Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-04-18

WING STATE CONVENTION.
Convention Of Delegates nom the several coun-
TIES In Iowa, will Do held Ut Iowa City on Wednee-
day the 18th day Of May next, to nominate candt-
dates for the following oces to be elected on the
arss Monday Of August next: Governor, Secretary
a. oate, Auditor, Treasurer, and Treasurer Of the
Dossa Of Public Works, and to transact such other
business o may come before the convention.
Each County or Election District Will b entitled
10 doahle The aumbsr Of Delegates In Convention,
that il has Members Of the House Of Representa-
tives under the present spporti0nment.
r. 10 hoped By the Committee that IN considers
zion Of the importance Of the ensuing election, the
wings Of every County in the state viii Be fully
April ., 1850. PLArT SMITH,
3 N. HENRY w. STARR,
PIERCE B. FAGIN,
ta ANsON FORD,
tsx HUGH D. DOWNEY,
JAMES H. COWLES,
state WMg ErecssiUe Committee.
WHO CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION,
For The SECOND Congressissal District.
AZ there 10 no Congressional Committee IN the
Second Congressional District of Iowa, the under
siensA would recommend to the Wings Of the sew
eral counties in the District TO meet in Convention
q lows city, the 18Th day Of May next, BY Dele
cases. for ne purposs Of nonna.ns cano'oa'e 'of
Ratio Of Representation to Be the same - IN the
ooate Convention.
~ @s1# EBENEZER COOK, Chairman
Of state Erecssise Co1mitsee.
~NNNe~Nso<eseSeseo
TAs Letter - Judge uasea.
our readers are I'll aware that IN important cleo
tion occurs the coming August, and that the De-
nocracy are already In the deld, aad somewhat
con6asntly counting upon success. ifany evidence
were wanting Of this latter fact, il may be found in
the letter IRON Judge Mason, publishsdin our issue
OF last week. That remarkable scrihss-we had
almost said nssif sso-deserves more than the pas
sing notice We were then able to bestow upon it.
Our friends are fully acquainted with the merits
Of The still nosted question Of the Pottawattamie
vote and with al the arts By which the real ofthe
Dsnocrats attempted to secure it for their own
sspeciai candidates. They know that not ono Of
them ever pretended 70 question the propristy Of
ercise their undoubted right Of voting for those
they thought best calculated to serve their country,
aatil 4sr il discovered that they were not gse
% deaocratie the chiefs Of the party had imagn
ID. We al know what terms have been applied to
thsm since by those who were 90 sgregiously de-
csived, and who then fawned upon them like 50
many spaaiels. Every term, indeed, which could
imply By inference or the most distant inuendo,
that hey we're not snttled any voice In the coun-
Ry's councils, or excite an embittered and nalig-
liant feeling towards them, was most unsparingly
used, and continusd end persisted in By the Demo-
Gratis, 20 ar - We are informed, until this unex-
pected document came 10 light. Those who voted
n Pottawattamie were MoaMoxs, IL was said, and
i was attempted to excite prejudice against them
On that account. They were non-residents, they
were minors, they had no fixed abode, they were
wandering en1igrants, they were unat to vote, be.
sides being notorious as persons OF many other ..
qually complimentary characteristics ;-by means
o. such endearing apPellatives il was supposed
stas Of public exacerbstion might b created that
would 20 far towards justifying their exclusion
from the benefits Of the balot-box and the well.
loved Thompson might be enabled to recreats him.
sell IN ease and luxury upon his we'll cushioned
seat Ut The capitol. And this honorable gentleman
has not serupled to endorse and repeat these alle
cations, and stamp them upon the indenbie records
Of the country, - evidence Of he appreciation Of
the charaster Of his constituentsi
But change, wonderful change, has, il would
seem, recently taken place in their feelings towards
the aossla,0s Of Kanesville." NoW, they are al
sssooA men, and frxe." 10 hoped-no doubt it 10
that they ssciu send delegates to the nominstire
conventions aers sprinso "a istaken policy has been
pursued BY ssmec) Of our democrats,' which sthey
will b willing to depart from Now win Be
hereafter 70 sct In eoacrs. Erroneous notions have
bsen entertained in ts section with regard to the
MoAAoN POPULATION on the western frontier,
WHICH WILL not NJ Known aEREArfHs. he,
ere entitled to vsfice, end tAs the dsseSsfs sys row
Itsposs1 70 essss6 to fAemN Such are the honisd
terns in which one Of the leaders Of the dsmocra.
cy ~sc chooses 70 address those whom his party
has 90 foully vrongsd and 20 pertinaciously Sian.
dsred. We scarcely know whether We should
most admire bic cool, calculating assurance, or
dsspiss H. spirit which eosld thus fawn upon the
people Il has adecteA TO treat with contempt. Did
Ne not we'll know how sssiduously democracy
makes issn an things to al men, and, like the cha.
mellon, constantly ssssnes the hue Of the mcanest
object, We should in al sincerity, be .s.oni.hed a
this unwonted kindness and most especial regard
Tor the men whom the party is even now doing al
that possible to disfranchise,so far a the former
sssstion II coocesnedi
1us " can understand il, when " reflect that
ssosAsv election 10 fast approaching. The peopla
q Fosaawateanie county have ~oc IN sndosbeed
right 70 vote, and Il 10 deemed espsSte.s 70 e..r;x
s's them - much - possible. successful !, the
dsnocraas have ever bsen, they ass By no means
quite sure that they viii Be able to do without The
votes q tAs outraged citizens OF Postavsttamie.
and a. ssrds, Svemtses, and pledges, cost nothing,
and will b IN easy matter to forget them ef,ey
tie elsesies, We need not be surprised il ,hev a..
most literally bestowed when they suppose II no,
sibis that such things viii be productive or The
slightest aAvantage.
ndemocracy can DO anything tending TO keep NJ,
Thompson In the seat he ssxrps, there 10 no doub,
that Il win Be dose. And II most plenseous show
er Of kiad words, gentle phrases, ard .ppessin,
compliments, will quiet tie indignation OF the PEG
pie Of Pottawattamie county, and bring them bach
into the ranks Of the musadulterated democracy,n
we may rest assured such shower will open upon
them its copious waters and rain the Aatterinx unc.
ton upon them uncessingy, until all are fully sat
is6ed.
The only question 10, win this eou,se Of conduct
produce the, result 90 alscA desired by those who
will pursue il? We trust Hot-we caanot believe
that men can any where be - yo,ye!ki ehaeir asss
honor, ~ again to tske totieir bosoms those who
have inflicted suchdeadiy wounds upon i. AcaA.
not be possible that they can be.o blind to me mo-
lives Of designing demagosues, ~ to suppose tia,
they care any thing for the interest OF those they