Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1845-10-16
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BURLINGTON: 80
Thursday. October I6, 1sA5.
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TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM
grin Advance.L1
rok THE TERMS IN DETAIL. SEE FIRST PAGE.
Memphis Meeting. The citizens d
Burlington will remember tina. the repor,
Of the Commiuee. which is to be submit.
ted TO the Memphis Convention, will be
made a, the Reading Room on Jefferson
Stree, his evening a, 7 o'clock. Let the
meeting be fully attended. Every pro-
perry holder should be present. r
A,GoLpEN SENTIMENr.-"Weh hold all
Polisicians be, ENEMIES, Of the de
snacra,ic Party, who attempt 70 disturb lis
Purity. desrny .its Org aniza,,on, or Defeat
i,s sndigales. ~ Gazene. -
The above is euoted. by our, neighbor
and is adpp,eo'as the '.golden sentiment"
BY the Progressive Democracy generally.
. i. is pm. forth ia view Of the opposition
the. progressive" have experienced from
the ..OL bunker" department of the
Democracy. and for the purpose of whip
ping all the members Of The party, into
the traces Of loco focoism. That there is
serious spill. in the so-called Democratic
parry canno, be disguised. and if the
Whigsscould consistently sit still while
the battle is going on. we have no. doub,
the breach. would widen and the war
would sssums more serious aspect.
The Tact we say cannot be cloaked that
the several departments Of locofocoism are
hos.ilely arrayed against each o.her.--
The several leaders are striving for the
spoils of office. Tina, is all they are af.
ter. There are not enough offices for
all. Audience the strife. We give them
no credit. beyond ibis. Each branch of
the party may have its professions Of
patriotism, but their principles Of associ.
alton are and ever have been distinct from
any principle that would promote the
public good, and it is therefore Of very
lille importance which gains the mastery.
Democracy in the days Of Jefferson and
atiis birth was unit. 1t was one prin.
ciple every where. l, had but one idea
of ,hings.s lis action was then and ever
should be uniform in It's administration.
But wha, is it. or what is called Democ-
racy, now! We might mention various
phases which il has assumed within the
past twelve or fifteen years, bu, a single
one Of recent date and known 10 all will
answer our purpose. |. is one thing in
the South and another in the NORTH
For. the Tariff in Pennsylvania, New
York and New England; against i,
throughout. the South. This one single
phase is enough TO mark its spuriousness.
Ills spurious. Hence its name. But
loco focos will not relinquish the name.
Underi, they have won many battle, and
in the same way they hope 10 be victorious
still. But we believe tina. The mere name
of"Democracy" is destined 10 become
an "obsole,e" party charm. The masses
are opening their eyes and will soon be-
gin TO judge the motives Of their undemo.
cratic leaders. They begin to see that
some Of the most mons,rous political
frauds ever committed have been sanction.
ed BY many Of these leaders under The
name of Democracy. Being democrats
themselves they will not connive with
their leaders in prcstitn,ing the principle
asthey have done. They will give. up
the name rather than be associated with
such leaders. e.s.s 80 SEE se,s ia.
But our object when we began was
simply 10 direct attention 10 the ,yranni-
cal tone Of the golden sentiment above
quoted. The Progressive Democracy is
determined 10 tread Everything under lite
feetshst comes in it's way. No mercy is
70 he shown quarter is 10 be given TO
any, however, long they may have been
in the democratic ranks or however much
they may have done in the cause Of de-
mocracy-,hey must all be treated as enc
niies-il they dare TO wag their tongues
against the usnrpations Of the Progress
sives. How different is the spir, of gen.
uine democracy! II seeks investigation.
Ii has no fears for its purity--no appre-
iiensions Of Reorganization. Whether it
be permitted to live under its own name or
under that Of Wing, Democracy will ever
be one and The same thing. II ut.ers no
denuncia.ions against those who do no,
enlist under it's banner. II gores in free
dom Of thought, in freedom Of speech and
in freedom Of action. =. As''4 a,'"
The MI aBoNSEr. who was so active
in taking Two of the murderers Of Col. 4
Davenport. belongs ia, Lee county and no.
Van Buren, as stated in our. last. ,....,.o
Mrs MosGRovE, poor widow who lives
nearly opposite Copp and Parsons new
house on j efIereon street is a, first rate