Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-09-14
IOWA CITY CORRESPON DENCE
State and Conversational Canvass.
STATE POLITICS.
Iowa CITr, September IL, 1876


Messrs EDITORS: did not intend writing
upon political questions so soon; in fact, it
is hardly necessary, as no man outside of
Bedlam believes for moment that the
Black Republican party in Iowa, with such
a record of crime and corruption, of weak
ness and wavering in the administration of
our State affairs, of the utter and entire
prostitution of every interest in Iowa to the
basest of personal and political motives, has
any more chance of carrying the fall cleo
ton in this State, than they will have to
steal three or four hundred thousand dollars
of the peoples money in ls59-as they
have done in ls57-'5S
There need be no fears of the result if ev
cry Democratic paper in the State will only
wolk with the energy and perseverance of
the State Democrat which paper, by the
way, am pleased to see, is in nearly every
business house in Iowa City, and has double
the circulation of all the other Davenport
papers put together.
A report is in circulation here that Van
dever, the surveying woody candidate for
Congress of the Black Republican party,
has withdrawn from the canvass, and ne
gro barber of Muscatine has been nominated
in his place. cannot vouch for the correct
ness of this report; but if it is so, think il.
it is a wise manGuvre; for Vandever never
stood the ghost of chance of being elect
ed, and the negro may give great strength to
their Judicial ticket in your district
But why not send negro to Congress at
once-it would save paying "Jeemes" extra
expenses to go along and keep him right on
the negro question, besides putting forever at
at rest the doctrines advocated by the Black
Republican party: that white men have no
rights in Iowa which the negro is bound to
respect.
l see you have been stirring up the mon
key about Des Moines again, and that John
Pattee is out in letter explaining why it
was necessary to increase the taxes Of 1889,
over that of 1858, the truth of which is,
they are running this campaign through on
tick, and want this increase Of taxes to pay
expenses.
Iput it TO the people of Iowa to say if
there is any more disgrace to the Black Re
publican party to send q negro to Congress.
than such an ignorsmus as they sent from
Wanderers District Tho last one being 90
utterly incompetent that Gov. Lowe had to
appoint an agent (even little "Jeemes' ITO tell
him when and how to vote. ct heavy ex-
pense to the people.
But disgracing Iowa in the eyes of our
southern brethren by sending "thing" to
Congress whom they themselves declared
by their acts, to be incompetent to repre-
sent the people, and now, in the same dis
trict nominating vandever for the same Of.
| fee. . man who is not, as the records show.
smart enough to make common ordinary
survey, without 60 many blunders and mis-
takes that the work had to be done over
again.
One Of two things is certain, the Black
Republican party by persisting in asking the
people Of Iowa to continue them in power
when every act of their administration
| proves and demonstrates their incompetent
cy to discharge single duty as becomes .
statesman, who has the interest Of the peo-
pie ct stake) has either become 80 hardened
in crime that shame to them 10 unknown, or
else they think the people Of Iowa such nat
ural fools - to BE- satisfied with any thing
But mind. old johnson county win tell them
. different story on tho l2th day Of October.
You remember Gov. Lowe Vas hanging
about washingtion City most Of this sun :
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