The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1841-02-18

!. and ere six months had rolled away be:
j hold each and singular ofthese gentlemen
dubbed with the high sounding titles OF
t Generals and Colonies. ..-.s.s.
!, One of the most distinguished of these
defenders of our frontier is the editor OF
the Gazette, he like general Crazy Of
Michigan having probably read Tidd's
: Practice is Of course competent to Judge
of the military talents of Gen. Harrison,
: indeed one would suppose from reading
his editorials that he had served his coun-
, try in the tented field, that his valor, had
, displayed itself at the battle of Fort MeIggs
the Thames and Tippecanoe, that has
, arm was raised to avert the danger to
, which our frontier population were ex,
, posed from the tomahawk and scalplng
knife of a savage and treacherous foe, and
that auhile Gen. Harrison Vas IN the arms
of his mother, he, the brave General
Morgan, whipped the British and In,
, dams" by taking captive the entire army
of Proctor; and it may surprise some OF
his stdemocra.ic' readers when they learn
that such are not the facts, but that those
, conquests were achieved before the edi-
tor of that paper was able to lisp the name
of his benefactor and preserver whom he
vilifes and ISLANDERS on every OCCASION.
Pardon this digression; it is for the
suherings of the Gazette and its friends
for that they do suffer we have the word
of its editor-that my sympathies. are pc
culiarly enlisted, even after the Legislature
had given tina. press the public printing,
, worth several thousand dollars 'we love-
writes the editor in the sincerity OF his
heart "the cause for which we suffer"
while we sympathise with this "born
veteran let US not pass lightly over the
sufferngs of others in the same cause.
Our worthy governor "the hero OF
Toledo" no doubt GLOVES the cause Tor
, which he suffers with salary of only
twenty-five hundred dollars per year; we
are all aware of the grief which filled his
bosom on his return from his dear Ohio
as with bursting heart he informed US
that the ''people'' were specifically mad''
. and that in the event Of Gen. Harrison S
election, SO great would be the disgrace
, of holding office under him he should
Immediately resign his station as com.
t mander in chief of the army and navy OF
Iowa. Think of thatve citizens Of Iowa
! and--weep, who then will lead US on to
battle against the mighty Pulles, or tha,
will dare assault the willy Indian in his
, hammock!
? The consequential receiver of his ma
iesty's Land Office doubtless ''loves the
cause for which he suffers for the trif1ing
sum of three thousand dollars per annum.
And can it be expected even of men
, who hold the scales of Justice, that-tho'
f blind as the Goddess of Justice herself
7 they should be unable to tell in which
t scale eighteen hundred dollars of the
" constitutional currency is placed and not
: Glove the cause FOR which they suffer-
And let me ask is the pitlance of fiji
S teen hundred dollars, an adequate COM
pensaton for the arduous duties perform
ed by our secretary; and could any thing
but ''love for the cause stronger than
DEATH" prevail on him to endure so much
r suffering for so little pay.
Here Mr. Editor would stop, but
have been taught to believe that our be-
nevolence should be of dif1'usive char
e acter, that our sympathies instead of be-
+, ing confined to our immediate neighbor-
hood should extend to every part of earth S
! surface and to suffering wherever it is
found; Of the thousands of cases of this
description few occur 10 me which |
shall briefly notice. .a-. ...s.
IL love the cause for which | suffer-
: says the surUiuing Sam Patch (whom
, the Globe was wont to designate as John
Catalina Calhoun,) as in his vain endeav.
f ors to keep with the strongest party he
| throws another somerset and exhibits to
: his admiring allies remarkable specimen
of ground and lofty tumJiing. #s'
81 love the cause for which suffer"
cries the agonized Hero of Chapel Hill'
9 as the folds of his cravat are carefully I'M
rolled, and those demons in the shape of
5 Bank Notes are exposed to view.
j., 81 love the cause for which I suffer-"
''IhiS rs my oWn my ratre tand;'
! Soliloquised that prince Of sufferers,
!, Samuel Swartwout as he trod the deck of
- the vessel that bore him from the land of
: his suferings with sl,25O,Oo0 of the PEG.
; pies money in his pocket -,
Il love the cause for which I suffer, .
may we'll exclaim the hero of the 'Ggure
> head" his suHerings commenced at ar
; early day, even the elements conspiret
= against him and at the battle on Lake Erie
: the wind refused to blow in the right
;, direction at later period some Vandal
- severed from its trunk, the head of the
: wooden god whom he worshipped, ane
later still he is court martialed and sus
pended from the service; but his mos
acute suferings remain to be told, has pan
II acas stopped his services and suffering:
in the cause had been SO great that thu
President his master RENTS the. forfeiture
II of his pay, and with that benignant smile
6 for which he is so distinguished, he heal:
. up the wounds of the sufferer by saying:
$40! he who raised the figure head
) Is worthy of the spoils: