The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-07-23


Of offce-holders, collected under the PEN
atty Of dismissal and expended in cleo
pioneering for the President; the defence,
on principle, in the Senate of the United
States, by partizans of the administration,
of the interference of federal officers in
elections after such practices, (before stur.
Oily denied) had been proved by sworn
witnesses; the now received doctrine that
every public officer holds his place by the
tenure, express or implied, Of electioneer-
ing for the President; and the sanction
which the President has lent to that doc
trine by the force of his own example, in
abandoning the public business and on
one occasion for four consecutive months
to electioneer for himself.
The tendency of the foregoing, and
other principles and practices, making up
the present administrative system, to con-
centrate in the person of the President all
the powers which the Constitution has
distributed among the Legislative, Execu-
tive and Judiciary departments, and thus
in substance to revolutionize the govern
ment into an elective monarchy surround
ed in form only by republican insti,u-
tions.'
The tendency of the foregoing, and
other principles, by enlisting on the side
of power the most sordid impulses--by
its substitution of factious interests for the
general good, and by its hollow and frau
dulent pretences to sap the foundations of
private virtue and public honor-a ten
dency exempli6ed in its gigantic progeny
of populations in the shameless apostacies
of public men, in the sale, almost in open
market, ofpolitical influence.
The disastrous effects of the present
policy in deRnging the currency-palsy-
ing the enterprize-withering the indus
try, and wasting the resources of the
country.
The thorough prostitution of the Post
Office department to electioneering pur.
poses-by the most daring and unprinci-
pied abuses-by OBTAINING packages under
the frank of members Of the Opposition
party-by tearing off the ranked enve-
lopes from public documents addressed to
wings, and charging postage on the same
by using the envelopes so torn off to
transmit loco foco' papers aad docu-
ments to whigs-by recklessly violating
the seals of private letters addressed to
members of Congress. and revealing the
contents OF those letters-all which have
conclusively been proven, aud the very
men convicted of these outrages are still
retained in office.
RESOLVED, That in the opinion of this
meeting, the American People are called
on by the highest and hottest considera
tons which can animate human action ;
by respect for the memory of their faith
ers, in whose blood their liberties were
planted by loyalty TO the constitution Of
their country: by zeal for her honor and
regard for her best interests by gratitude
to kind Providence, whose favor has
made them great and happy nation, to
unite in rescuing her now and forever
from the hands of the spoilers; in ami
hilating that stupendous scheme of impos.
ture called reform, but meaning public
robbery, and in producing that real re-
form on which rests the hopes of this the
last republic-a reform which can be eff.
fected only by removing the false reform.
ers from power, SO long and so direfully
abused.
Resolued, That in the nominations Of
VIM. Henry Harrison and John Tyler 70,
the offices of President and Vice Presi.
dent of the United States and in the en-
thusiastic response which the friends Of
liberty have made to those nominations
we see every guaranty of that concert o.
action among the opponents of the admi
nistration which will ensure their trium.
plant success.
| RESOLVED, That in Gen. VIM. H. Har
rison. we recognize patriot whose SER
vices in the field have won the lasting
gratitude of his country, and the applause
Of Legislatures, Presidents, and the mos
competent judges of the military art
who, though his career in arms was long,
perilous and eventlul, never 1--WE learn
from distinguished political opponent
sustained defeat; whose civil services
administrative, legislative, and diploma
tic, have proved his fitness for the highes
office in the gift of the People-who ha
filled situations surrounded with opportu
mites, by which man in the smallest de
gree less virtuous would have acquire,
wealth, and yet in honorable poverty LEI
them all-and whose purity Of heart am
plainness of manners peculiarly adapt hin
to the Chief Magistracy Of republic.
ResolUed, That we hail with equs
f qualification the nomination of John Ty
3 Ter for the Vice Presidency, Virginia
favorite son-whom that ancient Con
monwealth has delighted to honor, an
, whose eminent public services and SCUM
principles need no eulogy.
: Resolued, That in the opinion of thi
meeting the former supporters of the ad
: ministration, who have withdrawn thei
1 confidence from men whose measure
: their judgments had ceased to approve
: deserve the title which they have won, Q
e Conservatives of the Constitution an
: Laws of the Republic; that it is the dut
: OF the original opponents of the admins