The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-08-06

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which they are in, England, and that
wheat shall be brought .downhto. sixteen
cents per bushel, and other kinds of pro-
Jduce in the same proportion This is
the way in which our nsanuIacturers are
ito be enabled to compete with foreigners.
-. i,ea - -. v Gin. Rep
VAN BUREN, DURING THE WAR.
An occasional recurrence to some of the
principal events iii the careers Of the two
candidates for the presidency, is. instrur-
tive and .entertaining.i Tits instructive,
because they have both been long in pub
lie life, and the history Of one of them, is
the history of the whole western country.
III is amusing, because it removes theyeil
by which Mr. Van Buren, would now con-
zeal himself and exposes the many little
tricks of which he has been guilty. 1t is
difficult to conceive any thing more fantas-
tic that Martin Van Buren, as presented to
Iius by impartial history Heis the harle-
lquin Of politics. His life has been one TN
broken series of petty. not unfrequently
ridiculous, stratagems, having as theirdni-
form object the advancement Of some sell
fish end, The following paragraph taken
from the New York Times, may be re-
garded as a chapter of his biography:
What was Mr. Van Buren, doing while
Gen. Harrison was fighting the battles
ofhis country in the late war! sisssa9
Mr. Van Buren, was enjoying .ihe spoil
of the Office. of Attorney General of the
state Of New York, and the pay Of SEN
ator Of the state at the same time He
was a Judge of the Court. Of. Errors; but
instead of discharging the high judicial
duties of that station, he had the indelica-
cy-to call it by no worse name-to act as
counsel OH one side of every cause that
came before the court while he was a
member Of it.. Snitors naturally suppose
that fee to a Judge Of the court to act
as counsel,s was money better laid out
than it would be in employing an ADLER
man who was not a member of that body.
If a cause was ever argued in the court of
Errors while Mr. Van Buren, was. Judge
thereof, in which he was not employed
as counsel, we should be pleased to have
the papers point it out, and tell US where
the opinion of Senator Van Buren, can be
found, la a3HE
On the same. days that, be earned his
counsel Zee by, arguing a case before the
court Of Errors, he also received his per
diem allowance as ajudge of the same court!
In addition to his salary as attorney
general, his per diem pay as ajndge Of
the court of Errors, and his council fees
in the same court, he was employed by.
government 10 act with the Judge Advo-
cate in the many court martial trials that
grew out ofthe war; and he received for
this last service enormous fees. In the
trial Of Gen. Hull he received a fee from
government of $4,000. and, i've think a
like sum in the case Of General Wilkin-
son. Such were his ..spoils" CLEANED
from the war in which Harrison did the
fighting .-Phil Stand. @ 4
"CHARGE, UPON THE ENEMY ~
This. is the word of command of, Ex-
Postmaster, Kendall to his troops!
"Charge upon the enemy!' Who are the
"enlisted soldiers and who the enemy?
The first are Office ers-the latter the
People. The servants command each
other toscfiarge upon their masters! This
is munity. But il will fail, becausesit has
been detected andwili be nipped ID the bud.
Observe the plan which events are unfald-
ing. Give me an Independents Treasury,
alias government Bank, said Nj Van sBu-
rem, SO that can have that complete
control over the public money that ], de-
sire. Then said he, iNhis messagesof
1897, "increase our regular forces. -
The army was accordingly more than
doubled.--Now. let US bring, says Mr.
Poinsett, 100000 militia men from the
States into our service, and pay them out
of the public money. Very well, says
Mr. Van Buren-..I scannot. too strongly
recommend that plan TO the consideration
Eof Congress-" I will take the field in
person, says Mr. Kendall Very well -
Pass along the word send il your sub
sides, and Twill takecare Of YOU. Now,
then, attentioni'the whole! Every man to
hispost Ready! Charge upon the en-.
envy. Madisonian.
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