The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-09-03

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II Repre- qHE PEOPLES CANDIDATE.
|ntv my my FOR CONGRESS,
[ ss ,sa d. ALFRED RICH.
ecinett' ' s. mo SHALL BE OUR DELEGATE?
n 4 IN ~ sac The communication from Henry coun-
The P.assS I which may be seen in another column,
/. nlne q a. rs TO ask the above question. Its
same XII .,ortauce every one must acknowledge,
bit at IN :, i,s final decision depends the tri.
be opea 'anb or pros,ration Of the Office Hold
h |bo p aosI ! Party in this Territory.
tory sts.J our correspondent Justly remarks that
approsed .ss hattie is to be fought between the
& section ,.onle and the Office Holders" This
[he ia, .,bs true issue in this campaign although
TeiirisyJ !, opponents studiously avoid meeting
|ded to s. ! On this ground. They peremptorily
Eo.lasd abid our using, as an objection against
[te h., ~ 1, T)opoE the peculiar circumstances
,hich made him resident Of this Terri
+ to call Notwithstanding we believe the
e ;of .he rooe do look upon it as such, that Mr.
akin y Mdge was only induced to come to this
hereby nI hhad from the President; and that. had
m make n not been for the lucrative Office thus
. : 9 aDierred upon him, he never would have
bat at III h.ome resident among them. But it
] BE- open nav be urged that this is no proof that
T. N u Cen. Dodge is the Office Holders candi-
[yor Of HE. We do not say it is; but we think
IN by ail IA link in the chain of evidence which
4 ft =. e pr will prove it.
s,.'A twill be remembered that, during the
lit: l winter session of the Legislature, several
Judges Y individuals had been spoken of as candi-
ballot d,us for Delegate from the loco foco par
aues ss ". Ii was supposed that Messrs GEHoN,
lose TO M CHuscHMAN and JOHNSON, in addition to
The sail Doct. DAVIS, who had already declared
LED tocoa himself to be candidate, would be COM
h !, ,h an rd,urs in the field few persons in
eth dsy i Ibis vicinity, who set themselves up as
leaders, saw that, if all these ran, Mr..
/ Clerk lCHApaAN would certainly be reelected;
: and this they deprecated more than any
eDERasher catastrophe. A GEOGRAPHICALLY
b. for 4. Office Holders-then got together, and,
B. TuRs having canvassed the claims and the pro-
fckeyedl liable success of the several candidates,
concluded that no better plan could be
Or txJ adopted to que, all parties than to recon-
is badlI aend Gen. Dodge. He was, therefore,
That it i bhe considered the nominee of the Con-
frr!ef pntion which was TO be held at some flu.
h cannot )" lure period, provided DR. Davis did no,
lure VOID gounta,iv Withdraw his claims. DR. Da.
Then you Wis did not withdraw, and the Convention
the lid -, o,pounced
Frin.law
Justiced III Par' W 'iie l"'e''ai oe'"een 1he
widowed hding Of this private caucus and the
God, intervention, every one knew the GOODNESS
pm rs ida existed between the Office. Holders
! nd eoulI md DR. Davis. AS the day Of the Con
1.-THE law en,ion drew near. the friends of both par
tent any les felt that something must be done a,
pc ao0s annciliation. Persons were therefore en-
led to mol Played to effect this object, in which a
a mana certain gentleman, who it was at one time
give resi- bought by his friends would revolution
|ved andn Tho ubo,o .rorr;,orv ,f,er no b,d orco
lglined footing in his favorite named
county, was not the least conspicuous
hterest'd On account of this timely interposition,
|il aD. Davis was induced, at the county
meeting, to declare himself to be subject
ablhe disposition of the Convention which
Ptions 10 vas to be held at Bloomington, notwith-
s ,ahs sanding all his previous objections. This
In or. was all the Office-Holders wanted, and
|ery, wei DrsDavis was aware of it from the start.
our cnsI The Convention was held-Dr. D. was
ting and nrar,loa 80, =. ..,;.LIu ~ ~
us haD N'a" s upoA " "''""t"" VIC oli'
EucreduI y candidates whose claims were then to
purchas Be considered by the Convention were
deTstU. Messrs Dodge and Gehon. About fifty
,hat m delegates attended the Convention; but
krind foil owing to the permission granted by the
En it mI Convention to receive PROXIES, and
de s"a. various other mannuvrings, Gen. Dodge
'ors. un aceiyed the highest number of votes, and
think ID vas declared duly nominated.
Our readers cannot have failed seeing
bnes Col 49,.
ia Us which met in this place on certain
". w,-Sunday we bclieve-last winter,
LIZ o,as nd nominated Mr. Dodge. We heard Of
ss;oped3 ne doings of that caucus shortly after il
reg. sdasas held, but not supposing that Gen
hereby hodge would lend himself as an instru
Fcel ds aent to carry out their views, we refrain
!. 'nI a MI alrom dragging his name unnecessarily
Eaii mus sore the public and associating it with
IN SstutI us secret and anti-democratic caucus
+, St 10 show that we had some kno Wedge or
u Uts bis subject, we here insert a quotation
report Iron an editorial article-and there ar,
|specti"I many others-which appeared in our pa
Ftas far back as last April and which il
sfollows:
u "Ihe assertion that the Convention
ehl be holden, is no news to us. Ever
: gcs- slnce the loco foco federalists acknowl
Inst; ii ,ossed that Convention was their only
nd, one lpe, we have not had doubt about theil
PIE 10 oalng one, and that nomination
81 o|s s2a ,oud be made Rumor says that it is
[aken i aeady made. That word has gone forth
0n certain clique in this city, in re.
|onp sad TO who shall be the candidate. We
- asse heard the name, and shall in due
S.. sne reveal it. As popular as that name
con a.lr Supposed to be, we doubt very much