The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-07-30


i. ed combination Of European nations TO subor
d dina'e this country, asserted in another sbap
is the. very principle which he 10 now charged wit
: having deserted in the letters referred to.
q Is il not clear that Gen. Cass must have signe
n these letters prepared in the Admin stratio
u councils without his usual careful revision! MI
o Buchanan is too old soldier to be caught i
d the trap OF allowing such document to 20 t.
It the world without being first overlooked by hi
e own eyes, and | have no doubt it will appea
. that Gen. Cass spoke the Presidents views il
!; his arguments against naturazed citizens, 70
e which he is low sternly called to account b,
t the Attorney General, Mr.. Tyler and others.-
I Judge Black has an itching for newspaper wri
ting; he is capital, although an indolent, jour
nalist, and there can be no doubt that his 0pin-
. ION OF the 18th OF July, was the result of
combination TO sponge out the Secretary Of State
, by packing upon his shoulders the whole odiun
. of the Lac Clerc and Hofer letters. We shal
see how far Gen. Cass and his friends will sub
init TO bis injustice.
The Washington Star contradicts the state
ment rejecting upon Miss RIdgelys chAractel
Ia connection with Sickles.
I'm Search of Information.
A somebody, no doubt citizen of this city,
dates communication to the JeffersOnan a.
Buchanan township, signs it "Old Democrat, "
| "AN aSNs sHc iVHV"tus QuestiOu
Nov desire the editor of the Ledger to
inform every man, woman and child in the State
who raised the tax SO high that il was reduced
100000 in ore year, and what was the cause
OF the State tax running up SO high under the
administrator OF the Republicans, and who were
the authors OF the causes, and what was the me-
cessty OF them p r.l.s
With the greatest pleasure imaginable We an.
swer as follows :-7&
l. That all parties that have ever had the
control OF the State government have contr-
buted towards the increase OF the aggregate
amount of tue State tax-the Democratic as
we'll as others. "
2 That no other party in the State has ever
levied so high tax as the Democratic party
die while in power-the rate IN one instance
running as high as three mills on the dollar
.. That the Democratic party levied and col
ieeted tie highest tax per capita, that has ever
been levied and collected in the State.
4. That the immediate cause OF the increase
| OF the aggregate amount OF State tax collected
after the Democrats were turned out OF power
by the people, was the depiorabe condition in
which the Democratic party lett every thing con-
necsed with the State government-especially
the charitable institutions, the State University.
States Prison. &c.
5. That although it was necessary to raise .
greater aggregate of State tax to repair this
mischief which the Democracy had imposed on
interests Of the State. yet the rate per capita
| has never been SO great since the Democratic
| party was deprived of power, as it was before
owing TO the increase OF our population, and the
general prosperity of our State.
6. That the Democracy we're the authors Of
| causes which led to the increase in the aggre-
gate amount OF State tax collected in 55 and
'56, and the Republicans having remedied those
causes, can now rapidly reduce the aggregate
amount OF taxes, as is shown by the reduction
| OF 100000 last year and $4,000 this year,
making an aggregate reduction Of $4,000 in
| two years.
We have now, doubtless, furnished old De-
mocrat with the Information he desires and We
can assure him that the only way by which
the gradual reduction OF the State tax can
be continued Is by keeping the Republicans in
power.
Having answered as requested, we now have
few questions to ask - r' 5
!. Can any Democras point to State in the
Union under Democrtic control, of equal popu-
lation with Iowa, wherein the State government
is carried on tor as small AN amount Of money
rs 1t s in this State! -
2. Can any Democrat point to single State
in the Union, under Democratic control, where
the aggregate amount Of State tax 10 being re
duced?
3. Can any Democrat explain why the average
OF the State tax levied while his party control
led the affairs OF this State amounted to over
two mills on the dollar, while the average since
that time has been only about one and one halt
mills on the dollar?
q. Ca4nany Democrat explain why his party
in 1851 Nsied a tax Of three mills on the dollar,
while the Republicans, with all the charges OF
extrs ssgance which have been brought against
~ -
tax than two mills on the dollar
5. Can any Democrat tell why the highest
rate of tax per capita under Republican rule
has been 35 cents, while the highest Democratic
rate has been IS cents?
q. Can any Democrat tell why the National
Administration, under Democratic control, ex-
pends such on unheard of amount of money to
carry on the government, if his party IS reelly
in favor of an economical expenditure OF the
public money!
When these questions shall have been dis
posed of we shall furnish few more for De-
mocrltic digestion.-Fair6eld Ledger.
the lmmoraal Three.
On the 25th OF February, 1854, A. G. Dodge
(being at that time Senator from the State of
Iowa. made speech in the United States Sen
ate upon the Kansas Nebraska bill, In which he
refers to the Wilmot Proviso aud the Fugitive
SlaFc Law, rs IOHCws
'Iowa is the only free State which never for
! q moment gave way to the 'Wimot Provso.-
My colleague, [G. w. Joree, who never lodges
responsibility, or fails to perform duty, voted
for every one Of the compromise measures in all
their phases, stages and conditions, including
the Fugitive Slave Law-the late Senator Stur-
geop OF Pennsylvania, and oarseires being the
only three Senators from the entire noa-slave
holding section Of this Union lcho roted for it."
SEQ page IA OF Dodge's speech on the Kansas
Nebraska Bill,
Here We see Gen. Dodge Boosting in the Sen
ate OF the United States that, under Democratic
management, Iowa was the only free State that
failed to stand by the WilmOt Proviso, which
was intended to exclude slavery from the Ter
ritories The same speech shows, as we shall
show vt some other time, that Gen. Dodge not
only opposed the Wilmot Proviso, but that he
also holds it to be unconstitutional TO exclude
i slavery IRON the Territories.
One Of the meanest thing. exhibited by the
above quotation, is that wherein the General
boasts that among all the Senators from the
free States, only three could be found who we're
so lost 70 all sense oi justice and prcprety. as
to vote for = bill the provisions OF which requi-
red their constituents to turn out and catch ne
groes for soulhern aSlstocra.s, and thai he WAS
| one OF the three. Gully three Senators from all
the North could eat dirt enough 10 vote for the
Fu2ltiye Slave Law, and one OF them now asks
the people ef Iowa to make him their Governor.
Surely this ID adding insult to injury. The peo-
pie Of Iowa want no such man TO occupy the
Executive chair Of this State --FAnieid Ledger.
HORsE TRIEvks.-Two of these gentry who
recently took drove OF some eight or ten
horses from Rinagold County in this State bave
been captured And the stolen horses recovered.