speech, returning
his thanks for the compliment paid him
in being called to preside over the first
Fillmore meeting held in this city. He
alluded to the principles of Webster
and Clay a. forming basis upon which
National and Conservative men could
unite. and regard those principles fifty
represented in the person of Millarl
FILLMORE, and the American platform.
!he president then introduced Samuel
): Mills, Esq, recently of western New
tor., now . resident Of this city, as AN
The call for Mills being loudly re-
Peated and continued by the audience,
that gentleman arose aud favored them |
with one ofthe best speeches it has
been our good fortune to listen to. In
ssyle. manners and impressiveness it Ger
leaniy va highly crsditabls to him. |
As va frequently interrupted with |
sosads = applause. We will not at. |
tempt . report in full but to give mere |
y q ~ q bio address. H proceed. |
4 = ~ That he bed found he had (!
Mica HpeA evil timsA zach ~ had