The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-01-09

By cur Dubuque Friends, though conoeded
fot Vert selfish end. Other great in.
:cs,sss Gre 70 BE- insugaratsd west q -.
Legislation hereafter will be directed to
/ the territories Ollie west. Kansas, Ne
braska, Utah, New Mexico. necosah, Cal
ifornia and Oregon, are to be the points
to which railroads are to be directed from
eastern te-mini of inccmpleted roads,
and We need man that has some repu-
tatioh for shaping matters SO ~ to con
dues to our future wealth, - Mr.. T. has
done, and as he would do again. te-
How stands the case nowY The Land
committees in Congress now consist of
men that are decidedly Southern in their
likes and interests. The consequence is
easy to be foretold. If any grant is made
by this Congress, it will be made to a
Southern route, instead of Northern,
and commencing on our Western border.
Had Mr.. Thorington been in the present
Congress he would undoubtedly have been
continued on this self same committee of
Public Lands, with which he served with
so much advantage to Iowa, and credit to
himself in the last Congress. 1t was a
sad mistake in displacing him, for al
though his successor may be ~ good 4
man, yet his term vi expire by the time
he has learned "thc ropes Will the
Representatives Of the people correct
this error, and do justice Cow that they
can, by returning Mr.. Tho'ington to the
Senateg We shall see!! ST.
Let these grants be made to the ex-
t.eme North and the extreme South, and
how will stand OUR great interests in the
future9 Start those great trunk roads
from Western Iowa and We can form some
idea Of our future greatness; and all our
roads commencing on the Mississippi
river can vie with each other, with profit,
to reach a common point of union at the
South Pass in the Rocky Mountains, with
mutual interests to our entire State. Mr..
Thorington's able report on this subject
in the last Congress, is conclusive as to
his ability, andan evidence that he knows
what he is doing. Mr. Thorington ex-
hibits in that report knowledge of the
topography of the country, not only from
examining the Public Records, but he
has traversed the country in person, Gen.
g,ged as hunter and trapper) in the
employ Of the celebrated VIM. Sublette,
Of St. Louis, in the years 1878; he can
speak from personal experience. He is
emphatically Western man, 10 years in
Davenport, having previously trsversed
the Rocky Mountains aud our great
Western pl4ins. In cur humble opin-
ion he is the man among mea to succeed
Gen. Jones in the Senate.
He canvasscd the district against DOW
crful odds for Congress when he was cleo
ted in 1854, his competitor was the
them Executive Of the State, who dis
pu.ed every inch Of the ground in per-
son. upon the stump, aud in decidedly
Democratic district. Mr.. T. was the
Wing candidate for Congress aud J. w.
Grimes the nominee for Governor. We
do not wish to draw any invidious com
parsons or detract from Gov. Grimes his
wel!-earned fame, nor are we willing that
Mr.. Thorington shall be lost sight Of, in
giving others the praise due them. 49,
Judge Bates, who was the Democratic
candidate for Governor at that time, re
manned at home during the entire cam
palgn; now what was the result of that
election ia Mr.. rs district? Here is
the official on that subject:
IOp roycpesS