The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-09-01

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rectness or justice of his cause. We
certainly are not partial when we assert
that his effort here was tame and soph-
istical one, and that in no sense, either
in humor, logic, establishment, repartee,
reasoning or argument, did il equal that
of his opponent. Though we do not
pretend to say that Democrats admit that
their champion was worsted, we certainly
can say. without fear of contradiction,
that they were universally surprised at
Mr.. VANDEvER' readiness and skill in
the debate, and now acknowledge, not
withstanding the high estimate they
place upon Mr.. SAMuELs, that Mr.. VAN
DEvER is worthy to dispute with him
We think the large mass of Republicans
were most favorably disappointed IN
their champion, and to-day the reputa-
ton of WIN. VANDEvER, for ability,
stands one hundred per cent. higher.
with the majority of the people Of both
parties in Buchanan county, than it did
previously. We certainly never saw
better satisfied set of partizans than were
the Republicans who attended upon the
discussion, and we believe that if the
same result has attended their discussions
elsewhere that has been obtained here,
the joint canvass Of Messrs SAMUELs
and VANDEvER has materially strength.
ened the Republican cause in the State
We assure the Dubuque Herald, that
however much it may sneer at the idea
Of VAN "using up BEN, yet, that such
is the universal opinion of Republicans
here. and that every man of them would
give his voice to-day in favor of having
the discussions between them continued
up to the day of election, and in as many
places throughout the State as possible.
We took copious notes of the positions
advanced by each gentleman, but have
not the space to give them as We could
wish. Mr.. SAMuELs opened in speech
of an hour, and confined himself entirely
to the matter Of State politics, contend
ing, as our opponents now universally do,
that we have no business to discuss ma
tional matters in this canvass. He took
up the subject Of State expenditures, and
ran through with list of figures com
pairing those expenditures under Demo-
cratic and Republican rule. Had we
the space, we would like to give these
figures. and compare them with those
given by the State Auditors. They.
however, were but transcript of those
published day after day, since the can
vass commenced, by the Dubuque Her.
aid. from which paper Mr.. SAMUELs
seems to have extracted the burden of
his speech. He read, too, from Mr. DIX
oN's paper, the Warren Eagle, an article
pitching into some nameless Republicans,
whom the Eagle styled corrupt, and
drew from thence the conclusion that
the Republican party was amenable to
the charge of corruption. This, GER
tanly, for a man of Mr.. SAMuEL's sup
posed calibre, was a small argument
to use, especially when he knows how
often it is the case that an editor, snub-
bed or disappointed in his political or
other efforts, raises the cry of dishonesty
and corruption against those with
whom he has before been acting. Mr..
Samuels also read from the Mitchell
Co. Republican, another Republican pa
per, the editor of which was showing the
decrease in the items of printing, stalione-
ry, &C., the past two years as compared
with previous years, and asked if the
amount appropriated the last two years
were sufficient, why more was spent in
the former years. In his exhibit of
extraordinary appropriations he objected
to but two, that in reference to the In
sane Asylum, and that for the extra ses-
sion of the legislature. In reference to
the first he gave history of the first ap-
preparation, and animadverted severely
upon Governor GRIMES, one of the cam
missioners, for adopting a plan which,
instead of requiring an outlay of $50,
600, as the first act of the Legislature
intended, would cost before completion,
100000. In reference to the last, he
gave an explanation as to the way in
which the expenses of the extra session
amounted TO the sum that was paid. He
said that the Legislature sat just 3 days,
which at So per day, would have been
just S26 per representative. There were
100 representatives and the whole amount
of expense should have been $4,000. But
the Legislature voted themselves 500
per man, making the aggregate expense
$4,000. But, said Mr.. Samuels, /, as