The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-06-18
THE TWO PARTIES.

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ren Organ in this place is eqdalled only w
by the same quality as it is frequently
exhibited Of late in some of its kindred
loco foco Journals. Every one knows
that ever since the CONNIE ncement OF
this paper we have invariably deprecated
the raising ofllie party question Inthis ter
ri,ory, and have from time to time given
our reasons for SO doing and pointed out
the evils that might result on the adop-
ton Of such measures as were proposed
by our opponents. During the three or
four administrations of the Gazette, every
one of which from the now Hon. Secre-
taFy of the Territory down to the present
/" Little red" game cock'' of that con-
Germ, has been strenuous for drawing the
party lines, and we have until very re-
Gently been as strenuously opposed to so
doing. We could bring extract after
extract from each paper to show this if it
were necessary. But it is not. Every one
knows it. We have often told them that
III the party question was raised, on them
would rest the responsibility-lhat the
party to which we are attached would
not be likely to sit still without an array
of some opposition-and that they must
not be much surprised if they found them
selves, on the Trial of the question, de-
feated and disgraced. After all this--and
after holding several County Convention
meetings, and recommending the time and
place Of holding their Grand Territorial
Loco Foco Convention, and before we had
held the first organized party melting
the Gazette endeayors to rally its forces
by asserting that the Harrison party is
| fully organized and that the Harrisonian
Democrats were the first to draw the
party lines!! There's etfrontery for you,
| if not falsehood. All know that we have
been absolutely forced to take party
grounds, and we opine that the Locos
will be sorry before they quit the field.
The Office Holders, the real wosshippers
of Van Buren,, will find that the people
here, as we'll as elsewhere, are opposed
to their master.
The Gazette made many sage remarks
last week in relation TO the motto we
displayed in behalf of Iowa at the Great
Harrison Gathering at Springfield, and
has finally concluded to adopt it as the
rallying cry for the loco focos. Well, tie
! it so. 1t will not answer our purpose,
any how, in our Territorial political war
fare. There we can vote. is therefore
welcome to it, banner and all. Hence.
forward we shall rally under the mot
to of
Harrison and Reform"
With this political battle cry the log
cabin boys of Iowa will triumph. AL
ready the ball has commenced rolling and
we cannot but exclaim
WELL DONE LOUISA.
Let the proceedings of the meeting at
Wapello be read and pondered by every
lover Of his country. He will there find
embodied the principles by which we
are actuated-it will be seen that there
are no slight wrongs to be redressed-
the stabs at the people and at Democracy
are there exposed, and as Mark Antony
uncovered the bleeding body of Cesar
and showed his wounds, one by one, to
the assembled multitude, and told by
whom those wounds were inflicted, so
these resolutions fearlessly lay open and
expose the dagger marks that have been
aimed by ambitious demagogues at the
very vitals of the Republic; and they
will prove as eloquent as did the gaping
wounds of Caesar, i'll stirring up the peo-
pie to action recovering their rights and
maintaining true democratic principles.
We fully appreciate the motives of our.
friends at Louisa, in their. recommended
ton to hold u Territorial Harrison Con-
vention at Bloomington. This course has
been pressed upon the friends of Reform
by our opponents. AS the recommends
ton was made without concert, and as it
is not known what action the different
counties will pursue in the matter, we IN
vlte communications on the subject from
individuals in the several counties, who
have 1t in their power to give accurate in
formation, from the result of public meet
ings or otherwise, what are The wishes Of
the Harrisonian Democrats throughout
the Territory. These communications
should be made as soon as possible.
The time has come when all who are
opposed to the extrayagant and anti-demo-