Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1845-07-31
THE HALF BREED TRACT...GEN.
LOWE AND Gen. DODGE.


about the majority he will &c. on The
Half Breed Tracl-of "Ned" John.
ston $ influence in his behalf, &c. &c.
We know that they have done much
Tor HIM IN times past IN that region Of
country, but that was when his bosom
friend Ned JohnstOns" and himself
could ride over that Tract together to
influence the voters and tell Them what
great things they would do for them.
But since then .sNed has become IN.
popular and those promises have failed
to be- fulfilled.
Ned for long time played a prof
table game IN behalf Of his friend
Dodge. lie feels under obligations still
10 do all he can FOR him. But he will
have to do il by proxy Ibis time, and
II he can / make voters for Dodge on
the Tract by himself he will eudeavor
10 do il BY others. He knows how to
play deep political game. He has
seen the necessity Of keeping dark in
this Half Breed difficulty for the sake
of Dodge. While he has been The
prime mover and active partlzan in all
the trlrkery, he has pu, Reid forward
10 do the open business in Court, and
thus The odium Of The settlers has rest
ed upon Reid and Med has escaped.
II any are 10 blame for patching up
that 1T II -.
have been but MED" and his brother
Commissioner! He was one Of The
Commissioners and knew all the par
ilculars, while Reid was merely The
attorney. Ned is surely interested
as attorney in the Decree matters
against the Settlers and most likely will
come IN for share Of the Sherff's IL
lie. All this must be known 10 the
settlers. and still he expects TO do some
thing for Dodge either directly or indi.
reclly among Them.
Well, he ought 10, for we believe he
would have been appointed District
Judge, through The influence Of Dodge,
if we had gone into the Union when il
was expected we would. As such he
would have adjndica,ed on the settlers
rights; and we believe now that it the
Constitution IS carried he may vet he
appointed 10 that office. But in the
meantime ahlle the question was m
de ,lded he had To be provided for, and
Dodge gave him the Prosecuting A,lor-
nevship, with the promise, doubtless,
tina! he should have something better
BY and by.
All here know the active part Med
Johnston has always taken i'll behalf Of
Dodge; and many III Lee county know
how he exerted himself to have the
Delegation from that county instructed
to 90 for Dodge in tie Convention
lie was an active member In the Con.
vention that nominated Dodge and did
much more 10 secure his nomination
than Reid did 10 secure the nomination
Of Lowe. In fact. The statements made
about Reds influence in the Cnnvtn.
ton .hal nominated Lowe are false. aud
are propagated by johnston and others
simply TO defeat Lowe and make him
Tract.
The base attempt to injure Mr. Lowe
and array the prejudice Of the settlers
on he Trac, against him is Infamous.
He Is a friend of the Settlers, and we
have il from his own lips that if elect
ed to Congress he would do all he
could to secure the passage of the Bill
passed bv the last Legislature for the
benefit of the Settlers. This puts the
lie to all the slang that has been uttered
against him on this subject, and we
trust thai the settlers on that tract will
not listen 10 any contrary statement, no
matter from what source il may come.
The accidental and temporary employ.
ment Of MIR Lowe IN the case at Bloom.
lngton as Attorney, is laid hold on by
the Johnston and Dodge clique in Fort
Madison to iniure Nr lowe. Bun the
settlers must see that as he had nothing
to do with the aifllr befpre or since,
and as he is new friendly to their cause,
he should not be permitled 10 suffer on
that account.
We are sorry that Gen. loves en-.
gagemen,s are such al the north that he
cannot be in Lee county on the day of
the election 10 confront his slanderers
and put them 10 shame. lie will be
there if he can be; but If he should not
come, we hope The settlers will not
again permit themselves to be deceived
no. not even by the grea. Augustus
Caesar himself