Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1851-12-04
Democratic Contrasts.


n lie shows that he advocated the election Of Gen.
jackson in 1882, of Van Burea and johnson in
1886 and 1910. That he defended, in the main,
the administration of John Tyler. In 1914, he
was a Polk man, IN 1918 Cass man. #
slf," says he, .'the supporting of Gen. Jackson,
Mr. Van Buren,, Mr. Polk aud Gen. CaSs does not
make me an orthodox democrat, woald be plea
| sea to have some of our Iowa political Solons in
form me what maa!d be acceplablen Upon this
point am the more anxious, masmuch as my
trend Gov. Ry,ggs was whig in Ohios the late
Chief Justice Hastings was wing in New York;
! portion Of the occupants of the Supreme Beaca
were wings before they came TO Iowa; Mr. LET
fer has belonged to the whig party since he came
to Iowa one half the present and late members
| of your Legislature We're wings in the States from,
which they came many OF your democratic Ed,
, aors formerly conducted wing papers; Senator
Jones was wing in Illinois and Missouri, and
| Wm Thompson made his maiden speeches CD N
! Ohio, IN 1896, IN favor of Gen. Harrison for the
! Presidency; and he crossed the Nj sSiSSippi river
awaig! CO course, need not to inform you
that yoar Samples, Elherts, Sc, &c, have come
over trom the wh$g 10 the democratic party With
IN the three or four years last past"
! We think that Dela&on has the advantage of
his enemies decidedly. lie Was "'an older sol
dier," il not better, aud he knew how to use
/ his advantage To good purpose.
| Here is a contrast indeed, Fifteen years hard
service in the cause 1t Democracy do not qualify
one who will not swear allegiance TO the sold
! Nankcrs" 10 be styled a '>iemocra,," While
young converts from the Wing ranks, with the
! shells hardly yet Oft their backs, ana with whiss
| bread and meat st;l in their stomaehs, il they
can only say the eateehlsm set them by the high
! priests Of Old uankerdem, are at once Installed
into the hishes, Stats in the Syaasoy@,
| That DelaEoa SAITH shaald have denounced
such men with hearty good will, and exer,ea
/ himself to expass their selfish and corrupt organ
/ iSA'jon, is not at all 10 DC wondered at II did
not take great deal OF a,Scernmeat 10 discover
that these mea We're seeking to- rule the party and
J govern il for their own political purposes Who'll
" irrespective OF the viii of the people or the
| good os the State, II has been said OF Mr. Smith,
| that when he found that he could not obtain the
favor Of the leaders Of the party, he denounced
hem--and not before. That when he had 10th
/ inc to lose by them, he exposed them-~and when
/ the exposure might help him with the Whigs,-
| We look at his Developments and the reason OF
/ them in another light. MIR Smith, If his motives
/ had been mereeaary, had great Inducements TO
| make no disclosures and no denUnciaticas, and TO
remain silent during the congressional campaign
between MIR Thompson and Mr. Miller, II is
shown tia, he was offered large sums of money,
I If he would withdraw from the track and give
his tnAaenceto MIR Thompson, Bat independent
( OF thsS, Mr. Smith does not vet claim to be any
/ thing else than democrat, and has not. since the
delivery of this speech, II he had remained ST.
lent IN the campaign, had withdrawn from the
canvass and merely gssen his vote and Influence
/ for Mr. Thompson, his standing with his party.
! particularly with the young democracy" would
! have been higher than ever before. lie would
have been deeIdstly at the heal of the portion Of
his party opposed to the "ola H,mkers," and his
| prospects would have been fair 10 break down
! the ruling dynasty OF Dodge, Jones 4 CO."
/ Instead of this, however, Mr. Smith pursued a
/ course which entities him 10 the thanks Of all
lovers and admirers OF fair and honest dealing in
| politics; and which though il has destroyed has
prospects as u politician, in Iowa, will be noac
the less memorable as an independent and truth
fal exposition of the fraudulent, corrup, and dis
once tasted the sweets Of power, will exert them
/ selves 10 hold GA TO it, ana If possible acquire
| more.
Very euuii lent we are that ii such an cXposi-
tion had been made, OF corruption and dishonesty
in the wing party. no influence on earth could
have induced the members Of that party to jus,i-
fy or approve the deed, or uphold the authors of
it, much less would they heap honoTs upon them,
or point to them as bright examples of what our
public men should be, ",ri,hoa, fear and se,hou,
/ r2proaea"
MAJOR JACK DOWNING has lately returned
from California, and reaews his interesting let
,ers TO the public o. the state of the political
world, and matters and things in general, through
The columns OF the "Natioaal lu,clligeaccrn-
The mayor is terribly put out" at the absence
of Mr. Richie from Washington, and at the bad
snarl that things have got into during his absence
lie has his own lemedy, however, Tor the disor-
ders of Ii. times;
"Well,' says |, Uacle Joshua, according TO
what YOU say about the parties now-a.days, all
spit up into flinders and cross grained every way
doa't thlhk there's much chance For any of EN-,
10 elect President, especially it Mr. Riteaie don't
"N'f' a''t tNt utat> utiiN ttle tNlN. can he
done, aud think there 5 two ways OF doing il,
ohe way Is to set up a new party that should
surround all the o'her parties--l mean real con.
sa''''loaa party, an out a,,d on, national marty
arartv that will stand M TO the rack fodder or
no fodder and 70 for the unsoa, tho whole Union,
am, nothing bat The Union, live OF die This
party wo0ld have TO b. made up out et the twen-
yparaes You have named, SO guess we might as
well call It the party OF Natioaal Cams-oa
"Iae 'to,her way would be, 10 &c, up a sort
OF reeoiahoa-aaneNatioa- manifest destiny glory
! party, and have preat banner painted, with Ca.
ba on Que end and Canada on ',oiher, and wha,
Is LETT ct Mexico In the middle: and get up a
great torch light procession from one end of
The country To the other, and hire kossuth when
he gets over here 10 make stump speeches for
our candidate through all the States. 1--we didn't
elected him, I'd go into re,iracy aud settle o. the
banks vt Salt River for life"
"Wel', Major" says Uncle Joshua, III think
agooi deal of your notions, and wish You would
think The matter ovcs, and draw up some p,an for
Us TO 20 By. Tor it's high time we was dong som,.
thing"
81, Mr. Gales & Seaton,
remain Your old sr;enl,
MAJOR J>oK powN,NG.
NGw YORK ELEcrtoS.-The returns being all!
NIT is found that the Wings have elected the
Treasurer and Canal Commissioner, while the
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