Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-08-01

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very good quality.
The Land Office at Mackinac has
been removed to Grand Traverse.
[For the State Democrat
Letter from the Hon. J. o. Williams.
TIE DUBUQUE. ExrREss d HERALD-J.B.DoRR.
Mr. EDIroa The following communica-
ton is nearly a correct copy of one for
warded to the Express d Herald 1t appears
that the editor of that paper is unwilling to
have the truth made known, or to have his
mistatements contradicted and exposed. 1t
so happens however, that he cannot escape
truth as well as murder will out. The Herald
ofJune 80. charges those who sustained Mr..
Buchanan on the oath of June at Iowa City,
with boiling from the Convention and with
desiring to divide the Democratic party of
the State. If Mr.. Dorr, in making these
charges and mistatements, wishes to widen
the breach in the Democratic party Of Iowa
and drive the friends Of the President from
the support of the State and Congressional
ticket, he Wilt my judgement, be entirely
unsuccessful. If he wishes to brand the
friends of the Administration with infamy,
and degrade them to level with himself
he will be singnally unsuccessful for moth.
ing that he can say or do, will reach or eff
feet them in the least. The friends of Mr.
Buchanan, did not wish to break up the
Convention or to divide the Democratic
party of this State. They were actuated
by the purest motives, and forced by duty
to themselves, to the Administration and
the Democracy of the State and Nation, to
support the minority report in the Conven
ton, and to endorse it subsequently. They
had no fault to find with the platform adopt
ed by the Convention; on the contrary, every
man of them voted for the resolutions. And
as membsr Of the committee which sub
mitted that platform to the Convention l
speak from personal knowledge, when say
those resolutions met with the unanimous
approval of the committee. The minority
thought the Convention should go further,
and consequently submitted the minority
report as an amendment to the report of
the Committee. The Convention refusing
to accept it, the felt it to be their duty
to adopt it in meeting subsequent to the
Convention. This is all there is of the
"bolters" and their proceedings at Iowa
City. Mr.. Dorr was an eye witness of
what transpired on that occasion and knows
what ! state to be true. yet he calls US
"Danites and "olters"
IL occurs to me that these charges come
with very bad grace from the Herald,
when we look at the peculiar situation that
Dorr has occupied for number Of years
as a professed member of the Democratic
party. ! think that the friends Of the Presi-
dent can enter the field with equally as
clean record as he. II am not mistaken,
that gentlemen has had several spells of
boiling within the last three years. During
TIE summer Of 1855, Mr. Dorr urged the
claims Of Gen. Whitfield to seat in Con-
gress as delegate from Kansas, in oppo-
sition to Gov. Reeder. The election Of
Whitfield he contended was legal and all of
the acts Of Mr.. Pierce were right an WISE
The President had not more jealous sup
porter than Dorr at that time But short
time subsequent, and in the same year, Mr..
Pierce refused TO let the Express d Herald
have the public printing at Dubuque
What did Dorr do them Did he remain
steadfast, or did lie bolt Why he imme.
diately commenced condemning the Presi-
dents Kansas policy. and charged that all
of the difficulties In Kansas were the result
Of Mr.. Pierce's negli gence and inccmpetency
discharge his duty. Whitfield no longer had
any right 10 . seat in Congress; his election
was bogas and . fraud upon the people
and that Of Gov. Reeder was legal.
1t was but little more than year since.
Mr. Dorr was IN applicant for the Post Of
flee at Dubuque. Falling to get the ap-
pointment-he Of course remaining true TO
his past course-sought pretext to oppose
tho Administration Of Mr.. Buchanan. He
found one . few months after, when the
President came TO make his position with
regard TO the admission OF Kansas under the
Lecompton Constitution known to the pub
lie. In the spring Of 1855. II am not mis-
taken as 70 time. Mr.. Dorr opposed the cleo.
ton Of p. W. Crawford to the Office OF Re-
corder Of Dubuque, who was the nominee
OF regular Democratic Convention. He
opposed the election Of Mr.. Crawford for no
other reason except that he was not on terms
OF personal friendship with that gentleman.
IL Is no longer ago than the Lac tslectiop.
that Mr.. Dorr bolted from the nominations
OF regular Democratic Convention in Du-
buque and voted the opposition ticket.
On the morning Of the Congressional Con
vention at Iowa City heard Mr.. Dorr state
that he would not support the nominee of
that Convention unless he was an anti Le.
compton man. l heard him gay that he
was going to do his best to have the Con.
vention adopt anti-Lecompton resolutions,
and v1 did not do 20 he should0olk.
Who then. Mr.. Editor, il the most Of Dan.
'sf Who is the boltsr. who has proven
the reereant to Democratic principles
and to to the action Of Democrats Oonvsn.
uons' ~. Dorr or TIE ftisnds q NJ. Bu-
shanan It the late Convsntion q lava Citvfs
Let NJ. Dorr clean his own record bsfore
he lookD for ntains an That NJ h,a n.s.Ah...