Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-03-21
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LII BURLINGTON:
MARCH 81. 1850.
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f The stolen Psll Books.
Every body has heard and laughed over the story
Of the borrowed kettle. While in possession of the
borrower the kettle was cracked, and returned to
the owner In damaged state. The latter was ohli-
ged to resort to the law for redress The plea set
up BY the defendanrs lawyer contained three dis
tinct specifications, viz: 1. The kettle was crack
ed when it was borrowed. 2. was whole when
he returned it. 3. His client never borrowed it,
We presume !. c. Hall knew all about this story,
book ne has concluded TO borrow the idea, and en-
Ter up the same class Of specifications in his de-
fence before an outraged public. His late commu-
nication IL the Gazette certainly amounts to this.
He declares /. That the Pottawattamie votes were
OF no account when they were stolen. ?. zone
thing was certan he says, ssthat either the friends
OF Thompson or Miller must take charge of [steall
the poll book" .. The poll book was not stolen at
oil. Any one who has read ). C. Halls defence,
must discover striking analogy between his story
and that OF the borrowed kettle.
Whatever the result may be in their attempts to
cover up this UBIQUITOUS proceeding BY hunting up
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the returns and that Kanesvile is north Of Monroe
county-on which they rely to secure to Thompson
his seatthe plague-spot will still rest upon them
The evidence that the Poll Book was stolen, is too
Siarins to Be made joke Of. II the party upholds
and sustains the men who are known to have been
engaged in this robbery-a robbery Of the dearest
rights Of the freeman-that party 10 a. certainly
doomed % il it was in hopeless minority. Let
any OF the men implicated in this nefarious BUSH
ness secure the endorsement Of convention OF
their party for any ONCE Of responsibility, and we
will prove our assertion to be true.
We think it hardly worth while to discuss the
points on which they rely to secure to Thompson
the retention Of his seat, as the evidence will be
brought before Congress. All we will now say to
combat them Is, that the acting Sheriff of Pottawat
tamie did deliver the Poll Book to the Clerk of Mon
roe county, and that loco foco leaders were cleo
pioneering with these same Msrmons for their votes
and that some Of them did survey the line and did
satisfy themselves that Kanesvile was attached to
Monroe county at that time for election purposes.
In regard to making any thing out of the State CON-
nittee's paying 4llo for Pickett's expenses, we
have no fears. He would not take the trouble for
nothing. The locoa will hardlv make a noint of
that while they know that it be proved that
tain loco foco leaders offered Rabbit one thousand
dollars TO 60 to Pottawat to secure the vote
Tor their party, besides the promises to others OF
surveying contracts, and certain ferry privilege
to one Townsend BY act Of the Legislature. o, no,
they viii hardly make that point, although they
have taken testimony in relation to il. We shall
be glad when the ninety days are out.