Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-08-02
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Yesterday's Gazette, as we expected it would, en-.
deavors to make capital out of what it is pleased to
cali ahandsome portraits in abiding to what we
said Of the distractions in the wing party. Every
body knew that alluded in that article to the va
rous aspirants and their friends and not to the mass
OF the wing party. We said this in almost SO many
words; but in quoting our article the editor, to
sevvs his cscn purpose, has cunnngly omitted that
portion Off, He may thank the sCarpenter clique,'
Of his own party for the springing up of so many
aspirants in the whig ranks. No better evidence
need be wanting that an impression had been made
on the public mind that the Carpenter and Ives and
Tallant ticket was unpopular than this. Those y no
wanted office felt and knew this, and hence they
came out as candidates. hit had not been so, they
would never have suffered themselves to have been
plaeed in such an attitude.
But thanks to the true spirit of democracy which
was manifested at the large meeting of the Wing
masses on last Saturday, they all checrfully SUBJ
mifted their names to that meeting, and in the most
democratic way recognized by our Constitution
without packing committees or any such thing
they were balloted for in open Convention. ma
jority Of one hundred and fifteen votes, representing
oil parts OF the county, told the story. Every thing
~SnS
Iocofocos who were present, if they were real de.
mocrats, could not have but admired the purely de-
nocratic way in which every thing was done up at
shat meeting. We hope that the result will show
either that our picture over drawn or that the
difficulties which we then pointed out have been
obvaited.
u our friend on the opposite corner, would come
out % canddly as we did and tell the whole truth
concerning the real state Of his party-which it
seems We have not yet shamed him into doing.
We are inclined to think that his sPortrat' would
Dc Of much more sombre hue than ours. But we
know that "Hush,'' is the password by which his
clique is held together, and by which the mouths of
his adherents kept closed. While his clique is
often and almost always put to their wits end by
dtssentions and selfish aspirations, his motto is
go, no, we never mention it,''
For fear it would distract the party. Now if he
would promise to give the credit for anoth-
er aPortrait'' which we might draw, which he did
Tor the one of last week. and promise to hang it up
in his picture gallery he did that, would give
somc new touches of our pencil to one of the best
We have ever drawn of his party. The canvass of
such painting would have to be quite large, if we
attempted to give portrait of his whole party, in
among
the most prominent figures we should have to place
benton, Cass and Calhoun, acknowledged leaders
IN the various branches of his ssharmonious democ-
facy." Then we would have the groupings Of the
States to illustrate the harmonies Of democracy &C
they now exist in Missouri. We should then on.
aeavor TO classify and arrange the whole in such
way that each State might be recognized-clotb;no
in such drapery and giving such light and shade
- would be appropriate in making the whole under
stood. Iowa and Iowa loco foco politicians would
doubtless have their appropriate place, exhibiting
the latter and in fact the whole party separating and
breaking of from each other in consequence Of the
cfumoilng away ofthe cement which has hitherto
oound them together. and which is known to be
composed Of the sscohesiye power of public plun
ses' such portrait we inclined to think
oe iar less complimentary and satisfactory to
sne ieei'nss OF the editor Of the Gazette than tbe
one nc has 80 much bepraised.
Yesterdays Gazette contains two.reso,u,;on. 80.
sed at the locofoco meeting OF last satnra,, .r..
ing. The meeting was designed to b. ba,d =. A..
evening on which the nominations w.re MAD. ~.
there was so much dissatisfaction exhibited thai a..
prudential reasons it was thought best to nosnon.
the time Of holding it. There were about twep,r
persons scared up attend, and these reny passed
resolutions to ratify the .Carpen.er'' nominations.
ana to endorse the action of inviting Judge Mason
70 make James X. Folks obituary ssassist in build
ing up the sinking cause Of loco focoism on next
saturday. sJim" Woods was speaking when we
passed the hall-and such speech! He was try
Ing to prove that the loco foco nomination, were
showing concusively that there was
some doubt on the subject.
oLAcxwooD-EARLY.-The July number OF
biacSwood was received yesterday. This is QUICK