Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-03-14
Correspondence ofthe Burlington Hawk Eye.

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mere knot Of hot headed southern brow beating bragg
gadociss and little batch of hypocrlcal fanatics,
and pseudo philanthropists, from the north. What
blessing it would be to the country if we could
get rid of this vile OF all curses speedily, the
institution of Slavesy!
The great compromise resolutions Of the noble,
the patriotic, the venerable Mr. Clay, are gaining
friends ia both Houses of Congress every day. they
seem to meet the appreciation Of all but few such
as spoke Of above, and will no doubt be passed by
a respectable majority, notwithstanding the noisy
opposition Of few such sfeises'' Senator Foote,
who jumps up and barks at every noble animal. Mr.
Clay was, yesterday, obliged to administer cast-
CATION to the little "Great Am,' under which he
Dodge be it said he called the little Missssippian
to order. Gen. D. told him he would not sit quiz
city in his seat and hear venerable Senator assail-
ed by personalities the proposition to admit Cali
fornia into the Union denounced as scheme-a plot
and disgrace to the orignatofs-he was in avor
of, and pouid pote for her admission State!
Isee in the Union, of this city, of the 9th inst,
letter from n. Mckinney, dated at sFort Gaines,
Minnesota" which enclose you, thinking you may
not have it; it is long TRADE of abuse OF Coll
Warren, because the Post Master General saw prop
er to remove Mckinney from the office Of Post Mas
ter, to which he had been recently appointed. Mr.
Mckinney and his friends, apprehend, can readily
be informed ,chy he not suitable person to fill
the office, by applying to the proper department;
doubtless some of the citizens Of Burlington can
guess at the reasons, where he is best known. The
language Of the letter, is certainly in keeping with
! Fails
vindictiveness, and scurrlity-his fling that Col.
Warren left Massachusetts for her good, not only
borrowed but it seems to me that Mckinney should
recollec the old adage, that those who live glass
houses should not threw stones, for it is well
known that Burlington was considerably refeyed
when he left it.
Imay rs well give the facts Of personal rencon-
tire between the Hon. Mr. Levin Of Philadelphia, and
Col. Warren, which occurred at the National Hotel
a few days since. AS Col. w. came in at the door,
Mr. Levin shook cane at him in threatening man.
ner. The Col. walked up to him and said, "Your
name is Levin. believer" He received no answer.
He asked second time, Levin answered eyes aud
want nothing to do with such id scoundre1 as
you are:' and raised his cane, the Col. instantly
struck him in the mouth and run him the whole
length Of the Hall to the Office, when they
parted by Col. Baker and others. Levin used his
cane, but hurt no one but Col. Baker who received
few hits upon his hands and arms. Col. Warren
not scratched bruised, and had they been let
alone, the Hon. Mr. Levin would have received
severe hageliaion, which all parties here think he
so richly deserved. He elected upon the Ma
tive American Ticket The cause of the difficulty
! learn was this--the Col. refused to lend himself
to oppose the appointment Of gentleman from
nsylvania, who was recommended by all the
Members in Congress from that State, and even
Levin HIMSELF but he had that day from Slight
cause revoked his letter Of recommendation, and
being very passionate man, caused him to attack
the Col. give this statement in justice to all the
parties concerned.
l.. Langworthy, Esq, is here as one of the Dele
gates from the Rail Road Convention, and the opn-
ion seems to be prevalent here that they will get
grant of land and right OF way, &C., but the Bill viii
be considerably amended before its final passage.
Yours, A WING.
WAsHIxoTos, Feb. 90, 1850.
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question still occupies the greater portion OF the
time Of both houses Of Congress, and no sooner did
the good old veteran pilot at the helm Of the Soon
sHiution,' declare that the old ship was riding in
safety the ssraging billows," than land lubber
may be "breakers," on the cardboard or starboard
bow" and those who choose to leave the sold Iron
sides" and take to the long boat for safety will strive,
against "breakers," that will not only overwhelm,
them and sswanp'' their frail little craft but leave
them consigned to everlasting ignominy and dis
grace And is it supposed that any of that long
tried and faithful crew would lend hand to saue
such self-willed wretches from distinctions Is
there of these noisy ssdisanioniss who dare by
a stroke OF his pen, as member OF this Congress-,
declare this glorious UnoE, this pattern of nations,
dissolved? If there be any such-which very
much Doubt would say to him, lin the language
of the Criminal Judge, when passing sentence upon
the convicted murderer) ssn'ay God haze mercy on
your soul''
Another beautiful scene came Off in the house on
Monday, the proceedings of which enclose you.-
1t will be that these boisterous loco focos, who
pirate so much about "disunion,' when it came to
test question upon a resolution offered by Mr. Doy
OF Wisconsin, to instruct the committee on Terri
tories to report bill to admit California into the
Union upon "an equal footing with the original
States'' left the House in large numbers and many
of these very "chualric'' southern gentlemen asked
to be excused from voting! and by Parliamentary
tactics STAYED Off any action on the resolution.
Rumors have been rife here for several days, that
there dissentions in the Cabinet and that Mr.
Clayton had preferred his resignation. am credi-
bly, informed that he will not resign, although there
has undoubtedly been a"fare up,'' caused partly by
the extreme southern views and opinions of Messrs
Crawford and Preston, and also in consequence of
the manner in which he, Mr. CLAYTON, managed the !
Nicaragua Question.
see in the obstinate of appropriations for the |
fiscal year ending the 3Oh June 1902 that the Sec
rotary of the Treasury asks, for continuing the I'm
provement OF the Harbor Of Dubuque, Iowa, SIC,
For removing the distractions to the Navi-
CATION Of the harbor of st Louis. with the
balance ofthe old appropriation, $4,000
For the harbor Of Chicago, $4,000
The total estimate for the fiscal year, the Secre-
tary puts down at $50 ,ss7,l52 10. The per cent
School Fund of Illinois, informed by good au-
thority, will amount to only about $4,000 $1,000
instead Of $50 900, estimated by some of her
prominent men, who seemed 10 know. The Hon.
Judge Drummond of Illinois, yesterday confirm
ed by the Senate. A bill passed yesterday in
the Senate, granting lands to aid Railroad from the
Missouri to the Mississippi rivers.
YoYs, A WING.
The great Gaines Case has been deci-
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