Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-09-07

vse ag bey OF our faithful, uutifiDg end
nost efficient member Of Cosgrees. General
Dodge. now candidate for Governors uhich
hs said ives simple. easily understood By the
people ahd quite sufficient for their wants,
with that more recently enacted by a Re-
publican legislature. which is unintellieibls
beyond the comprehension Of any intlIei
gent DeH, the officers Of which are ed
LRGioS He spoke Of the Board Of Eluca-
tion n sort of fifth wheel to Il wagon,
Of no earthly use except to find places SO
far as possible for the hungry off seek
sr' wM3 fhich their ranks are flied and to
divert X school money FROM NJ legitimate
purpose that of educating the youth, to
that of lining the pockets of faithful hard
working Republicans. it being more impor-
tant that they should be provided for. than
that the youth of Iowa should receive an
edVaoaiou. ~ 49, ,sstsl g. sssZa 4
Without dwelling here, he pq6eee8sd 70
take up the last appropriation bill. and
without pretending to 60 into minute ex
animation of the same, showed that there
was reckless waste Of the public moneys
He said that it was customary to give
something to newspapers that were pub
lished at the capital. which gave the Leg
islative proceedings as they occurred, and
though the amount was large (S3 595. .OO) he
would not find fault with this but what he
did find fault with was the great number Of
papers which were subscribed for without
any object whatever Of laying before the
people the proceedings of the legislature
He said that there was ONE HUNDRED AND
NINETEEN different papers subscribed for, ss
scattered throughout the State, and 80 out
of the State, part of which might be
enumerated as Unconstitutional Era
Washington Union and Washington RepuS
he-in oil S39 So Chicago Tribune and Chi
cago Staas Zeitmng-the former s2l, the
latter $3l New York 7ribune-*9, and
many others which it is unnecessary to
give. Though, says Mr.. Summers, the items
may be small, yet the principle is to be
locked at; it is no less wrong to pay of the
peoples money - for the New York TtiJ-
"ne. than it would be to pay 5000 for the
same purpose; the principle is the same.
1t j. impossible to follow Mr. Summer
through his whole speech; he. however, re
commended his Republican friends to pro-
cure the " Acts and Resolutions" Of the 7th
General Assembly, and read the Appropria-
tion Bill therein.
Mr.. Summers was repeatedly cheered
throughout, and much enthusiasm was mani
tested by the Assembly.
After Mr.. Summers had closed an invita-
ton was extended to the Opposition. to
make such remarks as they had to offer,
when Mr.. Mcconnell proceeded to make a
set speech manufactured of the sayings OF
Webster. Clay. Hsyne and other great men,
with but little or no regard to the meaning
thereof While he was rambling from the
extravaganza of the General Government, to
Kansas and outraged humanity, he said that
Thomas Jefferson was the author of the Orr
dinance Of l779 that Kansas had larger
population than Oregon that Henly Clay
was in favor of the Missouri Compromise !;
that DIR. Eads was a defaulter. and that he
could not (when specially requested by the
chairman) explain the facts and figures of
Mr. Summers. The gentleman sat down.
thinking no doubt that he was surrounded
by halo of immortal glory, but how soon
he wilted, may be imagined. when state
that Mr.. Summers arose and said that he
had great respect for the gentleman-he
had for everybody-but when errors-he
would not call them falsehoods-were stat
ed, he should claim the privilege Of correct
ing them. With regard to the authorship
OF the Ordinance of 1919, he said that
Thos. Jefferson, at the time Of its passage
was in Europe, and had been for some years
previous that he had nothing to do with
it whatever, and for the proof of the state
ment, he referred the gentleman to the 4th
Volume of Jefferson's Correspondence-O
have forgotten to whom it was written. y
That so far from Henry Clay being in favor
of the Missouri Compromise, he had actual
ly made speech in Congress of four honrs
duration against it, maintaining that Con-
gress had no power to legislate on the sub
ject for the proof of this statement, he re
ferred Mr.. Mcconnell to the Life o. Henry
Clay, written by Geo. D. Prentice. As re-
CARDS the relative population of Kansas and
Oregon, Mr.. Summers said that no man
could determine which of the two was the
greater, as no census had been taken. As
regarded the defslcation of DR.. Esds. there
is not. said the speaker, . man in the State
that can swear to the fact, nor csn there be
before settlement is effected between DR..
Esds and the State. Mr.. Summers here
clssed by reading the young gentleman q
scathing lecture, warning him that if he de-.
sired to be successful politician, he must
deal in facts better, said he. be silent than
promulgate an untrutb. Mr.. Mcconnell
wlthered.
The meeting here adjourned amid much
cheering, another evidence of the "good
time coming" All things are working here
for our good. REX
LIZ CLAIRE. Sept. 9th, 1859.
ScorT COUNTY DExocR. TIC CLUB.
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