Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1845-07-03
OF MUscATINE COUNTY.

Gen. DOdge's Address.
IL there is any one who has not ye.
read this document, we advise him TO
get hold Of it and spare no, moment
until he has devoured every word. II
there is one man who is no, already
thoroughly convinced sha. Gen. Angus.
sus Cesar is the Creates. parsonage tina.
ever lived in the tide Of time, we urge
him by all means. to hunt up this pre-.
ci0us document and debar himself no
longer the precious privilege Of feast.
ing upon its delicate dain,ies.
VeIily.we think our excellent friend,
Gen. Cesar, must feel himself hard run
70 pu. forth such document to the
people Of Iowa. Do you mark the
submissive and deferen.ia! tone in
which he addresses them! Do you
mark the fawning and smiles with which
no attempts to make his stale ha,lery
60 down! Do you mark the suppl.
eating and apologize language in which
he endeavors 10 make his excuses for
wholesale blunders and ,iresome inefli-
cheney! Do you mark the vain glo-
rIous and self laudatory strain in which
he speaks of the great things he has
done and the great things he intended
10 do! Now he DULLES committee and
anon he surprises the house into grant.
ing wha, they never intended to. FRS,
he persuades-then he threatens; bu.
when the boundaries of our State come
before the House he finds himself ir.
resis,ibly overcome and gently Tapped
in oblivion by the seducing strains Of a
certain wing member, Mr. Vinson, Of
Ohio.
II is somewhat singular tina. Gen.
Dodge has waited thus long to give the
people Of Iowa an account Of his Stew
ardship. Four months have elapsed
since the adjournment Of Congress, and
in all that time. with the exception Of
his Circular, addressed to his cons,i,u.
enss from Washington. he has no.
deigned to utter word to them upon
the important measures committed to
his management. at the last Congress.
To be sure, his bro,her.in.law of the
Gazette. has not been sparing in his
laudations Of the zeal, ability and influ.
ence Of our late Delegate-we have had
line upon line and precept upon pre-
cept, here little aud there great
deal, upon the eminent services and
shining qualities Of sour brother.in-
IoU Cesar" But it is only a, this late
day that Gen. Dodge has seen proper
to publish to the people, under his own
hand. any account Of his services as
Delegate in Congress. And i. seems
TO have been brought forth now, only
in consideration that he has been nom.
mated for re- election, and not because
the people have right independently
10 know o, the dealings of their SER
wants; not tina. j. is any par. Of his duty
TO let the people know how he has dis.
charged the trus. committed to him,
but IN consideration that the Conven.
ton have nominated him for re.elec.
fien TO Congress. he has condescended
TO tell them how he has served them.
Now we lay it down as correc, in
principle, and safe in practice. .ha, the
representative should always be ready
TO account TO his constituents for his
conduct in Office; and he should no, be
allowed to say TO them: ..nomna,e me
sgain for reelection and I'll tell Won
what I've done;" but he should first
tell them wha. he has done, ,ha. thew
may know whether or no, he is deseru.
ing ofa second nomination. In this
view of the matter Gen. Dodge should
long ago have published his address to
the people Of Iowa. He should have
published this account, Of his aclings
ana doings, we repeat, Immediately on
ms return; but this it seems did not suit
MS purpose, and he publishes it now
alter he is nominated by his party for
reelection, and if he had not been SO
nominated we would have every reason
TO believe he would have withheld from
them all information whatever Of his
course IN Congress.
But after all wha, does the address
amount to, and what are The eminen,
services Of our delegate. He has been
thrice elected to Congress, and who i.
there can point to the frs, bene6, hi.
services have done to the Territory !,
al deserving Of the namel He ha.
regularly gone on to Washington City
and taken his seat; he has drawn his
per diem and mileage, and pocke,ed
the money or invesied n in W;s.o: