Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1845-07-24
FOR DELEGATE 10 CONGRESS-
RALPH p. LOWE.
zen. Augustus Caesar Dodge. :.
HIS Circular.---His Appoint
meufs
OF MUsCATINE COUNTY.

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His Circular.---His Appoint
menfs.
ormlng my opinion from ex,en.
sive inquiry and observation, | mus, in
all candor inform you that. whatever
your decision ON The first Monday of
April next may be. we will no, be
able hereafter, under any ciircunsta,,-
ces TO OBTAIN ONE SQUARE MILE MORE
Jor our aseao state, than is contained
wi'hin me boundaries adopted by the
the Union"
II Is understood tina, this sscircular"
was wr;ffen by Ed. Johnson of Fort
Madison, who was then in Washington.
anu has since been rewarded for his
services to democracy, with the ap.
Poin'menl of District Atloraey of Iowa.
The first extrac. is from the Circular
Of Gen. Dodge TO his Constituents; the
second we cut from the Io,ca Gin
standard. We have long suspected
that Gen. Dodge was not the author of
the various productions which have
been issned to the people over his
name-we have heard i, suggested tina.
his late address was written for him by
his brotfler.in.law, the editor of the Ga.
zete-but it was not until seeing the
extract from the Standard tina, we had
any suspicion as to the real author of
the Circular. Of the active part
which Mr. Johnston has taken to secure
the nomination and election of Gen.
Dodge we are aware; tina, he has been
among the mos; busy and diigent of
his supporters; that he has been among
the most INSCRIPTIONS of those engaged
in circulating stories to the prejudice of
Mr. Lowe; that he has been the fore
most IN denouncing those of his own
party who were unwilling to recognize
the pre- eminent abilities of Gen
Dodge, and his asserted right to a nom
inaIion before the Convention, and in
ridicGling those persons in his party
who were spoken of as candidates be.
fore the Convention in opposition 10
Gen. Dodge-of all these things, we
say, we were well aware. They show.
ell the understanding existing between
Johnston and Gen. Dodge-,he init.
mate connection between them. The
latter knew who i, was he was recon-
mending to the President as Attorney
for Iowa. The consideration for that
recommendation had been paid in part.
and the remainder was to be paid in
instalments as Gen. Dodge should
need Mr. Johns,on's services among the
Democracy Of Lee county. and on the
Half Breed Tract in particular. 1t is
true that. personally. Mr. Johnsion's
popularity on the Tract may not be so
very great. owing to his speculations in
VIC iduus-Uut Ho Uue kuOVS SO well
the art OF getting up story-.rue or
false--.o have good effect, and circu-
laling it far and wide on the eve of the
election before it can be con,radicted
or explained.
We can but consider that Gen. Dodge
was most unfortunate, as well as badly
advised as to the contents of his circn.
lar from Washington. Mr. Johnston
and himself certainly mis,ook The feel
ing and spirit Of the people Of Iowa, if
they supposed that by any such dicta-
ton, they were to be driven into voting
for a constitution and boundaries, which
they entirely disarproved, in order tina,
Mr. Johnston nigh. be district Judge.
and that Gen. Dodge nigh. be Sena.
tor in Congress, for the new State Of
Iowa. The people showed by their
votes last April, that they were no,
quite so anxious TO see these gentlemen
in Office, as they were tina. our State
should have suitable boundaries, and
that our Constitution should be such
one as they approved. Gen. Dodge's
Circular was nothing more than an at
temp, to force the people to accep, the
boundaries proposed by Congress, by
assuring them that "they would be un-
able, under any circumstances. to OBJ
tain one square mile more for our nsv
State than the boundaries adopted by
Congress. @
There could be but two parties whom
such an admission and assertion could
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