Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-07-25

nation of the people for sanctionng this bill thus
restricted by the Commissioner and the committee,
to about 2sl 900 acres, and then attempting 20 PAIN
it of upon the people that he asked ana oo'd'"e0
grant of over million Of acres.
We have neither time nor patience al present 10
wade through these documents, ana make eNIacts'
and they are too voluminous 10 puolish Al iehs'h'
There is letter from James II. Piper, another
locofoco Commis sioner OF the Land office, to Gov
Clark, dated 18th Oct, 1886, enclosing plat' IN
which he says-s.Under this grant the territory is
entitled to the vacant lands IN the aHerna'e sec
lions within five miles on each sue Oh 'ns ne, yes
Moines river from the northern ooundafy OF MIS-
souri, to the Racoon fork''
Then comes letter from Ansel Briggs, Governor
OF Iowa, reporting to the Lana once the se.eCuohs
of lands under this grant made by Jesse Williams
and Josiah Bonny, by this diagram, wn,en eM,sn'ea
objection was urged by Gov. Clarke nor by Gernor
Briggs, to Piper's definite limitation or the grant
to the forks. The whole ships crew OF loc"ioco
officials, Gen Dodge, our delegate IN congress,
Shields the commissioner OF the Lana ofce, ana
the locofoco committee in Congress concurred in
robbng the state OF Iowa Of near million OF acres
OF land" before the bill passed. And the loco
foco commissioner, James H. Piper, Gov clarke In
his message, and Gov Briggs in his ofhcial action,
aided and abetcd the robbery after bacame law.
Thus the matter rested till the 23d OF February, A.
d. ls4S, when commits ioper Young,movcd hereto,
it is probable, by the critical state OF the spring
elections in Iowa, wrote letter to Corkery statlng
dairy of the st te. There is no communication on
file to elicit this expression, and it is probable that
it was obtaine in answer to private leter asking
some aid Of that sort by way Of political capital
Young sold the land at all events. Ana no'h'ne
appears till the 9Th day ofJanuary, 1919, when our
delegates in Congress wrote communication TO
the Secretary Of the Treasury, r. J. Walker, upon
the subject. Whatever other correspondence may
have taken place, if any, was deemed OF private
or political character. For although the Presi-
p1oUne ttnnN
shed in several of the papers OF the state oHerhe
these lands for sale in October, not WORD OF re-
monstrance appears on the tiles OF the once Ill
January 8, lS49.
Does not this look like scheme 10 plunder anu
deceive the people?
From the date of the passage Of the law, August
s, 1916, to January 9, ls4s-two years ana nall
the locofoco authorities OF the general ana STATE
governments in their official action, to man. con-
CURED in robbing the people Of Iowa OF TINS I'M
provement grant. The only whisper to the contra
ry during all that time, at the General Lana onec'
being the scifdisregarded opinion OF Comm'ss'oheF
Young.
During this time $4,000 acres of this land had
been sold and numerous pre-emption clslhs hao
been located under the laws OF the United states.
In reply to this communication OF Dodge 20
Walker wrote the note which has been here'o'ore
published, of the date Of March Cd 1919, expressing
the opinion that the grant extended to the source OF
the river. This was not on an appeal from tue
Commissioner OF the General Land Office regularly
taken, And when the subject again came up IN the
General Land office, Butteufel held that the en-
tries made under the pre-emption laws OF tne .h'-
ed states were legal. On the 18th March. the Iowa
Senator's appealed ON his decision to the Secreta-
~ of the Interior, who sustained the Commission
They appealed thence to President Taylor VINO
referred the matter to the Attorney General.
Had our delegates in Congress had the snsn,eS
desire TO obtain the extension OF the grant they
would have availed themselves Of Mr. Ewings s"g-
gestion and asked it of Congress. They wanted no
extension Of the grant; they only sought poiticai
capital. And the interest Of the people are hkeiy
to suffer in consequence. The present state OF 81
fairs has been brought about entirely by the action
OF the locofoco Office holders. And now the dele
CATION in Congress refuse to take the only course
which offers shadow OF chance for procuring an
extension Of the grant. Let these things De re-
membered. Dodge consented once to yield up ABOUT
one-third or our state the western side, and his
janisares still succeeded in electing him TO Con-
gress and the Senate, the strength OF the great
things he had done in procuring grants OF iaho ZOE
improy cment purposes. The people may now see
how little he asked II Congress, and how shame
fully he has deceived them. We shall see whe'her
they will continue to sing peans in his praise alter
this second exposure Of his selfish indifference TO
the great interests of the state!-keok"k Reg''e'.
The Washington Republic aluding to the death
of General Taylor, says:
CHE was in the enjoyment OF his usual health on
Thursday last the 4th instant, and participated in
the celebration Of the day. Early the next morn
ing, he was attacked with cholera naorbus and re-
mitent fever supervening, the best medical atten-
dance failed TO arrest the progress Of the disease"
The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore
Sun writes:
"Ilearn that the President was complaining for
day or two before the Fourth. On that day, he
dincd late, and eat freely of cucumbers, cabbage
and cherries, and winding of with glass of miK.'
The Washington Union says:
con Thursday fthe 4th of july he turned out to
hear the Grafton that was delivered ut the Monu-
pressivc; and the President was probably some
what exhausted by the exposure which he had nn-
dergone. Unfortunately. on that Gay he partook OF
several vegetables at his dinner, which brought on
avery severe attack of the cholera mob bus. The
disease ran on, until, Saturday night, he was
considered in some danger. Fever supervened;
and to this moment, we write, 70 o'clock 1t con-
tinues, and the danger becomes, as we understand,
more critical.
The Union then announces the fatal result, and
says:
awe bury in his honored tomb every unkind or
unworthy feeling which we might have entertained
General Taylor rises before us in all the glory Of
the Hero, in all the majesty fthe Patriot, whose
name is associated with some of the most brilliant
achievements in our annals, who has carried the
fame of his country to the remotest nations. and
whose reputation will never die. The name of the
Hero of Palo Alto and Buena Vista will live as long
the OF .he nation hose standard he SO Olt-
en- bore to victory and to glory. These deeds are
indeliby written the tablet ola nations graft
tude.
sThe lightning may and the thunder may rattle,
He heeds not,he hears not, he's free from all pam;
He sleeps his last Sleep he's fought his last battle,
No sound can awake him to glory again."
A letter writer in the Philadelphia North Ameri-
gives the following account Of the Presidents
last hours:
The President was sensible Of his crit
ical condition in the morning, and when
he was spoken to on the subject, he said
he was prepared to die, il it was the will
of God, as he had nothing to reproach his
conscience with inahe discharge Of pub
lie or private obligations. He did not
doubt that he might have erred, but he
felt that he had not done so intentionally
Throughout the day, whenever be was
awake, he was composed, and perfectly
resigned 10 the result, which he fore,aw
was inevitable and while he avowed that
it was painful to be separated from family
and friends, he at the same time expressed
his entire readiness to obey the DEGREES of
Providence. His dying hours exhibited
the same calm composure which he had
evinced during the perils Of the battle
field, and impressed those who were near