Hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1843-1845, 1844-10-10

The spirit of prophecy which seems sim
ultaneously to have descended upon the
whole corps o! Loco Foco "penny liners "
from New Brunswick to Texas, appears to
be unbounded in its power of exhiliration.
Polk and Dallas are to all essential purpos-
es now elected triumphantly; there are to be
sure. some unimportant forms to be passed
through, much like recording a deed when
the consideration has been paid over and
the title passed to the new proprietor;
mere technical process Admitting these
day dreams Ito be upon substantial foun-
dation. let US prepare ourselves for the pol
ioy that will follow from the elevation of
the men, which those gifted with this rare
second sightedness. already see clothed with
executory authority.
The annexation of Texas 10 not the only
pcheme whose fulfilment will follow the
restoration Of the exiled Stuart dynasty to
the high places Of patronage and preoga.
tive; but it will be the first. The hitherto
unsullied banner of the Republic must be
stretched to its extreme capacity to cover
the multitudinous iniquities of govern
ment and people, young in years, but alrea.
dy gray in sin. The comptrolng officers of
our Treasury department, with pens fresh
nibbed, must set themselves at work to ex
ecute and issue United States scrip, bearing
an annual interest of six per cent. to an in
definite amount from to Is 1000, 900 dol
lars, receiving in exchange therefor the in.
valuable securities Of the Texan Govern
ment and their reversionary right to unsur-
yeyed and uninhabitable marshes upon the
bottoms Of the Brazos and the Neuces,
with the nominal addition Of millions Of
acres of granite ledge at the bases OF he
Ozark and Cordilleras Mountains. This
will be the first act of this new drama, got
up with appropriate scenery and decora.
aion.
Next comes the Revenue Law of AZ; the
simeon breath Of Free Trade must carry
blight and whitening to our reviving pros
H"SS
through another CONFUSION and manufac-
lures and commerce reel with the shock.
Idle machinery and unemployed laborers-
stagnation Of markets and inertia of capital
herald the advent Of this millennium of un.
restricted trade. A per cent. Tariff ad-
valorem, measured and guaged after the
modelling of John c. Calhoun and the South
Carolina school of political ill,sminati must
take the place of the act which has given
life to traffic and credit to the nation
What matters all this? If cotton can meet
with sale in Liverpool, and tobacco be
marketed at the ports of the Elbe and Wis
tula free from restriction, let every other
interest Of the country 60 to purchase their
immunities.
Hand in hand with this knocking off Of
the shacklcs from foreign expectations is the
re.enactment Of the notable bill for the safe
keeping and disbursement of the public
revenue, better known as the Sub Treasu-
~, with newly enlisted army Of leg-trea'
surers, suffers and camp followers to be
again tethered at the public crib and
rorged to repletion. The old generation Of
spoilsmen have passed away but a new race
no less greedy and grasping must have
their famished appetites satisfied with the
loaves and fishes Of public plumber. With a
renewal Of the project comes renewal Of
its practical operations, the beauties Of
which We illustrate by an array of stats.
tics, which shine with lustre all their
own. in the archives Of Mr. Van Buren's
administration, than which none other has
such peculiar claims upon the country to
an everlasting remembrance.
Detaalters during the Administration of