Burlington tri-weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1852-1855, 1855-01-16

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REP ORT Of the Committee on Federal
Relations Of the Senate Of Io,ca on that
portion Of the Inaugural Message Of his
ErceHency, Gogernor Grimes, schich has
reference to the subject Of slavery owd
CITY: D. A. Mahoney and J. B. Dorr,
State Printers.
Sach is the title page Of document,
which No have right to suppose was print
ID 1t the expense Of the State, by order OF
the Senate. We have no means of knowing,
but Is that 10 the usual mode Of doing bus;-
ness, it il to be presumed this document,
signed ssUDxLL. Chairman" was read in the
hearing Of grave and honorable Senators,
and by them ordered to be printed.
And what does the reader suppose it con-
tainss A grave argument disproving the
views Of his Excellency upon the subject OF
slavery? No. We have two or three pages
of insiped and trashy remark, intended as
ssbagatelle," which should ironically reprove
tho Governor for referring to Federal rela-
tions-to slavery, &c. And there's degree
of coasssnsss and vulgarity about it, which
would forever prevent its producing the 'ef-
feet intended. The author evidently. mis-
Ok verbosity and egotism, for piayfulness
and wit, and abuse for severity. Even as a
forensic effort, delivered from the head Of
a whiskey barrel, it hardly could have any
very great effect, unless upon the author him.
self.
We shall not stop to question the taste or
dignity Of making the documents OF the
State the vehicle Of publishing such trash
We shall not stop to inquire whether slavery
extension is subject with which the people
of Iowa have any interest, or upon which the
Governor of the State had any right to re-
mark. II is not for US to determine whether
reproving the Governor for expressing his
views was part Of the legislative duties OF
the Senate or not. We shall pass on to the
last paragraphs of the report, whore we finds
what, to US at least, 10 something new under
the sun. We find page, more or less, de-
voted to propagating some scandal, the pre-
else meaning Of which we can't make out
1t is attempted to convey the impression by
inuendo, by italicisiug, &c., that the Cover
nor has, in his previous life, been guilty OF
some pecadillos or offences, Of which the
cnmmittee are advised. In short, the at
tempt is made, as tale bearers and scandal
mongers generally proceed, to blacksn ths
Governors character by insinuating some.
thing, the precise meaning of which is pur.
posely obscure, but which the reader is ex
pected to consider very dreadful!
The Senate is engaged, through its com
nittees, not only in reproving the Governor
but in bespattering his private character =
Not satisfied with insulting, they conclude
by applying personal abuse.
High minded honorable men seldom yield
10 the baser passions. 1t is left for shallow
msdioerity to employ his little modicun Of
intellect, qnickened and sharpened by envy
and malice. in hunting up and giving cur
rency to whatever may stain the good name
of those above. He doubtless feels thai
whatever could, by detraction, take from
another's good name, was so much added ts
his own scant reputation.
$50 wild Tartar, when he spies
A man that's valiant, handsome, wise,
II he can kill him, thinks t'inherit
His wit his beauty, and his spirit;
As il Just SO much he enjoyed
As in another is destroyed"
il scandal mongering is thus dispised and
dispisable in an individual, what shall We say
when engaged in by branch of the Govern.
ment? IL an individual is looked upon as
debased, and degraded BY such an occupa-
ton, what 10 to be said of State Senate,
thus opening ssschool for scandal?'' And
this is the body that s'absquatulated," lest
the State should disgrace itself by the cleo
ton Of Senator!
We shall wait and see it there is an editor
in Iowa with so little self respect as to pub.
lish this nasty and Hbellous attack? We shall
see how many are willing to lower themselves
to the level of the State Senate. The Gaz-
cite has shown its usual good taste aud dis
cernment by copying it, But even its NAV
could not stand the dirty inuendo at the lat
ter end. The editor was ashamedto put it
Il. At least we have charity enough to put
that construction upon his pretence that he