The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-09-17

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wednesday Ev'g, Sep. 81
AT SEVEN O'CLOCK.
Gen. Dodge has been invited t.
h preseut and address the Peo
pie.
The stolen Pell.Doek.
III. true, that the man who knows csim'
- ..p committed, and attempts 70 coocsa
=. ,,e,a or 70 screen the perpetratsr. become'
...,, % the commission of The odenas? L
,...s vho approves disgraceiul or illega
!. !, .sp,auds the perpetrators Of II, guilty o
j. .os.l delinquency Thsse are very perti,
n. o,,ssions just ct this time.
!, is4s Daniel r. Miller, and William Thoup
=. ,ov Of the Gasssts, we're rival candidates
:. con,re.a from the lot District. Kanesvllle
=. ..lled Council Bluds, Was then legally
constituted election precinct. and was attached
!. Ns,ros County for election purposes. Al
i. s...s election In August ls4s, . majority Of
4. VOTES ss Ksnesvills precinct were given "a
NM, The Wing candidate, and the returns
49, vers duly certified and forwarded to
=. ssfk Il Mosros County, who vas By Law
q. q ~ bsard II canvassers. Thompson dis
- saas il vas nsesssary for him to get rid,
49, ssy, Of the vote Of this precinct, else
=. sssissass Of election would be given 70 bio
e..pesisor, and be thsrsupon employed J. q.
Han 20 proceed 70 Monroe County and prevent,
.hy hook Or By crook, " this vote being counted.
Hail entered on this lasdabls undertaking, went
to Abba and persuaded the clerk to reject the
pol hook without submitting it to the other
e.nvss.ers. and, according to his own story.
vhen he WAS some miles ON his way home from
Alba. found that il had bsen most mysteriously
,ransfsrred 70 his own saddle-oags! Hall
brought the record TO Burlington and gave il to
Thompson, Who kept 1t concealed until the fnsl
disclosure Was made, many months Afterwards,
through tho swkwardness Of Judge Aason.-
These are the facts - they appear OF record
in House Document, No. ~, Of the Slst Con-
gress.
Nov look At the facts again. Kanesville was
a legal precinct The vote Of the precinct was
legally given, and The poll books we're legally
authenticated. If the votes had not been legal,
and tho returns had not been properly certified,
there could have been no object in stealing or
ssueealing the record. The fact, therefore, that
reproduction 10 an illegal or unauthentic form
sould have settled the controversy in Thomp-
ssas favor, shows, most eonciusively, that they
we're kept concealed because be and his Attor-
NV, knew that their exhibition would injurs
bic cause The return was made to the Clerk Of
Mouroe County, whose business it was to receive
and Gle it and lay it before board of canvass
en Of which no was . member. Instead Of
The persuasions of J. C. Hall he utterly declined
70 receive the record but suffered it to be
transferred into the possession Of Mr.. Hall.
The people Of Iowa have been in the habit Of
approaching Hall and Thompson alone for their
connection with this matter, but it SCENE, from
BALLS testimony, that they were encouraged and
sustained in their conduct by the magnatss Of
SAs party, including Gen. A. c. Dodge. Hall
nay have been anxious to implcate Gen. Dodge
q this traasaction. For aushs We know be may
have been swift witness. II so, they are all
Democrats tegsther, and must settle that mat
sss between themselves. We only speak from
the testimony - it appears Of record in House
Document No. ~. When Hall was asked
Question s. Did any Of your said friends
and advisers after the dsposal Of said poll book,
approve Of what was done With them, and Of
- course taken with them"
He answered:
Answer. ], 20 . Democrat, took an active
part in the election against Miller; and am nov
fhoupsou's Attorney In the contest, and aiwayss
approved the acts Of the Clerk in rejestiDg the
poll books, and the Democrats in procsring and
.stsiniMg them. believe have converssd with
Gen. Dodge, '. P. Antwerp, and others; and,
upon stating the facts and reasons why advised
that the poll book should have been retained in
The possession Of the friends Of Thompson, they
have approved it. Irecollect that Gen. Dodge,
at the barbecue near Eddyville, in Wapello
County, 10 the fall Of ls4s, called for three
times three cheers for the Democratic Clerk Of
Monroe County who rejected the Mormon vote,
~1'eu vs. tVS0sy SsePVuvev ~ " Aes6s
meeting"
Here 10 have Gen. Dodge approving the
procuring and retaining" Of the poll book, and
spplAuding the Clerk Of Monroe County, who
Riused 70 lay that document before the board
4 sanvasssrs. a. he was required to do BY the
hSs Of the State which he hrd sworn TO sup
poH and obey. Gen. Dodge proiesses 70 bs
tled with horror when be hears any one de-
clare that be does mot believe in the 6nality, the
justice, or the validity Of the bred Scott deci-
don, and yet, according to Halls testimony, hs
applsuded the act Of . man Who Get ct nought
II laws Of the State that had honored him
ssa. Dodge reprobases the declaration Of NJ.
atwood, that he would rather pay the penalty
hat the law imposes for disobedienee, than to
cid in the capture Of fugitive slaves. yet Gen
Dodge called for three times three cheers for
me Democratic Clerk Of Monroe County 6sessss
~ ':fa'ed 70 obsy the Law Of the State. Con-
sstency, thou art ajcwel, indeedl ..
nov let 70 see Whist General Dodges own
Democratic friends think Of this act Of the
Clerk Of Monroe County, which he spplauds.
Of the oct Of the poll-book sbief, whoever
Aewas, ~he "prscorsd the record, and Of the
ess Of J. G. Hall who retained it. The ma
ierisy Of the Committee ON Elections, (all Of
shen are Dsuocrats) in the House Of Repre-
seniasives in their report say:
a certified copy Of the poll book Was for
.af0ed TO the Clerk Of the Beard Of Commits
aenefs OF Monroe County, In the manner aud
within the time prescribed BY the statutes of the
late for election returns but the Clerk refused
@ftceive itand submit Il to the beard Of can.
ssssefs. q required BY law. The poll book Vas
ven taken from the Clerks ONCE and retained
some persons not entitled 70 ito custody until
1'ef ,hie investigation vas in progress. Yowv
10Emittse wosld sot BE- sadsystood a. jsssifyjeg
Ms conduct Of The Clerk Of the Board Of Cbm-
sa...0ness cf Aonros COsasy, o. Of those sAs
ses''eeted The pstl book aad ssbssqusntly d.
,ssasd "; ON The CONTRARY, WE THINK
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