Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-08-16
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The late lows Election.
Il l. no sss to cry for ssspilled milk but be use
eal enquire the which upset it. By Of AZ
sdas instruction for the future. The loco foco party
ay % the ofan election amalsamais with party
eAsy choose, they gather the raetas and bobta OF
~ nation and them to their party and will b
ssal asd rsmunerating addition far votes con.
sesnsd This il all they ask for al they need Not 50
viii The wings. Although formal overtures made,
exe.ps ID Johnson county, it was understood in many
ssss.iss that he Free Soil would vote with the
~Ass. Instead Of such unon adding strength to the
he ticket was the Of its defeat There
Aaadrsd hundred wings in this alone who
seasy refused all owing simply their aversion
being dent6ed with the Free Soil party any shape.
q JoAnsea county, the formal union did harm
shan good and We think whea the votes on the State
ticket al counted il will BE- that Allison. who
both The whs and free soil tickets for Secretary
oils FIR behind Mexican, whose name was the wing
liekst alone, for President. -
II The whig had been disposed to have taken ad
vaafass Of their circumstances and had merged their pref
udices ato wish for victory, they might not only
tsvs carried this but counties in the State
. well % the whole State ticket The loco foco
wesM not have hssitated under such auspices. They
Wssia have acted for vietsy The efforts to effect
q anasanasioa between the loco oco and free soil par
siss II v1rnest, instead Of being condemned hailed
viii eonnsndation By the universal loco foco party. So
Il Was il New York, while there prospect Of union.
Call Il psejudics OF what you win, the wings Of Iowa
have shown By their conduct aversion to act
viii he free soil party which almost amounts 70 pnc
~ While this not Of oil, enough acted upon it
. ssurass aad override the number ofvoss given to the
Dsy b. the free soisrs and defeat the election Of wings
u many counties. This emphatieally this
q. Noble and Sunderland ~hig candidates for Sheriff
and Ttsasarer, popular have their names
tnsessd On from % TO 10 democratic tickets. All can
that their election would have bsen if there had
essa any thing like ordinary ont Of the wings.
= not orr sposs y cobss the principle which acsnated
shsss wss who declined coming the polls. Our object
y simply 10 show the Of Defeat and 70 stir
thsss3 that such catastrophe may be avoided hsrea
~. We would consider avan task attempt to show
sseA wings that their notions Of the mischief Of voting the
late whig ticket valuable as, neither would
shsy compensate for the defeat have sustaned Such
attempt fasen the door that the horse has been
taken, wsud b. folly.
One ding, however, must observe. The question
II settling the principle Of extending Of extending
slavs territory bids irto be the question of tbs day
o. this question the wings remain neutral Mel
shss u il desirable they should The opinion of party
this ssbisct is made up. We slave ter
toy. A. there therefore identity Of feeling the
abstract question in favor Of free soil between the wings
and The s'fes soilsrs," inconsistency in the
wings Strengthening themselves By permitting all
eperats with them who will the ground Of this identity
sad do think il the future campaigns ofths whis
conducted this basi. undertandngly and harmo.
aiously they may be- party look forward
The most beneficial results from such cooperation. In
sDning such basis locoocoi.m will take the Alarm and
sadsavor to intimidae wings with the sraw head and
bloody boaes" Of amalsam ation, abotionism SC.
They know that their party split up into Calhoun, Ca.s
SD Benton factions this subject and that unless
hey create similar divisions the wing ranks their
chances for will be small indeed But wings need
not be frightened with such old catch. words.
Abolisionism and amagamaon have nothing to do with
The extension nonextension Of slave territory. II
Thos Jefferson obnoxious either Of these epithets
then the wings be for conendng for the
principe-we advocating the same that he
manfsy stood up for and maintained and which for
prevented the introduction Of slavery the free
coil Of Ohio, Indana Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin.
i l. the Ordinance Of 81 for which con,endins and
aoshins else, in this controversy. ssk.4s
The Virginia Defaleasion.
The case Of Mr. DENLY the Virginia defaulter to the
tune Of ~i5s,ooo, shows the necessity Of removal
from once a. far as he was concerned. The
good nature Of Mr. Mason, late secretary Of the Ma
W, from recent Developments, seems to have
- g. ~fs ~ 4: -
The employment Of government funds in possession
Of Mr. DENLY, in trade and speculation. The praise
Of the sub treasury which we often hear from dis
Snguished loco focos, only be intended for the
tAesyy Of the thing, for We sure, that in the
case Of several Of the defaultng sub treasurers
which has recently to light it is in practice
almost infinitely less safe depository for govern
0ent, than was the old United States Bank. Mill
Ions have been lost TO by the sub treas
ury scheme, while not ceHf was ever lost to it by
the United States Bank.
seems that bonds were required Of Mr. DENLY
amounting to 5000, 200, Is Navy Agent at Richmond
Not being able to give the bond, Mr. Osborne con-
ssnted to Gil and sign il certain conditions. MI
Osborne became Denby's agens-acknowledges that
he used 4i3l 900 Of the public money in trade and
OHGN0A0sAOA-W00
repay. II il little remarkable that these defalca-
lions always occur in the loco foco household. II
. whig were to become defaulter, the country
would never hear the last Of it. The Swart.vout,,
the Linns, the Denbys, are all loco focos. Having
personal care Of the money under the sub treasury
law, they can use II with impunity, and do so use
II he penal sanctions that law for 90 doing to the
contrary notwithstanding. II seems to us that the
sub treasury depositories oer far greater tempta-
0oAs 70 peculaton than any other system that could
b devised.
The removal Of DENLY shows the necessity Of
others. There Il still twenty loco focos holding
once 70 one wing, although IL would appear from
the waiins Of the loco press, that the proportion
was the other way. The good Of the nation demands
he cleaning Of the Augean stable and II in the one.
ration more rascality does not appear we shall Be
greeably disappointed. The worst feature in Mr. Ds
case 10 that the exsecretary OF the Navy consented
that Osborne should thus draw Denby's U. state,
funds, and that Osborne should employ them in trade
and speculation. What would be said Of one Of Gen
nylorss cabinet II be were 70 do 50.
Mssssks.-with IN elephantic flourish, yester.
DAYS Gazette says strike Mahaska nom the list Of
whig counties hereafter.n We need only call
attention to our correspondence from this popular
county, % show that the editors rejoicing was pre-
mature. Mahaska gives whig majority for the
staas ticket, and has elected naorityo Of the most