Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-12-27

explicit enough pm this point, but we mu,,
wait for the newspaper accounts TO ia.
termine how far this "moral treason ~.
known to, and recognized by, the Locofo.
co, of the Slave States, who clam 10 \.
the exclusive representatives of this peer.
liar interest. That the corrupt barga;,
between Mr. Wi!lnot and Mr. Brown ~.
talked Of, is evident from the searchin,
questions put by Mr. Ashmun; and !, /.
equally evident that, had not the explo.;or
taken place just when il did, the inlanon.
bargain would have been consumm maj ed l.
the vote of the whole Locofoco partv-..
ultra slavery men and all-being siyen
for Mr. Brown, together with a sufficien,
number of Free Sellers TO secure bis elee.
ton. TO this end, Mr. Wilmot made ii,
speech, requesting his friends not 10 yo,.
for him any longer. But the political
tricksters-the cunning, doubie-f,c,d
traders in principle, to secure office--were
exposed at moment when they least =.
pected it, and the recoil was terrible. Il
was best shown in the proceedings of IN
next day, when it was no longer possible
to rally the party. and confusion and di,.
order reigned triumphant throughout the
session.
When full reports Of the proceeding,
come to hand, it will be worth while e
analyze the votes, and see where eur
members were to be found. Two year,
ago, precisely the same propositions wers
made to Mr. Winthrop, then a candidate
for Speaker, by Mr. palfrey, on behalf q
the Free Soilers, but he Indignantly
spurned them from him and tibet, be losds
the support of, and has ever since been
hated by, that faction. He would MIKE
no bargains with any party-much less
give pledge which would compounds
his character and position with the Wing
party. Not so The facile Mr. Brown
The place of Speaker once within his
reach, he did not hesitate about the means
to secure it. True 10 the instincts of
Locofoco, he was ready TO sacrifice That
portion of his party which assumes 10 love
Southern institutions better than even The
Union itself, and equally ready to deceive
and cheat the Free Soiler, by giving
pledges in advance of his election which
he did not intend to fulfil afterwards. For
such man as this. Messrs Bowlin, Bay,
Phelps, Hall and Green, we have every
reason TO believe cast their votes. They
voted for him, too; with knowledge that
suspicious were abroad against him, Of
an unprincipled character that he bsd
pledged himself TO give up the control 81
three Of the most important committees,
and the whole question Of slaverti 10 The
Free Soilers-and this in consideration Of
their voting TO put him in the Speakers
chair. If they knew even Of these rumors,
was it not total abandonment of the wish
es of their constituents, TO vote for such
man, with such obligations upon him P.
Were they not as cu'pable in voting for
Brown, as he was in giving such pledges;
and is Party success sufficient apology
for the '.moral treason against Missouri"
which the election Of sdch man, %
pledged, would necessarily bring with II?
We may be mistaken, bat we think il will
be hard for these gentlemen TO reconcile
their support of This man-so sold 10 sbs
Free Soilers--wiih their professions for
the last six months while mingling with
the people of Missouri.-Mo. Repub.