The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-11-12

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pDno,r on ,,11n House
ON EXPENDITURES, W.
This is one Of tho mas. 1879, pinio
undignlfed Legislative Documens NUN a
ever saw. Let us look at its history Guy
the fret n,,ce lot :. ho 90, livery
every one Of the members are geuiI anv'.
loco focos, and several of them perso,l n.se
hostile to u.s. and all in favor of grl - 80,
the whole legislative patronage II an'v''
federal loco foco organ in this place u' ~
course, every one who knew any h, w.. =.
of their nar,;,,;,;ov con,d 49,. ' !" This il
there would be perfect understand ~
between the committee and the cona,1
ors of the Territorial Gazette. Wa Son
simplitied our proposals tina, the comnI that It
tee could have no excuse in NOT emhal e ,ht
ing them in their report II should the mr.
remembered, also, that no time was al ,oo.
Gifted for us to hand in our proposals. would
They were handed 10 the Chairman have |
SOUL aS lie came in' and alter consulht 10 sha
with one or two members of the comma This
tee, he concluded to introduce the famaI 6las.
report which is now the subject ofcor nrinti
menI; and after it was read, with chul know
ocfs''St'c Preface oy way OF explanalaI pense
ne stated that the committee had, aad vious
hour, after they had prepared their ppd we vi
received our proposals. Every one ml4 srial
have seen that late as it was, ours wuft sand
only actual bid handed in. No trbuul preps
legal or equitable, would pronounce thong
McKenney's fair bid. We have sel point
the decision made on several occasienl Undue
and none but committee and Iegai honol
ture who act on the principle that "nig4 mem1
Is right" would give different decision Wha
We consider that we are in fact entd.a lirpl,
to the printing, having made the lowed gener
and the only bid havin
But the reason that led the commits sense
to make up such Report is the nd woul
laughable. Here are two grave and ds do ne
'lfed Legislators taking itupon themssld as WI
to decide upon our opinions on a subsf not
most vital to us-and undertake to unni esch,
cl our thoughts and our feelings and Ori ing c
desires, because, forsooth, they hadh1 ness
4 private conversation with one Of og1 chuc
vorkmen. Had they the least shadow c and
authority fer believing his Thoughts hi all Il
ceilings or his desires were ours! DI
'ur foreman ever tell them what our orif H
ons were on the subject? Mono. Wki 10
We deal with Legislators, by PROXY but {
will let them know it. Until then VI muc
shall not consider ourself responsblsh weel
he language of others. Let them notsgl that
hat the foreman had no right to exPrsI caus
himself in the language he employed and
He had the right. We never haVe-E'l to d
lever will put the gag ON any one in'r men
employ. We set too high avalue onl h'nl
reedom of speech to do that. Since % Tie
'roscriptive course of the legislatnren ana
wards us has been developed, we can ~ emp
hem that many others coincide in feeling US
md sentiment with our Foreman, and 9 can
additions to our subscription list wlup 70
he last few days begin to show ihasm "er
ire about halfright. The principle ass1 ,sr'
mon bv this committee ;s most balefui4 Leg
is tendency, and if adopted genera1I wa
would lead to most disastrous consequs'I ass
,es. Farmers, mechanics, merchants de''
act all classes of society, who have
II their employ would be unsafe We
his new loco foco doctrine TO prevail D.
But the astute opinion which IS adql ~
I'd by the committee as the result OIL A
unique mode of reasoning is the moss -.
'io-comico affair of all. The reader \,
he Report cannot but be struck wiz
ollowing remarkable passage:- A..
Your Committee therefore, are o. y -
opinion that the Editor Of the HawMI ro
Dishes to make political capital o. ahe
whole circumstance. THEREFORE, - me
Committee recommend the adopnOl If,
he following resolution: III mo
sResolved, that John H. Mckenzie q,
to do all the incidental Prlna :"
or this House during the present Session ru
The constitution of our country guaD WI
ees to US the privilege Of resisting y la
as the above. we " W
,een manifestly injured in our busih'
" the misrepresentation Of -o'nsl be
But let that pass for the present. = ty,