The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1841-01-07
TO Register and Receiver,
Burlington, iowa Territory.
For the Ilawk-Eye and Patriot.
a peep into tine Legislature.

Mr.. EDITOR.
was in the House of Representatives
one day last week, when a Joint resolu-
ton which came from the Council, rela-
tive TO the printing Of the Laws, was
brought up. The House resolved itself
into Committee of the whole on the re-
solution and after some time spent there
IN, the Chairman of the Committee re-
ported the resolution back to the House
without amendment.
One of the Loco Foco partisans then
moved to strike ont the name of the
Wing Editor, and insert that of the Loco
Editor. Now thought would come the
tug of war-the confc, of politicians
Up sprung small man of sandy COM
plexiIon who sits on the right side of the
Hall as you go in, and pulled out of his
desk what seemed to be written speech,
which he appeared to read to the House
as he held the paper in his hand and fire.
quently turned his eye to his writing. It
was really an amusing fixing up and Gre
ated laughter throughout the House
considerable part of the time of its delive-
ry. in consequence of its exceeding bad
language, bad arrangement, and disioint-
ed ideas. He commenced by telling his
fellow members that he was san honest
good man and didn't never work for po-
lite capital;' He then went on 10
state that he never "had'nt voted a party
vote in the House; he spoke with en-
phasis "Mr. Speaker, call God and this
Legislature to witness that | don't CD
pose Mr.. Edwards on polite grounds
he then INDUCED for some minutes in
personal abuse Of the wing Editor; and
apparently forgetting what he had lust Ut
tered, he Immediately declared on his
conscience that he had no personal dislike
to the wing Editor, and said he "thought
very we'll OF his wife, This last remark
caused much laughter in the House. and
the orator supposing it was something
very witty he had said which caused the
sport, stopped his speech for moment
and laughed TOO. The orator then chang
ed his discourse and began to phloso-
phlze on the had tendencies of newspa.
pers; sir said he, addressing himself to
the Speaker, newspapers are not the
proper tribunal TO get polite information
FROM" and intimated that editors general
ly were not good people," After speak
ing about some other things not connect
ed with the subject, he closed, no doubt
to the veXati4n Of his .'politic friends as
he would call them. asked a gentle
man sitting near who that speaker was:
he replied ''t is the orator who on pre-
vlous occasion, to account for his FIRE.
qnent absence, said he had the bowel
complaint and Il loo$eness of the bowels
which made him run out a great deal. -
Aye, ! replied, is it hlm' | am right glad
he is not wing. Afterwards, the '.bow.
Il complaint orator made another speech
n reply to some remarks which had fall
an from Mr.. Mason, and each time he
spoke OF him he would say "my colleague
rom Du Buque." have since seen
his gentleman speech in print-though
lot the speech he delivered, but one
written in tolerably good style. So see
some members here as well as in Indiana
understand The plan Of buying written
speeches Tor home consumption.
The vote was finally taken on the mo.
ion to strike out the name of the Wing
Editor, and it was carried by strict To-
20 foco vote. Then the motion came up
o insert the name of the loco foco Editor,
which was moved by Mr.. Browning to ;
De amended by inserting the name of :
irm at Bloomington, which the Speaker
who is a loco foco decided to be entirely T,
'ut of order. Mr.. Speakers logic don't
work both ways; he decided it to be in
order to strike out the name of a wing and
olace in that of a loco foco-but thought
against the rules to amend motion so :
IS to strike out the name of loco foeo ,
md place in that of a whig. Mr.. Brown :
ng, | am told, is good debater, and /
ciled to hear him expose the venality
md corruption of the opposition; but /
uppose he, like the rest of the whig
members knew the outrage was premed.
tated, and wished to have it over as soon
S possible that othor business could be
rome into. Is.