The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-07-09
VAIN HOPES.

stump and in the newspapers. they hav
all along held out the idea that the enthu
siasm exhibited BY the people in favor 4
General Harrison would soon die away
that the immense and unprecedente
gatherings that have been held all Owe
The country would soon come 10 an end
land that for three or four months previou
10 the Presidential Election, all would b
calm; the tide Of popular feeling woul
Iebb, and they would have nothing to do
Ibut SET the people right, and thus prevail
ION them to vote for Martin Van Burel,
In all this they are deceived. The meet
Iings that have already been held hay
been fraught with too many favorable re
Isults-the people feel that this mode .
presenting truth is too Important ant
THAT too much has thus far been gained
to relinquish measures that have such !
direct tendency to awaken the people to
sense of their danger, and expose the mis-
Irule and anti-democratic measures of til,
present administration. At these meet
4ings witnesses spring up to bear their ties
i tlm1ony in favor of the Peoples candidate
and toput downthe calumnies and abus,
heaped upon him by pensioned presse.
and hired Office holders. that would neve
}haye been brought forward in mer.
newspaper discussion. Our opponent.
are aware Of this, and hence their demo
Icratic denunciations of these meetings o
the people. While they profess to advo
cate the largest Liberty, they ridicule the
liberty the people take in thus congre
eating together.
But their opposition will avail them no
thing. In addition to the mighty gather
ings that have already been held, it is pro
1posed to hold a great North Western Con.
vention at Nashville, Tennessee, mex
month, where delegates from all the
northwestern states and territories are in
yite1l. Thousands and probably tens oil
thousands will be there. Measures have
lalso been adopted to have great gather.
ling at Cincinnati on the Goth of nexi
month, to celebrate the battle of the Maui
1'mee. Every body is invited, and it will
doubtless be great affair. The General
will probably be there in person. 1t is
likewise proposed to the people Of Michi-
gan to celebrate the battle of the Thames
at Detroit, in style that will compete
with the late celebration at Fort Meigs.
Col. Johnson will be invited. This cele-
braton will be observed in October. In
addition to all these, local state celebra-
lions and gatherings will be held in all
parts of the country. So that the hopes Of
our opponents will not be realized. We
havesnot heard Of one Of these meetings
where some have not been led to renounce
Van Burenism, and join the true demo-
cratic party. tits supposed that 5000 did
this at the celebration Of Fort Meigs. Lo-
cal meetings have been recently held in
Massachusetts,, three of which numbered
10000 people a piece. The same spirit
pervades the states of Maine, Connecti-
cut, Vermont, New Hampshire New.
York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and
all the southern and south western States.
In Ohio and Indiana they are going it ''on
the loud" In Missouri, at the recent
Rocheport convention, there were at least
5000 present. Two hundred and eighty
five soldiers who had fought under Har-
rison, gave in their testimony in his ia
vor. Although called upon several times,
not one was found to say that he was the
coward he is represented to be in the Van
Buren, Federal papers. The testimony Of
the 200 old Harrison soldiers at SPRING
field, Illinois-that Of the same number
congregated at the late celebration Of Tip-
pecanoe-those who met in Mason coun-
ty, Kentucky-at Columbus at Fort
Meigs and in other places--all show that
Harrison was, brave soldier, and gene
raj in whom all his soldiers delighted.
We should take pleasure in giving &C.
counts Of these great meetings; although
highly interesting and patriotic, they have
become so numerous and frequent, that it
would take a sheet six times larger than
the Brother Jonathan to make a record Of
them.
While the Post Office Department is at
his service, and while the government is
interested, and agents are employedin all
parts Of the country to circulate Kendall's
Extra Globe, we hope the people WILDE
wide awake in counterac,ing his base
SANDERS Of Gen. Harrison and the true
democracy. of tho aro,1ntrv h,, c;.,,,I,. =, !.