The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1839-11-07

/ TYPE As ttlegheaCt OF uuEseultoraal c0lAAhAs
.stares every one in thu, face! Come. come,
mr.. Gazette, that gull trap won'ado; and
lif employed BY US you would, lin yonlr
own CLASSIC language, have calledsit lie.
"In vain do we search for such epilhets
Of opprobrium and disgrace. applied to
| the democrats, as . Loco Focos, Level.-
lers, ".sAgrarians.'' ssF'anny Wright par
", !" DC. &c :; and vet it .isInotorions that
no paper. in the country has been more
liberal in, its ascot these terms. both in
Its editorial and selected matter, than the
Iowa Patriot. GaSste.' at3 1i3.s Sos &.
|,fit We do not deny that the Gazette editor
or any one else might search in vain TO
find such epithets as the above in our col
nmns;--but We do deny having used any
other epithet ''of opprollrium Or disgrace
save ''loeo foeo,'' and not that even, until
2 distinguished loco in this place inform
ed US that ''the party considered it more
of a compliment. than a disgrace TO have
Lit attached 10 them. Neither are we aware
tina: our selections Tor the phraseology Of
which we are. not accouatable-contain
any Of the above Objectionable '''epithets,"",
aside from the one, stated. So,much for
the veraeity Of the epithet-hatmg editor Of
tie Gazette. ali 4f1 - aGgB q iias
Pafln consequence of the stoppage Of the
Opium trade BY the Chinese government,
aud the consequent necessity for all
those who purchase to pay for their Teas
in specie, it is, supposed that that plant
(Tea) will greatly advance i'll price. The
latest sales sini Boston and New York,
show an advance Of 40jor 50iper cent. e
The N. York Herald of the 18th ult.
gives copies Of the tnotesissued by Dyott
and the Post Notes issued BY Penn
sylvania Bank Of the United States
Dyott for uttering these notes and after
wards suspending specie payments, had
no mercy shown him, but is still incarce-
rated in the penitentiary; while the ut
terers of the Post Notes are permitted to
retain the character Of honest men and 60
II large. The editor asks any rigid
noralist to tell what is the difference be-
tween the principles Of the two worthless
-Dyott or Danlap. 4slsss 81 Hjif q
'fs ll1f4---L .t-.---- astlaot Il
st' e2s94t9 a FOR THE HAwK-EYE.
Mr. EDWARDS II was pleased to see
a notice given in your paper Of last week
of a emperance convention to meet in this
City on the l4th inst. Its hoped there
is uoIfriend of humanity and good order
in this Territory but will cheerfully ac.
quiesce in this call. There is certainly
no time more appropriate for such meet
irgs than the present when the congregat-
= tEI ?. F.'t
led wisdom. ofour Territory are in session
Geliberating upon and enacting statutes as
wellfor the comfort, peace, happiness and
safety Of the domestic circle, as the more
prominent objects Of perpetua,ing and
rendering inyiolate the great principles Of
our National Independence and digesting
good and wholesome laws for the future
government Of our infant though prosper.
Gus and b,loved5T Territory. '.tatlvj 5Elah
|fi 1t is presumed that every one who is
conversant with tho general state Of af-
fairs in this city has observed that for the
last one or two months, incompetence and
the unhallowed inducements thereto, have,
been rapidly increasing among us, and if
not,arrested will soon rendcrusa as noto-
rious for vice as we have been distin-
guished for enterprise. a61 " s.'a..2
If ever intemperance is banished from
our country it will be through the agen-,
cy of tenn perance societies land, the active
co operation Of men whose philanthropic
hearts glow with love for suffering HUI
nlanity. nlii9d1 = fiaFit a93''1.. sos y
It is only by united and harmonious
effort that any thing can be effected in the
temperance, cause. Let therefore the
friends Of temperance on that day march
tuplin solid phalanx, raise our temperance
Ebenezer and cheerfully rally round the
only safe standard 'stotal abstinence. . ff'2'
A more important question than that
which is now before the American people
was neverlpresented to any nation. Shall
drunkenness with, all its concomitant train
of vices, be forever banished from earth.
or shall it be pefPetuated until time shall
Fbe no more? sitsitg
The present generation are called upon
to decide this question; and one. step for
ward or backward will be, followed by
consequences most momentous. While
we are conscious that thousands of our