The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-12-10
lg--proyided it could be done constitu-

ling--proyided it could be done constitu-
tionally.
The ladies with whom he associates
must feel under great obligations for the
manner in which he brings them into no.
tice. We would recommend them to pc
tition the Legislature that he be allowed
an exclusive monopoly of their society
during the Administration Of General Har-
rison. This is what he seems to covet,
and this would, from his own showing,
be the very sumnuna bonuns of all his
ideas Of happiness, and afford him ample
consolation amid his disappointed hopes
|of arriving at those Ugh official stations
after which he has so long been aspiring,
but which, alas! from the signs of the
times, he now gives up as being entirely
out of his reach. But to the communities
tion-here it is:
Tickle me--I'll Tickle you.-Shakspeare.
TO CHARLES SoEr, Esq. of Soapville.
l herewith
send you Burlington paper, and call
your attention to the able and faithful por-
trai,ure Of the city, and passing COM
pliment to the Legislature of Iowa con.
vened here at present. You will readily
perceive it is editorial, and that will ac-
count for the fact that the Corps Editori-
al are not noticed. The object of this is
to ill up the chasm that the well known
modesty and the unassuming character Of
the Editor has left untouched.
There is nothing SO characteristic of the
present age as the number and the excel
lence Of our newspaper publications; they
are not only the promoters of every useful
and ornamental improvement. but the pro-
gress of refinement and civilization are
correctly denoted by the state of the press
in any particular section Of country.
The city of Burlington is pre-eminently
distinguished in this particular. The Ed
itor of the Territorial Gazette is one of
those frank, generous, open hearted gen.
tlemeu upon whom Nature seems to have
stamped the seal of nobility mean to
say he is one of Natures Noblemen. His
very appearance is indicilive of genius
and mental excellence of the highest or
der; and l may say without hyperbole,
that you cannot glance at his paper even
for moment without being dazzled with
those scintillations of genius which are
constantly emanating from his well dis
ciplined and vigorous mind. In perusing
his excellent paper, my dear friend. you
may from "a,ora till dine,'' imbibe from
those exhaustless stores of political and
historical knowledge which he has So
abundan,ly treasured up, lessons Of wis.
dom for the future preservation of our po-
litical liberty, and most salutary admoni,
tons how we may avoid the rocks and
quicksands upon which other Republics
have been shipwrecked.
In the columns too of the Gazette the
literary man and the poet may revel in
stores of intellectual qualification. Coult
you but see the Editor in his sanctum
sanctorum, .'his eye in wild frenzy
rolling" throwing off with the rapidity Of
steam engine, ''thoughts that BREATH
and ,rords that burn,'' you would not fol
a moment regret that Byron and Scott hae
passed off the stage, or that Moore hae
ceased to strike the Tyre.
1t is proud recollection that even here
in the wilds of Iowa we have an Edito
who dares to discharge his duties to hi:
''sensible, patriotic and mach loued" sab
scribers with fidelity, regardless of thu
threats of the wings or the praises o f thu
locos. 1t is source of delight TO read tn
ebullitions Of his patriotism, or "as fire.
,cih an indignity or injury offered 4
his" patrons, he writes those biting sar
casms, those keen and cutting satire
which destroy in the bud all attempts a
sapping the foundation of our institutions
Honorably well our Editor compare will
the Individual talent of any other of tn
Corps; he is the beau ideal of the wisest
) most respectable and accomplished Of tina
, useful class of citizens.
/ As for the Editor Of the Hawk Eye, h
is plain man and tells an unyarnishe
story; he neither courts the muses. nor So
critics. to the graces, he never scars to
) high or runs the risk Of scorching hi
wings. In haste, am yours,
TITFORTAT.
AGR1cULTuRE.-The Lecture on Agri
culture, on Friday evening last, by Gen