The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-09-01

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politics, but it was apparent that he re-
iteraled, and tautologized, and repeated
what he had to say on State politics. in
order to consume his time, and he sat
down without saying word upon Nation
al matters.
In rising. Mr.. VANDEvER expressed his
perfect confidence in being able to exon
crate his party from the charges brought
against it by the gentleman opposed to
him. He then noticed the admission of
Mr.. SAMuELs that there is extravaganza
at Washington, and denied that he should
receive credit for that admission, be-
cause the facts were so palpable that he
dlre not deny it. Mr.. SAMUELs spoke
of statue fair to view, whose movement
invited the observer to near approach,
when the marble arms came out and clasp
ed him in its embrace, while the hidden
dagger stabbed him to the heart. He
had also drawn from an obscure paper
an argument to show that Republican
leaders had had their barred arms into the
public treasury. But the gentleman now
invites you to cast yourselves into the
arms of the very party that he acknowl-
edges is stabbing you with enormous
national expenditures. and whose State
officials, such AS DR.. EADs, had alone
thrust their barred arms into the public
treasury. He also talked of his own hon
esly, because he had refused to receive
the money voted at the extra session Of
the Legislature, but while he states that
he refused what he did not need in this
instance, because he deemed that the
Legislature had no right to vote it, he
acknowledged that he took pen-knife
that he did need, when he was free to
confess that the Legislature had no more
right 10 vote it. Mr.. SAMUELs has also
took objection to the proceedings in ref
erence to the Insane Asylum. He had
told you that the commission appointed
was composed Of two Democrats and one
Republican, but while he had nothing to
say of the two former, the latter who
happened to be Gov. GRIMES. received
all the gentleman's animadversions for
all that the commission has done. This
seems to prove, said Mr.. VANDEvER, that
Gov. GRIMES not only carries the Repub-
lican party in his breeches' pocket, as
the Democrats assert, but that he carries
good share of the Democratic party in
his other pocket. These were all palpa-
bly, hits, put good-humoredly, yet point
edly and aptly, and brought down the
house with shouts. Mr. VANDEvER then
took up Mr.. SAMUELs figures, and show
ed from the official statements their falls
ity. He showed, upon the authority of
Mr.. CATTELL, the State Auditor, that the
average ordinary expenditures of the
State under Democratic rule was over
$5l 900 per annum, with an average of
35 organized counties, s Judicial Dis
tricts, So members of the Legislature,
and 1891 of a population. He also
showed from the same authority that the
average ordinary expenditures of the
State Government under the five years of
Republican rule, were $4,000 per an
numn, with an average Of 81 counties,
12judicial districts, 1913 members of the
Legislature and 600, 900 of population.
The salaries of State officers, Judges, and
Legislators had been increased an aggre-
gate of $4,000 per annum, and Mr.
SAMUELs had avowed that this was right
and proper. Subtract this amount, there
fore. from the ordinary expenses under
Republican rule. and it brings the annu-
al expenditure of the Government down
to nearly the same amount as it was un-
der Democratic rule. Mr.. VANDEvER
fully met every point made by his oppo-
nent and then went into the subject of
National Politics, which he showed, from
the Democratic platform, was esteemed
by that party, at first as having bear
ing in this contest, although they repu-
diate such an idea now. In this he was
very effective, and dealt such blows upon
the Democracy that Mr.. SAMUELs quite
lost his GOODNESS, and when Mr.. VANDEv-
Err sat down, he jumped instantly to his
feet, in such an obvious state of excite
ment that it was very apparent that he
had WINGED badly under the lashings
which Mr. V. had given the Democracy.
He jerked off his cravat, shook his locks
like Banquo's Ghost, and pitched that
stentorian voice Of his to lis best com
pass, in declaring his affection, and the
affection Of the Democratic Party, for
Squatter Sovereignty. But as every
body understands that the Democratic