Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1855-10-31
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li,ical paper cxpnins TIE ineet.sisteneies
If lie own party leaders. The Dubaqhc
Esprc.. and Herald is on. in a mild, but
y.ein,cd AVID telling rcbnke of the rciters
np 81 Wild Cat Bank in Nebraska We
copy il icluw And We think our read
re-. viii join with US 10 ascribing praise 10
the moral courage and consistency Of the
man who da-cs expose, in his own party,
whatever is in his opinion inconsistent and
wrong. We hope to see the number of
editors, who laud every measure and every
individual Of their own party, and uni
formly condemn every measure and every
individual Of every other party, grow few
and far between. There ia no reason why
an editor should sell himself soul aud Boz
dy to party. There is NO reason Why he
should not always speak his honest convic-
tions. We shall not stop to search for an
unworthy motive, or believe that good
act has such foundation until we see
good evidence.
Nebraska Banking.
We have been so pressed with engage
mcnts of various kinds that we have not
had time to notice the Bank Circular
which has been advertised in our 'lumns
for several days past.
We can now barely allnde to it.
| Will our readers examine il carefully
aud closely. The Bank called the
"Wcstcrn Exchange, Fire and Marine In
surance Company"-for as the gcttcrs up
| bead their advertisement Bank Circular
we suppose We do right to style it
bank--is situated at Omaha City Nebras-
ka Territory, and is owned by Hon. George
Green, late Supreme Judge of the State Of
Iowa, Hon. Thos. II. Benton Jr., late Su-
pc,intcndcnt Of Public instruction Of the
State Of Iowa, Hon. Bernhart Hcan, Mem.
Der of Congress from the State of Iowa,
Hon. Jesse Williams, late Commissioner
Of the Des Moines River Improvement,
Jane. $ lizard, late editor of Democrat.
ic paper in Iowa, and others.
The individuals whom We have particu'
larizcd have heretofore been professed
democrats-nay claim to be good demo
Gratis now-have held the situations We
have named by selection Of the democrat.
ic party-Thcy have the confidence and
claim to be the leaders Of the democratic
party of Iowa. That has ever been oppos
ed to banks Of issue. The democratic
purity framed the present constitution Of
the State which prohibits banking. The
persons especially referred to-and who
are Directors in this Wildcat Bank have
given the strongest evidence Of their ad
hesion to Democratic doctrine in this State
by belonging to the party, acting with the
party, accepting office from the party
aud, stronger still,
BY srearing to support the Constitut'o,
IF the State.
But it seems what is good Democratic
doctrine 10 Iowa, is NOT good democracy
in Nebraska. Aud further, there arc MI,
ny reasons to suppose that large portion
Of the Banking Of this Nebraska "BANK
is done within the limits uf the State Of
Iowa.
| We suggest whether this enterprise is
in all respects consistent with democratic
principles and Observation-Disclosures it is
not inconsistent for men who have "ca'
from our tables and slept in our beds
and denounced banks and paper currency
in Iowa, to get up this "Western FIX
change, Fire and Marine Insurance Com
pany" BANK and carry ON its operations
in worse than Wildcat style.
Whether it does not sh W a case Of
strong conversion to faith which the
converts formerly denounced as the faith
Of the enemies of democratic principles.
We have not time now to follow up this
farther, but shall do SO at future day
We belong to that class Of democrats who
believe that Democratic principles should
have universal application, and that dem
ocratic truth in Iowa is democratic truth
in Nebraska. We believe that truth, hon
csty and justice are democratic principles
and climate or locality cannot make them
otherwise.