Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-06-07
~0rsans Of the van4uished."

. \ was 70 have been expected that the Gazette
0M feel bad whenever General TAYLOR applied
IL t6uchstone Jeffersonan rule to the chiefest
Of the Office holders in Iowa. Anticipating the re-
suit, We did expect to exhibition Of sympathy
on the part Of the editor which would be designed
70 soothe and mollify the disappointment Of those
tried In the balance and found wanting.'' All this
We expected. But we did not look to see such an
s6ullition of fulsome fattery - was exhibited in
yssterday's Gazette in behalf Of Messrs. HEM aud
Van Antwerp. During their long indulgence in be-
ing retained in the Land Office for the last fifteen
ysars they would be ounces indeed, il they did not
understand their business. Nobody disputes that
tAey are well qualified in this respect. But this
alone does not in opinion, entitle them to pre-
enption right or life estate in the Land ONCE
Messfs. HEM and Van Antwerp are too well known
throughout this State the most violent partizans
In it, for any TO be influenced to believe that they
are not obnoxious, to degree quite nslic, to the
charge Of bringing their Official influence to bear ON
elections. We need only cite the printed speeches
Of Van Antwerp in connection with his personal
political efforts in this place and throughout the
state and Territory, and the frequent political pill
grinages Of HEM to Lee county and other places
In giving gold to accomplish political purposes in
attempting to perpetuate loco focoism, and other
paFzan acts, to prove that these men had violated
ths Jelersonian rule and ought to have been remov-
- By President Taylor.
4; The editor Of the Gazette occupies about COL
umn in speaking of the removals in the Fairfield
once. He thinks that Geo. Wilson can never &c at
taia degree OF excellence as an officer equal to
that OF his predecessor Now we know something
Of the qualifications and character of Capt. Wilson,
and we viii endorse that If he has half the chance to
learn that HEM had, he will be more competent
oncsr than ever Hem could be. His education and
training are altogether superior,-and these, with
our knowledge Of the man, have led US, since COM
FaEison Of the two has been forced upon Us, thus
strongly to vouch for him. s
Ths Gazette very modestly says that in putting
Vim H. Wallace in Van Answerp's place, the gov
eminent has ~gained loss. Wallace does not
possess the same aristocratic notions which 30 no.
tofiously characterize Van Antwerp, and he may
not b able to boast van does Of his relationship
and intimacy with the great men Of New York, but
% man, fully identified and desiring TO b so,
with his feoow men, however humble, Wallace IL
altogether his superior. We have no fears OF the
want Of qualification on the part Of Wallace and in
stsad Of ssloss'' to the governmental will be .
ssgan" unless, indeed locofocoism il still the gov.
eminent.
The editor passes very lightly over the other re-
movals, and 90 shall we. We know nothing per-
sonay Of the violation Of the Jefcrsonian rule by
our old friends DR. Lowe and Nealley. but presume
the President had some evidence OF it before him.
cay the least, the Offices in that city will be Is
well filed by the new incumbents as they were By
their predecessors.
In relation to Lewis and McHenry in Du Buque
we can say that we have known them both for many
years. AZ to Mcfienry we never knew him in any
other capacity than loco foco partizan. He wa,
shs years ago in Jacksonville, and he has been TIM
ever since he arrived in Iowa. We always consid.
cred him small patternto make great man GU,
'of, any how. The Gazette's fling at Mr. Mcknight
- too ceneemp&ible to be noticed. Mr. McKright
win always be found at his post whom necessary
MI Cookery would not say otherwise. with such
men - Mcknight and Mobiey in the Land Office
the people in the Dubuque District will have No
grounds to fear that their business win not be well
sttsnded to.
On the whole We say again, as We intimatcd las.
week, that the appointments thus far in this state
are judicious and safe. We include Of course. Mr.
shsl'sdy - Marshal. He is every way qualified, and
- an honest, upright man he il highly esteemed
wherever he Is known,