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

character, that they could not be
r iected to Office among their neig
? Dors and acquaintance, after havin
i run n. as candidate of their party an
I suffered defeat, were almost invari
4 ply the first recipients Of Executiiy
favor and appointment to office.
: They have inculcated in practic
the doctrine, that the President cleo
: shall appoint his successor in office
4 They have openly encouraged tn
: officers of the government in thei
\ system of plumber, by declaring in tn
halls of the National Senate, and re
echoed by their newspapers and ora
tors "that to the victors belong tn
spoils.''
They in substance declared in til,
Halls Of the National Senate. that i
IS not only the right but the duty 0
the Public officers, to exercise the in
tluence of their office for partizal
purposes.
They have formed "cabals'' ane
secret Clubs" in all the principa
towns and cities in the Union, to riv
let more successfully their partizar
chains ON the people.
Newspaper presses have been pur
chased by their leaders, under tho
most suspicious circumstances. anc
Editors have been bribed by office
and money into their ranks.
They have engaged in immense
speculations of the Public lands witt
the money they purloined from the
government.
BY their bad management with the
Florida Indians, they originated {
war which has already lasted near
four years, and still appears nearly as
much unsettled as ever; which has al.
ready cost the nation nearly $780,.
100000; greatly increased the stand.
ing army, and occasioned the loss OF
thousands of our best citizens and SOL
dlers, and brought disrephtation on
our Government, and the character OF
our people abroad.
Nearly in all places where a ma
jority OF the working community are
opposed to them, their presses TEEN
with SANDER and abuse, denouncino
them as ''miscreants," and sslaves,' .
because they will not forsake their
honest principles, and turn to assist
them IN their system of plumber.
They pretend, in general, to have
peculiar regard and friendship for the
rights Of the working community, but
that this regard extends no farther
than the value of their vote. is evi-
dent from the fact, that the great
majority of Executive appointments,
particularly in the cities, are made Of
mere demagogues, as much unac-
quainted with labor and industry. as
they in general are void of fine NOR.
al principle. r...e ss
BY their tinkering with the curren-
cy they have brought down immense
hardships on the working community
who inhabit the towns and cities: by
stinting the channels Of commerce and
manufactures and thus throwing them
out Of employ, by raising the price Of
provisions and the other necessaries
OF lite the natural result of the de-.
probation Of the currency.
They have slandered the brave SOL
diers and mariners of the nation, pub
fishing in their chief newspaper organ
the Globe, that it was thing next to
an lmposslbility, to make good seamen
OF "cobblers and tinkers;'' and as if
they were ready to acquiesce in eve
ry thing which is politically, if not
morally dishonest, to continue in their
plumber of office, the Secretary Of
the Treasury Levi Woodbury. has the
unbIushng effrontery to call the at.
tention of Congress towards a dimi.
mutton of the pensions paid to the few
remaining, war-worn, and weather.
beaten soldiers Of the revolution.
10 secure the. votes, if possible. OF
large and respectable class Of reli-
gionists in one state, they nominated
as a candidate for Congress minister
of the gospel; to secure the votes Of
the disciples Of Fanny Wright in an.
other state where they are supposed
to be numerous, they run for Con.
gress son of the famous Owen, and
in New York city, where they thought
theatre going popular, they nominal.
ed for Congress the play actor For.
rest. az /. 4.
They have endeavored to create
invidious distinctions in society. by
arraying the rich against the poor
and creating dissentlons between the
employers. and employed.
In numberless instances, on public
works and in private employment
they have dismissed their mechanics
and laborers for a bare difference d
political opinion.
Let US look, now, fellow citizens
at the political vacillation and parti
IAN intrigues of those who have fgur
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