The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-04-23
For the Hawk. Eye and Patriot. 4
The Book Of the Chronicles Of Nicholas
q the Potter. ! R,-m
IN CHAPTER III 's

~ Me Voser. III IEp-fI
CHAPTER II.
!. Now it came to pass in the secon
year Of the reign Of Robert, whose SUI
name was Lucas, on the 9th day of tn
4th month, that Charles whose surnam
was Mason, went up to judge the peopl
of the county Of Jefferson in the provinc
of Iowa.
2. And on the seventh day Of III,
fourth month, To-, Jesse, whose surnam,
was Payne, came up to the Seat of Judg
ment, and conferred with his loco foct
brethren.
3. Saying, go to, let US assemble thu
people together, and speak unto then
great swelling words, and say unto them
that we will do them good, and entrea
them to come unto us; lest they all be LED
away from following our prince Martin,
whose surname is Van Buren,, and fol.
lowing the Chief, Captain Harrison.
4. Then answered certain ex-poundel
of the law, whose surname was Hall
and said the saying Of Jesse please,h me
we'll 60 to, let US call an assembly, lest
the friends Of the chief captain Harrison
come and steal the hearts of the people.
S. And they wrote a writing entreating
loco focos to assemble on the evening oil
the 9TH day, and leagued themselves to-
gether, in order to choose man of like
feelings with themselves to go up to
Washington, and sit with the elders of
the people there as the elder from the
province of Iowa.
6. Behold, in the twilight Of the eve
ming, sundry loco focos appeared in the
Judgment hall; there came also divers
friends Of the chief captain to behold afar
off and see what would be the end of this
assembly.
z. Then arose Jesse in the midst and
opened his mouth and said. go to, my
friends, We must be watchful lest the
| friends of the chief captain steal away
the hearts of the people: Behold his
friends are every where; they are made
up of divers sorts of men, yea, even of
= r.
stag shag and bobta;l."
s. Then stood forth the ex-pounder,
and spoke great swelling words with a
sound like unto the lowing of an OK,
saying that the friends of the chief cap
tain had conspired not only against Mar
tin, the king, but against the liberties Of
the Commonwealth.
9. But neither the sayings of Jesse nor
of the expounder seemed to please the
people. Then few Of them conferred
together and promised to meet again on
the 9th day of the following month, to
choose men whose duty it will be to
choose loco foco elder.
10. Now it came to pass that the friends
of the chief captain Harrison wrote a
writing, asking their friends to assemble
on the evening Of the 9Th day Of the fourth
month.
IL. And behold there came up null
titude of the friends Of this chief captain
Harrison TO the judgment hall, and being
addressed by captain whose sur
name was Learned, who spake and
warned this people against the devices
of certain sons of Belial who are seeking
to divide them, and set the son against
the father, and the father against the son,
in order that they might by stealth, get
themselves into the high places.
| IL. And the saying pleased the people
well, and they shouted with an exceed
ing great shout.
10. And sundry friends of the chief
captain spake similar words IN the ears
Of all the people; and offered to them a
writing of league by which they COW
enanted that they would set their faces
against those men who were endeavoring
to sow party strife and division among
the people of this Province, and that they
q Z. J. -
would regard them as enemies of the
Commonwealth.
Il. And when the writing was read in
the hearing of the people. and they again
shouted with great shout, and said all
the words of this writing will we do.
Is. And behold the loco foco leaders
were dismayed and sore afraid lest the
people should all desert them /; and they
said one to another, 60 to, we must as
semble again, lest there be not left to us
a single man among the people. And
they put up writing on this wise /;
:. The missionaries Of granny Harrison
will be answered this evening"
l6. And on the evening Of the 9th day
< " y IS / y