Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-08-23

Time may wear wrinkles round his mothers brow
The gray old Earth but never on bis fame
Shall rude OBLIVION drive her gaping plough;
Or mar the wreath that binds the hero's name
TOO mighty to be riven by cloud or fame;
It stands immortal, venerablyy dearj
And awes that land he struggled to reclaim
From Thraldom's yoke; and win, till all that's here
Shall ar0op' and die and |''ve Creation wan and
lend OF cAxro rlRsr.l
From the Republic.
Truman Saith.
II is neither with view to defend the
honorable Truman Smith, nor to retort
the foul as persions Of The Union upon
members Of its party, that we propose to
submit some facts and observations sug-
gested by recent articles in that paper
It is to expose the motives and policy of
the Union in pitching its opposition to so
low key that it is driven to billingsgate
for vocabulary suited TO its denuncia-
tions of distinguished members Of the
wing party. The ground Of its late attack
upon Mr. Smith is, that he, Senator of
the United States, has written circulars
to the wings in several States in which e.
lections are TO take place, urging upon
them the importance Of having a wing ma
iority in the House Of Representatives
in Congress, and the necessity Of prompt
and vigorous action TO accomplish that
object. We apprehend that there are few
Wings in the United States, who do not
agree with Mr. Smith in this particular,
and that there are none who have not
written the same thing if they have writ
ten any thing upon the subject. The u
Mon then asserts that Mr. Smith is paid
for his services ;that he is the confidential
agent of the Cabinet and that his labors
in the wing cause are conducted under
the supervision and advice Of the cabinet,
SC. For all of which important news it
is indebted to its own invention-a labo-
ratory from which any sort Of facts are
turned out to suit all kinds Of customers.
i Upon these grounds the Union vents its
rage in assailing the character Of Mr.
Smith, in number Of articles which have
scacely had their equals in slang and vi
tuperation. 1t is certainly in the memory
Of every one who took part in the poll
tics Of the last year, that Democratic
Executive Committee was appointed for
this city, "to aid, as the committee in cir
culars stated, by such means as may be
within their reach, the efforts Of their
friends in other parts Of the Union in the
pending Presidential canvass" We have
circular Of this celebrated committee be-
fore us; it urges the party TO be "well
; organized, active, vigilant. and energetic.
; 1t promised to s'send valuable compila-
lions" to their friends, which would "be
forwarded, and franked, and directed 10
any part ofthe Union" 1t was recon-
mended that clubs should be formed and
money sent, postpaid, to B. B. French.
The circular is signed by the honorable
H. S. Foote, Ga Senator in Congress from
Mississippi Edmund Burke, (,hen Com
missioner Of Patents, and w. J. Brown.
(Secend Assistant Postmaster at the time.
II is for doing some of the things this
committee did, that Mr. Smith is now as
sailed. Mr. Foote was and is: Senator
of the United States, as Mr. Smith is now;
and if there was any thing incompatible
between the dignity of a Senator and the
duties of such committee, why was il
not then discovered? Mr. Foote had a
perfect right to serve upon such COM
mittee, and Mr. Smith has an equal right
to address his fellow Wings throughout
the Union unless Locofoco Convention
can invest American citizens with rights
and privileges which the Constitution
does not confer upon him.
The case Of Mr. Burke is different. He
was an officer under the Government,
drawing a salary Of So, 900 per acnnm, as
Commissioner Of Patents. lit is abcmi-
nable in Mr. Smith to send circular to
the Wings, what shall we say Of an Exc
cutive officer who made it his business to
enter into the political arena, in defiance
Of the Jeffersonian rule, and bring the pa
tronage OF Office in conflict with the free
domof elections? No one was more conspic-
uous or busy than Mr. Burke during the
last election; and whatever the Union now
says Of Mr. Smith, applies, with double
force to the ex- commissioner of Patents.
The difference between the two is, that
the Union invents facts to help out its ac-
cusations, whilst those we state are re-
corded and notorious.
| Mr. Burke is now one ofthe editors Of
the Union and if that journal had, in its
philippics against Mr. Smith, inserted the
name OF Mr. Burke, it would have but
| paid its proprietor fitting and merited
compliment. It is allowable in news
paper TO accuse its editor Of behaving
| shabby, for it may be readily supposed
to speak 'sfrom authority" in that partic-
ular matter.