Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-11-08
rhe fniassice Of The Loco Foco..

In our long course Of opposition to the |
rocofoco party, we have had occasion to
.ccnse them Of many "short comings" and
;mrroner practices. But it has seldom or
ever occurred that we have had occasion
- accuse them of ingratitude TO deserv-
;oe and trusty member Of their own party. |
On the contrary, we have regarded them,
nd The rewards they bestowed upon the
l,borinc men Of their party, as examples
ror,by ii imitation by their opponents
Tims presents us different state of facts,
nd our feelings Of esprit au corps, our
friendship and partiali,y for much abus-
"a and neglected member Of the editorial
fraternity, compel us to speak ont in his
hebalf. Ii there is anybody 10 be badly
A. improperly treated, the editor Of the
organ Of the party should be most lenicnt-
Il dealt with BY his own friends, for, gen
erally, he has the most of the work and
fighting Of the party 10 do, gets the most
kicks and the lewest thanks or pence of
III the party combatants. Knowing these
things, we take decided stand in behalf
of our neighbor of tie ST Louis Union;
and whilst We do not intend to interfere in
any way with the nice little family quar-
rel going on in the party, we intend TO re-
mind The thinking and rejecting portion Of
il, Of The improperly Of their course to-
wards their organ.
Ills well known that the Union chang
ed hands from The proprietorship Of the
ilustrious Pickering 10 the CO, troll Of men
who were TO make it tie Hardest OF the
Hards. There was a general cleansing
out upon The charge Of administrations
more thorough reformation than Gen.
Taylor has yet made--and il came put,
was understood and regarded as the es-
pecial champion Of Benton and the organ
Of that faction Of the party lie led. In a
little while doubts began to be evinced on
lis face. Shortly afterwards, il was one
week Benton ard the mex. anti B, nton,
aud now the bewildered man who fills its
columns don't seem to know whether lie
is with the one side or the other. As the
boy said, he don't seem 10 knoW (which
from tothcr,'' and in his bewillermen;, in
the s'noise and confusion Of Benton's,
Birch's, Green's and Blennerhassett's
speeches, he seems to have lost all iden-
THY whatever. In this wl,irl of confusion,
regardless OF principles. Invoked in the is
sue Gil there are any lie sets up pi,e-
ous whine to the Democracy to cease
quarreling and unite. With tears in his
eyes and hose requiring the frequent
application Of a co,ton handkerchief he has
for some days past been heseechirg Tie
leaders 70 stay their hands, stop the fight
and wait until after the election is over
From his pitcous appeals we take i: that
he does iiot consider there is any princi-
pie involved in the contest, or ii there is
that Il Is quite subordinate and insignificant
10 the question of the success of tie party.
Now, wherein we think the Locofoco
party are nnerateful is in this: When they
see their Organ, in this great city, so
doubtful, and uncertain, that il does not
know what spiri, 10 appeal 10, or which
side will pay best or is most likely 10 win
when its weakness ard indecisicn have
forced Il from all lis original purposes and
promises when il is so bewildered that
j is undecided whether lis heels or its
head has the ascendancv, il is In. common
justice and RICH, that the war shouiJ stop,
as its editor has urged il should, until he
can collect his thoughts AMI determine his
whereabouts. This is probably The frs,
political storm OF the kind he ever was in,
and as his iertes are not made of iron,
charity shocll extend TO him some latitude
and indulge.iee. As a friend aud media
tor between the great hc!ligcrent parties,
we respectfully ask Il suspension of hes
iili,ics until our neishbor has time to un-
derstand what all this contest means -wha!
il is about, and on which side 0! il he should
be found. We are strongly Impressed
with the belief, ilia. il this time is allowed,
and, on mature de,:5eraiion, lie fixes him
self positively in favor Of the one Or The
othe. side, the contest will at once be end
ed. A positive announcement that he is
for or against Benton, that he is Hafa or
Soft, will end the war without a further
e0usion OF ink or wind, and without in
creasing the number Of wounded. Just
stop the fight and try the eGec!. do Re-
publican.