The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1841-04-22

IaliStS to understand what, or whether any
Executive, action has taken place insre,
card 70 them, and that too, as your me-
1moriahsts believe, with view 10 subject
! their entire action to his will.
That he has virtually declared himself
paramount to your memorialisss. the rep
sresen,atiyes of the people by expressly
aayowing, in an official communication TO
syour memorialsts,o that independent Of
His Ence!lency they haze no po'cer.
That he has yusurped the judicial au-
SHORTY. by assuming TO dictate, in notes
appended 10 his approval of many laws,
1.-The construction which shall be given to
) such laws. -
He has refused officially, in a coarse
sand uncourteous manner, to inform the
! Legislative Assembly what laws had re-
sceived his SANCTION. ~
He, has refused to consider ,recommen-
Sdations of applicants for Office, from
members from the district, or county, in
which the applicants reside, and indirect.
zly avowed his determination not to regard
{ such recommendations @@t F@<aot w.
I He has refused to converse with or
speak to members of the Legislative AS
ssembly, when waiting on his ExcelIency
{ in relation to public business with which
glhey were charged by the body to which
sthey belonged. -
He has, from the commencement OF
! the Session Of the Legislative Assembly
on various occasions, and to all manner
sof persons, anticipated the action of the
Executive Department in regard to pub
lie measures, before they were regularly
or officially before him; and that too in
ga manner indicative Of design to
snake the Legislative Assembly sub
gservient to his will. regardless of their
Gown conviction of duty, and their respon-
asibiity to their constituents. And these
celebrations have been made, in many
instances, to strangers and visitors to our
Territory, who have no interest i'll com
mon with us. -.-' ---. ~ ...--
q While he has been oificiously scrupu-
zlous in relation to, disbursements Of mon
Hey for the payment of the usual expenses
of the Legislative Assembly, he has a!
Sihe same time sent his own bills to the
aSecre,ary for payment without authority
aof law. fss. r. 81 9'EE.s 9Isft
He has declared to members of the
Legislative Assembly his determination
lilo veto all laws for which he would not
vote as member Of the Assembly, there
sby placing his isolated opinion in opposi-
alion TO that of.the Representatives of the
apeople, as well in matters of mere expe-
adiency as principle " -
He has appointed and nominated TO Of
: fee persons from abroad, who were nei-
5ther domiciled among, nor had they an
3interest in common with, the people of
aIowas and some of the persons, thus NOM
sinated or appointed, were connected with
ahis Excellency by intimate ties.
! He has manifested such total want of
liabilities, not only to govern in time of
apeace, but more especially to command
Gin time of war, as is justly calculated to
ainspire memorialists and their constitu-
aents with alarm for the security of their
acountry, bordering, as it does, on the very
acon6nes Of savage, warlihe, and power
sful tribes. .H..tfSf-1 ~ -
Wherefore. and in consideration of the
above recited facts, your memorialists
sare driven to the unpleasant alternative
aof appealing to the constitutional guard.
an of this people, who has, they frlnl y
Sbelieve, their best interest at heart, al
though, in the language of your Excel
alency, ''the appointing power cannot
3alyays be we'll advised in its selections,
! and the experience of every country has
shown that public officers are not always
aproof against temptation and Of declar-
ling to your Excellency, in the language
aof The Declaration of Independence,
atheir firm conviction that Robert Lucas
Ills unfit to be the ruler Of free peo-
/ ple. . --@
They, therefore, impelled by facts
salone, and in no wise influenced by par
sty or political motives, mos, respectfully
land earnestly pray that his Excellency
abe forthwith recalled from the further
discharge Of the Executive duties of the
sTerri,ory, under the full conviction tha,
1.-The grievances Of the people, whom they
sfave the honor to represent, will not be
heard and remain unredressed, and that
1 1.-THE msrule, which might otherwise ter
! inmate in the ruin of the fairest and
hitherto mos. prosperous and quiet por-
Stion of our common country, will be
speaceably and 5conslitutionally arrested.
T. e sketches of Iowa. sgs
Our fellow townsmdn, John B. New
hall, has published his book in New
York. From the notices we have seen
Of it in the. eastern papers, we should
think it was the most popular work Of
/ the kind that has issued from the press
/ for sometime. The .judicious and ia.
Tented Greedy says of it:--s' The small
lvolume before us is one of the most in
3teres,ing and instructive of any we have
read these many days. He then goes
ion to make copious extracts. We con-
'gratulate our friend iNewhall OH his sue
cess. We have, no room for a more