The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-08-27
GEN. oGLE AND GOV. LINCOLN.

the Office holders paper in this city, upor
the character of Gen. Ogle Of Pa, whose
speech in Congress on the extravaganza:
of President Van Buren, we have for the
last few weeks been transferring to ou1
) columns, demands Of US passing notice.
Of all the speeches made on the floor Of
Congress at its recent session, none seems
to have produced so universal a sensation
and none has been SO severely aspersed
by the Van Buren, press throughout the
country, as that Of Mr. Ogle. The indis.
putable facts which this speech discloses
have astounded the people, and thrown
confusion and dismay into the ranks Of
their oppressors. Friends as we'll as
foes of the present administration have
sought it, and they have read it with
amazement and disgust. Never before
has such spectacle been exhibited by
any President of this Union as that set
forth by the present incumbent-for, while
the people have been lulled by the song
of simplicity and economy. and have been
told that they must enjoy less of the lux
uries Of life and work harder, and while
loo prices, bankrupt Treasury, and
UNIVERSAL EMBARRASSMENT have charac-
terized the times, the President of the
Nation, with the most hypocritical pro-
LESSONS of regard for the people, has
drawn himself within his palace, sur
rounded by all the magni6cence and
splendor of the haughtiest monarch of the
old world; there he reposes in ease and
security, and gives heed only t" such
measures as shall best promote his con-
venience and enlarge his powers.
But to our purpose. We set out with
the intention of showing that the facts set
forth by Mr. Ogle may be relied upon as
correct, and that their authenticity cannot
be doubted by any one. The Gazette OF
this place, together with several other pa
pers Of like character and similar political
honesty, placing the lowest possible es-
innate upon the intelligence and foresight
of their readers, have recently made a
great hue and cry about an article which
they have copied from the Globe, "a pa.
per published under the immediate super
vision and censorship of the Presiden,
and his cabinet,) purporting to be the
speech of Gov. Lincoln on the expenses
OF the present administration, .justif ying
the extravagancies that have swelled the
annual expenses Of government from
Thirteen to nearly Forty Millions Of Dol,
lars! Now, without stopping to show thai
the editor of the Gazette knew this pre-.
tended speech to be a oReERY, with this
difference only, that Gov. Lincoln did
make speech on that subject we will
proceed to give Gov. LIS unqualified dis
claimer of that speech. A few days aftel
the appearance of the forged speech, Nj
! Ogle undertook to reply to it, which i'm
mediately brought up Gov. Lincoln in ex
PLANTATION, who repeatedly interrupted Nj
] Ogle in his remarks, and informed hin
that .'the report of the speech which wa:
published in the Globe was taken by ;
). reporter, and published without his know
ledge or consent; he never saw it until i
appeared in print, and had no opportunity
to revise it; and he wished it understood
that 1t contained very many inaccuracies
some Of which he had pointed out to the
gentleman from Pennsylvania. The re-
port (he repeatedly was PERVERSION
OF HIS LANGUAGE, and contained
expressions which he did not use. HE
DISAVOWED THE SPIRIT OF II
ENTIRELY"
Gov. Lincoln, in his speech, opposed
4 Mr. Van Buren's administration "upor
the broad ground of constitutional princi
Piles, national interests, and the people,.
rights" and he has declared that he will
"continue that opposition until it shall
end in the restoration Of the suprenaac,
of Law and Representative Gouernnen
over EXECUTIVE USURPATION
/ AND POWER" Here are precisely
the same principles on which Mr. Ogl,
and the Wing party have founded thei
opposition to our present rulers. H,
goes hand in hand with his Wing breth
rem in and out of Congress in exposing
and denouncing the enormous expendi
lures that have been made under appro
priations by Congress, majority 0
which body it is well known were NJ
Van Buren's partizans.
! But in order to establish fully and be
yond all cavil the genuineness Of the doc
uments upon which Mr. Ogle has predi
, Gated his charges of extravaganza agains
i Mr. Van Buren,, as we'll as to enlightel
i our stupid neighbor of the Gazette, W
annex the following certificates of Mem
bers of Congress-:
+ The undersigned, members of Congress, Ger
tify that they have carefully examined th
! vouchers which havo been duly audited and SET
' tied by the Treasury Department, for the pul
chase of furniture for the Presidents Hous,
since the 18th of March, 1927 and that they hav
. compared the said vouchers with the statement
Of the same in the published speech of Mr. Ogle
and find the said vouchers truly set forth in tn
said speech.
And they further certify that itappears iron
the said vouchers that more than eighteen thous
and dollars ,pere expended in furniture for til
4tA dag of March, 1887, and the 9Th day Of d.
Al. l. l.,