The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-07-23

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1t was my wish, sir, to furnish yor
) with these notes by the mail of Friday
, last, but business rendered it impossible
/ to do so. The above is a fair and impair
: tial report of the proceedings of that meet
| ing, as nearly as could take them. In
; addition to the above report, it will not be
5 improper to make one or two comm e,,;s
} as the meeting was entirely public. We
} are not authorized in interfering with the
proceedings of our opponents public
!, meetings, but we may comment upon
them.
1t is difficult, sir, for me to apprehend
: indeed do not at all understand, any
principle, of democracy which justified
} that convention in appointing persons
from ot!er counties to cast .forty,fve, Or
any other number of votes for counties
not at oil represented. Will you be Sc
good as to explain the principle which
warrants this proceeding, sir! 1t would
seem that the practice might operate some
what unfairly. Let me take the present
case merely as an instance, suppose the
friends of General Dodge for of any other
+. candidate were a majority in the conven-
ton of actual delegates then in the nomi-
nations for the unrepresented counties,
this ma GRITTY might appoint persons of
their own sentiments only, and then swell
the majority of General Dodge, Tor of
whoever might receive the majority be-
You'd lis ust magnitude. Such might be
the operation of the principle when car
RED into practice, and there are few ma
jorlties so temperate in the use of their
power as not to exercise it in the above
supposed manner. This proceeding was
resiste in the Convention, by, believe,
some northern members, but the course
was adopted.
General Finch merits some attention
for his remarks, and more than | have
opportunity to give him. Ye; will an
mex few notes to the foregoing abstract
of his speech. For the sake of brevity,
will refer to his remarks by figures.
a. Let me ask Gen. Finch-Is it true
that our country has Of late years pros
pered in an unexampled degree? Was
not the country more prosperous up to
1867, than it has been since! Have
not the depression of business, the trou-
bles in our fiscal affairs, the general want
of confidence, and the uncertain future
action of our government, retarded the
prosperity and advancement of our coun-
try! Has not the growth of our Terri
tory been IN spite of these evils, and Of
the discouragng action Of the govern
ment, and would not that growth have
been greater had affairs remained as they
were before the experimental system was
adopted?
(2) All that Needle remarked upon this
matter, is, that merely changing the sub
yjects, our strict constructionists have gone
together beyond their liberal opponents in
the magnitude of their liberality.
(3) Is an opinion of Mr. Talmadge, express
sed whilst a friend of Mr,Van Buren,, evil
dence coming from his enemies! But let
this pass. Does the remark of Mr. Tall
madge shew that Mr. v. B. was not at one
time against the war! No. 1t only shewsI
that at one time he spoke and acted in
favor of it, whilst the very charge is that
he was once with the Feds and against
the war, and then turned and went over,
and the remarks of Mr. Talmadge ONLY
touch his conduct after he had turned and
leave the prior events unnoticed. General
Finch's conclusion is a non sequtur from
Mr.Ts' remarks.
a. This is excellent argument all along
here, air Editor. The very boys do
know that money is no, 10 be drawn from
the treasury except upon appropriations
except, sir, when large sums are plac-
ed under the control of the President, and
subject to his order only. And the boys
know too, that the president and his agree
ing secretaries recommend measures, and
the boys know too, that compliant, par
tizan Congress is very apt to adopt the
measures thus recommended.
81 did Congress think the President
would unite them, when they voted the
sc, 900 troops, and the 10000, 900 dol
lars9''-D tempora! 0 nostrae libertates i
Has it come to this Can il be that such AMI
argument is used in our country land al this
day, andby professor of democracy!! MrI
Editor, this is serious. When Caesar laid
hold of the reins of power, when Angus
tus seized them in his firm grasp, when the
twelve Caesars, and their long line of sue
cessors retained and confirmed the pos
session of that power, there was still al