The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-07-28
! Fromthe Daily Gate City.
| The Chief Of the OSficehOl ,.cr,

"IIe comes not like Cincinnatus from the rlow-he
Is not farmer near Burngton--but fresh from the
pathway Of active duty, wherein he has proved his
fidelity until 1t and his name have become synony-
nous, he hastens to aloft once more the ban
ner which he never dishonored."
Such is the lofty strain in which the Re
porter at Iowa City announces the entrance
of his ''conquering hero" upon the guberna-
torial contest. He scorns the plow and the
farm, and sneers at that stalwart old Roman
who was called by his countrymen from the
plow-handle to the presidency of their Re-
public. Neither farmer nor warrior he. He
comes the chief of the titled aristocracy of
officehollers, grown gray in the wilos Of office
and the schemes Of political chicanery.
He derived his name, his title and his av-
ocation, each and all, from his father, who
on some occasion distinguished himself in
an Indian fight. His fathers merits and
position secured Augustus Caesar his first
appointment to Office in Iowa. And the
people Of this State are under an everlasting
debt Of gratitude to Martin Van Buren-old
Matty Van Of 1S40-for sending him among
us. 1t was with a commission as Register
of a Land Office in Iowa in his hand that he
came to this Territory to become citizen.
How much we and he would have lost had
not Van Buren thus opened up pathway
for Dodge in 1888, and by means of a COM
mission to Office guided his steps to our Ter
ritory, and attached him to it by that pow
erful attraction the cohesive power of public
plunder! Let strains of unceasing gratitude
arise from all the citizens of Iowa to the
sage of Lindenwald for the gift OF that pledge
of his love, the callow ofliceholder Augustus
Caesar Dodge! He stuck to the Office OF
Register till he was elected Delegate to Con-
gress, where he remained until Iowa was ad-
mitted as Site. Then, after brief breath.
ing spell, he was sent to the United States
Senate, where he served the Administration
till March, 1855, when tho President trans
fcrred him to the Court of Spain. And just
by mere force of good luck, of course, he
drew his outfit of 1000 under the old law,
and his salary of Sl2, 900 under the new law
enacted about that time. Under the old law
the outfit was $4,000 ana the salary 80 900,
while under the new law the outfit is moth
ing, and the salary $4,000. BY availing
himself of the highest sum under each law
the General made very handsome little
spec. ,.. ...s
| General Dodge remained abroad till few
weeks ago, and was nominated for Governor
in consideration of his great services to the
State, before his return home. We propose
to inquire whether the General has not a
ready received full pay for his services, and
whether there be really any balance due and
unpaid from the people of Iowa to A. C.
Dodge. ....... ....... ....
General Dodge has been in Office about
nineteen years of the twentv-onc that havt
elapsed since his arrival in Burlington, and
has received in CASH
For two years services as Register of
the Land Office at Burlington at
$4,000 per annum, $500,
For six years Rep. In Congress, per
diem and mileage, $4,000 per an
mum, 1s,oO(
For seven years as Senator, at $4,000
per annusn, 2l,00t
For constructive mileage in 1919 and
1852, at 81 800 each, 3,20i
For outfit as Minister to Spain, 9.0O'
For four years salary, 4S,00'
/ Total, $l05,00
Thus it will be seen that Dodge has re
ccived from the public treasury at the rat
Of five thousand dollars per annum from tn
very day that ho went into Burlington will
Van Buren's commission in his pocket. Idl
or busy, sick or well, at home or abroad, n
difference how or where, Gen. Dodge In