The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-04-26
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Hon Henry 3. Foote, formerly Senator from
Mississippi, and q one dine GovslDor Of that
State he's rscently besn speaking In Tennessee
On political topics Of tho Day. During al his
political life, Il will Do remembered, he was a
Democrat, in excellent standing. lie - very
severe on the present Administration. and
though ssill avowiDg himself Nm unchanged
Democrat, he acts with the Opposition more
nearly approaching his ideas Of the true De-
mocracy than the dominant faction at
Washington. In one Of his late addresses he
made some excellent hits, Of which we suhjoin
few specimens:
SHAN DEMOCRACY AS IT Is.
he was Democrat, bus he commended there
was no true Democratic party In existence. The
organisation called Democratic, he regarded ne
utterly incapable Of conducting public offairs in
IN honest and statesman-lke manner. In fact,
the Democratic party now in existence is dis
honest, corrupt and imbccile in the extreme
confessedly SO. Party organs and party leaders
openly avow 1.-THE Washington States had re
petedly charged it, and bud exposed the pecula.
tons, frauds and thefts OF government officials
even the Washington Union, the organ Of the
Executive, hiss had the unblushlng 1effrontery
and bardihood to acknowledge and attempt to
justify one Of the most corrupt procedures ever
undertaken by an American Executive He re-
ferred to the laying OF per cen.age on the
salaries Of federal officers for party purposes.
JOHN sLIDELL AND KING CAUCUS.
The Governor then referred TO the caucus
system, and assailed IL in his characteristic, Sc
we're, bold and fearless manner. 1t was, he sald,
in the hands OF unprinciped men-poltical ad ;
venturers and gamblers compelled to de.
pend on political trickery TOR their daily bread.
John Slidel, OF Louisiana, the notorious author
nj hn fron fhn hn
about the country buying up the corrupt and
venal editors-paying them to advocate his cor
rupt schemes for political advancement-the
man who proposed to give the President $780,
100000 Of the peoples money as corruption
fund, the conscience keeper Of the President
this man, John Slidell, the embodiment Of po-
litical dishonesty, ut the head of the Demo
cratic machine-the power behind the throne Of
King Caucus.
BUCHANAN WORSE THAN THE FEDEaALIsTs.
lie had been taught from childhood to hate
the very name Of Federalist, and 10 sbhor their
principles; but bad az the Federalists were,
they were never charged with such offences as
are now charged and proven agains. the Ad-
ministration Of James Buchanan. The latter
has not only sanctioned, but directed the col
lection OF levies on official salaries for party pur-
poses. lie his sent agents TO a sovereign State
to use all the influence the President could con-
fer in order to carry thu State against a Senator
who would not bow down and submit to his will
In a conversation at the Appeal Office, Mr.. Sill
dell had not only admitted but attempted to
Justify these acts. Nor il this ALL The Pres-
dent had attempted to make himself despot-
tie had made q formal demand that Congress
should invest him with the war making power
for the purpose OF levying war On neighboring
nations. He has also asked for the enormous
sum Of SS0,O00,O00, while the treasury was
by his own extravaganza
For the purpose ostensblg, to prepare the way
for the purchase of Cuba. Had these measures
been passed, the President would have been a
virtual Emperor.
WHAT WAS WANTED OF THE $3o, 0O0, 900.
In regard to the 1884,, 1000, 900, Gov f. thought
many honest men were deceived They, he had
10 doubt, thought the money would be honestly
but he was sire it never would be-
sitdel could use II to buy up tie Charleston
THE OPPOSITION BOUND TO WIN.
The leaders of the Opposition are the best
men IN the nation; and when such men arouse
themselves and prepare for an encounter with
heir opponents, success is certain. IF he
houSht otherwise; it he thought the nominee
u the Charleston Convention would be elected,
re would despair OF the Republic. The Govern
n then spoke OF the Opposition in the free
states, and he said he knew they would be
harged with Abotionism. But he knew they
we're not, and never had been, untrue to the
Constitution al d its guarantees.