The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-03-27

! And encouraged ty ! considerable pofties OF
the people Of this community. And, y ut
Tier appearing, that no adequate snppors Il.
II the present time be obtained TO eec 1913. ~
enforcement Of the process and j1ps ~ fhis
the court, it is therefore ordel. 80 4. these
court stand adjourned unti.sueS q ;rst;oe ! III
obstacles to the adminIs! ~ so,,rt sdiourned
have been rem .hs 18th day Of April next,1At
10 o'clock = ~ WIN. HusrrR, Judge.
(Signed) ~
~. .oaor;ous villains Who constitute the
ms;ority in the rump Congress, Jim Wts0H
z }o,rn. will stand out in history as the most
prominent traitor and villain of them ah-a
crsssurs who should DO despised and summed
lby all honorable men while he lives, ana
cursed in his ~dishonored s~r..saffer his death
and the devil has received his own.-tonsH
tuition.
II would seem that our contemporary nla
attempted to exhaust the force OF vitupera-
tive epithets in the above effort TO vent ms
partisan malice against our noble representa-
tive Ia Congress. Language hardly furnishes
NV anfer Terms IL which to delineate the
worst criminal of whom it is possible to con
ceiye, if such an one isto be characterized IN
general terms, than these which are applied
TO the Hon. James F. Wilson. But such Ian
puage, applied to any man whose conducta and
character has not driven him beyond the pale
Of the ordinary courtesies Of civilized and
christian society, is vilely and v~iciously libe
! lous, aud far more disgraceiul TO the man
who utters il than to the individual assailed.
When applied 10 James F. Wilson it is sim
ply infamous, and stamps its author as un>
worthy OF credit or confidence, and as a base
~wanton and malignant libeller.
james I. Wilson has scarcely reached the
prime Of life even yet; be had but few advan,
tages in his youth, and served an appren-
l~ticeship at the Saddlery business IN Ohio. In
early manhood, having been admitted TO the
Bar, he removed to Iowa, and by industry
aud strict integrity soon acquired a high
standing at the Bar, secured the confidence OF
the community in which he resided, and was
chosen 10 represent them in the Iowa Senate.
The ability manifested by him in that position,
with his bold devotion to principle, won him
a high position amongst the leading men OF
our State. And on the resignation Of his
seat in Congress BY Col. Curtis, at the out
break of the war, James F. Wilson was
| chosen as his successor in that body. He
has been reelected, again and again, to that
position, by overwhelming majorities Of the
people of the District, and stands now, in
public estimation and public confidence, in
the very front rank of the leading men o.
: that body. His constituents and the State Of
Iowa have abundant cause Of gratitude and
pride in the services he has rendered, and the
prominent and influential position he has at.
tanned.
Yet it is Of such a man, so justly honored
BY the people, whose moral character ant
public and private life is without a stain, who
: is entirely free from bad habits or vicious
practices, and Is the very soul Of honor anc
/. integrity; frank and bold, consistent and un
swerving in his devotion to principle and &c
his convictions of right aud of DUTY, that GU
E contemporary disgraces himself, if tina, be
possible, by characterizing in teFms only ex
cnsable when used IN reference to the mos
, incorrigible criminals.
i. Ia the matter Of the amendment presented
!. by Mr.. Wilson, which is made the occasion
of the onslaught by the Constitution, here i
!, the state n,ent Of Mr.. Wilson himself, which
! seems TO have passed as satisfactory to hi
fellow members:
4 Mr.. WIisoS rep, Iowa. al !uding to tn
discussion which took place last Saturday OF
the subject Of his own connection with tn
g measure depriving the Supreme Court ofap
peliate jurisdiction in reconstrh notion cases
said he could not account for the Language o
the gentleman from Pennsy l~vania, Mr.
Boyer, and the general course Of the dis
s ~cussiol, except on the ground that that gen
% .leman was smarting under the effects Of hi
!, inattention to public business. ] am free Il
, say, Dir. Wilson added, that | had tina
9 amendment prepared for the purpose of put
o ting it on to that till as an additional section
In Pursuance of that pirpose inquired o
: the Speaker whether there would be q morn.
/. ing honr that Thursday, inten ding, if suet
!, should be the case, TO move immediately or
: the expiration of the morning hone to pro
coed TO the business ON the Speakers table
!, for the purpose of getting up that bill. in,
!. tended to make the motion in order that
: might plt that amendment Of The bill as al
, additional section. 1t was for the express
purpose, so far as | was concerned, Of takin;
e away the Jurisdiction OF the Supreme Court il
:, the cases which are affected hylthat amend,
ment repeating the power which we conferred
: on that court oniy a year ago. | have nj
disguise about that at all. That was my pur
. pose.
! Mr.. Woodard Dem, Penn.) inquired
whether In the legal Judgment Of the gen
:, tleman from lows the effect of the bill was Il
take away the jurisdiction of the Supreme
). Court in The McCardle case.
i Mr.. Wilson-1es, Sir.
|, Mr.. Woodward-Wa it your intention il
. offering the amendment to take away ths
! jurisdiction Of the Supreme Ccutt?
= Mr.. Wilson-It most assuredly was.
!, Mr.. Hubbard tDem, Conn Had thu
gentleman any other specific intention thai
. to reach the McCardte case and all othe
cases in which the jurisdiction might depenl
on that provision of the statute?
Mr.. Wilson, in justification Of his action
: $50 far as McCardle himself is concerned, rea,
T ITO the House an editorial article from th
!, Nicksbarg Times, Of which MeCardie is edi
i tor, denouncing the Mississippi Convention
: and calling upon the people to resist b
force any attempt to collect taxes by author
isy Of that Convention. Mr.. Wilson, in con
~ciusion, administered a good aiumored lee
sHt$ ~ 80 oSht atta Xix III bCtbOtfh MI
members, except Mr. Niblack and Mr.. Hol
man, Tor their inattention to business.
: Az the close Of the discussion the Hons
! adjourned.
1t seems from this, that Mr.. Wilson offere
an amendment which was adopted Will
II most of the Democrats were inaisentive t
the business before the House, and, therefore
!. failed to oppose il. But it would not hav
made the slightest difference if they had OF
posed it for ie would have passed all the same
PENpLEToS and Pomeroy is the alliterativ
war cry Of the sympathizing Democracy, an
will probably be the compromise ticket of th
party.
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