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

e. 1928, when he found he was tn
4 strongest candidate. He now pirate
6 about being a disciple of Jefierso
q VINO was aplan. unostentatious mar
/ VINO only inquired Of the applican
e Tor office sis he honest, is he capable,
and be and his partizans advocate tn
e infamous doctrine that none but PAL
t t,zans should be appointed to Office
}. When Jefferson visited the capitol, h
e mostly rode on horseback a:tende,
by single servant. When Van Blu
2 ren visits the capitol, it is said he fire.
: quently rides in s'superb carriage ane
: tours" with servants dressed in livery
n mlmlcklng the outriders Of the Eng
llsh nobility. When he visited Brook
} Ign last 4th of July instead oftakina
+ passage with Governor Seward and
he great body of the citizens in one
OF the regular Ferry boats, his s:fiye
hundred office holders" at New York
chartered boat for his and their ey.
elusive use, that they might be freed
from the intrusion of the people; and
such was the extravaganza living OF
hun and his friends that his tavern bill
amounted to $500, in one dav. and
ms friends had the etfrontery to desire
] the city council to contribute to the
/ payment of the bill.
2. j. G. lngersoll, the author of the
Harrlsburgh rebellion who wrote to
Alderman Binns when young man.
which letter is still to be seen, s.That
II ne had lived in the times of the Re-
voiutlon, he would have been tory.
nor wouldhe have thought that char
acter reproachable."
5. Roger B. fancy, pIacedbv them
IN the office of Chief Justice of the
United States, who was bitter F ed
erallst, opposed to the last war, and
IN 1915 denounced Mr. Madison s:as
worthy only of halter.''
a. James Buchanan one of their
senators in Congress from Pennsyl-
wanna, who was one of the crank and
tlla" OF the old FederaIist party; and
spoke bitter philippe against de-
mocracy before a literary society at
Lancaster Penn. in 1914.
5. Reuben NJ. Whitney, formerly
called by them ''honest Reuben one
OF the head opponents against the
United States bank, who in the last
war; though by birth a native of the
United States, was in Canada engag-
ed IN commercial traffic, under the
protection Of the enemy.
6. J. II. Prentis, one of their mem
bers in Congress from New York,
who published paper at Coopers-
town, New York, during the last war,
from which the following extracts are
taken, ut is with great sensations of
lndescribable pleasure that find N.Y.
self enabled to announce the complete
triumph of the Federalists.'' s:If nv
humble Iabors in the cause of nv
native country have produced the
change in this county, then have
arrived at the acme of my hopes"
Democracy! monster wild as that
roams the Lydian waters. and lows to
drench his tusks in blood pesti-
lence that spreads contagion over the
whole extent of our country-a per-
nicious blast that withers every thing
it touches
Z. General Armstrong, the reputed
author OF the anonymous publications
distributed in the American army at
the close OF the Revolution, which,
but tor the personal influence of
Washington to counterfeit them would
have overturned the liberties of the
country. In 1885. he was engaged
ia writing against General Harrison,
and for Van Buren,.
8. 6. D. Wall, one Of their sena-
tors in Congress from the State Of
New Jersey, who several years ago
! had the honesty to avow openly in
the Senate Chamber in speech, that
he was an old federalist and boasted
| in it. Eu.
8. William Wilkins, late Senator
IN Congress and minister to Russia,
bitter old Federalist, opposed to the
last war.
10. Charles Shaler, appointed five
or SIX years ago Governor Of Michi-
gan, but did not accept the appoint
ment; very prominent man in the
Van Buren, party. who was bitter
federalist in the time of the last war,
and drank toast on a public occa-
sion, wishing the ''bones of the Anne
rIcan soldiers who crossed the lines
might be made to bleach on the soil
of Canada @
And thus | might go on enumerat-
ing almost without end; but it is e
nough: the mind turns with disgust
I from the consideration of such instan-
ces of political treachery, partizan
herceness and corruption, and with
anxiety inquiries, can our beloved svs-
j tenn OF government long exist if it
| continue in the hands of such men?