The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1839-12-19
& nnRDER DIFFICULTIES.

,psDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1889.
30 RoRDER DIFFICULTIES. |
~ ol;ye branch of peace has been
= MS from the border. War is
II from our peaceful Territory and
va ,;,eus may again resume the harmless
- had thrown asideto grasp the UNI
"a and the deadly brand. Peace,
6 horn peace, the offspring Of mercy,
.;led on misguided men and smooth.
Il. arrows Of angry passions from their
Apain the friendly hand is clasped
100 ..nsiye grip on the border, and they
"a armed for deadly combat are now
| ~;ips sogesher over their intended folly.
- t.,,ds have shown themselves men,
~ respect which brave men feel
~, foemen worthy of their steel"
ho,nd them together by tie which
I authoritative mandate can break
a.,ermination has been expressed on
! MI Of the Missourians not to assem-,
~ hostile purposes aga'ns, Iowa in
..a;ence to any call. The property TAX
I'm o,,r citizens has been or is to be
..,,d and the decision of the dispute is
h.,.ft 10 The Congress Of the States
Il. result we anticipated, though we felt
I u. doub, when in accordance with the
...r Of Maj. Gen. Browne our troops
,,,ed to march. Their hostile array
S. deRrmined manner made us waver
a,ush We still hoped that their love of
4 ,e,es xould so temper their cou age that
! botliliss would be averted.
] Tblood had once been shed there IS no
4.nining where the matter would end.
! I in vho we're not called upon by the or
!, ~ received here were firm in the pur-
1 ,se d marching to the border, II matters
: nue to a. bloody crisis, and Iowa and
I Missouri would both have been left to
,Urn the loss Of brave and good citizens.
lIaus estimate pence rightly, and let eve
J. IN hrher movement on our part be con-
IdiaoIy.
Z Missouri has acted generous part
|. lstiound herself i'll an error and has been
. pSk enough to come forward and ack
Z Iasklgei it by withdrawal of her troops
3 Iivn our Territory, and preparation OF thu
Z Idp,ee her officers have committed with
d our jurisdiction. There is no doub
suppose that the question is settled TO
3 Idle present and that nothing will be don
= !. labout The natter until it is debated in tn
ne IHalof The Capitol. The event is on
IS which we must rejoice at and which W
q Ihoud be heartily t..ssaassssaful for. For o,
Ihae conduct Cancellation is better tha
Anmidat;on. That we have trfumphc
|. ihsis no reason why we should ado
Triumphant tone when we speak of
4 tenssion of equal bravery to foe take
II lMliom, but rather adds to the merit of
sBy. Again we say Missouri has &C
as IdaobIy in retiring from contest whel
y Iausss and defeat would have been alik
!. yaceful.
y lNSTRlBUTION OF TIE PUBLI
8 LANDS.
alf hour last we asserted that the dlstr
y hdon Of public lands was not VIII
v lssure. By that we meant acknop
Il adsed 10 be SO by every section of II
nty as the Sub Treasury is by the Va
ef Bden federal,sts. We again repeat Il
led serton and confidently appeal to Il
w q, Wigs Of the western states to support |
y. y The denial. That the idea was used /;
ne political catch penny by the wings
new York, we do not nor did we inter
IS. sdeny. For that the national wing pa
- = . no more responsible than the natio
,yl alederal Van Buren, party is responsib
on % the outrageously ultra doctrines
re, inny Wright and Robert Dale Owe
~ i& Gazette refers us to the vote on \
:" V'a!s land bill as an evidence of the f;
ny q our assertion. Unfortunately n
~ sesslng copy Of the compression
art Spments, we cannot examine it, II
en- se determine whether our impressi
II sp Ms Clay's land bill being entire
saanct from this distribution plan is c,
8. y o. not. If the Gazette will furni
Is! ne means Of investigating the subje
Evil attempt to substantiate our op
en-. q Y we fail to do SO will joyfu
q: ale the requisite explanation. But
sees' y INSIST that as party the wings
Hsed to the distribution Of the pull
nj Aside from our belief of its
the 1.a'uuonas,ty under the grants m;
seif l ! the several s,atos -