Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-09-26

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The efforts being made By the Re- |
publican pres to draw away the at-
tsation oftbe people from cors'dsss'
ton Of the management Of their State
affairs to Kansas, the Administration,
OF soms other matters. II they can
but divert the attention ofthe tax pay
ers to something or anything. no mat
ter what, SO long As it 10 not the mat-
tiers which concern them most at home,
they ere perSsctiy sstis6ed.
Acting upon this cue, the Times
Of yesterday approaching the necessity,
seeks to evade the real issues in the
present contest and to draw the atten-
ton Of the people to the Lecompton
Bill, the English Bill and the present
National Administration. But the at
tempt will fail. What has the Lecomp-
ton Bill, the English Bill or the Ad-
ministration Of James Buchanan, to do
with the administration ofo Stategov
eminent II, a. the Times desires, Iowa
should on the next election record her
disapproval OF the policy of Mr.. Buch-
anan, with reference to Kansas, what
possible influence can it have Upon our
State affairs Can it reduce the taxes
with which the people have been over
burdened during the years Of Republican
rnle! Can it pay the debt of 5000, 900
which has been saddled upon us p
Can it prevent republican officers from
visiting water cure establishments, pur-
chasing carpets and in an hundred 9th
er ways, luxuriating at the expense Of
the State! Can it prevent the expen-
diture of s., 100000 for a Lunatic Asy-
lum Can 1t prevent Republican Leg
islators from going on sights" and
charging the expenses to the State, and
can it make make James w. Grimes,
the owner and holdertin fee simple, Of
the republican party, an honest man .
With Mr.. Ellwood, we think that it
IS time to look from Bleeding Kan
sas" to +" BLEEDING Iowa."
The real issues cannot be concealed.
No matter if the Republican papers do
refuse to discuss them, the people acill
vote upon them.
The Gazette ON Mr.. woods Speech.
The speech of the Hon. James NJ.
Ellwood in this City on Wednesday
evening, has produced great impress
ION upon the citizens and tax payers
who heard it, or read the report pub
lished in the columns of the Demo-
Graf.
The Gazette, sharp enough to see the
effect which the facts and figures, from
the reports Of the Republican State Of
ficers, themselves, must produce upon
the overburdened tax payers of Davcn-
port, has devoted its whole attention
for three days to the speech, knowing
that the life Of its party rests upon de-
ceiving the people with the belief that
Mr.. Ellwood' sasscrtlons are untrue.
1t is however noticeable, that while
Mr.Ellwoodproved each ofhis assertions
by the official reports Of the Auditor
and Treasurer and convicted them out
of their own mouths, the Gazette does
not even attempt to prove one Of its de-
mails but only cries liar" liar"
liar" hoping by a frequent repetition
of the word to convince the people that
the facts stated were false.
But even if the Gazette- has really
made itself believe that the assertions
of Mr.. Ellwood we're untrue, and if It
should succeed in making the people
agree with it, it will have gained moth
ing; for if Mr.. Elwood's statements be
untrue, then the Auditor and Treasur
er have lied under oath in their offic-
ial reporte. Hisarguments were taken
from the documents put forth by them.
The Gazette may continue to deny
the arguments in a wholesale manner
and we cannot prevent it; but we defy
them to prove one of its denials.
The Affidavit Of the citizens Of Delhi. IA
Dilemma for the Times and Gazette.
The Dubuque Express d. Herald in
referring to the proof Of the inconsis-
tency of Vandever, says in regard to
the character Of the persons who sign
Ell the affidavit:
"Mr. Peters is the Hon. J. H. Peters.
member Of the last Constitutional Conven
ton; Mr. Giles is the present Postmaster;
Mr. Price q former Postmaster; Messrs.
Corbett and Hayes, publishers Of the county
paper; Mr.. Hobbs. Heath, Gordon and Syl-
vester. men OF such respectability that no
one would believe for a moment their testi-
monv could be warped from the truth.
What says the Gazette, and is the
Times convinced that notwithstanding
the official denial of the Dubuque
Times and Vandever's letter to the
Jackson county Journal, he really did