St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-02-17
From WASHINGTON.

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had previously passed the House, Du' II
having been amended by the Senate L
it must go back to the House for con- o
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A correspondent of the Dubuque t
Times writes that Gov. Lowe OF this [
State is in Washington, industriousiy
looking after the interests OF Iowa !
The swamp lands, the Indian troubles
at Spirit Lake, the claim of the State !
upon the general Government for five
per cent. for all lands located with
land warrants, are among the items
of important business that engage his
attention.
The same writer says he inquired
after Timothy Davis, "our worthy
Member of Congress, and was answer
ed that he was regarded as a sensible
man, but too modest to take as Tor
ward a position as his talents would
warrant" This is the first time we
have heard from Timothy Davis this
winter.
Mr.. Grows Homestead bill has pas
sed the House, 100 to 16. 1t will be
killed in the Senate stone dead.
The movement looking to the acqui-
sition ofthat island calledho0-Jah by its
admirers, is regarded at Washington
as a mere electioncering dodge to d.
vert attention from Kansas, the squan-
dering of the government money and
l. the re.opcning of the African slave
:, trade. Mr.. BrOderick remarked that
! the recent Senatorial caucus rescm-
~ bled a meeting of a gang of burglars.
. Strange as it may seem, the vital
question in the next Presidential cam
- paign, though perhaps ~covcrtly taken,
6 will be the r%c-opcning of the slave
trade. Several Southern Congress-
men have already declared their de-
termination to sweep from the stat
ute books all laws which stamp the
-, people of the South as pirates"
81. s. p" writes to the New York
:, Tribune that there is q force of some
thirty or forty Southern members IL
the House who have already taken the
=, position of requiring the repeal OF al
the laws against the slavc-tradc
-. Whenever the question comes into
!, proper shape, the whole South vii
IA take ground for it.
- The shelving of the Pacific Railroad
Ia (Gwin's) bill, is the theme Of a very
dolcful article in the Washington Tn
ion, the closing sentences OF which
n, read very much as if they had beer
penncd by Mr.. Gwinn himself. We
III quote
er, THE Pacific is no poor province, dependcn
,r1 upon this Government and Union. III II l
ia not wanted by these States, ii can provide 70
tul itself a separate existence upon the shores c
-, the great ocean that will be felt by the nation
W. of the earth. How long it will submit to ID
ng snubbed and buffctcd like IA stcp-cllild remain
o1c to he seen. The attachment ol its people |
the American name, government and nag
he very strong the affection of the daughter 10
the mother hut in the nature OF things tacr
10 is a limit even to this. with the lttIn@ {
y! Mexico all before her. crying out. come an
take me with great separate interests OF he
own. and absolute neglect 10y the federal gov
eminent, it is a somewhat hazardous gam
ID that our statesmen are playing with The la
or. citic."
:; This is a threatened " secession" i
or a new quarter. The South must loo
ill to her l~aurels.
.bo The West Union Pioneer contains
co letter from Hon. Tim. Davis to JOIN
tho Thompson, Esq, President of the NJ
Gregor Railroad. Mr.. Davis say
that there is little doubt Of the pas
sage of the McGregor Prc-cmptlo
Bill that Senator Jones will suppoI
it. and that there is no need Of lobb
ed members there at this time.
&C 1t seems however that Mr.. Dav
a was not posted very well-thc Cor
lies mittee on Public Lands did nat repo
sra- our bill, as he predicted, and the pro
tos- ability is, it has gone to the tomb
ent the capulets.
Who A CORRESPONDENT of the Boston Ira
de- script has the following in referen'
to the Iowa Senator'S
Harlan. of Iowa. is a fine looking ma
nus He is one of the young men OF the body, al
nth is very bold, loud, "nd has a confident dGiia
mir. as though he spoke knowingly, and W
re- fully prepared at any time to back his asst
tons in any manner he may be called upon
do. rather like Harlan. There is stgg
ooSt him which there does not appear to be Ia
small faced, curly-haired, ~black-whiskere
.,' dark skinned, dandytied colleague, Jones, w
ttlce tips about on the floor, the very emhodime
son of a carpet knight. l never heard jon
speak, and | regret it, for | am told that he
nty. a man of talent"
The Washington States declares
Protection is another form of Abolitic
/ al ism and rather than be responsible Tor
let. imposition, the representatives OF the sa'
holding States would surrender the control
5 ol the Government
uilt. Shocking Northern politician
600, with weak knees, should note this, a
sea, save the Union by abandoning
protection to their industrial interes
The Washington correspondent
', the New York Evening Post says
the
"Mr. Buchanan is reported to be in a or
thal rage, in consequence Of the treatment he
ncnr received from those he has served SO well. .
Southern free traders and taNationists CT
him with as much freedom to-day us they
and plaudcd his infamous L~ecompton policy
!. year"
Mr.. Douglas, in the debate upon
God character of some of Mr.. Buchana
this appointees, in the Senate, stated Il
river of fifty thousand documents which
! re- sent to his constituents, not n e
with reached its destination He 81
q for further, that he would give 500
every copy that could be shown