Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1851-02-06
For the burlington Hawk.Eye.

Mr. EpIroR-Your contemporary, Of the Gazette,
seems TO be exceedingly fearful, lest the so-ea1ed
democratic party. should be merged into Union
party. by an alliance with the wings OF the coun-
try. He starts out with the declaration, that the
"whole democratic party'' would thereby become
merged into the Union party. with fraction ofthe
wings; and whyP because the s.whole democratic
party is in favor OF the Union. and by his reason
ing, but fraction OF the whig party. Now. how
large a"fraction'' he means, know not; whether
a majority q minority, it is uncertain. It's We
~ easy for him to unite 'swhole democrat and
"fraction of the whig pa-ty,' and TO italcise the
terms besides. And that kind of arsumen,um od
hominen, or more properly, bunkua. may do well
enough for political capital, with the ignorant and
unthinking, but We are much mistaken, If the in
tellgent readers of the Gazette, even, are to be
caught with such chaff he has in the article al.
luded to, given them. But let us winnow the chaf
and see if there be any wheat amongt.
aThe democratic banner,'' he says, "foats far
above sectionalsm and fanatitism," and again
..never faltered in its devotion" to the Union,
.swhen that sublime structure has been jeopardiz
ell" Let US see if that s,chole democratic patty"
has always stood so far above "sectionalism." 1t
happened that once upon time, there was man
BY the name of Martin Van Buren,, who was 81 eat
favorte of the "whole democratic par:y,'' and the
,chole party made him President of the United States
in 1885, Well, he continued to be so great favor
lite Of that chole party that they tried to reelcc
him In 1870, but there happened to be attraction
| OF the whg party' in that year that outnumbered
the ss,oho!s democratic party some 100000 votes,
and carried some 10 out ofthc &c States OF the In
ion and thereby elected William Henry Harrison,
President.
! Well, time went on, and the year 1914 came
round, and the swhole democratic party" met by
its representatives At Baltimore,o nominate can
didatc for the Presidency. II was then found, that
two-thirds OF the ghole party, rather convention
| were not in favor OF Martin Van Buren,, that he
must be thrown overheard by the ichole party, and
| 1t was accordingly done. The year ls4s came
round the rhole party, excepting q fraction, cast
their votes for Lewis Cass for President, but in
the mean time ssssc,onalsna' had spung up in the
country on the subject Of Slavery, and fraction of
the s'whoe democratic party'' cast their votes for
Martin Van Buren,, and the cholc democratic party''
was again defeated by the whig fraction of the
| country and Gen. Taylor was made the President.
In lsAa during the campaign, democratic flag.
were seen floating in every democratic process ION
creed emhlazoning their folds.'' Polk, Dallas and
the Tariff of '42' while at the south they were de-
nouncing that same Tariff in unmeasurcd terms,
and yet the democratic flag Hoated ":ar above Sec
tonalisms." In 1850 the ",chole democratic pc,sy'
coalesced in the State of New York and went into
the canvass with their sbanner floating far above
sectionaiisms" but the troublesome fraction Of the
Wing party, was too strong for the s:wholc demo-
cratic party' notwithstanding the ..banner embla-
zoned with tae spoils creed,, ives seen sstioating
lar above sectionalism'' and Barnburnerism and
every osher "sectionalism.'' Again, in Connecti-
| CUT In vermont, in Rhode Island, in Massachu-
se"s' We see the banners bearing free soilism and
hunkeFism upon their folds torn down. and the
''whole democratic party" running up that other
banner, with the "naional creed emblazoned IN IT.
folcs,' but through the transparent LETTERING m
every fold is seen in iegble characters ethe ,no ,
sTHE sPo,Ls," and nothing but the ssspoi,s.,, Ana
on the reverse side sthe union of the spoiler. fr
| the sake Of the Spoils.n In Missouri too, va
find that same democratic banner "foating far a.
bove sectionalism,'' and the "whole democratic
party" merged in universal defeat by the pulqar
'Jraetion Of the wing party.o A WIG.