Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1855-09-26
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are engaged si1nass exclusively in advocating
free trade IN ~hiskey and negroes, ssem in
t-nseiy horri6ed at The secmipg abuse Of the
above privilege By yonr humble servani,
while giant wrongs stalk uHrebukcd before
their eyes, and under their very noses, anno-
siccd, 70 long as perpetrafed by the rats that
infest the national treasury, or the hireIings
that d, the bidding Of debased Adminis-
trasion.
an opposed to the existence of the frank
ing privilege, and will 20 as far as any one
ia liz repeal, and r. that question comes up
IN Congress while am a member, you viii
find my vote recorded in favor Of its repeal.
The fraaking privilege is no security nor
safety against the thieves and corrupt officers
Of the State, with few honorable excep-
tons. Ny frank placed on letter is sure
guarantee that it will be opened Mt some post
Office 10 this STATE. In Lucas county is one
Of those places, whence came the eifusion Of
the nick Knosc- Nothing, Of the Burlington
Gazette, an official Of the Administration who
either instigated the Postmaster or did rob
the mail Of the letter, and publish the same
in the above named paper on the morning of
the election. Their baseness recoiled upon
themselves as both Lucas and Des Moines
counties returned fseemen for Office holders.
Thorington to send Know Nothing docu-
ments, and that it is abusing the franking PRIV
ilege, and while they steal his l"tters, pub
lish them and utter falsehoods- about them,
not one word is uttered in condemnation Of
the incumbents Of the post Office at Chicago,
where thousands OF dollars are stolen with
the most open and barefaced effrontery-
This is apparently all right, as the pro-slave-
~ and whiskey organs are perfectly mum on
the subject. They wink at the stealing Of
Thorington's letters, and the conduct observ-
ed toward his documents, and keep silent
about the thousands of letters destroyed and
made way with and the hundreds Of dollars
stolen from the department, but at the same
time heap upon Thorington every abuse for
franking letters to tie Know Nothings, al
though he has the legal right, and notwith-
standing Judge Douglas floods Illinois
through the same privilege, Gen. Jones,
Iowa, and DR.. Odds, Ohio, with his profess
sional notices, and notwithstanding they
send'pounds where Thorington sends ounces.
The franking privilege is greatly abused
and corruptly used by Thorington in the es-
timation Of these correctors and guardians
of the dear peoples liberties and morals,
when at the same time they read column af-
ter column of the wholesale tramplirg I'M
der foot and the violation of the dearest
rights Of free born citizens-the right to the
pursuit of happiness, to life, to liberty and
an honest expression of opinion-and that is
all right; Kansas is in the hands of our
| friends they reason, we wont say one word
| about it, but Thorington must not frank let
| tiers to the Know Nothings
| Read what the ''Cedar County Advertiser"
of the 18th inst, over the signature of s'Jsr-
don," and in the editorial columns Of the
week previous, says about Pardee Butler
How many papers in this State devoted to
the slave propagandsts, and free trade in
whiskey, will notice in the same manly style,
the treatment of fellow citizen, one who
has earned his bread by the sweat of his
brow in Iowa, a citizen Of their adopted State;
nature's noblemaD, an honest and honorable
man. Mark his treatment in Kansas and his
manly bearing and fearless independence
He had right to claim the protection of the
press of Iowa, and yet these sheets say moth
ing about that matter, and at the same time
franking documents to the Know Nsthings !!
The article copied from the Union of Keo-
sauqua, into the Banner of the 18th inst,
] editorial and all, speaks of freemen enter
ing our Councils and becoming slaves, ssbe-
ing schooled in falsehood and all kinds If
political frauds and trickery.' This effron-
terry is only equalled by their Kansas iegsla-
ture, where by their laws they would make
freemen slaves. After such cool and delib-
crate stihling of the freedom of speech, the
seiziugo property unlawfuly, the desc
Grafton Of all Legal, civil, religious and
polticalrights, they should not mention free
dom without blushing. Freedom occupies q
pinnacle so high, that to them it would re-
quire something more than the effulgcnt ligh,
| of the sun to see her in her fair robes!
They condemn the Thanking privilege
Does not the slavery propagandlst abuse it Z
| Have you no favorites in your ranks that
ever overstep the bounds of moderation in its
use? One would think not from the silence
of your organs. Now act honorably 70,
once in your lives. if but to try the novelty
of it. Raise your standard, advocate repea
or modification, do not care which, and
will join in the effort and do what can te
attain the object.
l shall be entitled to the franking privilege
until the LIST of December, 1857, unless thu
law is altered; during that time shall not
pay one cent Of postage upon any documen
or letter l may send or receive, that may
be entitled to send or receive free. know
my legal rights and the crusade against me
by the political slave propagandists of Iowa
will not deter me from using them. shall
not yield to, or favor their tyrannizing ovel
freemcn and the free institutions of tn
North. shall net favor free trade il
whiskey and negroes shall not pander t,
the prejudices or passions of our foreign citi
zens, nor prescribe any religious dcnomina
ton, Catholic or Protestant. Those, gentle
men who are SO loud in their praise of thu
~, ,bo-
ted Tomorrow, would:.be found disfranchisin,
the one and Decorating the property of tn,
other, much sooner than those whom the,
are warning this class Of our citizens against
As to Slavery, shall not interfere with i
where it constitutionally exists. The peopl
of this congressional district have elected M
to the Gath Congress by majority of owe
1900. feel honored by their flattering vote
No vile assault upon my private character
contemplate inuendoes or base intimationl
from these political hireln5s shall deter me
from doing my duty and my whole duty.
am freeman, represent freemen, and
from their black repubiicanism shall turn
deaf ear. knew of no threats, assaults
abuses, or attacks, personally, morally O.
politically that shall make me falter in rep
resenting con6ding constituency. When
am assaulted as Know Nothing, and it be
comes necessary in my judgment to address
; them or their lodges, shall do so. .hav
no secrets to withhold from them or tn
world where the rights Of man and property
religion or morals, are concerned. l hay,
some ten weeks to spare before the meetin.
of Congress, and if they are anxious vii
part with portion of that time, in postin,
the voters of Iowa in regard to the beautiful
teols the Administration is working with il
this State to guard and protect the right
and liberties Of it's people.
In conclusion, Mr.. Editor, wish for tw,
thousand copies of your paper that contain
this article, and to enable the Sag NIGHT pos
masters in Iowa to know definitely what the,
are stealing and perjuring themselves for
intend sending and ranking them to tn,
} Lodges in Iowa. think my brother Know
Nothings can get along with one copy to tn,
dozen members.
Asto the post master al this place, l regre
to subject him and his efficient deputy to th,
tax of mailing them, yet they must attribut,
the extra labor to their own friends. in
clude them in the honorable exceptions men
toned above. When Know Nothingism ceas
es to be REPUBLICAN in this State. 7 sha]