Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-08-20

d s. ! Peoeo1 4 s & u s.
N Dssfls I've hifksss6 sss1y snterssin-
ed the opinlon th1s ~ rss1t - Slsshe United
6tAteA, ID the dmple sxseafioa 81 HI eonstiis-
tionsi powers, was II I'll times competent i'd
preserve internal peace and to maintain our
friendly reiations with foreign nations. The ma.
tural pride attending bigh position, the control
Of the great ohicisi patronage Of the nation. the
line Of safe precedent, and { CONVERSATIONS feel
ing of. responsibility, have also been deemed 10
be ordinarily suiscient guasuntees for II least I
respectable administration of the government
These expectations and opinions have had weight
With most Of the former incumbents of the
White House, but with Mr.. Fierce they hare had
little Or no infacnce. A mail New Hampshire
LAWYER, from first 70 last ha career has been one
Of the most shailox and pro6tiess intrigues. He
has no. only lost what little pAblic character he
had, bot he has ieopartled that Of the nation,
and We have been on the verge Of the most se-
rious diEeultixs, III Of them not yet overcome
by hi want Of statesmanlike views and his WI,
| orcrHosiDg concei. and vanity.
One Of the foies which be fell into was the
idea which has been put into bis head BY unprin-
cpled politicians and pretsnded friends, that ey-
cry administration should present some issue to
the people, whether they wish II or not. The
examples of Jackson, Van Buren, and Tyler are,
therefore, constantly psraded before such small
lights rs Pierce. He is made 10 believe that the
restless spirit Of party requires a constant addi-
ton Of fuel TO It's fames-that. the voters must
be kept up 10 fever heat--and that If there be no
real cause for excitement fictitious one should
be found On this principle the Champion affair
was kspt alive, and procrastinated from month
90 month: the Greytown..b ombardment ordered,
and the Kansas difficulty nourished, till at last
burst Of general dissatisfaction has not onIy dis
mounted the President from his hobby--a re-
election to the Presidency-but has followed him
with general disapprobation. The English gov
eminent has luckily taken such n course as &c
leave no room for apprchensions OF an immedi-
ate war. Whethera regard for its own concerns,
or its unsettled European difficulties or its belief
that If we are let alone we shall destroy our
selves, all or either of these have given favor
able turn tc ournegotiations with England We
are fairly out Of that scrape, and we are glad of
it. How the Kansas affair lie TO- be settled re-
mains to be seen; but there il no doubt that an
honest, independent and fearless Executive
would, ere This have communicated to Congress
some plan of adjustment, and some means of
pacifcation. Nothing Of the kind on his part
las taken place, and the President sits with his
finger in his mouth while the most exciting and
bloody scenes, both in the Territory aud in the
capitol, are going on before his eyes. Nothing
shows the utter imbecility of Franklin Pierce
more than his management of this Kansas bu-
siness Acting secretly for the South, and at
the same time endeavoring to humbug the North,
he has, between two stools, come pretty fatty
and roughly to the ground, and there he is like.
" to remain. In the meantime not without
hopes that he win still have influence with the
powers to succeed him, he has become Buch-
anan man, and the oficeholders are made to un-
derstand his wishes. But are the people ready
to adopt his views? Are they willing to elect in
his place any one of his own stamp-a hack
horse of party, an Ostend conspirator, an insin-
cere and procrastnating diplomatist, a pledge
maker and pledgcbreaker for the last forty
years? Are they willing to be rode over by any
stced that has received his last grooming at Gin
cinnati, well baled to give him gloss, and well
peppered to make him lively?
Appearances do not justify the belief. There
is a general desire to cleanse the Augean stable
out of which such old nags are spurred by pc
ltical jockcs, to rup these four mile heats. We
have had enough of the trainers and their bro
ken down coursers A new and better state of
things is demanded and at hand, We have be-
fore us for our consideration and support an en-
inent man, fresh, vigorous, untrammelled, just,
conciliatory, talented and heroic, and the ad-
mnstration of public affairs in his hands will be
conducted in a manner worthy of the times, of
the country, its progress and its destiny. This
conviction tits which is uniting so vast number
of votes irrespective of former party connec-
tons, and is rousing the American spirit to &C
ton in every State of the confederacy. 1t is
the conviction thatour domestic troubles will be
allayed, harmony in hitherto conflicting inter-
ests be secured, our foreign relations placed in
ADLER keeping and be entrusted to wiser heads
that our representatives abroad will once more
do honor tn III q M tim n hIrh has f.tnv han, ca
diSsraced at foreign courts: This conviction it
is which is spreading from city to city, village
to village, and State to State, and which, as far
as human foresight can determine. will succeed |
in revolutionzins our political affairs. Live the
York Herald. ;tet aEs