The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-10-05

8 The Skep0qllOan "a 0Asa&Qey AOO1eu WY
hard q gst tself ont Of The fog in regard 70 the
position assigned M. douglas last winter, aiia
also iahored, with equal zeal, 70 involve Mr..
| Blair in controversy about letters, from which
he he's, 50 Gar, scrupulously withheld himself.
In this connection, Il Il Welt 70 note the premis
| 60 upcn which the Government organ proceeds,
for they ere strange illustrations both Of want
Of logic ana want Of morality. 1t first assumes
that the allegations are true, in order to show
that Mr.. Blair has violated q confidence and next
argues they are not true, to prove that Douglas
is ,sorshy Of support. Now, whether true or
| false, is is . matter Of no consequence to Mr.
| Blair, although Of great deal OF consequence
| to Mr.. Douglas, but. true or false, they equally
convic. the Republican Of insincere resort in It's
Statement. NJ. Blair has authorized no one to
| use his name, to alude to his correspondence,
| to detail his political conferences. How, then,
| does his action become involved? lnregard to
| the alleged letter, he has not said whether its
| contents were correctly stated or incorrectly
| stated; but simply reposss himself upon the po-
| sition that no one has the right to summon him
| to the witness stand save Mr.. Douglas himself.
Who, then, can question the propriety of his
course? II called upon from that quarter, he
| will set forth what be may know in regard TO
the matters in controversy and If Mr.. Douglas
| feels aggrieved, he will probably ask for such
|
fore, that the attempt OF the Republican, first to
trsduce Mr.. Blair .s having violated q conf
dence which he has not violated, and second, to
| induce him to commit that very violation which
it denouEces as disgreceful, 10 lacking in every
| element OF morality, oil honestly and Of decency.
| In both aspects, our contemporary, in it's zeal 70
find an opening for itself, has betrayed the char
acteristics of lack of truth and u lack Of con.
sistency.
! But why this outcry, and why this tender go
licitude of the Republican just now? Does not
the whole community well remember the mirac.
ulous change in that journal, chronicled by W
nine months ago, when after having indicated
and defended the position OF Mr.. Douglas on the
territorial questions, it suddenly wheeled around
| aud sold out to the Administration for the bride
| of the ST. Louis post-office. The detection was
sufficiently shame faced to be well remembered.
| Nor was that all. Like every renegade, it was
! yenomous as well as treacherous. II denounced
! all who opposed Lecomp;on as being ''allies o
the Black Republicans" and did not stop to sep
arate Mr.. Douglas from the list. IL pinned its
faith to the Administration, and heaped curses
upon all the opponents Of the Presidents Kan
| sas policy. NJ reader of the Republican at that
| time who accepted its political expositions,
doubted that Mr.. Douglas was going to the Free
Soers Mr.. Kennett, if we recollect Alright,
then found it convenient to abuse for that rea-
son the very organ he now comedies with,
whilst Mr.. Sturgeon, on the other hand, was a
supple admrer and euiogist oft daily distribes.
Now the tables are turned.-Mr. Sturgeon and
Mr. Keunett appear in reverse; Mir. Douglas
stalks through Illinois reciting new catechism,
and the Republican processes to be intensely
horrid d that any one should accuse him OF ev.
er having had leanings towards more liberal
policy of freedom.
-. Az.
Every man of political sagacity knows that du-
ing the winter Mr.. Douglas vas strongly forced
into conjunction with the Republican members
| Of Congress- and led to look upon his future as
| their future-their hopes as his hopes. In this
attitude he saw clearly and acted rationally.--
He took the free soil chute, made good free soil
| argument, and worked efficiently for free soil
ends. But his conversion was temporary. 1t
| WAS something like that of Isaac, the Jew, under
| the ruins o! Torquilstone-the result chiefly OF
| burnt sack and great bodily fear-so that no
sooner did he come into the light of a fancied
| security than he recanted outrght-much to
the indignation OF ali the Friar Tucks, who had
| entertained the honor Of his conversion 1t
amuses US much, therefore, that Douglas should
| deny his comrade of the past winter with whom
he projected such expanding conquests; more
still that the Republican, which once classedh tim
| so freely with the free lovers and freedom
| shriekers of the North should now attempt TO
wash him white and more than all, that Mr..
| Sturgeon, who has boxed the compass through
past politics more than any other person Of our
acquaintance, should, IS the chief and only eY-
| FOUNDER of the administration, be denied hear.
ing in the Republican, whilst Mr.. kenEett, who
has heretofore protested to loathe that journal
as sewer OF filth polluting all who touched it,
should appear writer in its columns, vindi.
tl.+h ..NN
cratic party to which he has in the past close
ly chung, even at the sacrifice OF leadership
Who will solve this new riddle? Can the ST.
Louis postmaster, who lately furnished such d
lucid explanation of the conversion OF Tom An
derson and Sam Woodson, give any clue to these
strange transformations in the conduct of the
| Republican, ele movements of Office holders, and
the tone of letter writer's will any one tell US
what SO many lizards signify as they kite among
the rotten planks of the Cincinnati platform, OF
glance along the dead issues OF the past year
Has the comet any thing to do with these strange
disturbances among quasi planets that have been
| accustomed so long to revolre around the CEN
tra sun at Washington? Who viii answer?
Erovvnioyv's Picture of EsIs Autago.
! mist.
The last number of the Knoxville Wing is q
decidedly spicy number. IL contains a long
letter written in Philadelphia during the stay Of
the Parson in his recent discussion on slavery
| and speaks out quite freely upon matters and
things in the Quaker City. He says every pa
per in Philadelp hia is anti-slavery, and thei
reporters are Abolitionists and Black Republic
cans with the exception of one man, who came
from the South, and he has no voice in shaping
the character of reports TO be published. He
draws picture of his competitor in the slavery
discussion, Mr.. Pryne, which is not very com
Y, =, H..
peculiar style as follows:
"Mr. Pryne is staying at the same hotel do
| the American. He is small, heavy bull,
man, about Sc years of age. and wears a rattan
Ike pair of uhiskers. He is not pretty speak.
er, by any means and has rather eble voice,
which he strains very much in speaking His
gestures are awkward, rapid and violent, and
are alike in season and ont of season, agreeing
exactly with the applause of the negroes and
white ruiiians who clap for him. He is a man
of only moderate talents, aud ordinary learning
lie is bitter, INSCRIPTIONS and unmltIgated in
his abuse of the South, and is familiar with the
slang dictionary of Abolitionism. He has been
10 my room frequently, but | have never been
to his He is kind Of man who will board in
the upper story OF a hotel, and do without ga.
light, where board is cheap. He makes the ac-
q1aintance of free negroes, and low-down ADO
liuonists, with great facility, and a. often see
him in conversation with negroes as white men
Gerrit Smith, who is worth two millions, is said
to have bill of sale of the man, and presume
deirays his expenses, while he labors in the
"cause OF human liberty"
SLAVE GANGS DRIVE THE IRISH FROM TIKI
RAILROADS, THE LABogERs FROM THE MINE:
AND FURNACES, AND THE MECHANICS FROM
THEIR SHoPs-W clip the following paragraph
from article in the Missouri Democrat and
commend it to the attention of all our laborer:
and mechanics. Remember that the Democrcy
advocate the doctrine of the Ured Scott opinion
extending slavery over all the Territory of the
United States -
We cannot too often repeat that the effect:
of slave labor can only be seen where it ha.
been for some time predominant Many hlni
thatit can be made to cooperate harmonously
with free labor, either in subordinstion or
sphere of its own. This is deep aud danger
Gus error. The two systems radically an
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