The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-07-15
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new 11sotioa shAe - coslDad, Soweu o.
the lsw evAding nOs<y Sharks, Who Ktic1 ~
theis gsisss ef uosthleSs RAGS In Mebraska. U
circulate in Iowa. They ucmblc q the idea n
having their Wild cat shinplasters driven home
for redemption, BY the establishment Of sound
system Of banking In lows; hence their oppo.
siti0n to the new Constitution.
The leader o. the Ne0sasha rsg barons sessns
to be Bernhart HEM Of this place, and il "
are to Judge the man By letter which the on
over his signature, We must confess that No i
just the man to lead the army Of lawless money
sharks who have arrayed themselves against
the new Constitution. He does not come out IN
his letter and give bis real objection to she
new Constitution, but seeks TO skulk ana hide
behind lame attempt to excite prejudice on
| the .'nigger question" He pretends 70 have
heard that some 'niggers' are preparing TO EN-.
igratc from Ohio to Iowa, in the event Of the
adoption Of the new Constitution. Now, our
opinion 10 thas Mr.. HEM has received no sach
information, and that the material OF which his
letter is composed is Of his own manufacture
lie tried his hand at manufacturing materials
out Of which 10 make .'niggcr' story, 10 be
used against Senator Reed, during the last Au
gust campaign in this county. The people Of
this county after hearing Mr.. Henn's niger
stories last year, and voting them ~down his
throat by over two hundred majority, are pre-.
pared to duly appreciate any newly invented
stories on that subject.
In ono portion or his letter Mr.. HEM tries to
convey the idea that he is opposed to banking;
but bis attempt IL clumsy one, owing, proba-
bly,, to the apparition Of Nebraska bank ghost
about the time he was writing that portion Of
his letter. He don't seem to be at home on
anything but the 'nigger question: and even
in regard to that he has proved unfortunate BY
making bis imagination say that ''niggers" were
preparing to emigrate TO this State from Ohio
on the adoption of the new Constitution, for
every man who knows anything about Ohio,
knows that "niggers" have greater privileges 10
that State than can possibly be found in the
new Constitution. They have there the right
to testify in courts Of justice, educational priv.
ieges, the benefit OF personal liberty bill, and.
IN case they have more white than black blood
in their veins, the right to vote, hold Office set
INJURIES and Oil other rights belonging TO white
man. Mr.. HEM must be more careful in the
selection of his State, when he wants to get no
another grand negro" story.
by way OF soothing his .phelinks" Mr.. Hem
injec,s the following paragraph into his mig
ner" letter
u see that the democratic papers are general
~ taking decided stand against it, and think
our county conventions will generally condemn
lt-so that have little fears that any of our
party will be tainted by giving it a support"
Mr. Hem can find no bed Of roses in .'coun.
ty conventions" on this subject. We have
seen the resolutions passed by several Demo
cratic county conventions, and we have vet
to lind the resolution condemning the new
Constitution. The Democratic" convention of |
TINS county even did not pour the oil OF ICON.
domination" on the soul of Mr.. Bernhart HEM. |
the leader OF the army Of Nebraska rag barons. |
one democratic" paper also has come out
boldly for the new Constitution, while many
o."e .. refuse to oppose it. The rag barons
can control all OF the "Democratic' napers-l
IN ADDITION to this many Of the oldest and abIest
leaders OF the Democratic party have proclaimed
themselves openly in favor Of the new Consti-
tuition, and however untasteful it NAV he. the
gentlemen who are opposing it may make up
their minds to live under the new Constitution.
for the people will adopt it,