The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-08-10

''hsppy strain" corresponds with the one who
wrote, 1T docs m editor good to have bis
pride 6attered once in while We realize
the benefit Of It once year, when the -
SCISSORS come round, and ask how much
money We have ct interest how much stock
We have in the public funds, or in the banks
Gnd various other questions tina. are supposed
TO be put only to the ''solid mon II there
be anybody about We straighten up slightly
expand our corporosity, and n as heavy a
chest.tone as we can comm md, answer
About the same o. last year. They know
we'll enough. what that is So 10 we' And
80 do we at least we ought to, because W.
havn't been assessed these thrae years
But we must save some of our "Squ.oa
for next time, and close with this one by al
unfortunate editor whose soul devoid Of al
poetry and romance, could rise no higher
than the palry matter Of dollars and cents
lie and his wife were walking out in thu
bright moonlight one evening The wifi
was of an exceedingly poetic nature, ano
said to her mate: Notice that moon; now
bright how calm, how beautiful Couldnt
think a noticing it. returned the editor fol
anything less than the usual rates, dollar
snd fifty cents for twelve lines. =
One Of tho things tha. "riles" the Presi
dent and taxes his constitutional equanimity
most, is, that leading Democratic newspaper
from Richmond and New Orleans, and o.
the fire eating stripe too, should hold him
responsible for the party schism which now
disturbs the harmonious Democracy, and
recommend him to call off the dogs which
are bounding Douglas so iercely. The
New Orleans Delta has come out pretty fiat
footed for Douglas as the man for the South
and for the Union These tokens OF favor
toward an open rebel like the Senator from
Illinois, are enough to excite the indignation
of any President, and especially of one who
has made SO many concessions to this same
South, and who completely changed the
front of his Kansas policy, as disclosed in
his instructions to Walker, his subsequent
correspondence with him, admissions to
everybody. under the fire Of the Georgia and
Alabama resolutions.
Whatever indifferent spectators may say
to the contrary, it is no wonder that our
venerable President '--as he is called by the
younger aspirants for lS60-should become
excited and wrathful, and write beilicose
leaders for The Union defending his posi-
ton, and carrying the war into the enemy $
country. What makes the matter more pro-
voking is, that the President is just beginning
to discover that he was sold by these fire.
eaters; that their threatened Conventions
were all theatrical shams, and that the
Union was anchored safely at the very time
he thought all was ad lift, and saw through
his gold mounted spectacles breakers ahead.
The augusta Constitutioadtist, one OF the
old Democratic Bourbons, pronounces en-
phaticaly against the suicidal policy OF the
Administration and tells some home made
truths that are not very paatable at the
White House Allowances must be made
for human infrmity, and if Mr.. buchanan
sees fit to revenge himself for his southern
treachery, and to square accounts with Mas
ter Douglas for his contumacy, by pouring
out editorial broad sides, he ought to be in
dulgcd, if on no other account, In eonsidesa-
ton of the historical fact attested by the
Hon. William Montgomery that he drinks
nothing stimulating except old rye whiskey
NOT even Bourbon" which some palates
prefer Let justice be done, though the
heavens fall Mr.. Buchanan is fairly emit.
tied to be the candidate for the succession.
lie sat up with the Union of nights, nursed
it like father, and did other patriotic
things, when not a goose at the Capitol
cackled. Should such virtues be permitted
to 20 unrewarded by greatlul Republic2
Gen Denver started tor Kansas this after.
noon, to resume his official duties as Govern
or. He has had repeated conferences with
the President and Cabinet, without giving
them much encouragement for she passage Of
the English swindle. The Administration
is just beginning to realize that its great
compromise which was carried through
Congress by bribery and corruption, has no
more settled the question than the Lecomp-
ton contrivance which was kicked out Of
doors When the people of Kansas, in the
exercise of their rightful authority, have
peaceably voted down this last infamous
deception, then the great and overshadow.
ing and living issue VIII come up, involving
their claim to admission as Free State up
on the same basis of population that was
prescribed for Slave State. The popular
sovereignty gentry may as well prepare for
that contest, for come it must before 1860
rolls round Those who swallowed the
English bill may resist the admission il they
dare, but they may expect to pay the penal
ty of such termity. Other States We're adj
mitted without conditions precedent, and we
shall see whether the majority of this coun
try will submit to the exclusion OF Kansas
upon any tyrannical party test