The Iowa patriot. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1839-1839, 1839-06-20

Tor HARRISON, and few for Gen. Scott
each and all of whom every body admits
to be worthy Of the station Of the Pres;.
dency, and fully competent to the dis
charge Of its high duties. No one has j
more exalted opinion of the great merits
OF MIR. Webster than ourselves. He has
grown up here in the sturdy North IT'D
fame has become almostsa patrimon> ).
Me respect and would cherish it. W.
spect such man as Daniel Webster the
more because he is self-lnade man, with
out the aid Of powerful or wealthy friends,
has himself cut out his path to fame--a
fame in our belief destined to be as lasting
as that Of any living statesman. Certain.
" no candid mind in New England can
doubt that Mr.. Webster is eminently quail
fled for the Presidency. We should re-
joice in the selection Of such man.
Mr.. Clay, in all the characteristics of
the patriot and statesman. has no superb
or. For the South and West he is what
Mr.. Webster is for the North and East,
the man unrivalled. Both are ardent pat
riots, both SO deeply imbued with repub.
llcan principles and attachment to the I'm
ion that there is no sacrifice they would
not willingly make to preserve it. They
are still essentially different men, as diff
ferent as the fertile, Towering, and ex-
panding West is from the frigid, ever
green an powerful East. At the pres
ent moment, we can conceive of no name
that would touch more enthusiastic feel
ing in the hearts Of the Wings Of the whole
country than that of Henry Clay, the far
mer of Ashland.
Then comes the hero Of Tippecanoe-
the venerable and brave old man, whose
long life has been one of constant and oft
times perilous service for his country
When the great Northwestern Territory
was yet a wilderness, he pitched his tent
in the valley Of the Ohio, and has braved
the battle and storm until those vast soil
tudes have become peopled, and ten new
stars have been added to his country's flag.
Superior in every respect to Gen. Jack
son, inasmuch as he possesses all the bra
very, and has none of the foibles of that
despotic old man, Gen. Harrison would
no doubt sustain that exalted character at
the head Of the Republic which he has al
ways supported as the statesman warrior
Of the West.
OF General Scott, it is sufficient to say
that he possesses excellent qualifications
for the Presidency. A soldier, brave and
generous, educated and gentlemanly, a 10.
yer of peace, and devotedly attached to
the Constitution, he would do much to re-
store to the country's escutcheon that lus-
tire which has been so sadly begrimed UNI
der the mad misrule of the last ten years.
In the election of either Of these men to
the Presidency, the People of this coun-
try would have guaranty of honor and
peace. For either of them should we this
day be willing to throw up our caps. We
have a preference, to be sure-but that
preference we shall yield to the decision
of the majority. And such we believe to
be the sentiments generally of the Wings
of New Hampshire. They wia go fo,.
The Nomination made by the National
Conrentioa. No mere personal consider
atoms, no local interests or passions will
prevent the Wings of this State from CIV
ing full, a cordial, and united support to
the man whom the Convention shall de-
signate as the candidate. Our friends
need fear no division in our ranks-for
the great Wing party will stand shoulder
to shoulder in the next campaign; and we
can tell our enemies, who count much
mn hot |,
march under the banner of the defender of
the Constitution, the great paci6cator, the
hero of Tippecanoe, or the gallant warri-
or of Niagara, aOe shall march to rictory.
LYNcHERs PUN1sHED.--A GOOD EXAM
PIE. In Yazoo, Miss, some time ago, q
Mr.. Harris, for some real or supposed Of
fence, was severely lynched by H. w.
Dunn, G. w. Balm, and others. He pros
ecuted those two individuals for the out
rage, and the case was tried at the late
session of the Circuit Court of Yazoo
county. The Jury rendered a verdict for
the Plaintiff Of $4,000.
Let the Mississippi Courts follow up
this example, and they will soon put
down that insane and fierce spirit of mob
ocracy, which has SO long been holding
its wild and bloody orgies in their State.
CASE OF STEvENs.-We learn from
the Harrisburgh correspondent of the Ma
tional Gazette, that the Legislative COM
mittee, appointed in the case of Stevens,
have made their report. The writer says:
.sThe majority Of the committee arrive
at the conclusion, that his letter directed
to his constituents, through the newspa-
pers, is resignation of his Office, because
he says, she has no difficulty in choosing
between successful insurgents and retire
ment." The report admits that this pub
LEGATION in the newspapers was not suffi-
cient grounds to authorize the speaker to
issue his writ for new election but con-