The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-08-31

The spirit or . wise Provision vio-
lated.
The Constitutions Of most Of the States
Of the Union, - vol - the Constisution Of
Iowa itself, provides thAt no person t1a.l pc
eligible for Governor who has not be- :
HRIMpnEr Of tho State for TWO rsAns xt
preceding the election.
This provision Was designed in part, no
doubt, to secure the probabilities Of . COM
pstsnt knowledge Of the Affairs Of the etete
and Of mutual interest and sympathy With
the people. The Denocracy, however, in
direct violation Of the spirit Of the Consti-
tuition and Of the common sense Of The peo.
pie, aopis4e y magfor IGsversor VINO not
only has not resided 10, but He not set his
foot in the State during the last rouss TEARS.
Hs kas been il fsct across the ocean, with no
iptsroourse With tho psoplss Of lows, and in
snsirs igsorancs Of the Internal Affairs Of the
6tats. sa3elb ~ asoaa aa $40
No man Or ordinary PRUDENCE would prefer
70 commit the afAirs 81 fowG, III be wers
to be held individually responsible, or il he
had the sole interest and eontrol,--into the
hands Of one who IL entirely unfamiliar
with them in consequence Of four years. ab-
sence, rather than 70 one who has been 40
lively engaged IN them and is thoroughly
and famiiiAtly acquainted. There is not
man in the State Of lows who does not know
that Kirkwcod il more competent TO ali the
post Of Governor Of Iowa than Dodge. And
every citissn Of Iowa who does know that
fact and set does mot act up to it, is derilscs
10 bis duty ~ citizen and sacrifices the in
terssts Of the State to those Of his party
oaceholders snd..oface seekers.
Tom Uorwin's speech ~ Lawrence.
We make some ssslegant" extracts from q
recent speech delivered by Tom Corwin, at
Lawrence, Ohio. Each one Of our voting
readers will recognize from the heading, that
the sword" below 10 specially addressed to
him: S 4 4'
WORD 70 THE pECxNr MEN.
Let those gentlemen who feel themselves
quite too respectable and decent TO minKle in
our elections, remember that Ged Almighty
will hold them responsible for the manner In
which they discharges their duty 10 voters
That right and privilege il not given to Thorn
for their benefit, or to be used at their pleas
ure, but for my benefit, for your benefit, and
for the benefit OF tho thirty millions Of PEG
pie in the United States. II one ssss On un-
worthy man 60 to the polls and take pnsseS.
sion OF the government, and he will nos pre-
vent it, if there be such . thing as future
pensibilitios--as We all believs-that man
will have something to answer for upon tina,
final day when oil of us must account for our
acts. .p a
you suppose it il well pleasing to God
Almighsya Do you suppose that shs ole
men Who published that d Declaration Of indie
pendenoe, which gave birth to your nationa
existence, for the maintenance OF which they
| appealed 70 the God Of nations, approve o.
| this neglect? They felt their own weakness
they, reasoning upon the comma only accepted
principles Of human reason, felt that they
would perish in the conflict in which they
were then about to enter; and at last, AZ poor
L IbcUlc Wou 0tWAy6 0oco WuCu u6 lcClo buh
he has nothing to lean upon but his own arm
| hour Of trouble. They appealed to Him, ant
and oil of the struggles they endured, oil o
the blood they shed, oil the pains and priva
tions they suffered, were simply to end in jus
one tbing-in communicating to every IN
| tional free man the power to govern the ma
That rE u~.n saA ~,
the voting people of the country. Dit
they suppose-could they have believed tina
the said people Of the country, the respecta
BILE people of the land, would so scorn tn
great and priceless estate which they lief
them, as that they would not attend to ap
pointing the agent to take care OF it, but tina
soms mercenary spirit was to take care o
them?
Whereas each member of the community
having an interest In banking institution
or In Joint stock mannfaoturing company
where there reward is to be put few paitr,
dollars per cent on his capital-if meeting
was to be called to appoint President or al
agent Of that com pany--weuld attend THU
meeting, to elect this Preside nt and Directo
of the paltry bsnk or Joint stock concern
but when the President and Directors are Il
be elected to take care Of the liberties OF tn
whole coontry, Oh, these men are TOO decent
too respectable to attend. II IL not respect
abs 80 be . politician, they tell MS; or the
are too carslsss, or they have half IN acre o
buckwhsAt which might not be got in an
saved, II they left home on election day.
That is the way you act with your pryile
ges. am quite tired Of complaining OF tn
men you elect, and Of tho laws they make
One thing know to be perfectly certain, tn
stockholders do not attend to the election o
the President and Directors, and il they do
they don't know how to do their duty.
sQuATrER SOVEREIGNTY.
i Did any man ever read the Constitution o
the United States and 6pd that phrase in it.