Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-07-10

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RpglAad, Father, come ont here |;
almighty mean men get Office ont
here" This remark, probably true
concerning the Hoosier State, will be-
come undoubtedly true concerning
Iowa-if the Republican party succeed
at the next election. When Jim Thor
ington was nomiuated for Congress in
1854, q prominent and distinguished
Wing exclaimed in surprise and indig-
nation, by the Eternal, these latter
days are the saturnalia Of id scoun-
drcls." Verify, they are so. CAL
mighty mean men got nominations at
the late Republican State Convention"
and almighty mean men, will "get
Office" in the fall, unless the Democ-
racy saves the State from such dis
grace. We don't care copper whether
Sam Kirkwood smells rank and strong
Of sweat and dirt, 80 long as nc re-
mains at home among the hogs-or
in Iowa City among his associates
money shavers i; but in the name OF all
that is decent, we protest against elect
ing q man Governor Of the great State
of Iowa, who don't know enough to
keep himself clean. IL he has no re-
spect for himself, he ought to have
some for society; and he deceiyes
himself greatly, if he supposes that he
will make any votes in the civilized
part Of Iowa, by dressing like scare
crow, or smelling like Goldfish. The
time has gone by when the contempt
BILE trick Of wearing coat out ut the
elbows, or pants with hole in the
seat, can produce the least effect upon
the voters Of this State. We advise
Sam to reform his present habits, as
well Is his politics.
1t sometimes happens that slovenly
dress and dirty hands have been
atone for by intellectual abilities Of
the highest order, and because such
homogeneous combinations have now
and then existed, many weak and
emptyhcaded prctenders have sup
posed that if they should but emulate
the dirt and the rags, the world would
give them credit for cloquence and
brains. Kirkwood acts on that hy-
pothes's, but he misses it sadly. The
people Of Davenport have disagreea-
bic habit Of weighing speech and
speaker in the scales Of common sense,
aud they found Samuel johnson Kirk
wood wanting, altogether wanting.
Some one hundred and fifty people, of
AL parties, attended his meeting at the
Court House, expecting to hear a
speech upon the issues Of the present
canvass, and the living questions Of
the day. They came away wofully
disappointed. Instead of discussing
politics Of the present time, he ram
bled about in the widest manner
among the remains Of the Missouri
Comprehensive ruins Of the VIII g
platform OF '52-thc vestiges of Frank
Picrcc's administration, and the foot
prints Of bleeding Kansas, hopping
from topic to topic as Gagged bird
hops from one perch Of its little prison
to another. Rambling, incoherent
dcsultory, flimsy, stale, flat and com
monpIace, was this speech of the ora
tor Kirkwood, which the Gazette prom
ised its readers would be a treat of
SURPRISING sweetness. There was not
in bis long haraugue, a single new
idea, a solitary new argument, single
novel illustration, one solitary Original
turn Of expression-it was the poorest
repetition Of commonplace We have
heard from any political speaker in
the past four years.
Take Jim Thorington, when he feels
tired, worn out land stupid, land Jim
makes no pretensions to oratory) and
il he docs not, even under those disad-
vantages, far surpass Kirkwood, then
we will admit that the Ghost Of Ban
gor is a blockhead and an ass. We
heard bat one opinion of the speech,
and that was, that it was the poorest
effort ever made 10 this city by any
candidate. We regret that this should
be so, for as be lie, Kirkwood will hard
" serve As a fol; to set Gen. Dodge of.
Why-streuge and humiliating as
it may appear-at this time when the
war in Europe is fixing the eye Of the
civilized world upon the contending
nations, the Republican candidate for
Governor Of Iowa does not know who
is Emperor Of Austria. He said, in his
speech, that Leopold was now the EN-
peror Of Austria! This is the states
nsen whom the Republicans would
make Governor! The boy was right !:
& almighty mean men do get Office
here" But Why multiply instances Of
K:rSrN1se smnnrenco ond h1nndore-