Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-09-13
col. Bsnton-Judges Napton and Bire

in the last Boonville Democrat appears
1vo long documents from the pen Of Col.
Benton, each headed address to the peo-
Ma of Missouri" We have read these
documents with. care, and find that they
rel,te principally TO personal matters be-
aveea Col. Benton AMI Mcssrs. Napton,
1ircA, Aichison, and a portion Of our del
es,sion ia Congress. No new light, as
II q We can perceive, is thrown on the
noslical question embraced in Col. Ben
d. Appeal, AZ i originally appeared in
eur oaser. The burden and point Of all
that Col. Benton says, throughout these
addresses, appear to Us as only striving to
move that The above named gentleman, to-
eether with many others, entered into a
conspiracy 10 destroy him politically. We
believe al the persons against whom Col.
Benton prefers the charge Of conspiracy,
have heretefore been considered, and at
this time claim TO be, active members Of
che Democratic party. This is unfortu-
nate, in every sense. The charge Of con-
spiracy may be true, or not, but which,
ever il turns out to be, it is personal to
Col. Benton, and. should not disturb the
harmony and efficiency o! the great Dem
ocraiic party. ket us be understood: Col.
Benton may have been personally wrong
ed By these gentlemen, (and we believe
he has been, but.will this justify total
dismemberment Of the Democracy Of Mis-
souriP To redress these personal wrongs,
Or, rather, in attempting to redress them,
must the whole Democracy Of Missouri
b. broken into fragments, and fall sac
riicep Must the wonted ascendancy, Of
this great party, whose long and uniform
harmony has been the subject o. admira-
ton and praise from all quarters Of the
Union, at length. fall before the ever vigi-
liant Wing enemey, whose motto now is,
more than ever before ':livide and con-
quer?" Surely Col, Benton will rather
permit his wrongs TO 60 unredressed,
than witness this. result as the conse-
quence Of his appeal. If we do not mis-
take him, he would willingly endure any
sacrifice Of himself, personally, before he
would consent to he instrumental in bring
ing about such .caiamitous result.
No man can help feeling the conviction,
that the democratic party Of this State is
fast becoming thescof and by Of the
nation, on account Of these ill-ti.ned and
wretched personal contentious. Let all
Of Us, but particularly those connected
with the public press, strive to allay these
violent and Improbable discords. For
ourselves, we can only say, that whilst
we agree with Csl. Benton in nearly all
his political viewSs and shall labor to keep
these principles lathe ascendant, we will
not be ins,rumental:in knowingly sowing
discord and personal. ill-feeling among
prominent members Of lhe democratic par
y. To our view, the ascendancy Of the
partyis infinitely gilmore consequence than
the ascendancy of.any man, however mer-
itorious he may he. As in union alone we
can expect to find. our strength, every
humble effort Of this paper shall be, 10
bring this about, if possible. We do not
pretend that we can accomplish it, but, we
can do our part towards it and we trust
that not only every friend 10 Col. Benton,
but that every friend 10 the democratic
party in this State ,wiaf do likewise. In this
view Of the case, we forbear for the pre-
sent to publish the address Of Col. Benton,
mentioned above, fearful that they tend
rather to widen than to heal the unIortu-
'nase divisions in our party. However, il
after reflection convince us that they should
he published, we shall, Of course give them
TO our readers.-N Louis Union.
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