Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-10-08

Two weeks ago we gave the Auto
biography Of the great mogul of Iowa
Republicanism, James w. Grimes
We now propose to devote few words
to Chief Justice Wright and in doing
so, We feel like the dissector Of poor,
miserable, rotten, sinking carcass.
Obscurity is not always the least for
tuuate path Of fame, and better illus
trstion Of the truth Of this axium,
scarcely ever presented itself that ia
the case of the present Chief Justice
Of the State Of Iowa, George c. Wright.
When this man done little country
practice, in Vau Buren,, Davis, and APP
psnoose counties, sometimes going up
to Marion and proud Mahaska, he
gained little reputation as lawyer.
He managed At an early day to form
q co-partnership with Judge Knapp,
the present u. S. District Attorney,
who gave character and strength TO
the firm. Mr.. w. was used up at every
term of Court that came in contact with
by Judge Augustus Hall, but by pet
tfoggiug peculiar to himself he man
aged to make q neighborhood popular
ity, which was quite exhausted long
before he came on the Supreme Bench.
The slyness of his management and
the general teaching of the man, the
uniform political shufiling on low
scale Of his whole life, needs only to
be examined to become monstrous in
the eyes Of honesty and Offensive in
tho nostrils Of purity.
George came to Iowa political pau
per, aud WAS never fairly Unidentified
with any political sentiment or any
political party. At one time q possum,
again no party man, aud then whig.
with the prayer Of good Lord and
good Devil both on his tongue, he
managed to ge. into the State Legisla-
ture at this juDcture he began to de-
velope unusual ambition.
George wanted to 90 to Congress,
and by sly game of euchre he cheated
Hon. u. +. Miller, out of his nominr-
ton for Congress, and for the first time
found himself different parsonage 10
tho estimation Of the people of this
Congressional District, to the estima>
ted man of a Justice Court, where he
had always until then, figured TO the
greatest advantage. He was beaten
with ma ority without precedent, SO
be skulked away from political life
In 1854 and 55 when the Legislature
met, this same Hen. George, slipped in
as kind OF compromise judge, for The
reason, that he possessed no political
sentiments, being pretty good Know
Nothing, slightly Republican and a
passable Democrat, and for the further
reason, that nobody else wanted the
office. But now comes the trying
time in the life Of this polit'co- judiciary
functionary-whst he does we choose
to put into print. He decides the
Homestead question and suspends the
family residence in the air. He then
(who knows but to secure some fine
property upon which he held mort
cages, secured ly his Rirer B1nk
Brokers otfice) decided that for mort
cages there was equity OF redemption
Again We find him IN secret council
with the Grimes relocating Capitol
clique, drafting the original act, and
then again passing as chief Justice OF
Iowa, upon the constitutioualty of the
act, upon writ Of quo uarranto, an
act which he himself had drafted
Again we find this model Judge hav-
ing deed OF ninety five lots in East
Desmoines, as bonus for his services
in this fraudulent transaction, and
then again We find the Republican
party throwing him aside as rotten,
corrupt, dead cock in the pit.
In the meantime he induced the
people of keosaquia to subscribe s715,-
900 to bring the railroad from Ben
tonsport to keosaGuia; he was the
principal mover in the matter. To
make good pay for his labor, he Dough,
an interest IN town lot speculation
But afterwar Is finding a more proita
BILE speculation ahead, he bought tax
title for sous, and patched in his i'm.
aglnation a town plstt, and called il
killbourne. lie then left the people
of keossquis the bag t hold, without a
string to tie it, and made arrangements
to leave his country seat and stay a,
killbourne, and to escape the pcrpet-
nal contempt Of his neighbors, prepared
to remove to Dcs Moines, but iinally
succeeding in trading off bis ill-golten
lots for farm, abandoned the idea and
concluded to remain at Keosaquia and
If possible redeem his failing fortune,
George, with bis game of tricks and
marked cards played ont, has now
commenced the game Of Bragg, and on
the 18th Of August, Ammo Domini. the
hepublicans held their Convention for
the nominating Of officers for the Leg.
islstnre, county officers, DC. George
is now playing out bis game of bragg
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