The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-09-07

. eupeaHu tnaS year IN this state. In
newspapers started ous with the resolution
scruple g no means 70 accomplish their en-
however disrcputabls o. untrue they might
+ Iney were determined that Il should be empl
j. asaily canvass Of lies; bus, unfortunately /
{ them, though fortunately for the cause Of tru,
Q the spanish provcrb has proved true, and 18th,
. lies have all gone home to roost.n
J The Eads ress,--that 10 to say. the newst
pers subornsd by that immaculate 6nancier !,
, educator, -resognizing the truth Of the prop,
sation shas the receiver Of stolen goods 10
guilty Is the thief, knowing that The publ
scneol iund had been placed in their han
wisoo1s the shadow Of authority in law, a
tnas snsy were both legally and morally
divert public attention from their own comnlic
y IN the psculation Of that fund, By their gro
ana unwarrantable attacks upon other peonl
nencs the INSCRIPTIONS and virulene attacks
sue democratic organs in Burlington, Fl. Mad
son. Aeokuk, Iowa City, Dubuque, &C., upo
'ne republican party, and especially upon ev,
Eyoody from whom they dreaded exposure q
censure.
REPUBLICAN ExrRAyAoANcE
:, violent onslaught was FIRST made upon vha
!ney termed the Republican extravaganza q
.ne late administration. The attempt was mad
20 convince reasonable men that the State ouch
20 oe administered ~ cheap with population
| oI ooo,OOO souls and eighty-nins organize,
counties as with population of 25o, 1000 an,
aity one organized counties. They thought tn,
people would overlook the fact demonstrate,
oy the history Of every city, county and Stat.
since governments we're organized, that tho ex
pehses OF government increase some what II
wealth. -
Tho population Of Iowa has more than don
oled in the last four years. In that time the
number of Judicial districts has been increased
more than forty new counties have been organ
izeo and the representation in the General As
semoiy has been greatly enlarged; large add
nons have been made to the Penitentisry and
the number OF csnvicts increased seven fold:
the number of deaf and dumb and blind chill.
oren has increased. the salaries Of officers have
neen raised to respectable living rates; a costly
Insane Asylum has been nearly COMPLETED. =
Geological Survey OF the State partly flushed
and the Agricultural Societies ali over the Stats
have been greatly encouraged; an extra session
OF the General Assembly became necessary in
july, 1886, and Constitutional Convention was
held IN February, 1857, both OF which were at.
Tended with very considerable expense to the
state, and all. of which have been endorsed
over and over again by the people.
DEFALCArIoN OF THE STATE TREASURER,
They next attacked the Treasurer OF State.
NJ L. Morris, Esq, and pronounced him a de-
iauiter to the amount Of $685. because he
brought that amount OF money from New York
In Eastern exchange instead Of bringing it in
gold. 1t was not pretended that there was any
deficiency in the Treasury. In fact, there was
IN excess, put portion c. the money was in
drafts on New York, which were worth more to
he State than gold. They said he was a de.
aulter because he ought to have brought the
money in gold, yet when proposition was made
the Senate to require him to bring nothing
MT gold, it was voted down by some Of the very
men who now prefer the charge Of dsfalcation.
Not only SO, but the bill authorizing him to ne.
'otiate the loan declares that q deposit of the
money (S2Oo,00O) in the State Treasury shall be |
leemed full performance under the act. Ieay- |
ng him to get the money to Dea Moines in his /
wn way. This exchange has been paid out to |
ne creditors Of the State or otherwise convert. |
q into specie, and this '1ie has gone home to
COST We do not suppose lat there is a man |
the State who ever believed Mr.. Morris to be
deiaulter, and there are but very men, cog
liant OF the facts, who do not believe that the
narge originated in business hostility to cou.
picuous banking firm in the State. who were
opposed to be the friends of the Treasurer.
QUARTERS SALARY OF SECRETARY OF STATE
The next assault was upon General Sells. the
&c retary Of State, for receiving $3.50 as salary
" Governor during the absence o! Governor
rlmes from the State, in Sept, 1857. 1t did
ot matter that the Constitution and laws of
le State required the Secretary of State to
schdrge the duties of Governor and confer
ID upon him the salary belonging to the Office
iring the absence of the Governor They
sre resolved to make something heinously
rong out OF the receipt of this small sum, no
after what the Constitution said on the sub
ct. But this charge, also, soon "went to
ost, when it was shown that a similar prac-
e had prevailed since the foundation of the :
'vernment, and that that most popular Demo. :
At, who is kept in training for future occa- :
IN, Gen. MeCieary, whilst Secretary of State,
ceivsd, under precisely similar circumstances, ! !
so, on the 18th of January, 1854, and $3.50 l
the 10th Of Sept, 1856. 1
PUBLIC PRINTING. , ,
The next assault was upon the late Public (,
inter, Peter Moriarty, Esq and upon the Au. !,
Tor OF State for paying Mr.. Moriarty his claims !
printing an appendix to the Journals of =
56-7, The Constitution, Art. 3, Sec.lo, re- + T
ired each house to "keep journal of its =
oceeding and publish the same" The Senate y
Included not to obey this Constitutional in y
lotion, and adopted a resolution declaring !,
1t certain documents-amoDg them the CEN =
report, the most important that had ever !.
en- submitted to any General Assembly in the !, =
Ite-should not be published with the Jour =
l. The House declared that they should be =
blished with their Journal, and they were y
blished as an appendix thereto. Mr.. Mortar = !,
was paid for the publication. A document = :
omitted to either branch Of the General As = =
nbly by public officer goes upon the Jour . !,
of the House to which it 10 sent, and becomes -
art Of that Journal. 1t was not conapetent n
either branch of the Assembly to expurgate -
ublc document and refuse to print it, Be- -
es, just conceive Of the improperly of re- =
ing to print the census report, which was
basis report Of great deal of the most ~
1ortant legislation OF the session. The Du- n
lue Express and Herald was the great full. =,
lator OF this charge, but it was soon allowed :, :,
go to roost, when the proprietors of that !,
yer, Dorr Mahony, were reminded of the n
'ensive appendix they published, as State ~ :.
nters, two years before, scithout authority N
m either House of the General Assembly ~
great burden of their appendix being the :,
erly valueless report Of the Des Moines Ri ~
Company, embracing two hundred and r,
'ty-six pages. The only difference between -
two was, that M0risrty had the authority of .
house to do the printng-Dorr g. Mahony p
the authority Of neither house; Moriarty re- 9.
red pay for the press.work and composition q
one appendx-Dorr l. Mahony received pay O. 2.
the press-work and composition of an APP . q
dix for both Senate and House of Repre-. 20 ~
tatives. n
'ut we have not space to-day to recount r.
esof the Wholesale falsehoods psrpstrated by y
Satanic Press, and already refuted and sent "
ne "to roost." We will continue the sub. " !"
and refer to another batch of them on y, "
lday.--Gate City. w
he DOUGLAS DETECTIoN.-The New York W
aid closes long article on the Douglas de- W
ion, and the failure Of the Peace Commits. W
lers from that city, to effect reconciliation W
" Washington. as follows:
We have said that the opposition elements
The country are drifting to . coalition. The
of political gravi,aton is beginning to work To
ong them, and, from present appearances,
tn and South, they will evidently coalssce
IN such broad and general issues as will suf-
for 1860. In the meantime, looking to the Pr
er side OF the picture, neither sympathy for O..
lglas nor hostility to Douglas, nor little ="
Fement here for Gov. Wise, nor another there if'
Slidsll and Bright, nor anything of the sort, tai
avail to unite the distracted, disnantlsd,
'rdered, disjointed and divided democracy. pr
~ can only uuita upon tho cnrrnp h. .;o ne e..