Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-11-08
COL, BENTON IN PALMYRA.

the people OF Missouri, from The icSoin-
tions o. instruction, passed by the last Cen
eral Assembly. An effort was made to
gather together as many anli-Benton men
as was possible. For some days previous
10 the meeting, hand bills, signed by Wtn.
Bnkey, President of the Branch Bank at
paImy ra, and BENZ Davis, former Reg
ter of the Land Office, were circulated
through the county, inviting all to be pre-
sent. Yet, when il is was known that
these two men are determined enemies Of
the Colonel, the disguise is so flimsy, that
It is easily seen through. The ruse had not
the success which was anticipated by the
con rivers OF the plot; for, thong h many
of the anta,ihtul were present, yet, from
computation made by individuals who
know almost every person in The county,
it is certain that there were present as
many Democratic friends as enemies OF
Col. Benton. Prior 10 the hour Of speak
ing, the disuifected held CAUCUS, in which
several matters were discussed, as to the
manner in which they could render the
opposition most efieclual !; among others,
it was proposed, that an arrangement
should be made by which Col. Benton
should speak for given time, and then be
followed for the same Icing h OF time by
some one i'll rep' y. and thus alternate ".
This was not agreed TO, II ON some cause
or other, and the result of the deliberations
was, that certain queries should be pro-
pounded 10 the Colonel while speaking.
This was done, and the result Will appear
presently.
A: the appointed time, the Court House
was crowded with a large and respectable
audience, waiting the arrival Of the spea
ker, who presently appeared and was re-
ceived with a round Of applause. He
looked hale and vigorous. His forehead
was ornamented with strips Of adhesive
plaster, covering a wound caused by the
overtl.rning OF his carriage near New Lon
don, Rail- county, some three days since.
He commenced by stating, that the cause
of his appearalc e before them was owing
TO the passage of The resolutions Of ;he last
Legislature, which he characterized as
reasonable and leading to notification;
stating that it was tbs duty o. the Wings
to have taken the lead III opposition 10
ihem; that he "oAId have been Io'iIo 10
have co-ope:aled with them III a Measure
calculated to preserve The Union thai Tie
Legislative and Judiciary branches OF the
Government were opposed TO him the
one ny lhe passage OF the resolutions, the
o'her ny one OF The Judges having
written them. and another Judge Birch
forgetting MS station and sniIyMg the err
mine OF Justice, by becoming tie stump
orator OF a d'sgr"celnl and reasonable fac
ll'n. | have heard men receive ca>tlga-
lions from an opponent, but have never
Ne"fu anything equal III seventy to the
punishment, inflicted upon Birch: and l
think, he'd lie been present, (p"iiticeI rem
eSNd as he Is :! there was shame enough
leit III hlm TO produce Uiu>h, he must
then have eNh!tNed 1t.
Col. Benton further stated, "con>plra-
tor Legislators had changed 1he Curators
OF The University, who had dismissed the
President OF that institution, as blow al
HIM and 'Aat thus aSS@liet, on all sides,
lie appealed to the people. lie traced the
or's'" Of TINS movement 10 MIR Calhoun
spoke OF Judge Nar'on, as an old nulliher
OF 1867 opposed to Jackson; OF blrch'S
euloSin'n on Genera! Jackson, as tissue
OF notification, with little praise Of the
hero sprlnh!ed al the beginning and end
OF JA15e Nopton authorship OF the reso-
lutions admission of tie foct TO a
Lexington newspaper: OF his seeing Clai1.
Jackson al Arrow Rock and their arrange
mc"ts as to'he paternity OF the resolutions
OF Napton's subsequent mendacity in
denying lie authorship: spoke of his col
leagues, as la,-ltying the record, in accus
ing him Of voting, with Hale and others,
for negro suffrage in Oregon showing
this to be untrue !; (lrom this censurc he
excepted Mr. Phelps, who, hc SAID,
was sensible, moral man j stated that |
he had been accused OF being an abolition !
'st, IN consequence OF the misreprese
t!on OF his Oregon vote, which he would |,
meet with as unqualified a denial as gen
tlemhn could use in public. He said that
the Bank Influence was against him, !
wherever an institution Of that kind was !
located; that the President OF the Bank at |
fayeile ma" seated himself opposite to him,
win a >lX-oarrel pistol under his coat,
While speaking III that place, and that, by |
Il singular coincidence, while speaking .