The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-12-31

have elected any loco focos to the Legis.
lature IS to the wings of other counties q
matter OF the greatest surprise.
i 10 show the ''nsodus operandr' by
which such result was brough. about,
to guard the wings of Lee county against
treachery so base on the part of the loco
foco leaders as has been developed in the
late election, and to bring to light some
OF their deeds of darkness, is the object OIL
this communication; and here the writer
would kindly caution gentlemen upon
whose toes he may chance to tread. a
gainst denying a single statement herein
made; for, guided by truth, he will state
nothing but what is susceptible of the
clearest proof.
By feat of legerdemain worthy of the
"Lit,le Magician" himself, the wing can.
didate for the Council, Mr. Kilbonrn, was
defeated; thus changing from what il
would have been in the result of his cleo.
ton, the political complexion ofthe Coun.
Gil and giving the opposition majority
of ONE. Of the course pursued by Mr.
Johnston. the successful candidate, when
+, member of the House at the session oil
80, it is not necessary here to speak;
you. Mr. Editor. will not soon forget thai
he was most incorporating in his hos
tili,y to TIL, wings and foremost in draw
ing the party, lines; he even went SO fal
on one OCCASION as to vote SOLITARY and
alone'' with single exception) against
giving any of the printing to '0hig edi-
tor.
Well. the session passed away, the
Hon gentleman returning to his constltu-
ents, and the next we hear of him he is
one of the prime movers in getting up a
democratic Convention" at Yves! Point;
lie is no. long however in ascertaining
that his party are in minority. With
characteristic facility he abandons his
democratic Convention" scheme; to his
wing friends "acashes his hands" of it,
and deprecates the drawing Of party lines
''as it will separate him from his best
friends, and place him in company that
he does not wish to be in" (Compli.
men,ary TO the Democracy, very.) In
travelling over the county he ascertaned
that the election of his whig competitor,
Mr. Kilbourn, was certain beyond per-
adventure, unless some mine could be
sprung, some ''last card Played that
should on the day of the election, and
when it was too late to counteract its ef-
fects, change the result.
For the successful carrying out of the
plot it was necessary to have tools, and
most plant one was found in the person
of sour Wustrious Dodge" to whom
the wings of Lee county are under a
weight of obligation for his disinterested
patriotic interference in their local affairs,
that they feel utterly unable to remove I'M
til August lS4l; they will then endeavor
by all honorable means to cancel the debt:
but | wander from my subject.
The day Of election approaches; what
is done must be done quickly: on the Sat
urday afternoon preceding the election
two gentlemen might have been seen rid
ing into Mon,rose, having in their zeal to
aid the cause of Democracy perilled
their precious lives in swimming Devil
creek; they Immediately cross the Missis-
sippi river to the Mormon town of Maui
VOC GPin Illinois! what arrangements
were there made do not at present dis
close, but state the fact that on Sabbath
morning at a public religious meeting,
Mr. Johnston was announced by quarter
Master General Bennett of the Illinois
Militia as candidate to represent Lee
county Iowa, in the Council.
That Sabbath was an eventful day; up
on the exertions put forth tina; day was to
depend the result of the election about to
take place. and while sour illustrious
Dodge" in consideration Of his pure af
lection for the principles of "Democra
cy,"-to say nothing of the nine dollars
per day of which he was daily in receip
from the government as register of the
land office--consents to become the bear
err of letter from the Hon. Poet to Nj
McCully, distant about IL miles; arriving
at Mr. McCully's and learning Of his alb
sence, "the ornament of our party start:
in pursuit, late at night finds the object o
his search at the house of Thos. Mcclure
and delivers the epistle with which his
employer had entrusted him.
Now it will be supposed that letter
to deliver which, could command the ser
vices Of so distinguished parsonage as
Gen. A. c. Dodge of the Bloody Iowa
Militia, Register of the land Office ant
Delegate to Congress, must have been one
of vas, importance; and it would doubtless
be very gratifying to many of your read
ers 10 see it in print. 1t is short but very
sweet; indeed it is almost as laconic, as
though not abounding in the rhetorical
fourishes of-''the Maiden speech of our
Delegate" Its purport was as follows
'The Mormons have dropped me and
taken up Kilbourn, and unless the Demo.
Gratis run me single shot, am lost.
Similar letters were sent to nearly ifnot
quite every precinct in the county, and
the whipper snappers of the party, as in
duty bound, obeyed the behesls of their
masters.
TO allay all suspicion Of foul play, the
! conspirators return to Montrose. the resi-.