The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-09-17
who Struck Mr.. Past ersOm !

Probably NO single move in this or any recent
canvas has 90 clearly demonstrated the want
of ability Of the leaders of the Democratic
marty in ,his State as the nomination Of Gen.
Dodge. It 10 use the nomination was thrust
upon them. 1t 10 true that be was placed on the
track for the purpose Of thus procuring the co.
operation Of Mr.. Buchanan. But where was the
necessity of forestaIng the Generals coming
with the most hifalutin storiesp Why tell
the people how great be was-ho~ very elo-
qusnt in speech and wise in council, and then
force him to travel over the entire State and at
every county seat demonstrate to them what
the leaders who sent him out already knew,
viz: that he can't make . speech At oil, and
that he 10 infinitely more barren than the
''barren hills Of the prairie"
II the leaders of the Democratic party had
wished to totally destroy General Dodge could
they have desired or devised . more eff
fective arrangement than that which was
adopted! Not satisfied With pitting him against
one Of the ablest men in the State, undoubtedly
one of the most effective in debate. well-posted,
self.poised, . live man able to discuss live is
sues, they must still place him under the great
further disadvantage of exciting public expec-
tation. The people we're made to believe that
Gen. Dodge was second Daniel Webster or
Henry Clay, or at any rate Stephen A.
Douglas big Giant with high-sounding
name. From all the country round wherever
the candidates spoke the people focked to hear
the discussion, having been told to 60 and hear
Gen. Dodge if they wanted to hear "a MAN.
They did CO. And instead Of liseaning to an
intelligent statesman.like discussion of great
political questions, As they had been led to ex
pect, at the hands Of Gen. Dodge, they we're
sadly and grievously disappointed, not to say
disguised with rapting rambling rigmarole of
pompous defamation. Where they had looked
for greatness they found mediocrity-where
they expected intelligence they found ignorance
where they looked for eloquence they found
stupidity. In short, the people have been out
rageously disappointed in aud bored by Gen.
Dodge. They have been totally nauseated and
the State don't hold so dead man as Brga.
der General Augustus Cesar Dodge. He
won't be any deader after ten thousand ma
jority 10 piled up against him in October.
The question arises was this slaughter Of
Dodge accidental or intentional! Did the man
ayers do it on purpose with malice aforethoughts
We must confess that it looks like design. We
believe that looking at his proneness in that di-
rection they have allowed Dodge to use him :
self up. They got him into the discussion and
then afforded him NO succor or help whatever,
except such rs would be afforded by Lysander
| w. Babbitt and Will Tomlinson! After al
lowing him to be shown over the State in the
most ridiculous manner BY these exemplary in
dividuals-after allowing the Gubernatorial
contest to become farce in their hands, Dodge
10 Withdrawn from the discussion at the heel of
the canvas-not in time to save his bacon, but
just in time to satisfy everybody that be is q
fAilure-that the great and unapproachable
Dodge hes disappointed his friends and the
party and is withdrawn for prudential reasons.
Had they wanted to kill Dodge, could they have
| done it more effectively? .fs..