Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-04-02
HAWK-EYE AND TELEGRAPH.
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| Letter from Mr: Starr -WhiggeTy Pms
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! Mr. Eprros: Il, as much az xoo hare referre,
to me in your paper of March z4th. and have i,
| your editorial characterized nv position. pre
sumo you viii allow me to be heard in repl,
through your columns.
wish to be heard for two reasons
lst. That NAV not inisrepresent others and
End. That mar not be uaisreprcsented.
You say 'sMr. Starr represents the Old I.;no
Wings of Des Moines Co. who boas. Of their
broad National views and large hearts, This is
great mistake. have never held Office under
the Wings of Des Moipes Col have nevor
been candidate for their favor. except onec /.
when was in the east. and was run for the Son.
ate, by weil meaning friends. and beaten too. be-
fore knew that i was a candidate. The Whie
party are in no sense responsible for any views
of mine. All of them are my private opinions
and may go for what they are wortb-to be
tested by time and the course ofevents.
Allow me then to decline the representative
capacity yon have assigned to me. alone am
responsible for the opinions | have expressed.
and have no disposition to shrink from a,ly re-
spensibility in this particular; nor to borrow nv
flag from the fossil remains" las you call them)
Of the Wing party.
Having saved my friends from danger, now
wish TO protect myself.
had hoped that YOU would leave Dan Miller
In alyaa ,c
have presented me to the public, in his behalf
please give me vour ear for brief reply.
You say, "The letter of Mr.. Starr by adroit
special pleading, attempts to palliate and excuse
an act of the grossest treachery and bad faith,
which was an outrage that. has stirred up enn,ity
and strife, and which if left open as tits the evil
dent design of the old line wings and I.ocofocos
to leave If may wot tho oo;, or Kans. ,;,,, d.
best blood of the country, and lead to the most
terrible results, jeopardizing even the Union it.
self" What act ssof the oroxsest treocbery and
bad faifh' do YOU refer TOP and what have
"palliated or excused? You refer doubtless to
the Missouri Comnromise and tho Nehrosto Hill
You have read nv letters carelesslv or Won world
not make this charge In replv TO Miller chow.
ed conclusivelv that if the doctrine of the Ra.
publican party was true. "That the Constitution
of the U. S. cas to be styict2v eousfrc tbera w,s
no authority to be found for the Missouri Com.
authority for BARGAINS between
Members of Congress. from the different sections
of the Union.
But the Wh;o marty contend for tho r:rb. &c
the General Government To control tho Torr;to.
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II. ron..;.,,;o h,,.
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gain with We are one fam;Iv-,ll ror,,-,u
ONE But the Missouri Comnrom;se vas oc,,;.
esced in bv the North II onrht 70 have how
sacred with the South. Tho reneaI was nninst
md foolish.
Now the Whip marty contend that tbn Const;.
luton is to be construed as II has bean hv t,o
Supreme Courts. and bv the wisest Jurists I,Rrp-
ALLY so as to carry ont all its intentions and so
IS to supply all the necessities arising under II
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