Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-03-28

TO do a. you would have them, your respect
For them, and for yourselves, will not permit
That your exactions e'er should intermit,
And If they will not give, why, you will take
Po-books and ALL and keep, lest they should break,
Out Of the good, old, democratic fold,
And thus their patrons lose some bits of gold,
Some fatting Offices, some sinecures,
Some specious titles and some gaudy lures,
All which would be unpleasing to the great
And honest men who rule our own dear State!
Such, doubtless, were the thoughts that inly urged
You on to that bold act by which you purged
Those strange :Relurns'' that told Defecton's tae
And slackened what you deemed your swelling sail;
So long a. Kanesville showed a loyal face,
You oil could fatter with pert grimace,
The ssMormon voter was then your dearest joy
You swore that Miller could no more annoy
The gallant Thompson, who would walk the track
At easy gait, without once looking back;
While Miller, struggling to the very last,
Would wish .sthat 'tarnal nag was not so fastr'
.The wisest schemes Of men and mice will fail,''
And Folly, too, will sometimes not prevail;
And so it proved when Kanesvillet cast her vote
The same which these wondrous men did doat,)
For all their speeches, smiles, and coaxng plans
The kindly gale which loco zeal oft fans,
For once were unavaiiing; deep surprise
And deeper rage, looked out from all your eyes,
When you discovered that your work was vain,
And Thompson's eloquence was Miller's gain!;
But very soon the damning plot was land,
Each urging each, exclaming, ssvho's afraid'''
Till, all things being duly fixed, broke forth
One universal cry-ssyou're too far Northn'
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The politics of states; if North they freeze
Into quite reasonable Whigs--if South,
The cry of "ou,s,'' will burst from every mouth.
But what is strangest, far, Of all the rest,
Election day, alone, is made the test
OF North or South; they've found, by mystic lore,
Hanesvii,e is North which they called South before;
So that, not being Where she aught to be,
Or having proved a wanderer too free,
Or else the compass, veering from its pole,
Or lawless grown as those who state the ssroll''
IT'S no,p quite certain that the vote is void
Which Thompson and his bold compeers employed
What wit they had 10 gain but which, when cas-:
For Miller, proved morsel that stuck fast,
And, notwithstanding all assistance lent,
Would not 60 down the gulet where twas pent.
And so, to save the man from sad mishap,
That is, lest he should want his streasurypap
The Poll.book vanished from its proper place,
To travel by. ways Hall alone can trace,
Since he has chosen to aconfess the corn,'
And thinks the shrewdest trick since he born''
And now, ye wise and honorable men!
We guardians Of the State do tell me when
The next bold feat-the next adventure will,
Like this, become the evidence Of skill
And courage, far beyond all parallel,
With all the virtues in which you excel?
Will you again endeayor to suppress
The voice Of those who scarce can love you lest
For somehow it has CHANGED that men complain
That you foo considerate, and strain
Somewhat TOO much to make all things agree
With your interest and Democracy
They can't perceive, although, no doubt 'fis SOL
Why you should SO much trouble undergo
Why you should stife what the people say
Why you should strive so very hard, to-day,
To prove what sou will swear rs false tomorrow,
And Indicate with coun.enance of sorrow--
why you're so rery patrfesic growth
And why you deemed the poll-book was your own
How happens it, these guardians look so roguish,
And talk in language that 10 monstlous broguish,
That whether it means yes, or no. or both,
No man can tell, though put upon his oath
With many other questions, could answer
About as easy as FL cure a cancer:
But must leave you now--I can't go
Your fame is great, and think, bravey won;
And being wise, twill cause yon surprise
That many foes around your pathway rise,
.xnd strive, with ali their skill and subtle art
To prove that you have played the traitors part
Yet never falter in your grea. Career
To all the world your merit will appear
Blazoned on high in characters Of gold,
On which all men will gaze, and wondering cry,
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