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

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sian Count A English B>ronet Or spanish
Dons We fancied We had caught Bourbon"
or, pstchancs Lord Napier might have wander
a! out here on his way toeshe United States
fair ct Louisvills. The rabble, With few sxcep-
tions, kept = respectful distance. Some having
i . reckless bravery we're seen 10 approach his
COMPREHENSIVE dignity when the stranger
'came down, and was seen 70 smile With i'm
expressible sweetness, and to bow withthc most
4 artistic grace and precision. IN due time, how.
ever, We asceftained that be was neither .
Count, BAronet, Burbon, nor Lord Napier, but
the Governor expectant. his Hon. B. N. Sam
uels. Yes the invincible champion and standard
bearer Of the hard money, squatter-sovereign
democracy has favored our town with his au-
gust presence. Al two o'clock be would adj
dress the "laboring classes" At the Court House.
Getting in the train We proceeded thither. The
Governor, after making . few preliminaries, and
layinga massive gold hunting case watch in full
view Of his audience, upon the stand, to check
him when he had spun . yarn one hour in
length, informed Us that he wss the candidate
Of The Dimmycratic party for Governor Of the
sovereign State Of lows, and according to .
time honored usage, he felt il his duty to can.
yass the State. Leaving minor subjects, he
would speak upon the principal points Of State
policy, and first in order was the subject Of
banking. Banks were necessary in some locaii-
ties, aud in other places they we're not. In
Dubuque, banks we're unnecessary. Il was an
axiom in trade that metals command metal, or
in other words, hard money. They, in Dubuque.
| had only to sink shaft and draw out the Ga
lena, and this being their chief article of com.
merce, always commanded hard money. But
| for the sake Of those localities where Banks
were really necessary. if the legislature should
! frame iudicious mark the expression) banking
law, he would give it his signature, what .
condescension) otherwise, he would return it to
the House, bearing his objections-in short, he
would veto it. His attention was next directed
to the agricultural interests Of the State. He
would see that the farmer is properly cared for.
The farmer feeds and clothes US, (who don't
earn our bread by the sweat Of our faces) and
4 is the chief producer of our wealth--in short,
he is very useful man. He would establish an
agricultural bureau in our State, and cherish
and protect with his great wings, the agricutu.
raj societies. and in short, all the great agricul-
tural interests of our State. But his time was
short--hs gold hunting cased watch admonish-
ed him to pass on to speak of other matters
The next point of vital interest to our young
State, was railroads.&c. was very much in ia
vor of railroads Camden and Amboy except
ed.) We needed railroads to develop the rich
resources of our State, and to carry its pro-
ducts with lightning speed to market. He had
given his time, his talents, and his means in the
construction OF railroads, and he longed to see
the time when they would encircle our great
Continent with their iron, arms, then there
would no longer be . North" and q "South, !"
but our beloved country would thereby be woven
into net work of common brotherhood. But
we must guard against these great monopoies
condition Of New Jersey-she is called with
sneers Of contempt, the State Of Camden and
Amboy. Every ring Of the bells Of Camden
and Amboy railroad, Is knell to the unhap.
| by memory of poor New Jersey. That power.
| full company now CONTROLS the legislature OF
that unhappy railroad-ridden State. But my
| gold lever admonishes me to be brief. the next
matter of great interest to our young and rising
State was the free school system, and We regret
the inability Of portraying upon paper those
burning words of eloquence, which fell from
his lips as he urged the necessity Of educating
our youth, and of keeping them uncontamina-
ted from the "niggers." II he was elected
Governor of Iowa, he would see that niger
children were kept out of our free schools, and
he would not do it on his own account, but for
the sake of "the black-eyed little boys, aud the
fair haired little daughters" Of the poor labor
ing man who learned his bread by the sweat Of
his brow" and had not the means to educate
his children otherwise, las he had.) At this
ljuncture he again grew pathetic and eloquent
lin the extreme. Turning to that portion OF the
house containing the ladies, 'his eye in = fine
fenzy rolling" he spouted forth stream OF mos,
glowing eoquence. What would become Of
their 'fair haired little daughters, and their
dear little black-eyed boys" if our free schools
were to be thrown open to dirty black nigges
children. The ladies smiled-the Governor
blushed.
Leaving the free schools, he pitched into the
New Constitution "pugnis ct calculus" and
tore it all into shreds. "In cases involving the
lie or liberty of any person, the accused shall
have right to speedy and impartial trial BY
jury" This clause in the New Constitution call
ed forth regular volley of democratic slang and
thunder--it was gotten up in resistance to Fed
eral authority, and was calculated to overthrow
the fugitive slave law--it was filed TO the brim
and running over with niggers. Like the VIC
tim of delirium iremens, who secs snakes and
frey serpents encireling him around on every
side, our expectant Governor could see nothing
in that clause but wooley-headed, long heeled
niggers, and what was to become of our fair
haired little daughters, and black-eyed little
boys"
In former times when man committed al
infamous crime and ran away, the cry was "Et
has gone to Texas" Now, fellow citizens, il
this clause in the Constitution is not stricken
out or amended, the same cry will be raised
when fugitive from labor or from justice es-
! capes, ale has gone to Iowa."
Il would be impossible to follow our hero or
ator through all the perigrinations of that aow
cry stream Of coquencc, in describing the hor-
ror and devastation which would ensue, weri
this clause to remain in our Constitution. W.
are convinced however Of one fact, and that II
this--if b. NJ. Samuels is elected governor o
Iowa, no Republican legislature can frame an!
banking law, no matter how safe or how perfect
that he would deem 'judicious." According t.
his own fsunting assertions, If elected, he vii
ftitter away his term Of Office in endeayoring L
amend and pick to pieces that instrument, pass
ed by the united efforts of our best and most
| substantial men of both parties. eh