Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-09-22

Judging than NJ. Miles. Nor Is this
gentleman alone in his determination
not to support them; there are thou
sands OF good Hepubiicansiu the State
who, aNof ths sane mind, aPd Mill 20
likewise
Letter from Hon. d. MiIies-stockIon
end Lowe lsepudisted Their ANTI He-
puhiisshSs0 fishAb@s sd--N' hsas- elAcOmpe'
sency Exposed
tFrom the For. x.aisan Pl.iaaeIeg.l 81,
We call attention to the following
letter from Hon. ID. +. Miller. 1t con-
tains matter Of grave import aid
odg4t 10. BE-, carefully / Poads1ed by
voters OF all parties. 1t should have
especial weight with Republicans and
lawyers, AZ Mr.. Miller has tong been
the head and front Of Repnblicanism
in this region, and stands in the first
rAuk Of the legal profession. He has
been intimately associated, Doth as a
lawyer and polite an, with Lone and
Stockton, and his testimony against
them therefore is stropg audoverwhelm.
ing. ..i 81 ..o e,t n...
1t is needless to say that Hon. d. F.
Miller has resided in Lee county, Iowa,
| for more than twenty years, and during
that long time has had large, lucra>
tive and successful practice as law
yer, and been and is, the head chief OF
the opposition to the Democratic
party. in.,.a,nY. g.. ~. l-. -.
kEoKuk, Iowa. Sept 6th, 4l s59.,
MR. pLAINDSAAR.-It was hardly
to have betn 'supposdd' thAt a remark
which l made to some friends at Fort
Madison 10 "a privs ats eonversatio sew
eral weeks ago, to the purport that |
could not consistently, with my views
Of moral duty, support either Lowe. OIL
Stockton for seat on the Supreme
Bench, should have ;ound it's way into
the" cr hsmnsr of a public Journal, es
pecia!ly as have not for a year takeI
any public psIt.,iu political affairs.
But since you have given publicity
to those remarks, allow me to give thu
following explanation: i
| j am radically anti-slavcry in my
political sentiments, aud have AWAY.
tbeen so! During the twenty years
haye acted with the wing party,
meyer, failed. whether 10 private OF
public stations. to bear, my testiMou,
against the aoeusse4 wrong of human
slavery. AS long ago as the 18th 0
January, '1s4l. as 3 member Of tn,
Iowa HoEse Of Representatives, l pre-
sented III that body a. petition from
' suhdty eitizdns Of lee county, asking
a change Of tho then territorial laws il
relation to blacks and mulattoes. SO a
to give them the, right Of trial by jur,
when claimed as fugitive sIaycs, and
advocated that change in a public
address will, zeal, kri such ability a,
II possessed. To my sur prise, tia,
humane and jast-pE0positi IN found ;
response in the breasts of but three
other members of'thst body, Messrs. A
IT," Porter, Patton ''VVilsbn, or 'HeXf,
coioty; snd 44,ihomas Wnsou, Of jeffer
son county, and on call Of the aye.
'asA ~~es0n MAT Tuesdi1a, eve4y dHc,
name wac recorded against us. (Set
Journal II. Il. Of Leg, Sess. 1910, ~,
pages .2D RW.y' l WIS MEMBER o.
the Csngress which passed the fugitive
slave act, though l did not procure my
seas Auv'I 'its' passage, iii. cohSefheMce
Of my esatssts wish ,Doa. Thompson
4 but l. openly expressed, myself a,
Washington agains! that fhfdniiohs
and insanSns hW, and ttitn / obtained
my seat, voted invariably with the
4tAN fPlfs ii. Gaeglsv, eg1nql stbt
encroachments of the slave power.
You see then, that the principal o.
universal 'tfdhAn fieddot1 fs"with me
not merely an abstraction, but an &C.
fhneei l'sine sesAinens nf ssr unssk sAd
political life, and that | can not con.
sistcntIy~vose for any"pc.son who hold.
antagoaistssl dess~ Nv Attantion ha.
for the first ting been recently called
to ssaFlea..9 ,rsapel9jions,, passsd at !
: Nov. So 1850, which are / ALLEGED t.
> hsvc bstn tepo+tedHby J.rdge StotRtb,
} and sdvccated' by him in a publ,
sperch. ..,' -
The hrst sentence of the first rcso
luton 'feats': ~ RssossaA,; sThat ",
approve of the -pease measures Of tn,
, last session Of Congress, and zoe ye1ot,,
III itsf'dssdgi."- The fugitive slave Law
was the most prominent in tho rn,,;,
eye of ar tHbss mexshres, and h,
therefore .must have, had .that Law j,
mis- mind when he frioiced Ia ..thei
paaasagSA" !. end if hs reJoiced in the pas
, sage Of the slave law in 1850, / don
sss to 81 sssspt s
success. Of the ,RepQblican. cause. i
Iowa, and the prospects of official bfo
poaiop~aTo ba.Rlain. l can not vot
3 for any man who now does or ever. .di'
rejoice 10 the passage OF the fugitiy
. slave lsw.~s n'sa ss's,sss
, But ! !. sl: o. object sgainst Judg
, stockions legal competency ior Or. : "a
On. the. ~Spprems. Bench, his decision
. made in concert With Judge Wright,
N favor Of legislative power u Tin
}. toe.pspls dc sosnty = ~ pAymeu
!. Q! : county subscription to . railroad
. ssnc 'Hapsmt 3ndiuisry It'd Sspl
: Smnly decided against such liability
eseahss !de eltiti6a which suthoris:'
: easA saeeeeiptiss he'd 10, hsSs ~.
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