The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-08-27

zen. Deago ana The lIoneseeaA G.x>S
General Dodge parades Win ! great deal d
N satisfaction, his position a. an advocate an
nd friend Of the rights Of pioneers and ssss,s.
ri upon the public domain. He would have th
=, people OF Iowa believe that be has always bee,
O. y 'svof of The passage Of Homestead BILL
~ Let us try him BY the record and zee What hi
4. pretensions in this respect amount 70.
Lr Oa the a2d day Of January. 1858, joint resc
~ laeens passed the General Assembly Of Iowa
as ,0s'suet'sg the Senators and requesting d,
Representatives Of the State in Congress to us,
snssr best efforts to procure the passage Of some
ID ON ths object Of which will be 70 secure "a
ID me oeaess industry Of our country permanen,
!. none, and oil the attributes Of freedom. -
:. 1oess resolutions were sent to Washington and
! laid before the Senate more than two years be-
lore Gen. Dodge was superseded by Nr. Harlan.
NOV what did Gen. Dodge do 70 carry out these
!. instructions Of the General Assembly. Here
was an opportunity given TO show bic devotion
!, % tbs principles Of the Homestead Bill. How
ud ne do it! Did he introduce hill into the
senate embodying the doctrine Of free homes
to the hemslessg Not that We ever heard OF.
. and nis friends do not pretend that he did. lie
. sas snere more than two years after receiving
these instructions Of the General Assembly. and
made no effort, 20 far ~ the record shows. 10
carry them into effect. 1t cannet be said that
ne old not understand parliamentary law well
enough to introduce . bill, because on the 2Sd
day OF December, 1859, he introduced his cele-
orased bill 10 organize the Territory Of Nebras.
ka. If be know how to get one bill before the
senate, ne knew how to get two, and ignorance
70 that respect certainly cannot be pleaded. II
's true be might not have been able to find |
among the old files some defeated, cast OF
Homestead bill Of former session to re-intros |
duce, 40 in the case of his Nebraska bill but. |
surely, If he was always 20 very earnest in bis |
support Of the claims of poor men and settlers.
ana 60 exceedingly vigilant of their rights land.
especially, in this. case, when instructed BY the
General Arsembly) he might have procured for
moderate compensation, some one to draft a
proper bill for him.
The facts Of this case are all in q nutshell.-l
Gen. Dodge, as one Of the Senators of Iowa.
vas instructed by the General Assembly "to
80 passage /
Homestead Bill" two years before he ceased
to be Senator. Did he "uss bis best exer- .
t'ons" to accomplish that object? Did he in
troduce . bill Of such kind, or did he aid or
counsel or advise the introduction of one into
the Senate? Was such bill introduced into
the Senate during the whole seven years of his
continuance in that body, by any one! If not /
~ hat, Am r
into the Senate, until it was introduced BY An.
drew johnson, of Tennessee, after Gen. Dodge
mao lett the country-ws would respectfully r
ask what becomes OF Gen. Dodge's pretensions .
OF early and constant devotion to tho Home q
stead Bill: Ia it possible that Gen. Dodge be- !.
l'esed himself to be obeying his instructions D
and "using his best cfferts to procure the pas u
sage OF bill to secure to honest industry q =
home," by remaining perfectly quiet and pay v
ing no attention to the subject during the en- Il
tire two years that he remained in the Senate
after the joint resolutions we're introduced; and
will he nos seriously claim credit for his zeal :,
and attachment to this great principles n n
| ~
a Master William Thompson made q
most hears-rending appeal to the Democracy "
last Saturday at their convention to shell out" N
more Literally 70 the support Of the Gazette 81
Take it all together, his q most unique per- y
iormsnce. The poor man beloved like bull. K;
de tore and contorted himself a Ia Dodge and D.
brought tears of laughter into the eyes Of al ~
most bis whole audience. The performance -,
was equal 10 . circus. Master William cannot
conceive why the Democracy will not be in M,
daced to support the Gazette while under his
management, he thinks it esacopnsAAle that gl'
hev shsuld allow him to sisk seven or eight ar
thousand dollars by publishing it and feel NO ,h' ~
ympsthy for him in bis loss. We will tell him tu,
shy this ia SO: is
LIST. The Gazette under his manager has pr
lways been low blackguard paper, and re- r.,
pectsble people have been unwilling to admit tor
into their families. Every blackguard and BY
'afer in the State has been permitted to write ua M
Or it. ~
I'd. Every body knows that Master Thompson :,
} at heart most bitterly opposed to Gen. Dodge We
nd the Dodge dynasty, and only needs . safe ma
nd profitable occasion to desert the General a., Me
nd his council Of "secres safety )" hence they oar Ds,
|
Sd. There are some honest people left in q +
10 world and they do not admire the facility yer
ith which that celebrated oath was taken BY NO
hich Master Thompson attempted to secure the
re Post Office advertising, nor can they quite no
. s S". 'e1e hyl
en'y VV"u'y anu tue heau ot Inc family oe and
tizen and vote in Des Moines County. hov
Ath
ho do not care to subscribe to a paper the Rel
litor Of which is bound to defend such en- 'na n1,
szslement as that Of James D. EAds in con- bas
deration of the thousand dollars received ~ out
. share Of the School Fund spoil. rec
5th. Then again, there are some men foolish . nad
'ougn 70 DC PFeJuo'ceo against man who Gad
'tained . seat in Congress and drew his per got
en- and mileage a. member upon certificate aDc
lsed upon the larceny Of public record, from hsr
tich seat he Wcs Indignantly hurled by his l
soe;ates, a~d efterpards spurnsd by a Demo- ago
asie constituency. These are some of the was
asons why the Gazette is not patronized. was was
Master Thompson will end nothing but the ~;,,
nth in the foregoing and il be 6nds anything her
rsonal he win dnd the provocation to it by offe
-perusal Of the Gazette of last week. .u .us'
ARE
A letter from Nangasaki, Japan, of the 2les cur
April, says: The new Emperor becomes 7
cry day more and more liberal to the Euro cna
ans, and she Aanderins Of the provinces, in
sou " suo)ec'"s 'ne"' - oeresolore' 70 a'i tiou
rts Of III treatment display great regard for trie
en- tive
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~ According to the recent census the act
nuiation of Keokuk in 10 0a7 Ia .o.,.v but
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