St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-09-02
st. Charles City, Iowa, Sept. 2, 1858.

!. B. F. HIIDRETH & d. D. W. CARVER, EDITORS.
st. Charles City, Iowa, Sept. 2, 1858.
The Congressional Canvass.
The citizens of Floyd county assem-
bled in Cheney & Brackett's Hall, in
St. Charles City, on Thursday. the 26th
ult., for the purpose Of listening to ad-
dresses from WM. VANDEvER and WV.
E. LErrINcwELL, the Republican and
candidates for Congress in
this District. The citizens had mani.
tested considerable interest in the an
tic;pated discussion, and had flung to
The breeze two large and beautiful
United States flags. One floated from
the top Of the flag staff on the Public
Square, and the other from the top of
the Hall building where the speeches
were to be made. Upon the latter
banner were the words Popular
upon one side, and
Liberty and Union upon the other.
The Hall was densely packed by an
intelligent and appreciative audience.
At two o'clock the meeting was called
to order by Col. Abner Root, member
of the Republican County Committee,
who stated that in meetings of this
kind it was proper to elect joint Chair.
men, and called upon the Democrats
to make a nomination, when D. D. w.
Carver, member of the Democratic
County Committee, proposed Tilly Gil
bert, Esq, of Niles, who was elected
and called to the chair. Col. Root,
on behalf Of the Republicans, nominal
ed Hon. John Ball, of Ulster, for the
other chairman, which nomination was
confirmed by the meeting. 1t was ar
ranged that Mr.. Vandever should open
the discussion in speech Of one hours
length, when Mr.. Lefingwell should
speak in reply for an hour and u half,
and then Mr.. Vandevcr make closing
argument of half an hour.
MIR. yANDEvENs SPEECH.
Fellow Citizens-I appear before
YOU on this occasion as candidate
for your suffrages for member OF !1n, Con
me to make fair exposition Of m,
principles and position, as candidate
of the Republican party. My compel
itor, Judge Leflingwcll, also comes
among you to present his claims al
an advocate of the principles Of thu
Democratic party. He comes to yo'
standing upon the Cincinnati Platform
The Republican party, though OF re
cent organization, is not party o
new principles. They stand upon th'
broad basis of the inalienable right
man to self-government-a platform
as broad and as old as the America
Declaration of Independence. We en-
brace certain measures OF polio.
which we believe should be acted VI
on by the Government, and be carrie
out in it's various ramifications in Of
der to confer the greatest blessing
and give the greatest prosperity
: the people. The Republicans belie'
7 the general Government should e
: courage Internal Improvements /
!. making grants of land. The gre
Pacific Railroad enterprise-the il
y provement of Rivers and Harbors
the spread of Education-are all G
titled to the fostering care Of the Gt
~ ernment. Iowa has now Ju
D claim upon the general Cover
e ment for five per cent. upon all
public lands sold within her limi
now amounting to large sum, a
'e Republicans insist that it must
q paid. The claim is based upon &
Y clause of the act of admission OF 10
: as State into the Union:
"Fiye Der cent of the net proceeds of sale
all public lands lying within the said st;
II. Iowa, which have been or shall be sold
w Congress, from and after the admission
o. said State, shall be appropriated for maxi
;v- public roads and canals within the said st
as the Legislature may direct.
is This was in consideration of
to agreement of Iowa that "no tax 81
re- he imposed on lands the property
ib- the United States /; and that the DC
> ty lands granted for military serv1
no, shall remain exempt from taxat
to while held by the patentees or Z
,ad heirs for three years after the pat'
'er- are issued"
Now, it is we'll known that VI
the Democratic rule of the State,
no richtful claim has been allowed
,en slumber, but since the State has
@ it come Republican the claim has
in presented and it's payment urg
yo and Republicans will continue to
ink. it until this right Of the Stat
ng, granted.
the As to internal Improvements,
the Democrats have taken their post
be and it is now found by them TO b1
be constitutional for the general 10,
tile ment to do any thing in aid OF l
we nal improvements outside OF slave
ing its. But it is understood that
and Constitution is all right for bulldi
nor Pacific Railroad through the Cad
,ers. purchase, OF clearing out a sna
aght two in the Cape Fear River! (Che
by Formerly the Tariff and Cur
ppy, questions used to divide the two
with inent political parties OF the co,
d be But these questions, though real
pride as much importance now as eve
and declared to be obsolete by my
ut cratic friends, and when their
ton is called to them, they acct