Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1851-07-10
The Next Election and the Whip psr.v

we nave received the following comn,,,.,
m .e,", friend, and take the opportunity which il
VI calling the attention of the Wings Of
.he county and of the Central Committee. to the
inquiries am suggestions therein made,
All the information in our own possession we
cheertully give. Last year the Wings did M,
"oid convention for the purpose Of nominatino
candidates. 1t will be recollected that the cho,.
era was prevailing in Burlington lust before the
eiec'ion, and it was thought advisable not 70 bo,d
Convention. The Central Committee after
consultation with the Wings from the country.
nominated ticket, and presented it to the Whirs
or The county for their support, and it was a,opt-
ed by them without going through the routine of
formal nomination.
IL mas been customary, however. for the party
10 mold conventions to nominate its candidates.
such was the course pursued, we believe. the
three years previous to the last, and generally.
when any thing was at stake of sufficient imnor-
tance to call for united effort
We agree with our correspondent that the most
democratic method of selecting candidates. and
the ono most likely to give satisfaction to the
party generally, is by County Convention
Such, we believe, has been the universal practice
of our opponents, in this county. We understand
they are making their arrangements this wear to
hold their convention in this place, two weeks
from next Saturday.
In the meantime it would be well for the Cen
trail Committee and the Wings generally, to take
INTO consideration the propriety of holding con-
venfl"n and presenting full ticket at the ap-
preaching election. Although the election will
NOT oe OF national or State Importance still. con-
sdering the officers TO be chosen and the length
OF time they hold their Offices, there does not ap-
pear to us any good reason why we should suffer
the election to go by default, nor why portion
OF the Offices, at least might not as well be filled
by Wings as by Democrats.
For the Tr.weskly Hawk.Eye.
MEsSRs EDITORS:
As you are the recognized organs of the Whig
party Of this county, you are doubtless well pre-
pared to give such information relative to the or
ganization of the party in the county, as one de-
! sirons of having an intelligent understanding of
the moaus opereadi therercof, may desire Al
ways having been member Of that party, and
always expecting TO be, am. for one, des.rous
OF fully understanding lis organization in this
part of the country, in order that NAV act and
vote unterStandingiv, and so far as | may have
any influence, may cooperate heartily. because
inte'l;g:bly, with the party | am des;rous of
knowing when and where the County Convention
is held for the purpose Of nominating candidates
and how that Convention is constituted. Since
have been IN the State, have not seen nor heard
: Of Il,
delegates to a County Convention | do not
know whether any such convention was held
previous 10 the last August election or not. If
/ there was, presume it must have been self-con-
stituted, very quietly conducted, and | presume
entirely unanimous in its deliberations. NOM
ination was made somewhere and by somebody.
and very good one, entirely concede-but
when and by whom have never been able to as
certain; the people of the county generally had
but little to do with it, and presume but few
of them, like myself, knew there was conven-
vention at all, until they saw the names of the
candidates announced in the newspaper, for whom
they were requested to 20 to the polls and vote.
| Now this may perhaps be all right, and accord
with the taste and sentiment Of some persons
but according to my views, which may not be
quite progressive enough, this is not sufficiently
democratic for the generality Of the people, who
| like to have something to do with nominating
their candidates. as well as voting for them after
wards These remarks are not made for the pur-
| pose of finding fault with the manner Of conduct
/ ing these things heretofore, but with view to
elicit for my own benefit and the benefit of those
situated like myself, an intelligent understanding
of the real organization of the Whis party of our
county. A WIG.