The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-09-22

mug AZ me, appreciate his NSte III 40
ing it in the midst of my friends. This
is commendable. If he had done it to
my face, it would have been still more so.
My constituents have had my Legislative
history before them for about three years.
They were present by the dozens during
nearly or quite the whole Of the extra
session of the Fifth General Assembly,
and knew what did as we'll as l knew
myself. They returned from that session
to meet in mass convention, and to pass,
irrespecttve Of party, resolutions contain
ing such expressions and sentences as
the following See the Delhi Republican,
for July Gath, A. d., 1856. "At a
meeting of the citizens of Delhi and Vi
cinity, held at the Court House in Del
hi, for the purpose of expressing their
sense in relation to the late action Of our
Senator and Representative in the Stale
Legislature" ~. On motion of j. III. Pc
ters a committee Of nine was appointed
to draft resolutions. and the following
gentlemen were appointed +: l. N. ingalls,.
Geo. Watson, J. M. Noble, s. F. Parker,
John Porter, Jas. L. Crozier, B. s. Bas-
ford, j. II. Peters and c. H. Hobs
The committee on resolutions reported
the following 1--WE here present, citi-
zens of Delaware County, actuated by a
desire, and believing it to be our duty,
to give expression to our appreciation Of
the honesty, fidelity and statesmanlike
services of some Of the members of the
General Assembly of the State of Iowa."
l dare not give at length the doings of
this convention, lest you should shut me
out entirely from your columns for want
of room. 1t must suffice to say that they
resolved that Thomas Z. Turner, Of Blu
chanan County. g deserves and we now
tender to him the warmest thanks of the
people of this county for his honest and
faithful adherence to the true interests of
his constituents = and for his manly
and patriotic advocacy of the wishes Of
the people = he shall ever be held in
grateful remembrance by u.s." 40
1t will be noticed that some of the
leading democrats in Delaware County
were on the committee that reported
these resolutions. Hon. J. H. Peters
has since been a successful Democratic
candidate for the Office of g Delegate to
the Constitutional Convention" After
passing resolutions of the most fiat,ering
character toward the above named Rep
resentative and others, the Democratic
portion Of the convention took my " IN
maculate" friend in hand, and in describ-
ing his services as legislator, they used
such expressions as the following :" And
we 90 further resolve that Ben M. Sam
uels. for utter disregard of duties as Rep
resentative. :" De-, DC. 1.-The Great
Defeated" has copy of the above pro-
ceedings, and perhaps will excuse me
from quoting further. Perhaps, also, on
a reperusal of the proceedings of this
convention, he will be able TO discern the
animus that lies at the foundation Of his
envious filings at me, and perhaps be will
also discern some of the causes that have
worked out for him the title last above
written. At the close of this meeting it
was "resolved that copy of the pro-
ceedings of this meeting be sent to Hon.
4. +. Turner, B. n. Samuels," and 9TH
ers.
1t is a principle in ethics that consis-
tency and integrity are inseparable. The
greatest scoundrels in the world have on
occasion done some very commendable
acts. But these few acts being inconsis-
tent with their general character, are,
and ought to be, put down as additional
marks Of their depravity. Especially
ought this 10 be, when. by their conduct,
they manifest a disposition to convert.
their good deeds into means of securing
place and power How is it with Mr..
Samuels? In substance he claims to
have given to the State Of Iowa some
sixty or seventy dollars Seeing that
lowais q young and growing state. and
he a young and growing (?l statesman,
this is all very well. But when he push
es this act forward as constituting Claim
to honesty in advance of all his demo-
cratic brethren--a sufficient stepping
stone to Gubernatorial, or Senatorial hon
ors, is he not :. standing the thing up
pretty steep ?, Has he, under such
any reason to complain
if . little prying into HE legislative con-
is INDUCED in ? The Fifth Gem
eral Assembly was organized on the
Fourth day Of December, A. D. 1854.
Mr.. Ssmuels and myself being present as
On the 2lst Of December a.
resolution came in to the House from the
Senate,r to adjourn :" from Saturday, Esd
inst. until Tuesday, January "a, 1855
When this resolution was taken from the
table. Mr.. Samuels moved that the House
concur in the resolution of the Senate.
Thecyeas and nays were called. and the
resolution laid ep ths table. Ben a.
Samqels voting for the adjournment and
I. 2. Turner voting against il. lSee
Journal Of the House. page li2. On
the same day, Mr.. Tracy. . Democratic
moved TO take the same Iesolu-.
ton from the table, and 70 adopt il. The
yeas and nays being called. the motion
was lost, I. E. Turner voting against the
adjournment. and Ben M. Hamuels dodg- 1