Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1851-08-07
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Red6eld for Governor, adopted strong resolutions
,eainst the fugitive slave law. We are left to in
fer, however, that it thinks something very aw-
fal. II retreats with loud flourish of trumpets,
announcing that il has "captared the Hawk-Eye."
II ltundertakes to say who the democracy of Ver-
mont are, and to define and prescribe for them
the principles they shall hold. 1t reads out of
the party, Of course, the democratic convention
that assembled at Montpelier, July 22nd, because
thew nominated Redfeld aud condemned the fu-
E;tiye slave law.
Yet this is the same Gazette, we believe, that
. week or two ago undertook 10 tell about this
same democratic party occupying s'the only van
hse ground Of patriotism, assuming position
destructive to slavery agitation Sc, and de-
nouncng the wings for soliciting the suffrages Of
slavery agitators, and extending the field Of sla-
very agitation.
Would il not have been much better for the
Gazette to have come out honestly and candidly
et 6rst, and acknowledged that the democracy
have been tampering with the abolitioais.s? that
ithsd made concessions to them, and coalitions
with them?-that in Vermont, as in New York,
he party was divided into two factions--the Old
Liner and the s.Free Democracy''--and that they
had made separate nominations for Governor and
state officers? As it is, the Gazette has placed
itself in the ridiculous position of reading out of
the party; all that portion of the democracy in the
northern states who do not approve of the fusi-
tive law, and who will not unite in declaring
that il must be maintained as it is. 1t ever de-
nies 10 the Vermont convention that nominated
Redieh for Governor, their assumed name of
democrats. and says twas free soil aud abolition
coarvnt;on. The Gazette had better be little
more cautions, and exercise its sef-assumed pow
or Of deciding who shall constitute the democra-
cy with prudence and discretion. 1t NAV fini it
happen before it aware of it, that in attempting
read the free soers out Of the party the tables
will be turned and the old hnnkers read out of
Van Buren, ont in New York, and John paid them
cifby turning them ont Of doors, aud refusing 10
II them come in, until they begged pardon and
promised to behave themselves
But the Gazette says that this convention in
Vermont ssnominatei this Redtield and passed
resolutions Of the same parport as those passed in
the whig convention Of that state" Take care
Mr. Gazette! You talk about capturing peo-
pie! We have heard, however, Of persons who.
fyou only give them rope enough, wlll,captare"
and hang themselves! Let us see about this "samc
purport' Yoa boast of having copied into your
paper the resolutions Of the whig convention; 50,
Of course yoa know what they are. We will re-
fresh your memory, however, with one of them.
The whig convention passed the following:
Resolrei, That in the moderate. and discreet,
and practicable measures recommended to Con
gress by the present National Administration. and
the firm determination TO reprcss internal disorder
and to execute faithfully the laws Of the land. and
msi1tain inv;olate the faith Of the pablic treaties,
we give our cordial appreciation, and pledge a
hearty support.
Now will the Gazette be so kind as TO tell us
whether the above is of the '.same purport' with
the following passed by the :" Redheld democratic
convcntion?" The Gazette certainly ought to
know, and if it is, it should make il appear
Resolrel, That the wings Of Vermont. b. cor
dially approving President Fill,norc,s adnlnlstra-
tion at their late convention at Bellows Falls, en-
NUISSu anu leAuST aH ISSUE NitH ihi't1 STAY Z
law. and that this convention promptly accept the
tender. and hereby recommend to all their politi-
cal friends, and the friends Of freedom and hu-
manity in the state. to meet the issue in every po-
ltical gathering, and at the polls.
RE-AcTroN IN $. CARoLINa-Thcre was an
ssanti-secesson' celebration at Grecnvile, s. c.,
on the lth of July, attended by 1000 persons. v.
McBEE, who was old enough and near enough to
hear and remember the guns of the battle of the
Cowpens, was president Of the day. After prayer
and the reading of the farewell address OF Wash
iagton, report and resolutions expressive of the
sentiments of the meeting, were offered and unan-
imously adopted The report argues with con-
elusive force against the separate action Of South
Carolina, on the ground that the people of the
other southern states are possessed of quite as
much intelligence, patriotism and firmness in de-
fence Of their rights, as the people Of South Caro-
lina-that if the institution of slavery is endan-
gered in that state, it is equally so in all the south
and hence the absolute necessity of concert Of
action and cooperation among all the southern
states. The resolutions cover the same ground,
and express the firm conviction of the meeting,
disgrace TO the state, without aifording any remc-
dy for the evils apprehcnded by the south.
Letters were read to the meeting from several
OF the most eminent men of The state, among 9th
ersfrom Hon. ]. r. PoINsETr, and w. c. Pass
TON, opposed to separate state secession; and an
address oftwo hours was made by the Hon. WAN
pY THOMPSON, which was warmly received by
the large audience.
Cultivation Of Tea in 8. Carolina.
DR JUNIUs SMITH, of Grecnvile, $. C.,writes
to the N. Y. Journal of Commerce that his cN-
perinents in the growth of tea, have confirmed
and established the important fact that the tea
plant Of China Is congenialt our climate and that
any farmer in the Union can make his own tea
with the same ease and the same certainty thai
ne can make his own bread. On the 2sth June
ne plucked from several of his tea plants, smal
quantity Of tea leaves and proceeded to dry ans
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