The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-10-01

we look, as both sides-the certificates of
Mr Dodge and his friends, and the cert.
hcates of M.Goon and his. friends--were
published. And it was our intention NOT
10 nave required to the subject after that
publication, and we should not have done
So had 1t not been for the gross attacks
made upon us by the Gazette. Mr. Dodee
IN the last Gazette comes out and EXPLAINS
the matter. If the people are satisfied
that ne has established his innocence and
proved all he has said about M.(,oon we
nave nothing TO complain Of. When we
are SO satisfied we shall proclaim il. but
not till then.
10 show that there is wrong doing
somewhere, we extract the following from,
a New Y DIRK paper. 1t would seem that
the President, as we'll as certain clioue
IN Wisconsin, are implicated:
From the Now York American.
l NE VOICE OF AN INJURED TERRrroRf-Wc
'ay ASIDE editorial matter to- day in order to give
pace 10 The subjoined address of Judge Doty.
the delegate in Congress from Wisconsin in
arraigning the President of such birb ,nisde.
meanors as in other times would have subject.
ca the Chief Magistrate to impeachment. We
ASK attention to the grievances here SET forth
ana which, because they have been inflicted in
territory, and not in State. have moi, az.
1racted SUFFICIENT interest from the people of the
united states. We need hardly say that the
idcnce. aa.as.5 - S-'l' o''
We arc obliged to omit grea. norton If
this article, already in type, for want of roo,n.I
speaking of the President, Judge Do,v
says - 5sa
He has re.uppointcd the Register of the Land
Once at Mineral Point, and still persists in CON
tlnulng him in that office, after il was proved
That he had sold the oldest and most valuable
mines oil the United States to the person who
is now the Surveyor General, to the connections
OF the Governor, and to others; and thai no had
IN repeated instances permitted frauds OF this
character to be perpetrated, violated the law
and the Residents proclamation, and the en-
press instructions Of the Commissioner of tho
General Land Office. -
The numerous affidavits are on file at the
Land Office which establish these facts, and
they were reported to the House by one of its
committees "a the late session: y,ssEszF--.
That IN the year 1897 asperson was appoin-
ted by the President to examine into the con
duct of this officer, who in his Report SAYS:
VI think the register cannot be clearly eonpiic.
poshteeiy knew that the lands were valuable
mineral lanes at the time of permitting these
entries, although ,oeH knoun to almost ereyu ons
else. Nor have l had any evidence offered
gong to prove that he wac in any way benc
fitted thereby; but think it ,ras the dutv Of
the register always, before allowing one party
to enter upon his oath, or that of his friends,
lands before denied to another, to be sure to
ascertain at least whether the first applicant
lotn ~
done. ' j.Rs-
"Some Of the lands reserred from sale Ju the
Presidents proclamation Of May 1885, hape, in
coTtrGrenfion o. that proclamation, been since
sold at pirate sale.
"He refused to allow pre-emrtors to pur-
chase the ,rhole of tho quarters occupied by
them, because they contained mineral, and III
forwards allowed other persons to enter the re.
served parts of each quarter. In these cases
he decided that the United States WIS a Joint
occupant, and granted floating rights to tho
pre-emptors in virtue of this joint occupancy.
See the letter of J. P. Sheldon to the Commits
sioner, of Nov. 80, 1894, and August 9, 1886:
and the affidavits of S. Oliver and VIM. Field.
"He sold, at various times, and in one in
stance to himself, mineral lands which were
returned to him by respectable citizens as
containing mineral, and on such information
refused to allow them to make the entries.
loec lhe plSCculHS duiudtlIS, una also those OF
Col. VIM. S. Hamilton, Solomon Oliver, and
r. II. Myers.] sf
s"Hc sold to others several mineral tracts.
which wore held and worked, under. permits
granted by the lead mine agent, at the time of
sale, and had been SO occupied from the wear
1927. [See affidavits of A. M. Neayill. A.
Looney, A. Bean, w. S. Bean, G. Sallee Doc
ument No. ID, pages 6, and 81
"He sold several mineral tracts, and also
lands claimed by pre-emptors, after the applies
tions had been referred to the Commissioner of
the General Land Office. and before his deois
ion. and contrary 10 his express instructions.
tSee VESTS Report and Doc; letter of Strong
and Catlin; also, papers in the case of Rrack-
en- and Parkinson; and the letters of the Com
missioner.
1.-THE Grand Jury presented this officer in
the following language: we, the Grand Jury
for the county of Iowa, do present, that Tiifs
PRACTICES IN THE REGisrER's OrrrcE in this
place are such as to hold out strong induce
ment for the commission of the crime of PER
JURY. A. G. Dodge, Foreman
These facts, which were duly laid before the
President, arc now submitted to you, that YOU
may determine whether he has faithfully per
formed his duty. Ga's ]. d. DOTY.
New York, September I, 1s4e.