Hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1843-1845, 1844-11-07
Aekson's letter will % read with party
bias. or ever adverted 10 cor party parpoS'


lsekson'r letter will % rc.r, with party
bias. or ever sdverted to cor party parpos'
e."
At this point the venerable speaker h'cak'
uut into an apostrophc to Mr. a. '. oro""
disinterestcd patriotism most bitterly ron
cal, which like the burning iron Of ancient
criminal law sears as it scorehes.
Leaving this .'mousing Owl" ne now
.,rikes a. the ..eugle soaring in his pride Of
n,aca" and rising in vigor and strength
with tho inspiration Of nobler game. he
v;.lds a Damascus blade Of sharper edge
and brighter polish.
But the wanderings o! this letter Of the
Hero from the truth arc not confined to IN
three points
1. That Spain stood rendy 20 admit the
Rio Grende as the western boundary OF Lou.
isiana;
2. That our Government did really give
UP the. important territory when It was at
its option to retain 1t;
8. That he received this information from
Mr. Erwin, meaning thereby Mr. George =" !.
Erving, formerly our Minister at tho Court
Of Madrid.
trust have proved BEYOND the reach
Of controversy
J. That Spain never did stand ready to
boundary Of Louisiana.
9. That our Government did not give up
that i'm portar, territory when it was at Its
option to retain it.
3. That Mr. Geo w. Erving. formerly
our Minister at the Court of Madrid. never
did make known to Mr. Andrew Jackson any
such facts as the Hcro's letter asserts he
did.
But. after this Waterloo victory over
truth, the Hero's letter begins to swagger;
"On such a subject" he says. "he thought
with the ancient Romans, that it was right
never to cede any land or boundary OF the
Republic, but always to add to It by hon
orable treaty, thus extending the urea OF
freedom"
If the Hero's practice had always been
conformable to this profession. the anclen'
Romans were the last people in human his
tory to Justify his principle mover to cedt
bnt always to add territory to the Republic
thus extending the area Of freedom Di'
the Romans extend the area OF freedom ny
always adding territory TO the Republic
How much Of this territory dd they add b,
honorable treaty. and how much oy oioo'
and remorselcss war? How were the 10
man provinces governed after they "cr
added to the Republic? Has the Horo eve
heard Of such person as Verres, or such
land as Sicily' And arc they tie sample
Of the Roman method Of extending the are
of freedom which brought the Hero to thei
way OF thinking? Does the Hero recoliec
the names of the two Republics, neighb"r
Of the Romans, who selected them as um
pires between them to decide to which @
them a certain territory belonged! An
does he recoliect how the umpires dec'''e
that the territory belonged to themselves
and they accordingly re-annexed It to tn
Republic? And is this one Of the honori
bio treaties by which they extended tn
area Of freedom? Beaumarchais says tina
the French coquets delight, above III thing
to be called by their admirers "perfdions'
and that next to per6dous they are most
all enchanted to be called "cruel," and
Il, 90 with the Hero? Have the tribe {
sycophants. who creep around him and buz
about his ears. SO often and so long callc
him the Ole Roman that tney have tichie
his fancy into the belief that he Is one' an
perverted his moral sense into the sentimer
that, il he cannot initiate thei- virtues,
can at least copy their csimes7
Remainder next week.