The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1839-12-26

- ~ ,arRsDAY, DEcEMBEhao. loo9
me ~ RUREN AND THE ELEC-
u. TIVE FRANCHISE.
lei, Gazette has at last come out in an
I'll. = an Of perversion. falsehood, and
This question, evading the issue
g; & s.sn,ed, and exhibiting only vor-
Is ~ q proving itself grateful for fa-
{ J. received by the length of the article
At A. The Donor from charge Of
ov. .aey. We presented this issue
. .e n MARTIN Van buren, AN ADvo-
err I, rar PEOPLES RIGHTS IN THE N.
d \, sr4rr CONVENTION :" coUID
vorr IF HIS PRINCIPLES HAD TRI-
,es' ,,as,' We said not and challenged
II. c,,e,te to prove the contrary. We
Of answered by a column and half of
n, quotations from V. BIS speeches :
'pi s, cloud Of words from the editors
- ~ Ne did not dare to meet the issue,
lis ,tempts to escape by giving his
les. .fhe proceedings ofthe Convention.
Itch :, zee how correct that history is.
:. .s.r h.tue, as he states, that Van Buren,
ON. il not be elected from his own county
I i. convention, and was obliged to So
[
set 1.-THE support Of the people of O,sego,
we Iais not true that on every question
ms importance he was supported by
ice: ,ul D. ToMPKINs, EaAsTUs RooT.
pie, lhe other distinguished democrats the
ace; ,,tle ranges with him. On the con-
has -, Er, with regard to the restriction of
ars: srs publications he was opposed by
Elm, patriot Tompkins, who made glow
glrd appeal in favor of the gallant sailors
as il achieved the victory on Lake Erie
to-, a Perry; which though it affected
who r, fell powerless on his selfish ear.
sent lup ERAsrUs Roof. then as now a
own s,uat, but at the present time more
a.s pHately ranged under the Wing
and na, he was in The front ranks of op-
VI. rd.p 10 the restrictions with which
and september To democracy wished to
men aef the elective franchise. He proved
,na axfs good wing and true friend o.
call rope by confesslng his confidence ii
aapacity for self-government and fo
rare nGcious use of the privilege Of votin!
s sa ibyPoposing TO give the power to al
ohad attained a majority and had re
and ksda6xed time in the State.
ZEN ISo the attempt. on the part Of the Ga
ono te to get his favorite in good company
- Jan entire failure, and we only wonde
arts this lmpudence in essaying it when h
AL ajust fcshened his memory by peru
,me kofihe debates of the convention. 1t
: ul- nhg true that Van Buren, vot for a
ia wing negroes the same privilege a
ms. as men in voting, and here again wa
and sred by Root, and we think by Temp
the lbs also. The Gazette says, Hi
us' sshes on the occasion are numerous
!, &c hdhey all bear the most convincing evi
nceof his unbounded confidence in tn
for qaily Of the people for self-govern
me eat, and his opposition to every naeo
sia any ,cay calculated 10 dist;ngasis
trtea property holders and their les
Ftnate tsllo,O citizens, by excludin
latter from all participation in til
!, aere Of men to administer the govern
,;ch Ea Of the country his is, like III
by PnVous assertion of the Gazette, en,irel
With aS, and it would seem to have been tn
vila 7eclal object Of the editor to stultif
nsef; for in support of his assertio
,nce quotes passage from V. BIS speec
ON. tieh directly falsifes him !; from whic
and 'Ppears that Y. B. opposed the me;
4. s. 'olely on The ground that persona
Ms, Ms nfsrty was denied representation b
m, N, provisions.
Heextract V. BIS remarks as publish
8 Of hthe Gazette:
=. y the census of 1914, i, appeared
.ns Of 1853 900 electors in this state. VI
~. =: 1as Of Is, 900 acre freeholders, atnat
lng Y, and all Of them householders, evA
hat Ia. possess any amount Of person
M yps1.y,;--naen scho haze aoiues and chi
mn g protect and support; and aol
=, ri sssry thing but thr mere DUST {
Nh tAthey trod TO bind them to the cou
And the question was, whether,
aon to those who might, by this CO
aon. be clothed with the right Of $,
!. this class of men, composed
aalcs, professional men, and SIN;
holders, and constituting the bon
!, IS and muscle of the population Of Il
I ~ should be excluded entirely fro
'ess presentation in that branch of 1
ii n,nre which had equal power to ori
~ bills, and a complete negati
~ me passage Of all laws"