The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-02-08

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The Speaker.
The election Of Ex-Gov. PENNINGTON, o.
New Jersey, as the Speaker Of the House
took place on Wednesday last, Feb'y 1st
Everybody is glad that the House is at las,
organized, and the failure to elect SHERMAN
is highly gratifying to all who can forget
HELPER long enough to remember that this
model government Of ours cannot exist
without the practice Of liberal conservative
sentiments toward all portions Of the Union
The Opposition claim an extensive victory
over the Democracy, in the election of Mr.
PENNINGTON, but recollection of the foolish
language used by the great body of the OPP
position papers, by public meetings and leg
islative caucuses, while the contest was
pending, will prove very clearly that the
Republicans proper, the SEWARD ''irrcpres.
sible" chaps, have met with defeat. The
cry for two months has been, "Stick to
SHERMAN" "Vote for him till Gabriel blows
his horn,'" or till that place called Hades
becomes incrusted with ice! The withdraw
al of the Helper-indorscr candidate was an
nounced to be virtual surrender of the
''confict," and all the efforts of the rabid
and leading Republicans of the country
were cxcrtcd to ''stiffen the back bones of
those who might possibly be persuaded to
regard the public service, the national honor
and the integrity of the Union, as prefera-
bic to the success of man who had ruled
himself out of the pale Of national candi-
dates, by recommending for circulation
work written by self-confessed Mief, and
teaching that the interests of the American
people would be best subserved by ''peacc-
able" and, on failure of this, '..forcible"
interference with the rights of one half the
States.
But we have no taste for crimination.-
Mr.. PENNINGTON, as an Old-Line Whig-a
CoRwlN mana BATES man, if you please
"a supporter of the Fugitive Slave Law
will not do any harm to the country, and
We were seriously afraid SHERMAN would
have done infinite mischief Below will be
found the remarks of Mr.. PRATT, in the
House, after the declination of SHERMAN :.
"Mr. Pratt made speech, in which he
alluded to Mr.. Shermans remarks accom-
panying the withdrawal of his name as a
candidate, as mournfui valedictory to his
deserving troops. That gentleman had said
the Democracy was demoralizcd by seeking
affiliation with the elements of opposition to
the Republican party. Pray, gentlemen,
how do you stand? For eight weeks you
have made an effort to elect your nominee,
and failed; you failed in your effort to adopt
the plurality rule; you were obliged to take
y W
with the Helper pamphlet, and adopt as
your candidate man who was in favor of
the fugitive slave law as it now stands. Let
me ask these same gentlemen whether they
think by going for a man who hvors that
law, and who was an old-line Wing Gas he
calls himself) they do not demoralize them
selves by the utilization? The successor of
Mr.. Giddings supports him.
After PENNINGTON was elected he was con-
Quoted to the Chair by SHERMAN and BococK,
the two regular party rival candidates, and
delivered brief speech; the first part of it
was in relation to his thanks, his inexperi-
cnce, &C., &c--the concluding words were
as follows:
"As representative from the State of
New Jersey, upon whose soil SO many bril-
liant achievements were accomplished in the
Revolutionary War, and whose people have
ever been distinguished for their devotion to
the constitution and the Union, pray to
the Great Arbiter of our destinies that
may do no act to impair the integrity of
either, but that by wise and prudent coun-
sells, peace and order may yet reign in our
midst, and our free institutions may be per-
petuated to our descendants. l feel that
have national heart, embracing all par IS
of our blessed Union. Again thanking you
for your kindness, now enter upon the du-
ties of that arduous and complicated sta
ton"
Mr.. Beecher.
Prof. Mcdowell, of St. Louis, celebra-
ted Surgeon in the Missouri Medical College,
has recently addressed letter to the Rev.
H. w. B., that abounds in the hardest
words discoverable in English orthoepy.-
DR.. Med. and he were schoolmates, and the
Doctor begins by informing his distinguish
ed friend that when at school HENRY was
saucy, perverse, disagreeable, superficial
minded boy. The name of DR.. Mcdowell
is used in St. Louis to brighten children into
good behavior, and if his looks and manners
are half as rough as the letter before us, the
children have good reason to be scared
In substance, every word of the letter is as
true as it is blunt.
The Reverend gentleman should not be
criticised too severely, however, because
there is no telling by his sermon Of to-day,
what ground he may take tomorrow. His
preaching reminds one of thimble-rigger,
more than Christian divine. Lately, very
lately, he met the Plymouth congregation,
and announced q doctrine entirely new to
their pious hearts; it is no less than that
Slavery at the South is, under the circum-
stances, justifable, and he is willing to
commune witha slaveholder!' Itisknown
that the American Board of Missions has