The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-08-20

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~ Dem. State Central Com.
DRAR Sin :--TXhf ia receipt Of your comma
nicAtion Of yesterday in which you enclose .
let OF the appointment Of Gen. Dodge, from the
10th instant to the 18th Of September, profess
ed.y made Tin compliance with" my ''sugges-
tions." Having vainly sought . conference
with your committee 1t your "head Quarters' q
different times Of your 0scn appointment, Tor the
aole purpose or making arranR ements for the
joint canvass Of the State BY Messrs. Dodge and
Kirkw God, it strikes me that there Is IN air 81
peculiar and refreshing GOODNESS in the assump.
ton that the list Of appointments, arbitrarily
made by our committee, and thus communicat-
ed, was made in compliance With any "sugges.
tiossn on my part. II unavoidable Absence"
prevented your conferringl III" with the Re-
publican State Central Commi,tee, in accordance
with your agreements previously made, i
could not have prevented . conference"
yesterday, when you had reason to believe
that was not distant one square from your
''head. quarters" where your committee was in
session.
Yon very generously ask Mr.. Kirkwood to
abandon appointments long since made, to
which General 4 Dodge was invited by notes
addressed to you by our Committee and BY
encouragement in the papers. You compel the
candidates 10 travel distance Of sixty miles.
between Abel and Newton, in one day, Tor the
obvious purpose of preventing their appearance
before the people Of Polk County and require
Mr.. Kirkwood to visit seven places where he
has already addressed the people. This is done,
too, after General Dodge was, BY our note OF
the 25th Of June, invited to make joint srrang-
ments for canvass Of the State, and after he
had been Invited BY our Committee to NEE, Mr..
E.rI.n - ~ - L.
before The people. This, you will permit me to
remark, is about as near an approach to fairness
as the separate action of your committee is TO
conference"
You speak Of Gen. Dodge having acquiesced
SO readily in Mr.. Kirkwood's appointments
heretofore" Perhaps it has not occurred to
you that Mr.. Kirkwood's appointments were not
announced uutll after your committee had been
requested TO join ours in making them, aud
alter reasonable time had been given without
obtaining response, Gen. Dodge was invited to
join Mr.. Kirkwood in our note Of the 25th OF
June, The first intimaton we received of his
resolution to accept, was commun Gated BY your
note of July 2S-0uer a month after the iupita-
ton was ertended-and after the Committee had
sent Mr. Kirkwood into the field. This, with
admirable precision Of expression, you call
"readily acquiescing."
asking Mr.. kirkwood to abandon appointments
long since announced, and to devote one third
of the time t. portion of the State he has
already canvassed, will be apparent to the
dullest tacticians. have the pleasure, how
ever, Of assuring you, my dear sir, that that
object will not be attained. Mr.. Kirkwood will
accompany Gen. Dodge in accordance with the
list Of appointments you enclose. have to de-
sire that by another Of your peculiar .'con-
ferences," the hours at which the meetings will
be held at the different places.s may be deter
mined, that the list may be published at an
early day. With all proper assurances Of s'mJ
distinguished consideration"
! am, very respectfully, 81
H. N HOAIE,
Sec'y Rep. State Central Com.
?. S.-Upon reperusing your note Of yester-
terday, discovered that you are disturbed by
some anxiety lest Mr.. Kirkwood may "sbrink
from the ordeal and thereby disappoint the
people who desire ITO see the candidates to-
gether. Do not, my dear sic, permit that
anxiety to endanger your health.
HOXIE.