The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-09-23

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! she hal sn Valley sssess, bstsssa Rssa.es
Hotel and The Universisys Darins shs hsSdd
snasda L = inpaaaable, and s " ssaDoas Il
10 steep - - render N asseus diGs1ls and ~
scent danessSus. Il eaAaos BE- that 49, unasse
has been selong delayed % seeosss u scareit
Of hnda ier noney enough 70 havs aecen.
lplished i has been wassed on canals aad -
hankheats whsrs people ssvss travel. = uligA
expenditure Of labor upon shst hill. Ii grading
win make il Rns road ia dry seasons; and "
can afford % sslsr 10 iaconveniencs Of mn,
for molsh q swo, II IL y 20 arranged tha
horsss can cllnb Il without detrimens to shei
nosss, OF descsnd without scraping thsis tAila
For years baek, ths rsddents of The bscl
country. Ia chat diressien. have striven 70 US,
that road q their communlcAtion with town
hss although pons Of them hays partially sue
Fcesdsd. Il has been only by iaealealabls inson
venience. owing to the ostfageous and disgrace
fal state 81 shis came hill. There y no GOOD
tseeea why : vast improvement ahould NOT b
made here. The prsssas stale Of the Aill d
actually . lsn u money and trade to town, 1,
vsll - sesros Of contiaual. .vsxasien, damage,
and dsseonfert 70 sravsllsra There u yet dns
70 remedy tAs nuisasce. in . measure, bsfors
winter. Pray lss Is b done. % s''
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/ Ata Aass Needing q he American Party Of
Dee noinss County. held q Danvills Center,
Sept ~, 1851, James Waddle, Of Yellow
Springs. vas called 70 The Chair. and Geo. Rob.
crtson, of Burlington, appointed sscresary.--
The purposes Of tho meeting being stated, on
a,osioa, committee Of shrss, cossisting Of
Geo. Robertson, Walcott Seymour, and D. B.
Crawford, was appointed to draft resolutions
espreaive Of the sense Of, and 70 report busi-
nsss, 20 be scssd upon By, this meeting. Alter
retiring for short time the somtnittee reported
the following; s934
Resolved, lst, That We, the Americans Of
Des Moines Couaty, bslisvs that the pssps-
,a,ity Of the Federal Unlon, and the pressrva-
ton Of our Civil aud Religious Liberty dependa
upon the permanent establishment and suptsma,
~ Of American principles.
va, That ne adopt A. the exponent Of our
political faith tho platform Of principles adopt.
cd aud promulgated by the American Coavsn-
lion which assembled At Iowa City, tho I'd VI
Sept, 1887,
sd, Tha, We heartily approve aud rAtify the
nominations for Governor and Lieut. Goyeraer,
made BY eaid Coaventlons and We heartily
pledrc ourselves 70 use MI honorable means 10
promote aud secure their success
A,h. That the Interest Of our party, present
aud future demands that We ae,nlnAte and
run county ticket, TO be voted for Al tho en-
suing October election.
On mo,ioa, the report was accepted and
adopted.
On motion, the meeting then proceeded 10
the sclce,ion of candidates, to.wit. Que State
senator, two Representatives and = floAtlag
Representative " represent the counties of
Des Moiusa and Louisa, when the following
named gentleman we're unanimously chosens
State SenAtor--oap.. Thomas French, Of Dur.
liaston.
Repeceentatives--D. u. Crawford, Of Wash.
ing.on, and Christopher Parrot, Of DAnvillc.
Floating Representative. ---- Wells, Of
Louisa.
On motion, the following resolution was
adopted:
That the Burlington estate 0asete" and
"Hawk.Eye" be requested to publish the pro-
ccediags Of this meeting.
On motion, the meeting then adjourned.
JAMES WADDLE, Chm.
Gao, RonHRrsoN, Sec'y.