Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-06-25

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| with which we are familiar as q fragrant or 9TH
erwise attractive recreation, but there are cases
| where great public need renders a sacrifice of
| private preference in this regard necessary
| Wilson Shannon and Samuel Dexter Lecomptc
| have become so perYading a nuisance to the
public nostris, that no Board of Health can rea
sonably defer the order for their simultaneous
abatement. 1t is doubtful whether two such
huniliating examples of the capacities of our
race can he found anywhere outside of the Dem
ocratic party. At any rate when they are prop
erly abated as aforesaid, the atmosphere will ~
oerience sanitary cha nge. Wilson Sham ,on !.
not long for this world. The human fra ne can
not endure for any considerable time IL. a,.
of the fluid which constitutes that indiyidnei's
chief nourishment. If some disappointed dsn,;
| savage from Alabama does rot spec div n,
him, through the head, the rapid firing kent mn
IN his own meek will answer the same purnosr
| and rid the world OF one reliable Democrat
we are not informed whether a Similar q 90.
cution IS out against Mr.. Leconpte or ~. !,
so, we hope it may be DELAYED long enonrb for
the American people to impeach him. Lecomnte
Is one OF those men SO we'll dcss ribed Inv Mr
Pierce a few days since as .'nerelr irstru,uants !,
Being third rate Maryland le,wyer. n pretty
good democrat, having been f.orn without :, CON.
science or the semblance o.. one, and being ont
OF any regular business, W hich was calculated to
satisfy healthy appetite, Samuel Dexter lie.
eoh'e prougn' ei'iti's for he Office of Chief jus
t.ce u Kansas Territory, which could not be re.
siS.eu oy an aanlsr ing democracy. He became
ciief Justice OF -ansls without further barley
that Is, he was assigned the post Of uuder-stran
per, NO. Tor any such services as D. R. Atchi.
son anfi -. r. Stringfellow couldn't conveniently
perform for themselves. We must acknowledge
ne has confined himself strictly to the duties oil
TINS onerous office. When Jcafeys was roaring
| and rGtting in the Town of London, he swore
great oaths that his most terocious acts had not
! transcribed his masters orderS-otl the contra
ny, had rather fallen short OF them. Lecompte
| may put Ill the same plea, and II may be true.
bnt it will only assgrdvate his own essential vii
| lainv. E
1t is high time for this or any people that claim
to be measlrably free, to take in hand that por-
ton OF us judiciary which attempts to revive the
explode! instrument OF tyranny known as con-
strrctivo treason. The law defines with unmis-
taxable accuracy, what shall constitute murder,
manslaughter, arson, assault with intent to kill,
and every other species of CRIME, and no man. in
his senses, not even Cincinnati Convention
Democrat, would direct the Indictment of per-
son for constructive murder, constructive arson
or constructive burglary. The trainers of the
constitution, however, took especial pains to de
fine in tho instrument from which all enacted
law is derived, that treason should consist only
| in levybng war against the United States, or adj
hertqg TO her enemies and giving them aid and
fort.
Mr.. s. D. Lecomp.e has discovered that trea-
son may consist in difference of opinion be-
tween Charles Robinson and Border Raffian
strngfeiow, on the subject of the domestic in
stisutions of Kansas Territory At the present
moment, Charles Robinson, G. W Brown. G. w.
leitzier and some score of peaceab,e citizens of
Kansas are held in close Imprisonment under an
Indictment from the Supreme Court of the Ter
ritory for ire ason. Mr. S D. Leeompte has not
vet settled il his own mind whether il NAV prop
erly be High Treason or only Constructive urea
son. He has no doubt however about its being
a decided case OF Treason.
At sirst thought Lecompte is entirely too con-
temp,ibie to be dealt WITHIN any tlignified man
Iler or by anyrespectable body; but We conf
eien,iy expect to see him impeached by the
House OF Representatives as soon as the report
Oh the Inv estigating Committee is made up OF
course with the present collection of his ndmi-
rcrs and coaaborers in the Senate. there will be
no chance in furnishing him, but that fact in no
way relieves TIE representatives Of the people
from this public duty. 1t viii at least indicate
that imbeeiiity aud degra iatien do not consti.
tutc shield beneath which villainy NAV be per-
petrated with impanity: in shors, that laws
made for the government of men are applicable
also 50 shyssers. II Chicago Journal.