The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-04-12

TIM Gaxlr YDrroaY N 81 LouIs.-Ths o.
Acial returns rake The victeey 81 Monday even
more complete than W weso inclined 10 believe
on The Hrss showing. The Nationals have not
elected IN officer In 10 CITY On sisAer the gem
sral Or the ward tickets. The majority against
them on the Mayoralsy y FwEAry-a;NE HUN
DEED AnD ELsynE 1he whole vote polled -
seventeen thoasand two hundred and sixty
eight, which y only few hundred over tho
spurious vote Of the city IN August last, not
wiihslandipg that the natural increase Oi voters
from coming Of age, from residence, and from
naturalization, must have been at least fifteen
hundred in the interim. The Free Democrats
have carried their ward officers in every ward
but One-the Fifsh-and there the race went
against them BY only forty -nino votes The
American party, ~ Ne stated in advance, has
not been Ia the race. It, members have shown
more devotion than judgment in sticking to
their ticket. We concur in the opinion that as
an organization Is will now pass out of politics
in Missouri, as II has done in every State and
city in the nation except one.
Those who are but specifically acquainted
with the bearing and scope Of the questions at
issue, may suppose that local considerations
governe,kthe result. Without undertaking the
influence Of these causes, and recognizing the
individual and collective strength aud confessed
superiority Of our ticket, yet the propitious
event can be attributed only TO the salutary
principles which the Free Democracy enun
ciate. Mayor Filley was elected last year as an
emancipationist- was Comptroller Hoyt-
and so we're Messrs Gottschalk and Papin.-
We sought neither new men nor new principles
in this election. We could not escape the re-
sponsibility Of the Free Labor issue il we would,
and We would not if we could. Without the
inspiration Of this cause. the thousands who
voted our ticket were only purposeess set and
ugelable majority. Wi b 1t they are great
living force, whose destiny it is to- achieve q
revolution in Missouri, which history will con-
tinue to celebrate when the names Of Presidents
and parties are forgotten. How trivial is any
mere partisan triumph compared with this p
Senseless watchwords, iactious combinations,
personal followings, and The machinery of party
may carry elections sometimes but the durabili-
ty Of any organization depends upon some great
truth which imparts to the body, of which it is
the great life principle, portion Of its own un.
changing nature. Small cause for rejoicing in
the present, or for hope ia the future, would the
Free Democracy find in the event OF Monday,
il their aspirations did not reach to the regener-
alton Of Missouri.
The moral OF this election should not be lost
on the parties who constitute the opposition to
National Democracy. Mutual liberation is the
lesson il Standardization OF the "American"
by the foreign born citizen, and of the foreign
born citizen BY the Amcrcan-of the conser-
vative by the radical, and of the radical by
the conservatiye-until the party who have no
purpose but the extension and perpetuation Of
slavery are driven from power. The issue of
the election on Monday discloses the secret Of
success in the State and Nation. Americans
combined with Free Democrats, native and
r.. ho,. I.,trx
principle and consolidate a party. What has
been done here can be done on a wider arena.
fist. Louis Democrat, April 7th.
DEFYING THE OFFICERS OF THE LAVA dis.
graceful scene occurred on boa the steamer
Editor, shortly after she landed at the levee
this morning. 1t appears that one OF our Off
GERS went on board for the purpose of serving
some legal notices upon certain parties belong
ing to the boat. He had hardly made known
his business, when he was assalled by the law
less crew and their officers, and forclbly elected
from the boat, amidst yeils, shouts OF defiance,
and brandlshing OF axes and pistols. Seeing
that posse might be summoned to assist in
arresting them, they cut their boat loose
from her moorings, AMI crossed the river to
Dunleith.
This outrage upon tie laws of our State,
should not be allowed to 60 unpunished. The
parties engaged in this aisgraeeiul proceeding,
should be arrested at all hazard and severely
punished. 1t is time that such characters
should be made to know that our laws are not
to be trampled under foot with immunity.
Since writing the atose, we learn that the
Editor crossed over to this side of the river,
run out her gangway plank, and defed the
officers Of the law or any OF the crowd on The
leyee to come on board the boat it they dared,
asserting at the same time that they were pre-
pared to give those who tried it, . He'll" Sew
eral shots were fired from the boat at The crowd.
The iateness Of the hour prevents our giving
the full particulars of this outrage upon the city.
II Dubuque Times