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

provcment and the non removal Of Instructions to
the navigation of the Mississippi.
The editor Of the Register calls the delegations
from Lee county and Des Mones "sey-nstructed."
This is another gross misrcpre sentation.. The
large AMI respectable meetings which appointed
them passed re solutions construction. These res
olu,ions were published, and they obeyed them to
man, with the exception Of Judge Mason.
We have perhaps dwelt too long on this subject;
but we lock upon all attempts to prevent the remo-
val of the obs'ructfons, against which the people
have so long complained. a death blow aimed at
the best interests of the whole Upper Mississippi
Valley. The editor of the Register attempts to
create the impre that the Resolutions Of Judge
Mason contemplated speedy and as enectua
mode as those adopted by the convention. This is
not the truth, Judge Mason himself being Judge
He ackno wlcdged, before said, that his plan
although nothing definite proposed in his
resolutons-contempated netc surrey. This, Of
itself, would cause delay OF perhaps from two to
five years. All can now understand why Judge M.'s
plan was insisted on. ond why the mode adopted is
treated with ridicule and contumely.
The editor Of the Register speaks of his modes.y
AYERS that be declined EXPIRE ssing any opinion OF
his own, The had any,-preferrins rather to hang
to the skirts Of Judge Mason, Major Buford and Col
Curtis, and fall in with their views. This is most
precious admission, truly. The artist in his next
attempt to paint picture of modesty, might obtain
premium from the Art Union by illustrating the
"modest" editor of the Register in the act of hang
ing to the coat tails Of the above named WORTHLESS
and exclaimng ssro our hands are committed the
true interests and destinies of Keokuk.,
The people Of the Des NIoines valley are as much
interested in this matter we are. The editor of
the Register boasts Of his circulation in that valley
We would not curtail by the Withdrawal ora sin
gle subscriber. But that people while giving him
such liberal support, have the right to insist upon
a proper respect being shown to their interests BY
him. They should enquire how their cherished
improvement has resolved itself into failure
Have not those, appointed to superintend its con-
struction, majority Of them, ntere SITS in Keo-
kuk altogether paramount, in their own estimation,
to those in the Valley? fla slack water na,iga-
ton were obtained from Fort Des Moines to the
mouth of that beautiful river all can see that it
would be death-blow to Keokuk, and we have
all along that while those interested in Keo-
kuk were roessing be friendly to the Des Moines
river improvement, their interest and their action
were opposed to it. We need not specify, even if
we had the space. Our friends in the Valley have
suffered more than we have, in our opinion, from
the grasring propensities of Keokuk in its attempt
to depre,iate every impro, en,cnt that did not min
lister to its growth and prosperity.
All we have said has been provoked By the course
of the Register. We have much more to say on
this subject, but shall it answer TO
tae next provocative from the same quarter. The
people awake, and loudly call for the improve
ment Of the Rapids. This is the question which
interests the whole population above the obstruc-
tons more than any other; and intend to do our
part in agitating the subject. until the rights of our
people are respected, adequate appropriation is
made hy Congress, and these obstacles are removed;
and we hope by this time OF writing next year to
proclaim TO Our readers the fact tina, good and
sufficient channel is open in the lower rapids and
free and adequate navigation has been secured.
The high pressure Tariff of the locofoco Tariff
haers OF Missouri, is attracting general attention
We clip the following from the last Alton Telegraph
in relation to the subject: -
"RLAD! READ!!-Thc serious attention of the H.
inois reader is respectfully invited to the subj,in-
ed correspondence, for which we are indebted to
the last number of the Quincy Wing. vague ru-
NOR Of the passage Of the outrageous act to which
1t refers, reached US some time since; but we then
paid little or attention to it, under the impress
sion that It was in the highest degree improbable,
that SO monstrous a measure could have obtained
the sanction OF the Legislature OF any State not
even that OF Missouri. 1t appears, however, that
we labored under mistake; and that, at the very
,uho t,o rStY
zealously inportuning the General Assembly Of H. |
linos to pass Railroad laws for their exclusive ben
eft and to the manifest dctrhncnt of our vital in.
terests, the products of our farmers subjected
to an onerous tax, when offered for sale in the above
city. II is easy 10 perceive that. if the project of
making 81 Louis the terminus Of the Railroads pas
sing through this State shall tnhappy pre-, al-of
which, Heaven be thanked, there seems nos to be
out itle any dangerthe natural operation of the
act III question VIII be to make Illinois tributary to
Missouri: and virtually to compel the people of the
former stac TO bear the entise expense of suuport
ing The Government OF the latter. We Shall nc. |
however pursue the subject, but will simply beg |
every intelligent llnoian to consider it attchtitelv
IN its various bearings upon THE honor, interest,
ana prosperity of this growing State. and then act
accordingly" ,
Inc following extracts from private letter adj |
dressed to us by worthy correspondent in Warcl- |
10, Louisa Co., will be found to be in,ercstin, wo
are glad to hear of the reformation snokeu Of j., !
the first paragraph. and hope it may be permanent,
There is no good reason why Wapelo should moi |
be governed by religious public sentiment. Wa.
pelso is beautifully situated town. so miles mort,
Of Burlington on the Iowa rvcr in the ti-,c, ro,te
to Dubuque.
Pfotracsed Meeting is in progress at This nloco
sehauc'ed by Rev. Thos NJ. kirkpatrick, assisted
ny heF. l.. b. Dennis and Others. About fifty have
joined The Church on probation
when Nil ''Lteitad'' he ended?
pf II. I. Ceascr. OF this place, has left n, the !
pos, ohiee.a potatae ofthe Mcshanlc variety raised
IN ms garden which wei he'd, hen dug and wa she'd
> IDS or The DR. has raised seyeral sweet ,pt,.
''es rcds weighing over two Eoonds each Who
can beat them?
are fost ONCE 0ustResS.-ae learn that during
the last quarter the business of the Post Offices.
according to the returns, has increase in This MAJ,
OF the state more than one half. Asa spcrimen
osNaloosa. a town one hundred miles ives, Of this.
and but recently tiled, returned over one hundred
ami SIXTY dollars above all expenses, during the
last quarter. We fear f ON some of the Sims tho, !