Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1851-09-25
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been sentenced to suffer the extreme penalty of
the law on that day, for having, themselves, taken
the lives of their fellow-men One Of the three
| has had his sentence commuted, by Governor
| Hunt, to lifelong Imprisonment; but, in coin
munication to the Sheriff Of this county, the Gov
ernor forbids all hope of commutation of the pun
| ishment of the others. One reason assigned by
him, for refusing to commute the punishment of
| one of the other convict,, (stookey,) appears to
me extremely just, namely: that, as the convict
was proved to be in the habit of carrying danger
Gus weapons concealed upon his person, it can
not be too strongly impressed on The public mind,
that such persons will be held strictly response
BILE for criminal consequences that may ensue
from the use Of such weapons. The case Of the
third convict, one Carmel, for most cold-blood-
ed murder of an old man and his two sons, is now
being argued before the Court of Oyer and TT
miner, on an appeal, on some wretched bubble
which bids fair to overturn the verdict of the Jury.
There is lots Of fun ahead, in the Locofoco
ranks. / mean fun for the Wings, for Locofo-
cos, themselves, there is nothing ahead bu dis
cord, distraction and defeat Their generals are
already marshaling the opposing factions Of the
party, for next years campaign. l will give you
the names of the rival chieftains. Here they are:
Commodore Stockton, of New Jersey; Gen.
James, U. S. Senator from r. L.; James Bachan-
| an of Pa; Isaac p. Walker Of Wisconsin; VIM
r. King, of Alabama; Jefferson Davis, of Mis-
sissippi; and Gov. Seabrook, Of S. c., have uni
ted their forces against Gen. Cass, Gen. Houston.
Gen. VIM o. Butler, Of Kentucky, and Douglas.
of Illinois. Is not this grand array? As they
: now stand the first named parties are in the ma
jority, being seven to four; but Sam Houston
and s'lttle black Douglas are more than match
for Stockton, James, Buchanan, King and Sea-
brook while Cass and Walker, and Butler and
Davis, make two very good and equally matched
teams Take it all in all, l think better or
fairer arrangement could not have been got up.
The above named gentlemen, or rather their
partisans, win compose the opposing factions il
the Locofoco convention at Baltimore; and il
their aims be carried out, there will be two dele
cations from nearly every State; and that will
inevitably lead to the holding of two distinct De.
mocratic National Conventions, the nomination
of two sets of candidates. full and reliable ex.
position of all the rascaliv OF the locofoco lead.
ers, from their boyhood up to 1852, the election
Of Wing President and Vice President, and va
rious other blessings too numerous to menticn.-
So, hurrah for both factions. say I.
But, should the above named factions coalesce
harmonic, compromise, and agree upon candi-
date, defeat awaits them from another quarter
You will observe that Martin Van Buren, and his
allies are not included in the constellation of il
lustrious names, given above. Martin says now
as he said in III and 'iS, that his ssvounarv par
ticipation in politics is strictly confined TO the ex-
erc,se of the elective franchise = but he is only
lying low for black ducks. He will be on hand
whenever his name may be considered necessary
to defaat the plans and crush the hopes of his
qoniam political associates. Martin and Prince
John, with F. p Blair, Of Maryland. and for
merly Of the Washington Globe,-Col. Benton
Chase and Giddings, Of Ohio, John p. Hale, OF
New Hampshire, and Robert Rantou, of Massa-
chusetts, will kick up such row in the Locofo-
co party. as will completely swamp the whole
concern. These latter-named gentlemen ''mus'
have muss. or spile," and Of course, they pre-
| fer the s'muss."
In the meantime Fred Douglass prospects for
the Presidency of this great country are steadily
decreasing. Since John Van Buren, so basely de-
serted him. and coalesced with the Hunkers, Fred
has become misanthropic, and distrustful of man.
kind. generally, and politicians particularly. -
The deserton Of John was 10 Fred what the stab
of Brutus was to Cesar. Fred loved John as a
brother; and, I am sorry to be compelled to state
that John was guilty Of triing with Ered's af-
fections. do not wish to injure John in the es-
,imation of his party, or the public generally; bu'
regard for the '.truth Of history'' compels me to
say, that he did trihe with the ardent affections
of his friends He did more, and worse: he
"woolled" him; he deliberately took him in" He
eat at Fred's table; and when it is well known
that an Arab will never betray him with whom
he breaks bread or tastes salt, is it to be wonder
ell at, that Fred should have believed the protes-
tations of eternal friendship that John solemnly
uttered over beefsteaks and onions? But Johr
+ went further than beefsteaks and onions. H,
slept with Fred; he told him funny stories; HI
J held Ffed's children on his knee, and sang nur
/ sery rhymes to them, such as
| .'Trot, trot to Boston, to buy plum cake;
Trot trot back again, there wasn't any baked );
he patted them on ''the spot nttre de rool oayh
: to gro,c,' and prophesied tina: they would SON
dav shine in the wor!d,-n short, as aforesaid
, he .swoolied'' poor Fred, drew him off from hi:
. direct course. got him entanged in tie meshes 0
party schsms, and then deserted him. ami as Free
saws, .sleft him to fight the battles of Freedom a
: lone" ..
? cannot end this article more appropriately
than BY stating, that have just received intelll
gence from Michigan, that the friends of Jane
G. Birney, the leader Of the old Liberty Party,
r have consigned, or are about to conslsn him 7
n the care Of lunatic asylum. he being hoPeiessl
1 teranged | cannot vouch for the truth OF TIN
4; report; but my Information is from such res
pectable source, that in my own mind. have bu
little doubt Of it.
In spite of the untow ard fate which has attend
1 ed the efforts Of SO many daring spirits. in eN
n ploring the interior of Africa, another sang"in
!, hero is now pushing his claims for the honors o
= Immortality, in this field of glory. The schem
is projected BY Lieutenant NJ. c. Watkins, Of tn
d American Navy, whose plan is, think simple
e feasible and. what is most essential point in II
{ favor, BY no means costly. He solicits merei
the assistance Of midshipman. an engineer, an
n six mechanics. now receiving pay from the Nav
It Department, and whose services can, without III
1 convenience, be dispensed with. He moreove
0 requires small Iron steamer, which can be TAX
/ en- on, to the coast of Liberia. in Governmcr
i store Ship. Once arrived on the coast, he is as
sured of the voluntary aid of suitable men, VIII
have been acclimated, besides some half doze
l. co|cred inhabitants Of Liberia, who unierstan
l. the language Of the Natives. One OF his volur