Hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1843-1845, 1844-06-13
The "DesEs ocTatic" No.sssna'
tom.

On The thir, dry q lis session, after
stormy period Of wrang,ing, di-sentlon,
c,nfu.ion and discard, tie National Con.
yenti,n Of our political opponents has sue
cceded in making nomination for the
PRESIDENCY. JAMES X. PnI.k. ot Tennessee,
is the designated individual nominated as
The competitor OF Henry CLAY fo- that high
Office.
Tic selection al ir PoIx was tie result
apparently ot something like desperation.
Alter fruitiess ci.ofts and much angry eX
eitemont--alter canyasslng the Whole nv
Of names originally submitted to the Con
yention-names known aud favored by the
various constituencies represented III tia'
hody--ihe new name Of Mr. FOLK, recon-
mended by no constituency Tor the freS
Dental nomination, was united upon h'
that OF The leader OF the fcrorn hope Of the
party.
MIR VAN RueEN has been given up. The
ado;,tion OF the rule requiring vote OF two
th,rds "a make nomination proved de-
s,rucGve To the ,re.ens;ons of that gentle
ynan--as i, was designed TO be. In the
edoplion Of that rule, which was carried By
n majority vote amply, some OF has noni-
nal friends played him false At the onset
lie is given up--abandoned-lof 10 sub
side into political nsignihcance--no very
unjust fatc. perhaps, although hardly 'ner
tied at the hands of his friends.
But in casting Mr. Wan Buren, ASIDE, the
party has shrunk from the old issue OF io4o
Until within a few weeks past It was tnt
standing proclamation OF that party ina
the election Of 1910 had been decided I'm
fairly, and in order sto atone the wrong
then done, as they were pleased to call IL,
TO the principles of what they8enomina,t
"democracy," it was neccssa that tn
man who had fallen with the "prlnciples,
should be restored with them. But It ap
pears that the .prnciples" have not bee'
ADEQUATE to give popularity to the man
The results Of recent elections in variou
States--:he opening triumphs OF the wing
which have lately shone forth as the sio
rious harbingers of the coming spiendor o
complete success throughout the Union
have opened the eyes OF the most deiode'
TO the fact that the Wing victory OF lea
was about to be repeated again with SUI
greater brillancy in 1874, unless sonethini
could be done either to mend the "princi
pies" which were then put down, or to &c
better man to uphold the principles.
The partv has endeavored to do both
II has sought to take from Mr. TYLER Ia
Texas "princioles" to add to the worn.ou
catalogue Of it's roll-cal of words, and |
has thrust out Mr. VAN buren,, as politl
cal Jonah from its sinking ship, to subst'
tute unother pilot from the school OF tn
Hermitage. The new Palinurus come
holding in his hand q piece OF the heiI
which he grasped when the State
Tennessee threw him from her own steer
eye; and with that memento OF his unski
iulness, he is installed to guide the shatte'
ed National bark with a divided GREY
through more troubled sea than that
which he was SO lutely swamped.
How the nomination of Mr. Folk Will D
received by the party in whose name ne
put forward, is an affair of their own COZ
Germ, in which we feel no sohcitude.
ma,tered nothing to the Wings IRON IL
fEst, who should be the candidate oil the
opponents. No candidate can give UNI
to the discordant elements o. that par
torn asunder by its MISUNDERSTANDING
common principle upon which to stand
agreeing upon no great measures OF hat'o
al policy. 1t is party OF negatives.
can tell what it is opposed to, SO soon as
ascertains what the Wings are in favor
II can denounce the Tasih--decry
uonal Bank-oppose tue Distribution oil u
proceeds Of Public Land sales--but It pi
poses nothing; it has no positive pos'tio
10 impede the efforts Of the Wings Wa