The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-01-30

s''.'''ies ior partlzan purposes, ar
using these offices as one of the
cnlef means to facilitate their syste
OF bribery and corruption.
they denouced the expenditure
the Public printing under Adams a,
mlnistration, and as soon as thew &C
IN office increased the same immens
ly. -,.'",'e.'."A'' 'ls
! They pretended to have their D;
trIotlssm nightly shocked at the e,
pense OF the Custom house in Ne,
York city under Adams Administr;
ton, and they have increased the es
penses of the. same from $4,000
to nearly 100000, per year, and tn
number OF its officers from ia +
nearly 500.
They denounced the ssSub Treassu,
ry" scheme in 1854, in the govern
ment. newspaper organ the aGlobe'
as .'dlsorganizing and revolutionary
and now they denounce as a s.traito
to the partly every honest man wht
formerly was with them, but viii
not support this measure.
They opposed as dangerous to the
liberty Of the country, the appoint
ment of members Of Congress to Of
flce, and they have made perhap.
more appointments of members o
Congress to office, during the few
years they have been in power, than
by all the administrations, together
before them.
Till they got into power they adj
vocated that norman ought to be ell
ected to the Presidency more than
one term; and that 'srotation in office
was the very essence Of Republican.
ism: they now are hardly satisfied
with two terms Of the Presidency fol
the same person: and they only I'M
derstand the term "rotation in Of
fice," to be raised from lower office
to higher. +,
They denounced President Adams,
and appointed in congress a commit
tee to investi gate his conduct, be-
cause he lad dismissed from being
public printer Isaac Hill of New
Hampshire, who had published base
llbelon his lady: and now they carry
their party intemperance SO far in the
old states that they give the public
printing, where they have the power,
exclusively to their partizans.
They denounced President Adams
as beng too extravagant in the fur
nlture placed in the Presidents house.
though the same was proved by eve
~ honest and impartial man who saw
1t to be very plain and simple; and
when Van Buren, came into the Pres.
ldency, his re6tting of the s:Presi-
dents house." alone, exceeded thirty
thousand dollars. So 1.l= :
They pretended to be opposed to
the use of Foreign capital in the coun-
try, and now have their agents in all
parts of Europe, like hungry mendi-
cants, at the feet Of the MOBILES and
capitalists, begging for loans Of mo-
ney to the states, their misrule has
impoverished. 2a. ~ @.s
They denounced the United States
Bank as corrupt institution, and I'M
sale depositary of !. the Public funds,
Notwithstanding the government had
never lost Il cent by her agency; re-
commended the state banks as safer
institutions and placed the public mo-
ney in them, by which the nation has
suffered immense losses.
They pretended to be opposed to
banks, and they have increased the
banking capital Of the nation several
hundred millions of dollars, and in
all those states where they have been
most IN power, the banking system
has been most perverted to purposes
Of speculation and corruption.
There is hardly an instance where
they have been connected with the
finances Of the country, in a public
capacity, which has not ended in plum
der and pecuniary embarrassment.
Toprepare the minds Of the 9peo-
pie for the violence they meditateo
against the United States Bank, they
made the LAND ring with the promise
Of 'gold and silver" and they have
''swartwouted" the sgold and silver
among themselves, and given the
people deprecated notes. s'Treasury
notes" ''Wid cat" cred dog" and
Brandon bank money! and corpora
ton shin plasters. a
They found the Post office depart.
ment in a most prosperous condition,
adding largely to the revenues Of the
nation, and in a short time by their
'incidental" and other false expendi-
lures, reduced that department to a
state of confusion and insolvency.
From some strange coincidence of
circumstances the General Post Office
the Treasury and the Patent Office
buildings, were successfully burned.
TheX have squandered immense
public money in the creation of ma
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