Hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1843-1845, 1844-10-17

generally. | know mol; but hi,
say, in all sincerity, that in o.,.. sdl
appearance, and gen,leman.y be,.:
they will compare favorably, with .a
dellberalive assembly | have seen !. y
States. 's
forgot to say that the Con,.,,.
was opened by prayer. The RI. 1' y
Snee1hen, venerable clergyman Of y, W
Methods. Pro.es,an, Church w.. 70
vi.ed to perform this sacred du,v y.
| have seldom heard an invo..'s;a'
more appropriate, more eloouen'
more impressive.
The few wing members | h,,. -,
versed with, have manifested , d;.s N'
si!ion to make every reasonable c a.pa'
sion and compromise, in adiu,,in. , J.
provisions, Of such articles in The c ~
si.u'ion. as may be supposed IA !.
volve political controversy. In. ~ u
ecutiye veto, the election Of Ind.
and the creation Of incorporation.
subjects which will very likely ANY,
considerable discussion, bu. The n ,u.,'
lines will not likely be drawn r ra..
any but the first. There are !, i psa
and hope very few, who are in r,,..'
of elec,ing the Judges BY the P.o,I.
If the people desire this gloriou, Ol;' nv
lege. j. ough. to be conferred, bu, !
cannot believe tina. people who b,,.
chosen SO respectable body Of D.l.
gates, wish any such a provision !,
their Constitution; and will ha,,I
the opinion that if put there, i, will
cause the rejection Of the whole, eo,,
what it may TO "rub GU. and ,rv !,
again."
There is = monomania on The ,ub.
ject Of Corporations, and all par,is. \,
more or less affected by it. This ar,is.
cial person, is a raw .head.and. bloody.
bones monster with. I believe rnaio,
isy Of wings and democrats throug6ou,
this land. And there is no subi.,
about which there is more inexcus,b,
ignorance displayed. Corpora,iou
can flourish only in a community Of
freemen. They canno. and have no,
extensively pervaded in any tyraunc,l
government. They enable the por
to compete with the rich, by ,hrowiu
their little stocks together, and prevsnt
ing those odious monopolies, in con.
merce and manufactures, which h,u
ground to the dus. the laboring car,
Of the old world. Blu. the cry Of "u.
socia,ed wealth" has gone forth lro.
the mouth of tho demagogus. and
too credulous and minimizing yeom,p.
ry, have exclaimed, Oh! the monster
Our people have been deludsd and
taught TO believe lie, and every FOOD
citizen should exert himself, to und.
ceive them. They should be told ..
gain and again, tina, there never wus
time. in this or any free country, whm
corporations were created for the benz.
Fl. Of the rich, or were irresponsible To
the courts Of justice. That there nv
er was time, when corporations could
no. be DISTINGUISHED, If they had viola,
ed the provisions of their charer.-
And this by a simple and easy process
many concede all this, but say they
wish individual liability on the failure
Of the corporate assets. Inslsad Of
these provisions. it would be much
better to prohibit them altogether, for,
better scheme to make rogues Of tho
stockholders could not be devised; and
in fact. the very provision would LEAD
to corruption.
There is another class Of abslrE.
tionists who have objections to no other
kind Of corporations except Banks,
and are willing to be swindlsd by 10.
surance Offices or any other conlrivancs
of associated wealth, and, also, 70 gin
currency to all sorts Of paper und
which the companies Of neighbcnng
States may please to issue, but 10 ts
name of Jefferson, Jackson, BenIOn
and all the greater and lesser lights ''t
they, lie. us have nothing but The "COa'
stisutional currency" in our State
These wise. acres have received tho
cognomen of the "Hards," and !h
designation is appropriate enough, f0f
they have hard heads. use very liuls
hard money, and have pretty hard
work to &c. it.
But badinage aside. if good old fsh
Toned common sense, is of any use, .
is getting TO be about time TO exercise
it. We have ,wenly-six sovereign
States. authorized 10 create corpora
tons. and to make Banks. They have
made them, and will continue 10 make
them. We must take the world Is W
find it, and in good whig parlancs'
must protect ourselves by cou1Ier'sl'
ing action. We need at this time, .
good bank in Iowa. Such an one 10
can have. and it is the solemn duly Of
the Convention to throw no obs.aces
in the way Of creating such an in'dr'.
tion-not Of associated wealth, but Of
associated poverty.
The flag of the Union waves from
the dome Of the Capitol, the weather