Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-06-24


tn The close observer who looks beyond
the surface Of things readily dIscovers the Sc
crst reason which lies At tho bottom Of opposi-
tIon, violent and onoomprouisinr, on the part
OF . few journals and individuals 10 this State,
to The New Constitution to be voted on In Au-
gust next Although In different attitudes diff
fsren, reasons are given for this opposition,
yet the real aud true one Il the same through
out the State These National Democrats are
Directing to II ia Northern Iowa because IL does
no, give the rgh. Of suffrage 70 the Negro
While hereaboass they object TO the same In
s,rumsns on account. rs they boldly assert, Of
its giving this RICH. 70 Negroes and Indians!---
Some assert that the clause authorizing banking
10 90 loosely worded that Il viii invite men Of
straw to swindie our citizens by the establish
ment Of banking institutions for the purpose
OF falling, while on the other hand 1t la claimed
by those protesting TO be friendly to banks that
this codieil L. so very stringent that no man or
company can or will bank under II and there
fore we shall be no better of In this respect
with the new than the old Constitution.
AZ hbrL wv very hpphfehs W vic iboht Shhuss
observer that an opposition SO very eccentric
in the ground occupied must have some reason
for It's violent course conc called from the public
Such is the fact. The opposition attempted to
be fomented agains. it is stirred up by set
of men who obtained charters for and started
u number OF banks In Nebraska and are now
flooding our State with paper currency for
which VIC are utterly unable to obtain gold and
silver because it is impossible for us to run
their paper home upon them. There is no con-
veyancc TO Nebraska save by the old stage
coach and when we have reached there by
this conveyance we should probably be com
PEELED to travel half the territory over to End
the local habitation OF these banks whose
owners live and do business in Iowa; and after
We had found them we should not probably
find provision made for the proper redemption
OF the paper. The truth il we are furnished
with paper currency which ia not convcrta-
bic, in regard to the solyency of which we
can know nothing by set Of banks whose
interest it is to fail, 1--WE do not say that they
will) These bankers are making money by this
operation. IL we adopt the new Constitution
and under it establish banks of our own, their
occupation is gone! This accounts for their
determined opposition.
The paper in this city is controlled and its
editor, Steward. owned by Bernhart Hem, of
Fairfield, one of the Nebraska rag baron's
Other newspapers are in the same condition
Bat as one rose can hardly be said to make
a summer SO few newspaper editors are not
the People and when following a corrupt line
of policy will meet but very faint response.
The Democratic party, as a party is not and
cannot be arrayed against this Constitution
All party opposition to it was dropped in the
Convention when it received on its final adop.
ton all but four votes. 1t is destined to an
almost equally unanimous endorsement at the
hands of the people, the opposition OF few
corrupt newspapers to the contrary notwith-
standing. E--.-.