Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-08-30
The Deraier Reser..-A New Issue.

The leading loco focos begin to see the breakers
on which their party 10 in danger Of plunging. The
roaring Of the surf dashes the rocks before
thsms has already greeted their ears. They begin
20 feel that destruction and only destruction win be
their inevitable fate, and that they are in imminent
danger OF being dashed to pieces. In vain do they
attempt TO tack ship; for In addition to the actual
psrils which stare them in the face, mutiny has
broken out among the crew-ths mutineers have
sssolvsd themselves into squads under various lead
srs-and there IL no one to whom the whole crew
willloo their captain. The orders disobeyed
--shs ship takes fearful plunge and al is tremu.
aossnsss and despair.
The plunge has been made-.he ship has been en-
gulphed and is complete wreck. The fragments
ofthe ship lie scattered in every direction. Some
Of the crew have escaped and appear willing to do
alaost anything TO mend their Jortsaes. Aproposi-
ion 10 made to gather the fragments Of the wreck,
and patch them together. so - to make another
efaft that will, they think, accommodate the whole
party. To influence them to do this, an expedition
10 set on foot, which they think will unite their
crew, and secure them success. Another lone
sss situated in the ocean, 10 to be the Held of their
operations. We leave them in the midst Of these
attempts.
The above 10 no fancy sketch. The Gazette Of
yesterday shadows forth the great issue which the
loco foco party wishes to make up to secure their
success in the next Presidential contest They are
TO take President Taylor's very proper and excel.
lent Proclamation against the expedition to Cuba as
their text-attempt t. convince their rank aud lille
chat II il very laudable thing to wrest Cuba from
che spaniards, with whom we are at peace-6re up
che war spirits throughout the country-and thus
they hope to secure the downfall of President Tay
lor's Standardization, and unite their own broken up
forces ON this one idea Of extending our aarea Of
freedom" In the annexation Of Cuba, with its mill.
lon Of slaves, to the United States.
We presume Mr. Benton gives his consent to this
crusade, TO save himself and to save his party, be-
sides heading his friend Calhoun. We only Judge
% from the attachment the editor Of the Gazette has
- recently manifested in his behalf although such
consent seems somewhat parodoxical in contrast
with Mr. Benton's recent asseverations. We judge
%, also, from the fact that our contemporary is re.
@ from st. Louis, where he doubtless had an
interview with Mr. B., or with some of his bosom
ends. He may, however, have been convinced
the precariousness Of the tenure on which Mr. B.
relies, to retain his popularity with the people Of
Missouri, and that the &c UnioL'' itself could not
sustain him, and he may have forsasen all idea Of
having snyaing to Do NTH either. The only suppose
tion have for such change, we confess, is con-
tanned in article copied in yesterdays Gazette
from the Detroit Free Press, in which Gen. Cass
and his present position-which 10 opposed to Mt
Denton-are most highly extolled.
such an issue will unite the various factions OF
loco focoism, it will keep united, more eminent
degree, the whig party. For our part we are glad
70 see the issue made thus early. II the United
states 10 to swallow up every foothold Of slavery in
dstai with the expectation Of building up and
taining loco focoism, the the know it
The better. The wings are now forewarned-let
them be fore-armed.