Hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1843-1845, 1844-11-07

pi the report OF Tue Co'ntntttee on No' P"'"
tons, so far as it related to the endaw.
nent Of institutions for supplying c'rcu
latinp medium. Interviewer as these cor
,orate bodies are with the frame work OF
transactions, there is another
class OF associations protected by special
legislation under all Governne nts qnick to
Mutual contributions Of sml II means which
welded by central power have conducted
the struggling weakness Of narrow capital,
to the princely accumu!ations of fortune.
Invested in the various industrial eater
prises of trade and manufactures. it cannot
but exert salutary influences, giving en-
p'oyment to labor and furnishing new
sources for the sustenance of population BY
ts inducements to increase the quantity Of
natural products.
What would be the effect Of q manufac-
turing corporation sustained by foreign cap.
ltal upon any one OF our lateral water cours.
es; with u population Of two or three thou
sand connected with it's operations. every
one consumer and not single individual
who tils foot Of soil. except perhaps the
seven by nine garden plat which produces
the vegetables that garnish the solid food Of
his dinner. Here would be a home market
FOR thousands Of bushels Of wheat barrels
Of Pork and acres Of corn. furnishing at the
same moment the fabrics which now travel
the ocean highway and breast the turhid
current Of our boundary river, or seek the
the more expensive route of inland com'nu-
nication, to furnish the Indispensable arti-
cl,s of every day life. Over this same te-
dous track the wealth OF our soil, the only
wealth we possess, passes in the channel OF
| exchange to the discharge Of the pecuniarv
obligat IONS we have incurred Tor these ar
tices of comfort and necessity. Making n
account of the time occupied in the transit.
the costs Of freight, the charges Of ,ssnr.
ance and the commissions Of Shipping
an inequality OF burden rs put upoa m pro-
c'ss both of bargain and payment
II these are the benefits of one wha,
could be the aggregate Of advantages IRON
fifty such clusterings Of mechanical ski!!l
Would not the corn tassels nod and the
| wheat fields wave to an increased momen
tum OF value with all Of these hungry
mouths waiting to lie fed from the prolific
richness OF our prairie gardens?
And what is the curse which infuses gall
into these hessings7 Practically nothing
The p,iful calumny of interference with
liberty Of opinion and freedom Of Suffrage is
set at rest BY facts which speak "trumpet
tongned" in refutaton. There never was
more wretched lie moulded in the smet
ing furnace Of loco foco :niquIly than the
charge ofcompu lsory voting upon the agents
Of these establishments, and yet the Delegate
OF our Territory dIr,ies hls fingers and dis
graces his pen by giving this mining o.
radical venom, the impress Of his own per.
soma! endorsement ind sends il forth far anr
wide amongst ms constituents to work its
mission Of fraud.
History is not barren of its montions 10
onr legislation. Great Britain and Spain
are living examples, the one to initiate the
other to warn.
In the sixteenth century Spain, under
the German Emperor Charles 5th poised
and held in her grasp the fortunes Of Eu.
f rope, while the daring temcrtv Of her navi
gators discovered aContincnt. opened to com
mercc the store houses Of eastern luxury
In the succeeding reign she pointed the
keels Of her naughty Armada against Eng
sublugaton; but the precious metals of her
colonies enervate the energy Of her hero
ism and clipped tie locks of her strength
The imbe cihty off government hostile 10
labor and its results has paralyzed the sin
ews Of industry, and now, with ingots OF
gold and wedges OF silver, she has the de-
pendence of pauperissa and the contempt
nf lnsie nj ficance. England with her nav
CATION acts, restrictive, duties and ind,
rect bounties TO every department Of indus
tsv has become the warehouse of the Globe
ana has extended the limits of her militia
ry sway until the gold and scarlet of her
royal livery flashes in the sunbcams Of each
consecutive hour in the diurnal revolution
of the earth.
Are the people OF Iowa prepared for tho
insane policy which will carry them back
to pastoral poverty and will they vote for
| the adoption Of Constitution which shuts
up the new avenues Of prosperity Opened
| By the intelligence Of the nineteenth ecu
| tury, to follow out the moon stricken vaga-
RES OF "a cahal oF c,eling Agrarians.
The following mlerlnculion from
Henry vi Is no, unSul,ed 10 The laiI-
Jude of Iowa City:
Cade There shall be in England. seven
nali.pennv lnaves sold for penny: the
three hoped pot shall have ten hoops; AMI
viii make it felony 10 drink SIN al bier: