The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1841-02-11

out of the debts due to ttfem by America.
He was the abettor OF treason in Canada.
He prompted resistance to the just claims
of England, in resistance to the northeast
ern boundary question. The sympa,hies
of General Harrison point, we believe, in
a direction the reverse of that to which
the preiudices Of Mr. Van Buren, inclined.
General Harrison has, if we mistake not,
no taste for social revolutions. He will
not inculcate robbery, under the pretext of
to the spiri, of patriotism. He
will not prove his title to the respect of
mankind by urging the subjects of a
neighboring state to treason. nor yindicate
the rights of hospitality by afterwards har-
boring and sustaining the traitors. The
election of General Harrison is, in short,
a result on which England may congratu-
late herself Herald.
"The principal topic Of news is the
election, by an immense majority of votes,
of Gen. Harrison as President, the period
of office to be four years from the LIST of
March next. The election of Gen. Har-
risonis matter fraught with considera-
tions of the highest importance to Great
Britain, and will decide whether the boun-
Diary question shall be made a subject of
hostile dispute, or receive such calm con-
sdera,ion as may tend to satisfactory
adjustment Of this long-pending question.
We are enabled to announce, from un-
doubted sources of information, that there
exists far less prospect of settlement than
at any former period, and there cannot be
the least doubt but that the Harrison par
ty are far more inimical to the claims of
Great Britain than the previous Govern
ment. The result of the recent survey is
declared to be unequivocally in support of
what the United States Government have
said to be its line of territory, and me-
goiation is now forthwith to be opened
on this basis; and Harrison is said to have
declared that the United States Govern
ment will not agree to any other. 1t is
more than probable that, had Mr. Van Bu-
rem been elected, some modification of the
demand might have been effected. or at
any rate he might have proposed some
medium by which the selfish demands of
the State of Maine could have been met
and neutralized. No such course is now,
however, open to the party who succeed
him first, because, if they do not justify
all the high sounding hopes they have
been holding out to catch the sweet
voices of the sovereign People, they
cannot expect to elect a Wing candidate
again; and, secondly, because Harrison,
is the nominee and in the confidence of
those men who imagine that the interests
of America must consist in being at war
with England and this is owing to the
American fear that too long a peace with
us will cause public opinion to change in
favor of monarchy, and to swallow up
the principles Of the Republic. 1t must
not be inferred that, because Harrison
has taken no prominent part, of late
years, he is, therefore, DESTROYS of peace.
He is known to be bitterly averse to
England; and this is clearly proved by
his great popularity in the Western
States, and on the shores of the great
lakes, where British power is felt and
feared in a manner very different from
the Atlantic cities. He is, moreover, in
the hands of a clique of politicians who
have hungered for Office ever since the
first election of Jackson, and who, by
their mouth piece, Daniel Webster, have
all along declared that they would take
possession of the disputed territory and
hold it, unless dispossessed by force OF
arms 1t is therefore beyond doubt but
that the Cabinet which assumes office in
March next will require most careful
watching, in order to prevent the dis.
memberment of the British North Ameri.
can colonies. AS we should fail in con.
vincing the American People of our RICH,
to those possessions, we shall have to
maintain them by other means. Add.
tional reason is to be found ir an i'm
porlant confession that has been made
during the election excitement, in regard
to the vast loans which have been raised
within the last five years. the interes
of which is complained of as hinder
ance to the various prosperity Of differen
States. - Standard.
TROUBLE IN THE WlGWAM.