The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-09-23

him as most valuable assistant.
From the Keokuk Gate City.
The Campaign in Iowa.
The Democrats are certainly making a
sorry political campaign this year. in this
State. Their newspapers started out with
the resolution to scruple at no means to
accomplish their ends, however disrepu.
table or untrue they might be. They
were determined that it should be en-
phatically canvass of lies; but unfor-
tunately for them, though fortunately for
the cause Of truth, the Spanish provert
has proved true, and "their lies have all
gone home to roost."
The Eads press,-that is to say the
newspapers suborned by that immaculate
financier and educator,-recognizing the
truth of the proposition that the receiver
of stolen goods is as guilty as the thief,
knowing that the public school fund had
been placed in their hands without the
shadow of authority in law, and that they
were both legally and morally as guilty
as he who purloined it, were resolved to
divert public attention from their own
completely in the peculation of that fund,
by their gross and unwarrantable attacks
upon other people. Hence the unscrupu
lous and virulent attacks in the Demo
cratic organs in Burlington, Ft. Madison,
Keokuk, Iowa City, Dubuque. &c., up
on the Republican party, and especially
upon everybody from whom they dreaded
exposure or censure.
REPUBLICAN ExTRAvAGANCE.
A violent onslaught was first made up
on what they termed the Republican ex
travagance of the late Administrations
The attempt was made to convince r-a-
sonable men that the State ought to be
administered as cheap with population
of 100000 souls and eighty nine organ.
lied counties, as with a population o.
Csc, 900 and fifty -one organized counties
They thought the people would overlook
the fact demonstrated by the history ol
every city, county and State since gov
ernments were organized, that the ex.
penses of a government increase some.
what in proportion to the increase of pop
ulation and wealth.
The population Of Iowa has more thar
doubled in the last four years. In tina
time the number of judicial districts ha:
been increased, more than forty new coun
ties have been organized, and the repre-
senation in the General Assembly has
been greatly enlarged large additions
have been made to the Penitentiary, and
the number of convicts increased seven
fold the number of deaf and dumb and
blind children has increased, the salaries
of officers have been raised to respecta-
BILE living rates a costly Insane Hospital
has been nearly completed a Geological
Survey Of the State partly finished, and
the Agricultural Societies all over the
State have been greatly encouraged al
extra session of the General Assembly
became necessary in July, 1856, and q
Constitutional Convention was held in
February. 1857, both of which were at.
tended with very considerable expense te
the State, and all Of which have been en-.
dorsed over and over again by the peo.
pie.
DEFALCATIoN OF THE STATE TREASURER
They next attacked the Treasurer o
State, NJ. L. MoRR1s. Esq, and pro.
nounced him defaulter to the amour,
of 100000 because he brought thai
amount Of money from New York in East
ern exchange instead of bringing it in
gold. 1t was not pretended that there
was any deficiency in the Treasury. In
fact, there was an excess, but portion
of the money was in drafts OH New York
which were worth more to the State than
gold. They said he was defaulter be.
cause he ought to have brought the mon.
ey in gold, yet when proposition wa:
made in the Senate to require him tt
bring nothing but gold, il was voted down
by some of the very men who now pre-
fer the charge of defalca,ion. Not only
SO, but the bill authorizing him to nego-
tiate the loan declares that a deposit o
the money (S2OO. .OOO) in the State Trea.
sury. shall be deemed u full performance
under the act. leaving him to get tho
money to Des Moines in his own way
This exchange has been paid out to the
creditors Of the State, or otherwise con-
verted into specie, and this - lie has
gone home TO roost." We do not sup
pose that there is man in the State who
ever believed Mr.. Morris to be default
er. and there are but very few men. cog
infant of the facts, who do not believe