Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-03-19

rosr N.p,sos. low. March l4sa, Ass

rozr MAprsns Iowa, March i4th, isss-
ed in your Journal few days ago, relative to
the handful sent me and other "old line wings
Of this county inviting US to attend an .old line
whigs mass convention to be held in Burlington,
next month, has been replied 70 at considers
BILE length and with some asperisy Of feeling thro'
the Gazette Of Burlington, by Henry w
Starr, Esq
hereafter may have something to say 10
and other matters Of personal character which
constitute so much of his long communication
but for the present viii recaptulate in an inter-
rogative form the statements contained in my
previous communication with some others Of a
kindred character, which hope, Mr.. Starr, il he
replies TO me again, will be candid enough TO an
swer ages' or ..nor and without evasion.
/. The call for the meeting at Burlington in
yokes the names of WEBSTER and CLAY. Bat did
not Mr. Webster on his dcath-bed declare that
the " hig party as q national party had ceased
to exist And If he did SO declare, why invoke
his name to falsify his judgment and decla-
ration
., Did not the Webster and Fillmore sections
of the wing party generally repudiate the whg
candidate for the Presidency in 1852; aud was
not Gen Scott the candidate referred to true
and gallant wing ',cho deserved nell of his conn
tyF"
8. Was not the defeat of Gen. Scott OCCASION
ed mainly by the detection of Webster and Fill
more, and their immediate partizan followers
And did not Henry w. Starr, Esq, of Burling,
ton, as one such "partixdn' FOLLOWER during a
temporary sojourn of his in New England, during
the summer which preceded the Presidential
election of 1852, write number of letters which
| were published in the Burlington Telegraph il
| opposition to Gen. Scott, and if he did land h.
certainly did that THING wig does he non assume
to control the wings of Iowa +?
A. And did not Fillmore soon after the defea
| of Gen. Scott, turn his back on the wing party
and give in his adhesion and take upon himsel
the obligations of the new party, known as thu
american order?
s. What do you expect to accomplish will
the Wing meeting at Burlington The endorse
ment of Mr.. Fillmore for the next Presidency
But as he gave the "cold shoulder to Genera
Scott and has formally left the whig party ant
joined the american order" he certainly ha
no just claim for whig sympathy and supper,
An cold line Clay whign like myself would a
soon think of voting for John Tyler as Mllar
| Fillmore. This is plain talk, but the times AM
the truth Of history require it.
6. Was not the enactment of the Mi: sou,
Compromise the most glorious act of Mr.. Clay
most distinguished and glorious public career
and that which his TRUE friends and greatest ad
mirers loved to point at as the proudest mont
ment of his political fame? And did not the IN,
tional Wings of the South as they falsely Gale
themselves, array themselves W it'll Pierce, Dou:
las, Atchison Co., to tear do wn and prostrat
That monument Of his fame End glory? An
have not the Wings of he So nth almost unive
sally disbanded their Wing EXAMINATIONS, an
either joined the American Or der or gone in,
the ranks ofthe slave holding democracy? An
And if the affirmative of these queries be Il
truth, and which all must adnlit. the Wings
Iowa canot reorganze without eth er repudiatir
Clay and the Compromise, which none will da
venture upon hope, or by discarv ling and CO
demning the Wings Of the South hich would
once prove the destruction of the Wing party
National party" Let Mr.. Stal T take eth
position, and he is non-plussed in his present pa
lymoycment. -. --sa.
I. In conclusion I will say, ,sha, as Southe
man, reared in the doctrines AND teachings
| Washington and Jefferson, 1 am r eady to ma
ALL necessary sacrifices to uphold and manta
the legitimate rights of my native State and
the South generally; but tt lie repeal of the IN
souri, Compromise was not "High!' but
"IVromg" of the slavcho lding inaue nee and al
tocraey of the South per. petrated with the aid
wicked, abomina5le, cspicablc and detest
slough faces" of the orth; and as Mr.. St;
was born on the free hills of New Englan
where from his infan cy to manhood he hes
chaunted continual, tile blessings of civil a
religious liberty, al ld the songs of freedom a
free labor, invoke Him not to be mised by
time honored name of slVhig" when the spirit
liberty no longer invisorates it, but acting
accordance with his early teachings and
sincs, rally i'aDae .dSatef,,a and VIGOROUSLY tint
the ''Repnblican Baaue,nto maintain the &C
, promises of the Constitut ION and give freed
to the soil Of Kansas. R especially Yours,
j, lsI ssst D. F. MILLER.
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